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Cuneiform Artists on Tour - August, 2011

Source: Michael Ricci
August 6, 2011

We post this information here once per month. For more up-to-date information (updated at least once per week) go to: JASON ADASIEWICZ'S ROLLDOWN November 18, The Stone 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street), NYC, NY 10009 November 20, Cuneifest 2011 An die Musik LIVE!, 409 North Charles Street, Second Floor, Baltimore, Maryland 21201 AFUCHE November 19, Cuneifest 2011, Orion Sound Studios, 2903 Whittington Ave., Suite C, Baltimore, MD. 21230 November 20, The Stone, 16 Avenue ...

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Jazz This Week: DMS with George Duke, Marcus Miller and David Sanborn, the Cunninghams, Tony Suggs, and More

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
August 6, 2011

This weekend's most noteworthy jazz and creative music performances in St. Louis are united by an element of homecoming, as three locals who have made good in the wider world will be back in town to play for the home folks. Here's what's happening: On Friday, the vocal duo The Cunninghams return to St. Louis to perform at the Sheldon Concert Hall, presenting a mix of straight-ahead swinging jazz, Latin percussion, and a bit of exotica. Singer and multi-instrumentalist Don ...

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The Band of Bones at the Zinc Bar on August 24th

Source: David Chamberlain
August 6, 2011

The Band of Bones, led by Dave Chamberlain, returns by popular demand to the Zinc Bar in Greenwich Village. The date is Wednesday August 24th at 7 PM (one set only.) They'll be playing tunes from their new self-titled CD, as well as some new material. The band has recently added vocalist Kat Gang to their ranks, and they're looking forward to a return to Zinc. Here's a list of the personnel: Dave Chamberlain, leader, trombone, flute Tenor trombones: Bruce ...

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Laff House Comedy Club brings Derrick Gardner to Philadelphia

Source: LaToya English
August 5, 2011

International jazz trumpeter Derrick Gardner & The Jazz Prophets to perform Sunday, August 14 at 7 p.m. at Laff House Comedy Club located at 221 South St. Laff House Comedy Club features live jazz on the first Sunday of every month in the Jazz on South Street series. Derrick Gardner & The Jazz Prophets will be performing on the second Sunday of August as a special feature. “The Jazz on South series is a way to bring local, regional and ...

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Vieux Farka Toure Returns for US Summer Tour: 16+ Dates

Source: Press Junkie PR
August 5, 2011

Vieux Farka Touré will be returning to the US for a Summer Tour not to be missed. His third studio album, The Secret, continues to receive rave reviews from Rolling Stone to NPR Music. His live shows have been paired down to a “power trio" consisting of Vieux on vocals/guitar, Mamadou Sidibe on bass, and drummer/multi-percussionist Tim Keiper rounding out the lineup. The live show has turned heads from The Los Angeles Times stating, ..."this is a musician who, in ...

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Twin Cities Jazz Week in Review (July 29-August 4)

Source: JazzINK by Andrea Canter
August 5, 2011

A CD release, a neighborhood jazz festival, a B-3 icon and a multi-venue visit from one of the Twin Cities Jazz Festival favorites topped jazz in the metro this past week. July 29, Dave King Trucking Company at the Artists Quarter. They can be brash, brilliant and balladic, often all in the course of one composition. With New York saxophonist Chris Speed on hand to reprise his role on the recording, the Bad Plus/Happy Apple drummer led the latest Twin ...

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North Carolina Symphony Concert Tickets On Sale Monday, Aug. 8

Source: Arthur Ryel-Lindsey
August 4, 2011

RALEIGH, N.C.—Tickets to the North Carolina Symphony's 2011/12 concerts go on sale to the general public on Monday, Aug. 8, at 10:00 a.m. They can be purchased online at ncsymphony.org; by calling North Carolina Symphony Audience Services at 919.733.2750 or toll free 877.627.6724; or by visiting Audience Services in person at 3700 Glenwood Ave., Suite 130, in Raleigh. The Symphony's 2011/12 concert season opens on Thursday, Sept. 8, in Raleigh's Meymandi Concert Hall with a powerhouse orchestral program headlined by ...

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Midtown Global Jazz

Source: JazzINK by Andrea Canter
August 4, 2011

Community jazz and more general music festival seem to be “in" these days, at least in the Twin Cities. After a successful 2nd Dakota StreetFest in mid-July, the first-ever Midtown Global Market Jazz Festival took off last Saturday, and hopefully the audience and vendor response will help make this an annual event. Organized to help celebrate the unique market's fifth anniversary, the one-day, free gathering was geared toward families, offering non-stop music from noon til 7:30 pm on alternating outdoor/indoor ...

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