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Bombino & Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars Now Touring Across North America
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Chris M. Slawecki
Summer isn't over yet. Bombino and Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars are each touring now across the US & Canada and chances are one or both will be performing near you. Here's a guide to upcoming shows. Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars August 11: Pasadena, CA: Levitt Pavilion: FREE August 12: Tidewater, OR: Beloved Festival August 14: Seattle, WA: The Triple Door August 15: Seattle, WA: The Triple Door August ...
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Matt Ulery's Loom Trio to Perform Friday, September 28 at Saint Louis Art Museum
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Chicago bassist and composer Matt Ulery is bringing his group LOOM Trio to St. Louis to perform at 7:00 p.m. Friday, September 28 in the Grigg Gallery of the Saint Louis Art Museum. According to the news release sent out by the museum, the gig also will feature members of the Chicago-based new music group eighth blackbird, five of whom were part of the nine-piece ensemble on Ulery's most recent album By A Little Light. The concert is part of ...
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The Rrazz Room Presents The Return Of Acclaimed San Francisco Chanteuse Veronica Klaus "The Peggy Lee Songbook”
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Miller Wright & Associates
FEATURING THE TAMMY HALL TRIO CELEBRATING HER NEW CD “SOMETHING COOL” TWO SHOWS ONLY, AUGUST 24 – 25 The RRazz Room, San Francisco’s premier nightclub, presents the return of San Francisco chanteuse VERONICA KLAUS with an encore of her critically acclaimed show featuring the music of Peggy Lee. The two shows, on August 24 and 25 at 10:00 PM, will help celebrate her new CD Something Cool. Veronica's keen sensibility and eclectic taste guarantee an evening of intriguing musical selections, ...
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Piano Master Joe Sample Brings Trio To Maryland's Birchmere Music Hall Saturday September 29
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Inque Public Relations
Music master Joe Sample is bringing his jazz trio to Silver Springs, Maryland for a special concert at the Birchmere Music Hall, Saturday, September 29, 2012. Sample has just released a fine new Live CD (with singer Randy Crawford), but for this engagement, the spotlight will solely be on his piano mastery and that of his trio which includes world renowned drummer Steve Gadd and his accomplished son Nicklas Sample on upright bass. Joe Sample is world renowned as a ...
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Jazz Music In A Jazz Music Room: Andy De Campos At The Winchester In Toronto
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LMC Media
Jazz Vocalist Andy De Campos and his trio are very happy to be performing at The Winchester on Thursday, August 9th, 2012. The Winchester is one of the very few music rooms in Toronto that is actually built as a music room! It's beautiful architecture and high ceilings are perfect for enhancing the subtleties of Andy's swooning as well as the highlights of his crooning! Maybe that's why it is one of the Toronto Jazz Festival's official venues. Jazz vocalist ...
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Veteran Jazz Pianist, Donn Trenner Returns To New York City For First Major Engagement In 25 Years
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Shaynee Rainbolt
EMMY NOMINATED VETERAN JAZZ PIANIST, DONN TRENNER RETURNS TO NEW YORK CITY FOR FIRST MAJOR ENGAGEMENT IN 25 YEARS JOINED BY MAC/BISTRO AWARD WINNING JAZZ VOCALIST, SHAYNEE RAINBOLT Hear the music Fridays in September at 9:30pm: 9/7, 9/14, 9/21, 9/28, at the Metropolitan Room, New York, NY NEW YORK, NY, August 1st, 2012 – It was just over 10 years ago that Shaynee Rainbolt was performing at the Plush Room in San Francisco and met Emmy nominated musical director, conductor, ...
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Keyboardist Kevin Toney To Perform Sizzling Summer “California Concerts” Through August With Jazz Trio The Kevin Toney 3 And A Reunion Of '70s Soul-jazz Pioneers The Blackbyrds
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Inque Public Relations
KT3’s V.I.P. CD Release Show at Vitello’s for Album - NEW AMERICAN SUITE Blackbyrds Share Opening Night of Long Beach Jazz Festival with The Isley Brothers “These performances represent the new (KT3) and the vintage (Blackbyrds) and is the culmination of my journey in music!" —Kevin Toney Keyboard wizard Kevin Toney is about kick the temperature up in August several more degrees with a series of exciting “California Concerts.” With the July 24 release of his classical jazz concept album ...
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Bob Mover / Emilie Mover "Family Business" At The Kitano New York, August 9
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SF Media
Bob Mover / Emilie Mover “Family Business" will appear August 9, 2012 at The Kitano New York, in the band's debut performance. Jazz saxophonist/vocalist/composer Bob Mover has joined forces with his daughter, vocalist/composer Emilie Mover, along with guitarist Joe Cohn, bassist Bob Cranshaw and drummer Jimmy Wormworth to form this new quintet. The Kitano is at 66 Park Ave. at 38th St. in New York City. The band will play two sets, at 8 PM and 10 PM. There is ...
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