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Patrick Lamb To Perform With Grammy Nominated Keyboardist Jeff Lorber And Others April 7, 2012 At Jimmy Mak's
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Chase Wang
PATRICK LAMB TO PERFORM WITH GRAMMY NOMINATED KEYBOARDIST JEFF LORBER, JIMMY HASLIP AND REINHART MEIZ FOR JEFF LORBER'S PORTLAND GALAXY CD RELEASE EVENT THIS APRIL 7, 2012 Two Shows (7:30 pm and 10:00 pm) at Jimmy Mak's (Portland, Oregon) Portland fans of great fun/jazz/fusion music are in for a rare and special treat as former native Portlander and Grammy nominated keyboardist, Jeff Lorber, returns to perform with Portland's very own celebrated jazz saxophonist and entertainer, Patrick Lamb with Jimmy Haslip ...
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Pollstar: Preservation Hall Jazz Band to Play the Sheldon in December
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
The online touring information service Pollstar has just added a listing showing a performance by the Preservation Hall Jazz Band (pictured) on Sunday, December 9 at the Sheldon Concert Hall. The PHJB, the touring version of the house band at the famed New Orleans traditional music venue, has played in the St. Louis area several times in the last few years, most recently in April 2011 at the Family Arena in St. Charles as part of a joint tour with ...
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New Orleans Suspects to Perform Thursday, May 24 at the Old Rock House
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
The New Orleans Suspects, a new group that includes two members of the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, an ex-Radiator, and the Neville Brothers' longtime drummer, are coming to St. Louis to perform at 8:00 p.m., Thursday, May 24 at the Old Rock House. The Suspects (pictured) are comprised of DDBB saxophonist Kevin Harris, a founding member of that group, and its current guitarist Jake Eckert; bassist Reggie Scanlan, formerly with the long-running rock/funk band, the Radiators; drummer Willie Green, who's ...
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Trumpeter Terence Blanchard Guests with the Award-Winning Jazzschool Studio Bands, March 25 at el Cerrito High School Theatre
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Terri Hinte Publicity
The Jazzschool Monday and Thursday Night Studio Bands, under the direction of Keith Johnson, serve as some of the region's most important proving grounds for ambitious high school musicians. For the last four years, they've been selected as finalists at the Next Generation Festival (sponsored by the Monterey Jazz Festival), and the Monday Night Band achieved a “three-peat" in 2011 with their third consecutive first-place finish. Before heading to Monterey on April 1 for their fifth national-stage competition at this ...
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This Week at The Cornelia Street Cafe: March 12-19
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Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
The Cornelia Street Café 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 March 22—Trumpeter John Raymond Kicks off the series with a CD release ...
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Rachael Sage Sets 10th CD for May, Confirms NY & LA Concerts
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Seth Cohen PR
Rachael Sage Confirms 10th Studio Album for May, Sets Concerts at Joe's Pub in NY and at Hotel Café in LA to Celebrate Release Lincoln Center 'Meet The Artist' Appearance and First Art Show in a Decade are Confirmed for May as Well Indie singer/songwriter/producer Rachael Sage has confirmed the May 2012 release of her tenth studio album, 'Haunted By You.' All songs on the new CD were written on a 1966 Martin acoustic, marking the first time Sage has ...
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Sinan Bakir at Mark Twain House on March 11
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Sinan Bakir
You can take-in a first-rate jazz doubleheader Sunday, March 11, in Hartford by attending the sizzling jazz brunch at the Mark Twain House and Museum, followed by the red-hot, admission-free jazz matinee series that has been drawing record-breaking turnouts at the downtown Hartford Public Library. Guitarist/composer Sinan Bakir, Turkey's crown jewel gift to the city of Hartford, leads his trio in the “Sunday Jazz Brunch" series at the Twain House's Murasaki Café, an event curated by Hartford's colorful concert producer/fashion ...
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Craig & Lori Brenner to Perform in Concert at the Ann Arbor District Library
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Craig Brenner
Pianist/composer Craig Brenner and his wife Lori Brenner will perform in concert on March 29, 2012, at the downtown Ann Arbor District Library, 343 South Fifth Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104, tel. (734) 327-4200. The concert will begin at 7PM. Called “a fine and funky pianist" by Living Blues magazine, Craig Brenner has also been voted Best Musician in Bloomington, Indiana by the Bloomington Independent. Lori Brenner adds vocals and percussion to many of Craig's original blues, jazz, and boogie ...
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