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Calvin Keys Celebrates His 70th Birthday

Source: Tompkins Square
February 4, 2012

Guitarist Calvin Keys will celebrate his 70th birthday on February 6th, 2012. To mark the occasion, Calvin will play a special birthday show Feb 6th, 7-11pm, at 57th St. Gallery, 5701 Telegraph Ave., Oakland CA. Tickets are $20 at the door. Keys' very first album,'Shawn-Neeq, originally released in 1971 on Black Jazz, has just been reissued on 180g vinyl by SF-based label Tompkins Square. It's a stone classic waiting to be re-discovered. The funky, deep grooves and Calvin's singular guitar ...

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Terell Stafford Quintet Pays Tribute to Lee Morgan in the Kimmel Center’s Jazz Up Close Series, Feb. 25

Source: All About Jazz
February 3, 2012

Terell Stafford Quintet continues the Kimmel Center's 2011/12 Jazz Up Close Series, which honors Philadelphia jazz legends, with a tribute to Philly born hard-bop trumpeter, Lee Morgan, on February 25, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. in Perelman Theater. The quintet will perform a bebop-infused program of select works from the legendary composer, arranger and musician's catalogue of music, as well as works from Terell Stafford's latest 2011 release, This Side of Strayhorn. Trumpeter Terell Stafford will be joined on stage by ...

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Jammin’ at the Gem Concert Series Showcases Vibraphonist Roy Ayers with Spoken Word and Jazz Poetry Innovators

Source: Artists Recording Collective + the ARC Record Label
February 3, 2012

The second installment in the American Jazz Museum's noted 2011/2012 “Jammin' at the Gem" concert series season headlines another musical master of world renown, the vibraphonist/composer, Roy Ayers. Mr. Ayers will be joined by two pioneers of jazz poetry and spoken word, Jessica Care Moore and Louis Reyes Rivera. Of poets, Moore and Reyes Rivera, AJM Poet-In-Residence, Glenn North states, “Jessica Care Moore was the first poet who appeared on “Showtime at the Apollo" to win 5 times in a ...

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Denise King at Society Hill Playhouse on February 16th

Source: Jim Miller
February 3, 2012

Appearing at Jazz at the Playhouse will be singer Denise King and her band featuring pianist Aaron Graves, bassist Lee Smith and drummer Khary Shaheed at the Society Hill Playhouse, 507 S. 8th Street in Philadelphia on February 16th. One Show: 7:30-9 p.m. Admission: $10/$5 for students. No advance sales. For info: 215-517-8337 or 856-858-8914. Parking is right across the street, and public transportation is very convenient as well! Jazz Bridge, a 501C3 nonprofit that assists our local jazz and ...

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Karen Rodriguez' Latin Jazz in Media, PA on February 15th

Source: Jim Miller
February 3, 2012

Appearing at Jazz in Media! at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 145 W. Rose Tree Road in Media, PA, on February 15th will be singer Karen Rodriguez and her Latin Jazz Ensemble. One Show: 7:30-9 p.m. $10/$5 students. No advance sales. For info: call 610-745-3011. Free refreshments and free on-site parking. (Please check out the complete lineup for Third Wednesdays each month at the Jazz in Media! series through May.) About Karen Rodriguez Ms. Rodriguez is the ...

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Widespread Panic Cover Jimmy Cliff on Wood Tour

Source: JamBase
February 3, 2012

ANOTHER CHOICE COVER FROM ACOUSTIC WOOD TOUR Widespread Panic are currently in the midst of their Panic en la Playa shows in Puerto Morelos, Mexico, but that doesn't mean we can't bring you another highlight from the first phase of the Wood Tour. Below, check out the guys performing the Jimmy Cliff classic “Many Rivers to Cross" on January 28 at The Tabernacle in Atlanta, GA. The band will pick up the second part of the all-acoustic Wood Tour on ...

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Bruce Springsteen to Play Apollo Theater for Sirius XM

Source: JamBase
February 3, 2012

HISTORIC CONCERT AT THE WORLD FAMOUS APOLLO THEATER CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF SATELLITE RADIO Sirius XM Radio announced that Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will perform at Harlem's world famous Apollo Theater for the first time at a special concert event, only for SiriusXM, to celebrate 10 years of satellite radio. The concert will be held on Friday, March 9 at 8:00 pm ET, three days after the release of Springsteen's new album Wrecking Ball. The concert will ...

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Lou Reed: From Vu to Lulu 2012 European Tour

Source: JamBase
February 3, 2012

LOU REED ANNOUNCES SUMMER EUROPEAN DATES Hot off the incredible reception of his collaborative album Lulu with Metallica, Lou Reed will embark on a “FROM VU TO LULU" European tour during Summer 2012. The tour will start in Luxembourg on Wednesday June 6 and will take in several festivals, including Switzerland's Caribana Festival, France's Montereau Festival, Berlin's Citadel Music Festival and Slovakia's renowned Pohoda Festival. Lou will also perform several concerts in France, Holland, Belgium, Denmark, and Germany. The tour ...

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