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Levity accompanies vintage jazz mastery
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Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes
Trombonist Herb Bruce and his Herbicide Jazz Band closed the Charlotte County Jazz Society's 2021-22 concert season on Monday, April 11 in Punta Gorda FL with a wide-ranging trip into the world of classic jazz. It featured a stage full of all-star players, accompanied between songs by the leader's self-deprecating humor. This was Herbicide's third visit to the CCJS concert stage. There was a bit of repetition of favorites from the 2015 and 2018 sets, but the evening was mixed ...
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The sheer joy of swinging jazz
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Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes
You can hear it in the music, and you can see it in the faces. Jazz at its best touches the audience, and is celebrated deeply in the musical communion among its makers. No matter the age gap, or the almost immeasurable decades of experience by most participants. Such was the case on Sunday, April 11 when the Dan Miller-Lew Del Gatto quintet performed at Naples United Church of Christ. The quintet featured 16-year-old Miami-area pianist Brandon Goldberg—and for this ...
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The Django Hosts Young, Emerging Artists As Part Of Its Inaugural 'Next Gen Series' In May
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AMT Public Relations
The Django, downtown Manhattan’s premier jazz club, celebrates the next generation of jazz with a special concert series this month. During the month of May, The Django welcomes rising stars as part of its new Next Gen Series. Artists include recent graduates from William Patterson University, Manhattan School of Music, SUNY/Purchase, Juilliard, The New School, Berklee College of Music, and more. In addition, you can find regular guests on our stage during May: Ken Fowser Quintet (5/6, 5/13, 5/20 and ...
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Princeton University Jazz Festival Set for April 27-30, 2022
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Braithwaite & Katz Communications
Jazz at Princeton University, helmed by acclaimed saxophonist/composer Rudresh Mahanthappa, announces the return of the Princeton University Jazz Festival. Presented in conjunction with Jazz Appreciation Month, the event, which takes place Wednesday, April 27 – Saturday, April 30, features guest artists guitarist Gilad Hekselman, and saxophonists Seamus Blake, Tony Malaby and Alexa Tarantino performing with Princeton University’s stellar student ensembles. Wednesday, April 27 Jazz Vocal Collective Directed by Trineice Robinson-Martin. The JVC is a small jazz ensemble highlighting solo voices ...
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Pianist/Composer Jesse Fischer Announces West Coast And London Dates
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Jesse Fischer
Brooklyn-based pianist to follow up successful Jazz Road tour of the Midwest in 2021 with three West Coast dates and a London headline debut, performing music from Resilience (2020) and Flipped II (2018). Performance dates will coincide with the release of em>Resilience (Recharged), a newly remixed and reimagined version of the title track of Resilience, with other guest remixes to follow in 2022. Critically-acclaimed Brooklyn-based pianist and composer Jesse Fischer is proud to announce upcoming tour dates in the U.S. ...
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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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