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George Rabbai Quartet @ Collingswood Community Center on January 5th

Source: Jim Miller
December 27, 2011

Appearing at the Collingswood Community Center, 30 E. Collings Ave in Collingswood NJ, on January 5th will be trumpeter George Rabbai with his band, featuring guitarist Brian Betz, bassist Steve Varner and drummer Jim Miller. One Show: 7:30-9:00 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. George Rabbai's first national recognition as a trumpeter came when ...

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Shows I'll Never Forget: Pat Metheny, March 26, 2005

Source: Something Else!
December 25, 2011

After experiencing the first two minutes of this Pat Metheny Group concert, there was no doubt that Boston-area fans just plain love the man. Pat walked out onto the stage (wearing what has become his trademark horizontally-striped shirt) and was greeted by a thunderous two-minute standing ovation. This was before a single note was played! So, being the music, Metheny and writer nerd that I am, somehow I forgot to bring a danged pen with me for setlist jotting. Ah ...

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Japanese Jazz Pianist Yoko Miwa Performs at les Zygomates in Boston on New Year's Eve

Source: MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
December 24, 2011

This New Year's Eve, jazz pianist Yoko Miwa is performing at Les Zygomates Wine Bar and Bistro in Boston on Saturday, December 31, 2011. Yoko performs solo piano from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m, and then with her trio from 9:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. to usher in the New Year. There is no cover charge, but reservations are recommended. Call 617 542-5108. A native of Kobe, Japan, Yoko studied piano at Koyo Conservatory before coming to Boston on a full ...

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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Jazz, December 23-29

Source: JazzINK by Andrea Canter
December 23, 2011

Year 2011 is soon to be “last year," but there's plenty of great music around town to enjoy over the coming week, even on Christmas Day. Tickets and gift cards to your favorite club make great gifts! Highlights This Week It's tradition! The Bad Plus come to town over the holidays and give us a preview of their upcoming residency at the Village Vanguard in New York. So New Yorkers might get TBP for New Year's Eve, but in the ...

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Julian Lage Trio's New Year's Eve Concert at Berklee Performance Center Kicks Off NPR's Toast of the Nation Broadcast

Source: MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
December 23, 2011

The Julian Lage Trio is in concert at the Berklee Performance Center in Boston on Saturday, December 31, 2011 at 7:45 and 9:30 p.m. The special concert kicks off National Public Radio's (NPR) annual worldwide jazz broadcast, Toast of the Nation, and is part of First Night Boston festivities. Radio host Eric Jackson of Jazz on WGBH is master of ceremonies. Tickets to the concert are $18 by purchase of a First Night Button. The concert is a collaboration between ...

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Acton Jazz Club Has New Year's Eve BBQ Dance Party Featuring April Hall Band

Source: MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
December 23, 2011

The Acton Jazz Club in Acton MA is having a Southern-style BBQ and Soulful Dance Party to usher in the New Year on December 31, 2011 from 8:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. Blues and gospel vocalist April Hall is performing, along with her band, consisting of Tim Ray on piano, Mike Williams on guitar, Tom Hall on saxophone, Mark Poniatowski on bass and Les Harris, Jr. on drums. They'll be performing from 10:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. The barbeque buffet ...

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Central Bucks Jazz Presents "The Music of Frank Zappa" with Ed Palermo on January 11

Source: Neil Delson
December 23, 2011

The Central Bucks Music Department would like to invite you and your students to an exciting event happening on Wednesday, January 11, 2012. The CB East, South, and West Jazz Ensembles will be hosting New York jazz artist Ed Palermo, founder of the Frank Zappa Big Band. The concert will feature Mr. Palermo's (fantastic) big band arrangements of Frank Zappa's music. All three CB Bands, as well as our Central Bucks Faculty Jazz Big Band, will perform. Many of Zappa's ...

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Nicole Mitchell premieres New Orchestra Work, Harambee: The Road to Victory January 15th and 16th

Source: Nicole Mitchell
December 22, 2011

The Chicago Sinfonietta, led by conductor/music director Mei-Ann Chen will perform its annual tribute to Martin Luther King Jr., which will feature a world premiere of creative flutist/composer Nicole Mitchell's Harambee: Road to Victory for choir, flute and orchestra on January 15th and 16th, 2012. With her third orchestra piece being performed in the last six months, Nicole Mitchell is thrilled with the opportunity to share her music with the Chicago Sinfonietta and the powerful voices of the Apostolic Choir, ...

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