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Award-winning "Tapestry Rewoven" Returns To NYC For 1 Night, Tuesday, February 26th At 7pm
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Laurie Krauz
Laurie Krauz and the Daryl Kojak Octet return to where it all began for one very special performance on Tuesday, February 26th at 7pm at the Metropolitan Room. “Tapestry Rewoven is a thrilling jazz, blues and R&B-infused re-imagining of the Carole King classic, “Tapestry." Heralded as “brilliant," “genius" and “a hurricane of entertainment," the tribute show presents novel interpretations of the iconic original in its entirety and has been touted for being fresh, new and musically inventive - while still ...
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Tom Lawton Special Concert In Old City Phila. On Thurs. 2/21!
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Jim Miller
Jazz Bridge in Old City Philadelphia! presents pianist Tom Lawton, appearing at the Arch Street Friends Meeting House — 320 Arch Street in Philadelphia, 19106 — on Thursday, February 21st. Showtime is 7:30 p.m. and tickets are $10, $5 for students, and are only available at the door. Information: 215-517-8337. Tom Lawton is one of the area’s most in-demand and most inventive players, composers and teachers. Lawton studied extensively with the famed French piano legend Bernard Peiffer, and is among ...
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Marc Adler In Media PA Jazz Concert Wed. 2/20!
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Jim Miller
Jazz Bridge in Media, PA presents flutist Marc Adler, appearing at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Delaware County - 145 West Rose Tree Road, 19063 - on February 20th. Showtime is 7:30 p.m. and tickets are $10, $5 for students, and are only available at the door. Information: 215-517-8337. Marc Adler holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Music and Music Education from University of the Arts, a Masters in Music from Temple University, and has studied privately with masters such as ...
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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, January 25-31
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JazzINK by Andrea Canter
A week of all-star jazz begins with a birthday party at the Artists Quarter for owner Kenny Horst, continues into the week with a welcome return of the legendary Dave Holland Quintet, and a homecoming for one of the brightest lights in the vocal music sky, the eclectic/electric José James. That should be enough to warm our temps back to a comfortable level! Highlights This Week Friday, January 25. Self-effacing drummer and Artist Quarter owner Kenny Horst would never think ...
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Jazz Trio The Bad Plus Performs At Lawrence University
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Rick Peterson
APPLETON, WIS. — The convention-breaking jazz trio The Bad Plus makes its Lawrence University debut Friday, Feb. 1 at 8 p.m. in the Lawrence Memorial Chapel as part of the college's 2012-13 Jazz Series. Tickets, at $15-22, are available through the Lawrence Box Office, 920-832-6749 or [email protected]. Featuring Wisconsin native Ethan Iverson, piano, and Minnesotans Reid Anderson on bass, and David King on drums, the trio performed together for the first time as teenagers once in 1990. After spending the ...
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Jazz This Week: Made in St. Louis
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
While there are no major touring jazz or creative music headliners scheduled to be here for the next few days, St. Louis musicians will be filling a variety of local venues with all sorts of sounds. And so, as a way of demonstrating the wide variety of activity on our local scene, this week's picks consists of fifteen different bands and musicians playing at fifteen different locations over the next five days. Let's go to the highlights... Tonight, guitarist Brian ...
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Bob Mover Quartet In Paris, Jan. 24-26 At Sunset-Sunside
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SF Media
The Bob Mover Quartet will perform at Sunset-Sunside Jazz Club in Paris, France for 3 nights, January 24 through 26, 2013. Mover, widely regarded as one of the greatest saxophonists in jazz and a legendary presence on the New York City jazz scene, has a new CD set for release in 2013, My Heart Tells Me (Motema Music), a double-CD set which features not only Mover's mastery of alto, tenor and soprano saxophones, but also his impressive work as a ...
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Saxophonist/Composer/Educator Tia Fuller to Perform at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola in Support of Critically Acclaimed Third Album, Angelic Warrior February 21 - 24, 7:30 and 9:30PM
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DL Media
Album Features John Patitucci, Terri Lyne Carrington, Dianne Reeves, Shamie Royston, Mimi Jones, and Rudy Royston Saxophonist/Composer/Educator Tia Fuller is scheduled to perform at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola in New York City from Thursday, February 21 through Sunday, February 24. The performance will be in support of her recently released Mack Avenue Records album, Angelic Warrior. With performances at 7:30 and 9:30PM each evening, Fuller will be joined by special guest trumpeter Sean Jones, as well as pianist Shamie Royston, bassist ...
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