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Jazz St. Louis Adds More Performers to 2011-12 Season

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

Jazz St. Louis today announced several more performances by touring jazz artists that will be part of their 2011-12 season. A double bill of singer Dianne Reeves and pianist Ahmad Jamal, each appearing separately with their own group, has been booked for Sunday, November 6 at the Touhill Performing Arts Center, filling the third date in Jazz St. Louis' new “Legends" series that was listed as “TBA" when the bulk of JSL's 2011-12 season was announced last month. In addition, ...

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Jazz Guitarist Freddie Bryant Performs at Ryles in Cambridge on Wednesday, June 8

Source: MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
June 8, 2011

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Saxophonist Rob Scheps New York Summer Tour Schedule

Source: Rob Scheps
June 8, 2011

Four show, two with his acoustic band, the Rob Scheps Core-tet; and two with Magnets!, the jazz/funk co-op band he co-leads with Defunkt bassist Kim Clarke. Sunday June 26 Rob Scheps Coretet Chapel of Our Lady Restoration 45 Market St. Cold Spring, NY 4 pm; free concert Rob Scheps, tenor sax Jim O'Connor, trumpet Jamie Reynolds, piano Cameron Brown, bass Jeff Brillinger, ...

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Phronesis - USA/Canada Tour: June-July 2011

Source: Jazz Services UK
June 8, 2011

June 14: Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival June 18: Chris' Jazz Café, Philadelphia, PA June 21: Jazz Standard, New York, NY July 1: Montreal Jazz Festival July 2: Ottawa Jazz Festival Described as ..."the most electrifying experience to be had in British jazz" by The Telegraph and"the most exciting and imaginative piano trio since EST" by Jon Newey, Editor of Jazzwise, London-based Danish bassist Jasper Høiby's Phronesis have become the ...

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Guitarists Bill Frisell and Bryan Sutton Headline First Improvised Roots Series Concert in Denver

Source: Greg
June 7, 2011

DENVER, CO—Denver bassist Greg Garrison, in association with trumpet luminary Ron Miles and Dazzle Jazz Club, has created a new concert series called the “Improvised Roots Series," which kicks off on July 16 and 17, 2011 at Dazzle. The series is designed to feature nationally known artists from the folk/bluegrass and jazz worlds performing together with some of Denver's finest open-minded improvisers. The first concerts feature a unique pairing of two Grammy winning guitarists performing alongside Garrison and Miles: Bill ...

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Bart Weisman Trio Performs at Summer Stock Restaurant in Dennis, Cape Cod on Wednesday, June 8

Source: MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
June 7, 2011

The Bart Weisman Trio, one of Cape Cod's premier jazz groups, is performing at the Summer Stock Restaurant at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, Cape Cod, on Wednesday June 8, 2011, starting at 7:30 p.m.. There is no cover charge. Founder of the Provincetown Jazz Festival, Weisman is a seasoned jazz drummer who has played with many of the great jazz players of the region. Located on the campus of the Dennis Cape Playhouse, Cape Cod Cinema and Cape Cod ...

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Jazz Violinist Ada Pasternak Performing at Bond Lounge in Boston on Wednesday, June 8,

Source: MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
June 7, 2011

Violinist Ada Pasternak is performing on Wednesday, June 8, 2011 at BOND Lounge at the Langham Boston Hotel from 7:00㬆:00 p.m. Born in Moscow, Russia, Pasternak moved to the United States and studied with her aunt, Aysa Meshberg in New York. She received a Presidential Scholarship to Berklee College of Music, where she studied performance. Located at the Langham Boston Hotel, the BOND Restaurant & Lounge is open seven days a week, offering gourmet sandwiches for lunch, afternoon tea, and ...

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Natalie Cole Performs at Hanover Theatre in Worcester on Thursday, June 9

Source: MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
June 7, 2011

Nine-time Grammy Award winner Natalie Cole is performing at the Hanover Theatre in Worcester Massachusetts on Thursday, June 9, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets to the show range from $38- $68 and can be ordered online. Discounts are available. Please call the box office at 877.571.7469 for more information. A legendary jazz singer, Natalie Cole has been an international star since her debut album in the 1970s, with her hit song, This Will Be (an Everlasting Love). For a schedule ...

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