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Jazz / Rock Drummer Aaron Comess Preps Sextet Concert For July 11th At Smoke Jazz In New York City

Source: Seth Cohen PR
June 12, 2012

A Straight-Up Jazz Show, With a Focus on Material From the 1960s Respected jazz & rock drummer/multi-instrumentalist/composer/producer Aaron Comess has confirmed a July 11th sextet concert at Smoke Jazz in New York City. Comess has long ties to jazz, and has played with such greats as Roy Hargrove, Brad Meldau, Robert Glasper, Bilal, Roswell Rudd, Arnie Lawrence, Deanna Kirk and more. As a member of the group New York Electric Piano (for the past 10 years,) Comess and band-mates scored ...

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Pianist Neil Alexander releases"100 Years Of Spring"

Source: Neil Alexander
June 11, 2012

Stravinsky Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring) Centennial Tribute 100 Years of Spring with pianist Neil Alexander Imagine a quiet morning in a food market. A place Anthony Bourdain or Jamie Oliver might visit while jaunting around the globe. Strategically placed, among vendors setting up their stalls, is a piano. When the market opens people trickle in, or pour in, and some may notice the unusual addition and wonder. Then, as people are chatting, procuring, rushing or strolling, ...

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Bobby Shew Quartet at Tula's

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
June 11, 2012

Bobby Shew played a one-nighter Saturday evening in his brief tour of the Pacific Northwest. The gig at Tula’s in Seattle launched in slight confusion over the introduction the rhythm section played to the first tune, Victor Young’s “Beautiful Love.” It did not match what Shew had in mind. He halted the proceedings and offered the packed house a wry explanation, “This is jazz. You don’t have to know what you’re doing.” There was a brief conference that consisted mainly ...

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Jazz Has A New Home At Silver Lake’s El Cid Venue Hosted By Singer Kaylene Peoples And The Indie Hotspot

Source: Sean McKenzie
June 9, 2012

Jazz singer Kaylene Peoples and El Cid promoter Michael McCarthy have teamed up to bring jazz to Silver Lake. Once a month Kaylene will have a star-studded themed evening with her talented band and a special guest performer. “The Indie Hotspot Silver Lake Jazz Series” launches June 13, 2012, at 8:00 p.m. Kaylene will be performing Bossa Nova, and her first special guest, Chase Masterson, will delight the El Cid crowd with steamy torch songs from the vintage jazz era. ...

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Beat Kaestli & Clarice Assad - A Cosmopolitan Affair - June 25th @ The Metropolitan Room NYC, 9:30pm

Source: Beat Kaestli
June 8, 2012

Joined by their mutual love of music and languages, longtime friends and collaborators Beat Kaestli and Clarice Assad use their cultural differences to present a cosmopolitan affair of international standards in a humorous yet sophisticated setting. Blending styles, reaching from Bossa Nova and Jazz to French Chansons and Opera, their diverse program takes you from Rio de Janeiro to Bahia, from Jacques Prévert to Charles Bizet right back to Rodgers and Hart and charming originals. Along with percussionist extraordinaire Keita ...

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Jazz This Week: Byron Stripling's Tribute to Louis Armstrong; Kirk Whalum Plays Keilwerth; Free Outdoor Jazz Concerts; and More

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
June 8, 2012

Though the official start of summer still is a couple of weeks off, the summer season of free outdoor concerts around St. Louis already is well underway. This time of year also usually brings some visitors to StLJN who find the site by searching for “free jazz concerts in the park" or something similar, as well as a few emails from people asking where those free outdoor jazz concerts can be found. Well, the short answer to that question is, ...

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David Sanborn, Brian Culbertson to Perform Thursday, August 23 at the Pageant

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
June 6, 2012

Saxophonist David Sanborn (pictured), who grew up in the St. Louis suburb of Kirkwood, is returning home to perform at 8:00 p.m., Thursday August 23 at The Pageant. Sanborn last was in St. Louis in August, 2011, when he played at the Touhill Performing Arts Center with bassist Marcus Miller and keyboardist George Duke. He's being joined this time here and on much of 2012's “The Dream" tour by keyboardist Brian Culbertson, whose appearance at The Pageant was tipped off ...

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Saxophonist Geof Bradfield's Newly Commissioned "Melba!" To Premiere In Chicago July 21

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
June 6, 2012

Chicago saxophonist/composer Geof Bradfield will premiere his new suite for jazz septet, Melba!, at the Carter G. Woodson Regional Library in Chicago on 7/21. The piece is a tribute to the great jazz arranger and trombonist, Melba Liston (1926-1999), and was supported by a commission from Chamber Music America’s 2011 New Jazz Works program (with funding by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation). Several other performances will follow in September, starting 9/5 at the Square Room in Knoxville, Tennessee; 9/7 at ...

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