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Singer/Songwriter, Michele Brourman, Makes Solo Debut At Chicago's Davenport's Cabaret On September 15, 2019
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Lampkin Publicity Service
2019 MAC Nominee, Michele Brourman, makes her solo debut in Chicago in a one night only performance, Sunday, September 15th at the well known Davenport's Piano Bar and Cabaret Show time: 7:00 PM. A Note from Michele about her Chicago connection: “Chicago is where so much of my musical life began. As an undergraduate at Northwestern, I co-created a musical review, “The Little Ones' ABC's, that ran for months on Rush St. After graduation, I stayed in Chicago, playing in ...
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Ted Nash Trio World Premiere September 3 At Dizzy's Club - Somewhere Else: West Side Story Songs!
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
Multi-Instrumentalist / Composer / Arranger Ted Nash Somewhere Else: West Side Story Songs with Steve Cardenas & Ben Allison World Premiere At Dizzy's Club on September 3 Jazz Week Chart, August 19 Biggest Gainers / Most Added Two-time Grammy winning composer and saxophonist Ted Nash presents the WORLD PREMIERE of his 15th album as a leader- Somewhere Else: West Side Story Songs (Plastic Sax Records) on September 3rd at Dizzy's Club! One Night Only! ...
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The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra - So Far, So Good…with More On The Way
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Michael S. Clark
An especially creative jazz ensemble like the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra (SNJO) seldom has time to look back or dwell too long on past achievements. The last couple of years, however, have been marked by several milestone events with even more still to come. In fact, the band has been so busy with performing, recording and overseas commitments that we almost forgot to tell the world about our many diverse projects. The previous 20 months or so have seen the ...
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Catching up with old friends, musically
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Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes
Timing is everything. Singer Ronnie Rose returned to New England last weekend for his 50-year class reunion at Taunton High School in southeastern Massachusetts. It turned out to be great timing by reunion planners, because the John Allmark Jazz Orchestra performs on the first Monday of the month at The Met Café in nearby Pawtucket RI. As a result, Rose also had a musical reunion with the trumpeter's big band, which was one of his favorite backing bands before he ...
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Pianist Dave Bass Busy In California - New CD No Boundaries Climbing The Charts
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
Composer * Pianist * Arranger Dave Bass No Boundaries (Whaling City Sound 116) Amazon 5-Star Review! Climbing the Jazz Week Charts! International Airplay! Release Features: Ted Nash, Karrin Allyson, Carlos Henriquez, Jerome Jennings & More! Amazon 5-Star Review! “The saying goes that everyone's got a story to tell. But chances are good that few, if any, have the kind of story Dave Bass has. (Bass pronounced as in “bass fishing".) Without resorting ...
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Patricia Barber Exciting Canadian Tour Now Preparing For Europe! Praise From Downbeat To Chicago Tribune!
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
American Composer / Jazz Pianist / Singer Patricia Barber Continues Green Mill Residency in Chicago Prepares for 2019 Fall European Tour Summer Canadian Tour Success Elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences! Critical Praise for Higher DownBeat Feature (August) Jazziz Feature (July) London Jazz News Feature (July) Chicago Tribune Feature (June) Read the All About Jazz album review by Tyran Grillo American Academy of Arts and ...
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Double Vision Revisited Comes To Cleveland August 17th Featuring Bob James, David Sanborn, And Marcus Miller
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C. Andrew Hovan
On August 17th, Live Nation presents Double Vision Revisited at the Lakewood Civic Auditorium (14100 Franklin Avenue, Lakewood, Ohio). The 8 p.m. performance will feature Bob James, David Sanborn, and Marcus Miller. A jazz legend, Bob James has a career that has defined the genre and continues to evolve at every turn. David Sanborn is universally known as one of the most iconic saxophonists of the current age. Marcus Miller’s characteristic bass sound can be heard on a limitless catalog ...
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Swing - and happy feet - are paramount at Roy Gerson’s new gig...
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Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes
Pianist Roy Gerson, who moved from his native New York a couple of years ago, has brought a refreshing 1940s bite of the Big Apple to Southwest Florida. His new eight-member Swingtet is one month into its Friday night residency at Society Restaurant and Lounge in Fort Myers’ bustling Bell Tower Shops plaza. His concept for this band’s fun evenings is re-creating the Manhattan supper club atmosphere back in the day – where you could hear top jazz musicians playing ...
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