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Ars Nova Workshop | Spring 2012

Source: Ars Nova Workshop
December 8, 2011

Ars Nova Workshop's 13th year is coming soon! We wrapped up our 2011 season in late-November with two maximum capacity concerts by Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog and a double-header with Jason Adasiewicz's Rolldown and the Claudia Quintet + 1. Thanks to everyone who came out to support ANW this year, and we wish you all a wonderful holiday season. ANW kicks off its 2012 season on January 19th with the Philadelphia debut of the Nate Wooley Quintet Alpha at The ...

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Maggie Scott Tribute at Berklee on December 8 Features Esperanza Spalding, Nadia Washington and Others

Source: MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
December 8, 2011

Maggie Scott, jazz vocal professor at Berklee College of Music for 30 years, is being honored by the college and many of her former students at 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 8, 2011 at the Berklee Performance Center in Boston's Back Bay. Tickets to the event are $20 for reserved seating and $15 for general admission and can be ordered online. Among the performers and special guests: Antonia Bennett, Lalah Hathaway, Robin McKelle Esperanza Spalding, and Nadia Washington. Scott is ...

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Westfield Jazz Big Band Performing Free Concert on Thursday, December 8

Source: MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
December 8, 2011

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Jazz St. Louis Announces More Winter, Spring Bookings at Jazz at the Bistro

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
December 8, 2011

Jazz St. Louis today announced the bands and musicians who will fill the remaining open dates in the winter and spring 2012 schedule at Jazz at the Bistro. The list includes mostly local players, plus return visits from guitarist Frank Vignola, last seen here in May 2009, and the Wee Trio (pictured), which includes ex-St. Louisan Dan Loomis on bass and made their debut at the Bistro in October 2009. Also of note, singer Erin Bode and her band, which ...

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Marcus Baylor to Perform Tuesday, December 27 at Lola

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
December 8, 2011

Drummer and St. Louis native Marcus Baylor (pictured) is coming home for the holidays to perform with his new band Free Day at 9:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 27 at Lola, 500 N. 14th St. downtown. After a decade as the drummer for the jazz fusion group Yellowjackets, Baylor left the band in 2010 to pursue new musical directions. One of those directions was the opportunity to work with his wife Jean Baylor, who's the vocalist for Free Day. Tickets for ...

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Fisher brings Nat "King" Cole home to Las Vegas

Source: Shelley Fisher
December 8, 2011

By Jerry Fink Shelley Fisher spent 23 years entertaining fans around the world. Today the world comes to hear the Nat King Cole soundalike at The Mirage's classy Baccarat Bar lounge. “I had made the decision in '98 to return to the United States," said Fisher. “You get tired traveling, living in hotel to hotel every month. I believed it was time to make the move." But because of personal reasons, the move didn't take place until 2000. He chose ...

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CIRCA: New Year's Eve Internet Concert December 31st 2011

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
December 7, 2011

Los Angeles, CA—CIRCA: featuring former YES members Billy Sherwood & Tony Kaye with Johnny Bruhns & Scott Connor will be in concert, live, interactive, in real time and brought directly to your home via their new UStream channel “CIRCA: HQ" on December 31, 2011 (6:00 PM PST / 9:00 PM EST). Performing songs from the newly released CIRCA: 'And So On' CD (available at circahq.com) as well as selected cuts from their previous studio CDs 'CIRCA: 2007' and 'CIRCA: HQ,' ...

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Vijay Iyer Trio and the Miguel Zenon Quartet Concert at Berklee Performance Center on Friday, December 9

Source: MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
December 7, 2011

Pianist Vijay Iyer and saxophonist Miguel Zenon are playing in concert at the Berklee Performance Center in Boston's Back Bay on Friday, December 9, 2011 at 8:00 p.m. Tickets to the show are $40-$50 and can be purchased online. The concert is part of the Celebrity Series of Boston, which has been bringing high quality music to Boston since 1938. For a complete schedule of the 2011-2012 season, click here. “Iyer and Zenon are two of the most startlingly original ...

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