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LazJaz Trio Features French Jazz Composers on Nov. 11 Recital at Acoustix Jazz Lounge
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Henry Brent
LazJaz Trio, featuring Charles Laz, piano instructor at the Nice Conservatory, will give a jazz recital in Atlanta featuring the works of French composers on Nov. 11 at Acoustix Jazz Lounge & Restaurant, 840 Marietta St. (corner of Northside Drive, 404-879-0111) near GA Tech Campus, from 7:30 to 11:30 pm. The recital will feature the jazz compositions of Michel LeGrand, Charles Aznavour, Michel Petrucciani, Stephane Grappelli, Martial Solal and Claude Bolling, in addition to Brazilian works by Antonio Carlos Jobim ...
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Andy De Campos Quintet's Return Engagements At Gate 403 In Toronto
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LMC Media
Toronto's Gate 403 is beloved by musicians and fans alike as an intimate setting. Surprisingly, one of the few places in town where the piano actually sounds like a piano! Andy De Campos Quintet will perform at Gate 403 on Sunday, November 18 & Saturday, December 8 On vocals: Andy De Campos On piano: Rick Maltese On bass: Ken McDonald On drums: Steve Farrugia ...
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DJ Shadow Announces US DJ Dates + Reconstructed: The Best of DJ Shadow & Reconstructed: The Definitive DJ Shadow
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Chris M. Slawecki
DJ Shadow Announces Additional US DJ Dates In Support Of Reconstructed: The Best of DJ Shadow and Reconstructed: The Definitive DJ Shadow Released September 25, on Universal Music Enterprises DJ Shadow, who is rightly regarded as one of the most influential and consistently innovative artists to emerge from music in the last 20 years, released four collections of his finest recordings on September 25, 2012 via UMe. DJ Shadow is known as an electronic musical pioneer and “turntable mastermind” (Pitchfork). ...
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Harry Miller to Play Saturday, November 17 at Robbie's House of Jazz
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Pianist and St. Louis expat Harry Miller, who grew up in University City and now lives in NYC, is coming back home this month to perform at 8:30 p.m. Saturday, November 17 at Robbie's House of Jazz. Miller's credits include a couple of years of road work with trumpeter Maynard Ferguson's last touring group, Big Bop Nouveau, with whom the pianist played his last St. Louis gig about a decade ago. In addition to leading his own bands and doing ...
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Kirk Whalum Performing "Gospel According to Jazz Christmas" on Saturday, December 1 at Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Saxophonist Kirk Whalum (pictured) will perform a “Gospel According to Jazz Christmas" concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, December 1 at Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church, 5515 Doctor Martin Luther King Dr. Whalum, a popular smooth jazz and R&B performer and the nephew of St. Louis pianist, saxophonist and singer Hugh “Peanuts" Whalum, first launched the “Gospel According to Jazz" concept in 2002 with an album of the same name. His 2010 release The Gospel According to Jazz Chapter III included ...
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Bobby Belfry CD Release Party At Nyack Village Theater on November 17
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Lampkin Publicity Service
Ship of Fools is proud to present the CD Release Party for the new recording “One Lucky Day" featuring Bobby Belfry and the David Budway Trio. Nyack Village Theater 94 Main St Nyack, NY, 10960 Saturday, November 17, 2012 7:30pm & 9:30pm $15 online, $20 at the door A mainstay at Feinstein’s, The Metropolitan Club, and Brandy's, Bobby has also performed at Lincoln Center, Town Hall, The Russian Tea Room, The Rainbow ...
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The Lead Sheet: Twin Citites Jazz, November 2-8
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JazzINK by Andrea Canter
I've noticed all those signs that fall is fading into winter—colder nights, mostly bare trees, dead or dying plants on the porch, and of course earlier sunsets. But we're lucky here in the Upper Midwest—no hurricanes, sea surges, mass power outages.... And for the most part, no cancelations of our favorite jazz gigs. We did lose out on the opportunity to hear the Maria Schneider Orchestra last week as most of the band was stranded in New York. But that ...
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Neither Wind, nor Rain, nor Hurricane Sandy... Music Without Maria at the Dakota
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JazzINK by Andrea Canter
Here in Minnesota, we have no grounds for complaints about the weather. We're having a drought, not flash flooding or sea surges. We are not in the path of hurricanes. We aren't even getting the backlash rains that hit Detroit and Chicago. We have electricity and public transportation. And we're very thankful and send our prayers out to our relatives, friends and fellow citizens on the East Coast. But no one really escaped some impact in the wake of Sandy. ...
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