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Lakecia Benjamin Celebrates The Release Of Her Debut CD, Retox, With June 12 Show At Le Poisson Rouge

Source: Cary Goldberg
June 5, 2012

Irresistible Set of Original Jazz-Tinged Funk and R&B Coming June 12 on Motéma Music “A game changer for black music" —SoulPatrol To celebrate the June 12 release of her debut CD, Retox, on Motema Music, saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin, who has played with Stevie Wonder, Alicia Keys, The Roots and Macy Gray, will perform with her soulful, jazz-inflected sax led band, Soul Patrol, at Le Poisson Rouge. While she's made quite an impact with her impressive sax work on stage and ...

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Pianist/Vocalist Marc Hoffman To Perform At Ethos

Source: Marble Arch PR
June 5, 2012

June 5, 2012: Jazz pianist/composer/vocalist Marc Hoffman will perform this Friday, June 8th with his duo and Saturday, June 9th as a soloist at Ethos Southern Bistro & Martini Bar in downtown Salisbury. Marc will be joined on upright bass by Victor Sams. Hoffman and his duo, trio, and quartet are well known in the Charlotte area for their appearances at jazz clubs, concerts, and other special events, most recently at the Pewter Rose in Charlotte as part of the ...

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Columbus Jazz Orchestra Goes Wild in Seventh Season of Jazzoo!

Source: Michael Ricci
June 4, 2012

Columbus, OH: This summer, the Jazz Arts Group will take jazz to a wilder place as the Columbus Jazz Orchestra takes center stage at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium for the seventh season of JazZoo! The four-concert series returns to the Water's Edge Events Park at the Columbus Zoo providing a beautiful waterfront setting along the O'Shaughnessy Reservoir. Gates open at 6:30 PM with concerts beginning at 8 PM. July 13, 8 PM: “Rock 'n' Roll Meets the Blues" featuring ...

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This Week At The Cornelia Street Cafe, June 4-11

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
June 4, 2012

The Cornelia Street Café, which celebrates its 35th Anniversary this July, is a true New York City landmark, an epicurean destination, an artist's café that cultivates and inspires, and one of the few remaining Greenwich Village bastions for creative music, spoken word, art, theatre, cabaret and much more The Cornelia Street Cafe is Proud to Announce “Spotlight On New Talent" A NEW monthly series, dedicated to showcasing some of the most brilliant up-and-coming jazz musicians This Week at The Cafe, ...

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Kirk Whalum to Demonstrate at Saxquest, Perform at the Sheldon

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
June 2, 2012

Saxophonist Kirk Whalum (pictured) is coming to St. Louis later this month to demonstrate a new line of saxophones, and again in September to perform in a fundraising concert. On Sunday, June 10, Whalum will appear at Saxquest, 2114 Cherokee St, for “A Taste of Keilwerth," demonstrating and performing on the manufacturer's latest models of saxophones. The free event will take place from 2:00 pm to 6:00 p.m., with Whalum playing with a full rhythm section every hour on the ...

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Nicki Parrott: Jazz At Kitano

Source: Daniel Kassell
June 2, 2012

On the last Wednesday night of the first month in the newly renovated bar musical director Gino Moratti announced a quiet policy intended to focus attention on the subtleties of Nicki Parrott’s Trio. Moving from the second floor after six successful years to the first floor adjacent to the hotel in the former Park Avenue Rockefeller Townhouse, the official opening on the weekend of May 2nd, 2012, found it’s now called: JAZZ at Kitano. The mahogany walls, banquettes, skylights set ...

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Jazz St. Louis Announces 2012-13 Season Schedule

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
May 31, 2012

Jazz St. Louis today announced the schedule of performers they've booked for the 2012-13 presenting season at Jazz at the Bistro and the Touhill Performing Arts Center. The “Legends of Jazz" concerts at the Touhill will feature the biggest names, with saxophonist Sonny Rollins (pictured) returning to perform on Friday, October 12. JSL presented Rollins in 2009 at the Touhill, ending a drought of many years without a St. Louis gig for the legendary tenor man. Also at the Touhill, ...

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Jazz This Week: Jazzu with Tim Warfield, Benjamin Cawthra on Jazz Photography, "Ain't Misbehavin'" and More

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
May 31, 2012

With Memorial Day come and gone and local presenters now on their summer schedules, the number of touring jazz musicians coming through St. Louis definitely takes a noticeable drop at this time of year. At the same time, there are plenty of other things competing for the public's attention, from summer outdoor activities to musical events like this Saturday's RFT Music Showcase. But even with all that, there still are some noteworthy jazz events featuring both visitors and local musicians ...

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