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New Music Circle Announces 2011-12 Season Schedule

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
August 11, 2011

New Music Circle has announced their 2011-12 season schedule, confirming preview information released earlier this summer and covered by StLJN here. To reiterate the bottom line of that post, “it looks to a very impressive season, balancing improvised music and free jazz, intermedia performances, and contemporary composed music," and now all the particulars have been finalized. Here's the official list of artists, dates and performance venues: Saturday, September 17: Joe McPhee (pictured) and Survival Unit III withguest DJ Joshua Weinstein ...

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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Jazz, August 12-18

Source: JazzINK by Andrea Canter
August 11, 2011

A short version this week which in no way reflects the local jazz scene, just my time which will largely be out of town this coming week. So I can let you know what I will miss.... Highlights This Week This weekend (8-12-13), I'll miss the Atlantis Quartet, which tends to play at the Artists Quarter whenever I am out of town, it seems. They recorded live at the AQ a few months ago and are looking ahead to a ...

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Monterey Jazz Festival's 2011 Jazz Legends Gala Honors Terence Blanchard, September 15 at the Hyatt Regency Monterey

Source: Monterey Jazz Festival
August 10, 2011

Gala Celebration Features Cocktails, Dinner, Silent Auction, and Entertainment by Grammy-Winning Pianist, Hiromi Proceeds Support Monterey Jazz Festival Education Programs Monterey, California; The Monterey Jazz Festival is pleased to announce that it will honor the four-time Grammy-winning trumpeter, composer and bandleader, Terence Blanchard, at its Annual Jazz Legends Gala on Thursday, September 15, 2011 at the Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel & Spa in Monterey, California. The Jazz Legends Gala, now in its fourth year, features the presentation of the distinguished ...

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Sheldon Concert Hall, Metrotix Offering Online Presale of Single Tickets for 2011-12 Season

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
August 10, 2011

Single tickets for the Sheldon Concert Hall's 2011-12 season go on sale at 10:00 a.m. this Saturday, August 13, but the Sheldon and Metrotix are offering a presale that gives online buyers a couple of days worth of head start. Beginning at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, August 11, online buyers can purchase single tickets for concerts in the Sheldon's upcoming season series by going online to http://metrotix.com/promotions, selecting “The Sheldon" from the available options, and when prompted, entering the presale code ...

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Jazz Around Town: Summertime ... and the Living is Easy?

Source: Jazz@Rochester
August 10, 2011

As we head into the last few weeks of summer and the coming end of Festapalooza, things are a bit light this week. However, you can see the great Hammond B-3 organist Joey Defrancesco on Sunday AND eat Abbott's frozen custard ... now that's livin! Check out the listing below. Hey, I wanted to remind you that at the bottom of this post there are many ways to share it with your friends and followers, or you can connect with ...

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Acclaimed Bariton Saxophonist Claire Daly Will Perform with Poet Kirpal Gordon in Upstate New York on August 13 and 20

Source: GoMedia PR
August 11, 2011

Performances at the College of Poetry in Warwick on August 13 and at the Liberty Free Theatre in Liberty on August 20 Will Fuse Poetry and Jazz Claire Daly, whose new CD, The Mary Joyce Project: Nothing to Lose, will be released in September, will join frequent collaborator Kirpal Gordon for two performances that explore the fusion of jazz and literature. At the first of the two upstate shows, at 4 P.M. on August 13, Daly will perform in Gordon's ...

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Michael Wolff to Record Live CD with Mark Isham, Mike Clark, John B. Williams; Dan Wallin to Engineer

Source: Seth Cohen PR
August 11, 2011

Michael Wolff to Record Live Album with Mark Isham, Mike Clark and John B. Williams at Vitello's in Studio City, August 30th & 31st Legendary Dan Wallin to be Live Engineer; Varied Material on Wolff CD to Include “Many Tunes Identified with Miles Davis" KCRW: “Wolff is a pianistic treasure...a virtuoso musician" Acclaimed jazz pianist Michael Wolff will record a live album at Vitello's in Studio City, California on August 30th and 31st. Wolff will be joined by the world-famous ...

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Return to Forever Performing at Bank of America Pavilion in Boston on Thursday, August 11

Source: MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
August 10, 2011

Return to Forever, one of the most formidable jazz ensembles of modern times, is performing at the Bank of America Pavilion along Boston's waterfront this Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $45-$80 and can be ordered online. Premium tickets are also available for $133.50. The band includes Boston native Chick Corea on piano, Stanley Clark on bass, Lenny White on drums, Jean Luc Ponty on violin, and Frank Gambale on guitar. Opening act is Zappa Plays Zappa. ...

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