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Magda Piskorczyk - 100th Birthday Celebration of Mahalia Jackson

Source: Magda Piskorczyk
October 19, 2011

Magda Piskorczyk in Honor of Mahalia Jackson for the 100th Birthday Anniversary of the Queen of Gospel Magda Piskorczyk has prepared a new concert program on the occasion of the one hundredth anniversary of Mahalia Jackson's birthday on October 26, 2011. It contains Magda's interpretations of the songs performed by the Queen of Gospel. “Come on Children, Let's Sing," “Lord, Search My Heart," “I'm Goin' to Live the Life I Sing About in My Song," “Keep Your Hand on the ...

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Billy Valentine to Join Denise Thimes for Benefit Concert on Thursday, November 3 at the Sheldon

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
October 19, 2011

Singer Denise Thimes will present her seventh annual concert benefiting the Mildred Thimes Foundation for pancreatic cancer research at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 3 at the Sheldon Concert Hall. Thimes' special guest for evening will be singer Billy Valentine (pictured), who's perhaps best known for singing the theme and providing funky vocal effects for the soundtrack of the ABC-TV series Boston Legal. Valentine also was a member of the original touring company of the musical The Wiz; sang lead ...

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Rebirth Brass Band Returning to the Gramophone on Sunday, October 30

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
October 19, 2011

New Orleans' Rebirth Brass Band (pictured) is coming back to town to play at 5:00 p.m. Sunday, October 30 at The Gramophone, sharing a bill with St. Louis' own Funky Butt Brass Band. The RBB's last visit to the Gateway City was in July of this year for a concert at Bandwagon Hall in South County and performances with the Compton Heights Concert Band, and they also performed at The Gramophone in October 2010. Tickets for Rebirth Brass Band and ...

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Jazz This Week: Jeff Lorber, Project/Object, Lowdown Brass Band, TKT Scholarship Benefit, and More

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
October 19, 2011

Beyond the usual challenges of performing, the jazz and creative musicians playing in St. Louis over the next week have a tough task: drawing a crowd of attentive listeners while the Cardinals are competing in the World Series. But while this admittedly is a baseball-crazy town, one would hope it's also big enough and diverse enough to provide for adequate turnouts at a number of noteworthy musical performances, too. For example, tonight keyboardist Jeff Lorber begins a four-night engagement at ...

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Kinky Friedman Announces Hanukkah Tour 2011

Source: conqueroo
October 19, 2011

The Jewish Troubadour: Lighting Candles for America, City by City AUSTIN, Texas—The Kinkster is back on the road this holiday season with his Hanukkah Tour of 2011. Taking time off from finishing up a book with Billy Bob Thornton and formulating one with Willie Nelson, Kinky will visit 14 cities in the Midwest, West and Southwest, starting November 29. In addition, the tour is bookended with two fundraisers in Salado, TX, for the Utopia Animal Rescue Ranch, one on November ...

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Come Fly With "The Rat Pack" At Reagle Music Theatre November 13

Source: Jan Nargi
October 19, 2011

The Rat Pack, starring sensational Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis Jr. impersonators Gary Anthony, Andy DiMino and Lambus Dean, returns to Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston for one show only on Sunday, November 13 at 2 p.m. in the Robinson Theatre, 617 Lexington Street, Waltham. This remarkable tribute show, featuring the classic hits “Come Fly with Me," “That's Amore," “Mr. Bojangles," “My Way," Everybody Loves Somebody," “The Candy Man," and so many more, sold out the last ...

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Anna Mjoll at Vibrato - Almost Sold Out!

Source: Anna Mjöll
October 19, 2011

Icelandic jazz diva Anna Mjöll plays another near-guaranteed sellout at Herb Alpert's Vibrato in Bel-Air this Friday, October 21st, 2011 at 9PM. Mjoll has been voted one of the top 5 Jazz singers in the current Jazz scene by Arnaldo DeSouteiro's Jazz Station. ANNA MJOLL and THE PAT SENATORE TRIO ANNA MJOLL / vocals PAT SENATORE / bass ED CZACH / piano BOB LEATHERBARROW / drums Where: HERB ALPERT'S VIBRATO 2930 Beverly ...

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Westchester Jazz Orchestra To Perform Piano Masters Concert On December 3 In Irvington

Source: Emily Tabin
October 18, 2011

"You must make it your business to see . . . WJO . . . this year," concluded the Huffington Post's review of the Westchester Jazz Orchestra's season opener in September. Music fans will have an opportunity to follow that directive as the sixteen-piece big band continues their season with Master Keys: The Music of Bill Evans, Ahmad Jamal and Herbie Hancock on Sat., Dec. 3, 8pm, at the Irvington Town Hall Theater. Gary Walker, Music Director and Morning Show ...

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