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Alex Jacquemin at Joe's Pub on January 31

Source: Tom Estey Publicity & Promotion
January 23, 2012

Renowned Jazz Guitarist Alex Jacquemin celebrates His New CD Release—First and Last Light—with Performance at Joe's Pub, January 31. “Alex Jacquemin's new release combines the sounds of European and American jazz with the rich, sensuous melodies of Africa and the Middle East. Sexy, playful, mystical, it transports you to new states of mind, where anything is possible." —Valerie Gladstone, writer for New York Times, Washington Post and LA Times Joe's Pub (425 Lafayette Street, between E. 4th and Astor Place), ...

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Susan Tedeschi Says Sprawling Tedeschi Trucks Band Owes Much to Joe Cocker's 'Mad Dogs and Englishmen'

Source: Something Else!
January 23, 2012

There is, of course, an obvious comparison for the newly formed Tedeschi Trucks Band—yeah, we made it too—in the 1970s-era husband-and-wife tours led by Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett. Susan Tedeschi, however, says their group's main inspiration goes further back. All the way back to the traveling caravan of grease-popping soul and eye-popping excess that was Joe Cocker's late-1960s jaunts with Leon Russell, Rita Coolidge, members of Derek and the Dominoes, Jim Keltner, Bobby Keys and others—mythical, then as now, for ...

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Jazz Drummer Ralph Peterson at Scullers Jazz Club in Boston on Tuesday, January 24

Source: MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
January 23, 2012

Jazz drummer and composer Ralph Peterson is performing in concert at Scullers Jazz Club in Boston on Tuesday, January 24, 2012, at 8:00 p.m. Tickets to the show are $25 and can be ordered online or purchased at the door. You can see a full schedule of upcoming jazz at Scullers, located at the Doubletree Suites by Hilton Hotel, 400 Soldiers Field Road in Boston's Allston neighborhood. For year round details on jazz clubs, concerts, campus events, festivals, radio stations ...

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Peter Martin, Vivian Sessoms to Perform Saturday, March 10 at the Sheldon

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
January 23, 2012

Pianist Peter Martin will resume his eponymous series at the Sheldon Concert Hall with a performance featuring guest vocalist Vivian Sessoms (pictured) at 8:00 p.m., Saturday, March 10. Bassist Bob Hurst and drummer Ulysses Owens will join Martin and Sessoms for the show. Sessoms is a native New Yorker who's been performing professionally since she was a child, but got her first widespread exposure as a grown-up through working with film composer Ryuichi Sakamoto. Since then, she's developed a solo ...

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Venissa Santi at Cheltenham Center for the Arts on February 1st

Source: Jim Miller
January 23, 2012

Appearing at the Cheltenham Center for the Arts, 439 Ashbourne Rd, Cheltenham, PA on February 1st 2012 will be singer Venissa Santi and her band, featuring pianist John Stenger, Bassist Madison Rast, and percussionist Francois Zayas. One show: 7:30-9PM. Tickets: $10/$5 for students. No advance sales. Free Refreshments! For info: 215-517-8337. This Jazz Bridge Neighborhood Concert Series is sponsored by Jazz Bridge, a 501C3 nonprofit that assists local jazz and blues musicians in crisis. The Cheltenham Neighborhood Concert series is ...

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Jazz Bridge presents Jimi Odell at the Collingswood Community Center on February 2nd

Source: Jim Miller
January 23, 2012

Appearing at Jazz in the Wood at the Collingswood Community Center, 30 E. Collings Ave, in Collingswood, NJ, on February 2nd will be guitarist/singer Jimi Odell with his band. One Show: 7:30-9 p.m. Admission: $10/$5 for students. No advance sales. Free Refreshments! For info: 856-858-8914. Jazz Bridge, a 501C3 nonprofit that assists our local jazz and blues musicians in crisis, is sponsoring this concert. Short bio: Guitarist Jimi Odell has been playing clubs and festivals in the Philly area so ...

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Alfie Moss and Dexter Koonce Project at the Kennett Flash on February 1st

Source: Jim Miller
January 23, 2012

Appearing on Wednesday, February 1st at the Kennett Flash, 102 Sycamore Alley, Kennett Square, PA will be the Alfie Moss and Dexter Koonce Project. Showtime: 7:30 p.m. One show. Tickets: $10/$5 students. No advance sales. For info: Call 484-732-8295. Bio: One of Delaware's premier jazz vocalists, Alfie Moss has a smooth style of singing that blends standards with reggae and calypso. Together with her partner, keyboardist Dexter Koonce, Moss and her group have well-earned their recognition as “Best Jazz Band" ...

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Derrick N. Ashong & Soulfege Live At Drom NYC on February 9

Source: Carol Green, Redwood Entertainment
January 23, 2012

New York, NY—Derrick N. Ashong & Soulfège just can't sit still. After recently performing at Club de Madrid's gala dinner honoring former President Bill Clinton with the Democratic Leadership Award, releasing the animated short film Love Rain Down (a cut from their latest CD, AFropolitan), launching a national commercial & public radio broadcast campaign, and introducing their Million Download Campaign for 2012, they're now scheduled to appear live at Drom in NYC on Thursday, February 9, 2012 from 7:00 to ...

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