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Tim Berne June and July Concert Schedule in New York

Source: ECM records
June 3, 2011

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Ounaskari / Kuara US Summer Tour

Source: ECM records
June 4, 2011

Markku Ounaskari drums; Samuli Mikkonen piano; Per Jørgensen trumpet, voice. Finnish percussionist Markku Ounaskari made a strong impression on producer Manfred Eicher during the recording of Sinikka Langeland's “Starflowers" album and was invited to present his own project, and it is a fascinating one, with source material including Russian psalms and folk songs from displaced Finnish peoples (Karelians, Udmurtians, Vepsäns)—all approached from improvisational perspectives. It feels like a voyage over unfamiliar terrain, or as Markku says, “like a journey through ...

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Meredith Monk's June Concerts in New York

Source: ECM records
June 4, 2011

3 Legged Dog Art and Technology Center presented by Dance Theater Workshop (New York, NY) June 7th, 8th, 10th and 11th Songs of Ascension is a major new recording from composer Meredith Monk and her vocal ensemble. Written in 2008, it is conceived as a continuous composition, a departure from Monk's earlier collaged or episodic extended works. In recent years Meredith Monk's been expanding into the worlds of orchestra and string quartet. On “Songs of Ascension" she teams up with ...

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Motéma Music Artist Rufus Reid: June/August 2011 Tour

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
June 4, 2011

Motéma Music Artist RUFUS REID On Tour In Support of HUES OF A DIFFERENT BLUE The Brilliant Follow Up to Out Front (2010, Motema Music) June 5-6 @ 7:30 PM: Jazz Composers Orchestra Institute Readings Concert, Miller Theater— Columbia University, NYC The American Composers Orchestra performs the Third Movement of Reid's Composition, “Mass Transit"—Metropolis June 9 @ 12:30 PM: Jazz on the Plaza St. Peter's Church, NYC , Featuring Reid with pianist Norman Simmons Free and ...

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The Sheldon Adds Jazz to Summer Schedule

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
June 3, 2011

The Sheldon has added three performances to its summer schedule that may be of interest to StLJN readers: Singer Sylvia McNair will present a cabaret performance in the Sheldon's upstairs ballroom at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 14. McNair is known primarily for her work in classical music, but in recent years also has performed selections from “the Great American Songbook" and Broadway in cabaret settings like this one. (In fact, she did a similar program at the Sheldon last ...

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Outpost 186 leans in to a piano laden summer for Inman Square, Cambridge

Source: Chris Rich
June 2, 2011

Piano players are coming out of the woodwork at Outpost 186. Mothers Day saw an astonishing turnout for Matthew Shipp, who followed a solo set with a long awaited Jim Hobbs duet, sponsored in part by All About Jazz. A snippet of the night awaits below. After a respite from Memorial Day, Hans Poppel has a special concert with area colleagues on Tuesday, June 7th at 9PM following the Julee Avallone Free Jazz Jam at 8PM. The reunion will include ...

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Martin Taylor and Soweto Kinch hit USA as part of "Made in the UK" concert series 2011

Source: Jazz Services UK
June 2, 2011

'Made in the UK,' America's largest series of British Jazz, will showcase four English groups, three Scottish and one from Wales at the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival (10-18 June 2011). The exciting line up from England includes the Soweto Kinch Quartet, Jason Yarde and Andrew McCormack, Ronnie Scott's All Stars and John Escreet. Martin Taylor and Alison Burns, the Fraser Fifield/Graeme Stephen Duo and Alan Benzie's trio will represent Scotland. Martin Taylor will also perform solo. Representing the Welsh ...

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Jonathan Singleton Performing at Cafe Tatant in Roxbury on Thursday, June 2

Source: MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
June 2, 2011

Renowned gospel and choral leader Jonathan Singleton is performing a jazz set at Cafe Tatant, Roxbury Center for the Arts, on Thursday, June 2, 2011 at 8:00 p.m. It's a dinner club format, reminiscent of old style jazz clubs. Doors open at 7:00 p.m. for drinks, followed by dinner at 7:30 p.m., and the music begins at 8:00 p.m. Ethnica Gourmet Catering provides the food. Tickets to the show are $12 each; meal and show combo is $28; and meal ...

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