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Smoke Jazz Club Announces June Line-up Including John Patitucci, Danilo Perez, Terri Lyne Carrington And More
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AMT Public Relations
Hailed as the “#1 Jazz Club in New York City (SecretNYC),” SMOKE Jazz Club today announced an exciting line-up for June 2026. The month’s opener is one of the finest bassists of his generation, John Patitucci, making his highly anticipated bandleader debut at SMOKE with special guests Steve Wilson, Chris Potter and Michael Rodriguez. The Panamanian pianist Danilo Pérez leads an all-star trio of Ben Street and Adam Cruz followed by the return of NEA Jazz Master Terri Lyne Carrington ...
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NEC's Contemporary Musical Arts Spring Ensemble Festival Highlights Students Performing Music From A Range Of Traditions including West African, Middle Eastern, Jewish, American Roots, And Indie/Punk/Art Rock
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Braithwaite & Katz Communications
Join a trio of joyful celebrations of community, tradition, and great music at the CMA Spring Ensemble Festival, a series of end-of-semester events featuring student ensembles from across the program. The performances present the work NEC students have developed throughout the semester in collaboration with faculty mentors and fellow performers. The festival highlights the CMA program’s wide-ranging musical approaches, including original compositions, experimental works, collaborative projects, and innovative interpretations of contemporary repertoire. The festival culminates in a day-long event showcasing ...
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Announcing Smoke Jazz Club's May Line-up Including Miles Davis Centennial, Album Release Shows By Steve Wilson, Billy Childs And Jeremy Pelt, And More
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AMT Public Relations
Hailed as the “#1 Jazz Club in New York City (SecretNYC),” SMOKE Jazz Club today announced an exciting line-up for the month of May 2026. Three powerhouse artists celebrate their respective record releases: Steve Wilson Enduring Sonance, Jeremy Pelt Our Community Will Not Be Erased, and Billy Childs Triumvirate. Coinciding with Miles Davis’s May 26th birthday, SMOKE continues its annual Miles Davis Celebration with a 2026 Centennial concert series. A very special group of Davis’s former bandmates and mentees convene ...
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Queen Of The Violin Kersten Stevens Holds Court In Fairfield County With One-night-only Live Album Recording
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Cheryl Duncan & Company
Stratford native, Yale University alumna and six-time Apollo Theater winner returns to SHU Community Theatre on May 17 after earning national acclaim and collaborations with 11x Grammy winner Christian McBride Stratford, Connecticut native and internationally acclaimed violinist Kersten Stevens — known as the Queen of the Violin — will return home to Fairfield County to headline a one-night-only live album recording concert at SHU Community Theatre on Sunday, May 17 at 6:00 p.m. Stevens will be taping Queen of The ...
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Chart-topping Chante Moore Slated To Perform In "Tribute To Maurice White" Concert, May 9-10
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AMT Public Relations
Symphonic Jazz Orchestra (SJO), the nation’s premier hybrid orchestra blending the worlds of jazz and classical music, is thrilled to announce that Chanté Moore,the celebrated R&B singer/songwriter, has officially been added to the upcoming “Tribute to Maurice White” shows scheduled for May 9-10, 2026, at Long Beach’s Carpenter Performing Arts Center. Moore joins the 68-member Symphonic Jazz Orchestra conducted by Mitch Glickman honoring the legacy of Earth, Wind & Fire founder Maurice White with the world premiere of newly discovered ...
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Long-Lost Orchestral Work By Earth, Wind & Fire’s Leader Maurice White Receives World Premiere 23 Years After Its Creation
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AMT Public Relations
PERFORMANCES BY SYMPHONIC JAZZ ORCHESTRA IN LONG BEACH, CA, MAY 9-10, 2026 Listen to Maurice White from 2003 talking about writing the new work for the SJO The 68-member Symphonic Jazz Orchestra (SJO), the nation’s premier hybrid orchestra blending the worlds of jazz and classical music, today announced the newly discovered orchestral work believed to be lost to time. Commissioned by SJO music directors George Duke and Mitch Glickman in 2002, “PASSAGES" was composed by musical trailblazer Maurice White, founder ...
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Manhattan's Smoke Jazz Club Announces Line-up For April 2026 Including Steve Wilson Album Release Celebration, Vijay Iyer, Joel Ross, And More
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AMT Public Relations
Hailed as the “#1 Jazz Club in New York City (SecretNYC),” SMOKE Jazz Club presents today’s leading artists in April 2026 aka Jazz Appreciation Month. The month is bookended by two premier saxophonists: tenor Wayne Escoffery returns with explosive pianist ELEW and his Trio (Apr 1-5); and alto/soprano Steve Wilson (pictured above) and his Quintet celebrate their highly anticipated new album Enduring Sonance released on the club’s eponymous GRAMMY-nominated label, in a five-night run (Apr 29-May 3). Additional highlights include ...
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March 5 At New England Conservatory: Gordon Beeferman, Eden MacAdam-Somer, & Joe Morris Embrace Improvisation, Classical Virtuosity, Roots Music And Avant-jazz Innovation
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Braithwaite & Katz Communications
NEC’s Contemporary Musical Arts presents a special residency concert with composer, pianist, and improviser Gordon Beeferman joined by CMA Department Chair Eden MacAdam-Somer (voice/violin/foot percussion), CMA and Jazz Studies faculty Joe Morris (guitar) and CMA students on Thursday, March 5 in Jordan Hall. The program features Beeferman's works, drawing on a multitude of genres and influences, including songs, compositions and improvisations on solo piano, and scored improvisations for trio and large ensemble. Admission to the 7:30 p.m. concert is free ...
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