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Bang on a Can Celebrates 25 Years with Triple Bill Concert at Lincoln Center
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Jensen Artists
Bang on a Can takes over Alice Tully Hall presented by Lincoln Center’s Great Performers series in a triple-bill birthday bash on Saturday, April 28 at 7pm featuring the Bang on a Can All-Stars, Asphalt Orchestra, and MIT’s Gamelan Galak Tika. Bang on a Can is celebrating 25 years during 2012, having grown from a one-day New York-based Marathon concert (on Mother’s Day in 1987 in a SoHo art gallery) to a multi-faceted performing arts organization with a broad range ...
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Kinky Friedman Goes Bipolar
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conqueroo
Kinky's BiPolar Tour invades the Northeast in June. AUSTIN, Texas — Everyone's favorite former Texas gubernatorial candidate, political commentator and self-proclaimed “author, columnist, musician and beautician" Kinky Friedman is going bipolar, as in Kinky Friedman's BiPolar Tour, which starts in New England on June 6 and continues through to July 1. As he has done on his recent “sojourns through America," Kinky will be performing solo, dispensing the wisdom of the Jewish troubadour, and signing books. The Kinkster, whose solo ...
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Jazz Bridge Presents Denise Montana In Media, Pa On Wed. May 16th!
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Jim Miller
Appearing at Jazz in Media! at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 145 W. Rose Tree Road in Media, PA, on May 16th for the last concert of the season will be singer Denise Montana with vibraphonist Tony Miceli, bassist Steve Beskrone, and percussionist Jim Hamilton. One Show: 7:30-9 p.m. $10/$5 students. No advance sales. For info: 610-745-3011. Free refreshments and free on-site parking. Jazz Bridge, a 501C3 public charity that helps our local jazz and blues musicians in crisis, is sponsoring ...
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Jazz Bridge Presents Jef Lee Johnson In Collingswood On Thurs. May 3rd!
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Jim Miller
Appearing at the Collingswood Community Center, 30 E. Collings Ave, in Collingswood NJ, on May 3rd for the last Jazz Bridge concert of the season will be guitarist Jef Lee Johnson, bassist Chico Huff, and drummer Charles Pateirno. One Show: 7:30-9 p.m. Admission: $10/$5 for students. No advance sales. Free Buffet! For info, call 856-858-8914. Jazz Bridge, a 501C3 nonprofit that assists our local jazz and blues musicians in crisis, is sponsoring this concert. Jef Lee Johnson is a true ...
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Jazz Bridge Presents Lynn Riley At The Kennett Flash Wed. May 2nd!
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Jim Miller
Appearing on Wednesday, May 2nd at the Kennett Flash, 102 Sycamore Alley, Kennett Square, PA, for the last concert of this season will be saxophonist Lynn Riley and her band World Mix. Showtime: 7:30 p.m. One show. $10/$5 students. No advance sales. For info: Call 484-732-8295. This concert is produced by Jazz Bridge, a nonprofit that assists jazz and blues musicians in crisis who work and live in the Greater Philadelphia Metro area. Lynn Riley has performed with many great ...
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Greg Lake To Tour The United Kingdom In Songs Of A Lifetime
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
London, UK: Greg Lake, songwriter, poet, vocalist and founding member of Emerson Lake and Palmer and King Crimson, tours the United Kingdom in “Songs of a Lifetime,” an intimate, interactive and autobiographical show which will make its way through the UK this November 2012. The tour began in North America in the April and May, starting in Canada and moving across America to great acclaim. The great success of the tour has led to worldwide demand.. Greg Lake has long ...
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Jazz St. Louis Offering 2-for-1 Tickets for Malone and Chestnut, Tia Fuller
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Jazz St. Louis is offering two tickets for the price of one for sets by guitarist Russell Malone and pianist Cyrus Chestnut's trio this Wednesday and Thursday at Jazz at the Bistro, and for the shows on Wednesday, April 25 and Thursday, April 26 at the Bistro by saxophonist Tia Fuller's quartet. Single tickets for Malone and Chestnut are priced at $30, while tickets for Fuller (pictured) are $25. To get the two-for-one discount, purchase your tickets by calling Jazz ...
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Pollstar Reveals More Possible Details of Jazz at the Bistro's 2012-13 Season
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Although the official announcement of Jazz at the Bistro's 2012-13 season presumably is still a few weeks away, recent developments have shed some more light on what may be coming up there next year. Most notably, the online touring information service Pollstar has added new listings showing performances at the Bistro by singer Gregory Porter (Wednesday, January 2 - Saturday, January 5) and singer and pianist Freddy Cole (Wednesday, May 22 - Saturday, May 25). The former series of dates ...
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