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Terry Klinefelter Group In Kennett Square PA 11/7/12!
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Jim Miller
Appearing at Jazz Bridge in Kennett Square! at Kennett Flash-—102 Sycamore Alley in Kennett Square—on November 7th is pianist/composer Terry Klinefelter and her group. One show at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10, $5 for students, and are only available at the door. For info: 610-745-3011. Jazz Bridge, a 501C public charity that assists area jazz and blues musicians in crisis, is sponsoring this event and others in the Jazz Bridge in Kennett Square!! series. Klinefelter is a world class jazz ...
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Jazz This Week: Christian Scott, Alarm Will Sound, Wynton Marsalis' "Swing Symphony," Jazz in Pink, Mike Metheny, and More
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
If you're a fan of jazz trumpet, it's a good week to be in St. Louis, as the calendar of live jazz and creative music performances for the next several days includes visits from three stellar trumpeters. Other concerts this weekend offer a variety of musical textures and styles, ranging from the intimate to the orchestral and from traditional to ultramodern. Let's go to the highlights.... Tonight, trumpeter Christian Scott (pictured) opens a four-night gig with his band at Jazz ...
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Hip Pocket Returns To Popular Venice Night Spot
Source:
Don Mopsick
A relatively new jazz quartet, “Hip Pocket," will make a return appearance at Dante's Allegro Bistro, located at 1740 East Venice Avenue, Venice, FL on Wednesday, October 24, 2012. Reed player and leader Tom Ellison lives in Venice, FL and performs with area combos and big bands. As a freelance woodwind artist, Tom has performed with Tony Bennett, Johnny Mathis, Henry Mancini, Andy Williams, Woody Herman and the Thundering Herd, the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra, Aretha Franklin, the Temptations, Lou Rawls ...
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The RRazz Room Presents The Return Of Grammy Award-Winning Jazz Legend Diane Schuur
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Miller Wright & Associates
The RRazz Room, San Francisco’s premier nightclub, presents the return of Grammy Award-winning jazz legend, Diane Schuur, nicknamed “Deedles,” to celebrate the release of her recent album, The Gathering. The CD features special guests Alison Krauss, Vince Gill, Mark Knopfler, Larry Carlton and Kirk Whalum. For her show, Schuur embraces her country roots for the first time infusing her jazz sensibilities into ten country-brewed tunes from such seminal songwriters as Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Hank Cochran, Kris Kristofferson, Roger Miller ...
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Synergy Jazz Foundation kicks off the 2012-13 Synergy Jazz Concert Series
Source:
Bill Bergren
Trombone Jazz with Tim Coffman and Rich Medd The Patty and Fred Turner Jazz Center Saturday, November 10, 2012-7:30 pm Chicago area trombonist Tim Coffman will be joined by The Sam Salomone Trio in kicking off the 2012-13 Synergy Jazz Concert Series. Joining Coffman on the November 10 concert will be Iowa City trombonist Rich Medd in a special two trombone quintet featuring a few of the duet arrangements from the legendary J.J. Johnson/Kai Winding sessions. Workshops/Jam Session ...
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Roomful of Blues to Perform in New Hope (PA) November 10
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Chris M. Slawecki
Roomful of Blues, touring in support of their latest Alligator CD, Hook, Line & Sinker, will perform live at Havana in New Hope on Saturday, November 10, 2012. Roomful of Blues, according to DownBeat magazine, “are in a class by themselves." Since 1967, the group's deeply rooted blend of swing, rock 'n' roll, jump, blues and soul has earned it five Grammy Award nominations and a slew of other accolades, including seven Blues Music Awards. The group was recently voted ...
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Feinstein’s At Loews Regency Presents Four Time Grammy Award-Nominated Jazz Singer Sue Raney
Source:
Miller Wright & Associates
FEINSTEIN’S AT LOEWS REGENCY, the nightclub proclaimed “Best of New York” by New York Magazine and “an invaluable New York institution” by The New York Post will continue its Fall 2012 season with the premiere engagement of Grammy nominated jazz singer, SUE RANEY. For her first New York nightclub engagement in 25 years, Raney will be accompanied by her longtime colleague Alan Broadbent on piano, in addition to Harvie Swartz on bass and Bill Goodwin on drums. Part of the ...
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Oikos Ensemble's "Follow That Star: A Jazz Nativity" to be Performed on Saturday, December 8 and Sunday, December 9
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Though it's still a couple of weeks before Halloween, early harbingers of the Christmas season already are in the air, including the first announcement of a holiday-themed performance to hit StLJN's inbox this fall: The Oikos Ensemble, featuring saxophonist Rev. Cliff Aerie (pictured) and his daughter, vocalist Arianna Aerie, will be returning to St. Louis again this year to team with local musicians for performances of the Christmas show “Follow That Star: A Jazz Nativity." This is the second year ...
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