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The Django Announces April Line-Up Including Charles Mingus Centennial Celebrations
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AMT Public Relations
The Django, downtown Manhattan’s premier jazz club, celebrates Jazz Appreciation Month with a spectacular April line-up. To commemorate what would have been the 100th birthday (April 22, 2022) of iconic jazz composer/bandleader/bassist Charles Mingus (1922-2022), The Django hosts performances by the Grammy Award-winning Mingus Big Band (April 1, April 11, April 18) and Mingus Orchestra (April 25), as well as special concerts led by Mingus band members including Tatum Greenblatt April 2, Jason Marshall Organ Quartet April 7, Boris Kozlov’s ...
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Los Angeles Philharmonic Presents World Premiere Of New Work By Iconic Composer And Trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith on March 8
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Braithwaite & Katz Communications
A new work by groundbreaking composer and trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith, commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic will be premiered on Tuesday, March 8, 2022. The new work, part of Smith’s Earth series, is titled “Gondwana: Earth, a Blue Sanctuary, Oceans, Seas, Lakes, Rivers, Springs and Lagoons; Paradise Gardens and Skies.” Members of the LA Phil New Music Group as well as cellist and co-curator Jay Campbell will be featured on the performance, which will be conducted by Vimbayi Kaziboni. ...
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Bill Warfield 70th Birthday Bash with Hell's Kitchen At Zinc Bar On March 3rd — Free!
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
"We'll have a jam session with my NY music buddies until the neighbors beat on the walls, the police come or Alex throws us out!" —Bill Warfield Bill Warfield 70th Birthday Bash! FREE!! Zinc Bar 82 W 3rd St New York, NY 10012 212-477-8337 Private shindig from 6- 8PM, March 3rd, 2022 8:00PM: Hell's Kitchen performs! 9:30PM; Jam Session! Bill Warfield: trumpet Lou Marini: alto, flute Dave Riekenberg: tenor and soprano saxophones, flute
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The Spring Season Brings Guest Artists and Premieres for Eastman Jazz
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Michael Ricci
Two of Eastman’s top jazz ensembles will kick off the Spring season with incredible performances, Eastman Jazz Lab Band and Eastman Jazz Workshop Ensemble perform March 2 at 7:30 p.m. in Kilbourn Hall. As the season continues there will be guest appearances by John Clayton, Carmen Bradford, Maria Schneider and more as well as world premieres of various works. Jazz fans can enjoy music year-round at Eastman, from the award-winning Eastman Jazz Ensemble to ensembles ranging from intimate chamber groups ...
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The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) Celebrates Jazz Appreciation Month With Free Concerts, Diana Krall, And More
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AMT Public Relations
Bethany Vespers Series: Samara Joy Saturday, April 2 @ 6:00 pm Co-presented by Bethany Baptist Church and NJPAC, this month's Bethany Vesper Concert Series features a performance by jazz vocalist Samara Joy. With a voice and style mature beyond her 22 years, this is a rising star you won't want to miss. Samara won the 2019 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition at NJPAC and released her self-titled debut album just last year. Samara is fresh off winning Best New ...
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New England Conservatory Jazz Orchestra Celebrates The Centennial Of Massachusetts Jazz Master Jaki Byard on March 3
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Braithwaite & Katz Communications
The Music of Jaki Byard" concert will highlight the multi-instrumentalist, composer and arranger’s big band repertoire and his legacy at NEC World premiere of new work by composer Carl Atkins written in honor of Byard. International broadcast on Saturday, April 9 The NEC Jazz Orchestra under the direction of Ken Schaphorst celebrates the centennial of Jaki Byard in a live concert on Thursday, March 3, 2022 at 7:30 p.m. at Jordan Hall, 290 Huntington Avenue, Boston. Byard was one of ...
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Standard fare freshened with enthusiasm
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Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes
You can't go wrong with the standards, be they items from the Great American Songbook, Braziliana or tried-and-true jazz chestnuts. You just need a talented band to deliver them with a fresh stamp—and a healthy dose of enthusiasm. Such was the case on Friday, February 11, when the Dan Miller-Lew Del Gatto quintet performed in the Jazzy Nightsconcert series at the Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center with special guest Jeremy Davenport. Later in the evening, there was a surprise ...
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Popular trio does it again – with charm and excellence
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Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes
The all-star International Trio returned to the Charlotte County Jazz Society concert stage on Monday, February 7 for their fifth appearance in 10 seasons, mixing concert staples with a few surprise treats. Drummer Eddie Metz Jr., bassist & singer Nicki Parrott and piano marvel Rossano Sportiello were happy to be back in front of a live audience. In this case, it was a packed house of more than 220 fans at Gulf Theater at The Military Heritage Museum in Punta ...
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