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A Dogged Performance by a True Pro

Source: JazzINK by Andrea Canter
May 30, 2011

It would have been disappointing if Eric Alexander had canceled his performance at the Artists Quarter last night. Disappointing, but perfectly understandable. In town for his almost annual Memorial Day Weekend 3-night stand, Eric was jogging in Lilydale Park when a lunging rotweiler (on a leash, no less) grabbed his left hand and wouldn't let go. As if the bite wasn't enough, Eric is allergic to dogs, and “swelled up" immediately. But there he was on the band stand Saturday ...

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Jazz vocalist Stephanie Jordan returns to Daytona Beach on Sunday, June 5

Source: Sylvain Music Notes
May 30, 2011

Internationally acclaimed New Orleans' jazz vocalist Stephanie Jordan will perform on Sunday, June 5, at the Daytona Beach Museum of Arts and Sciences for a return engagement. “We had so many requests to bring her back again that we certainly couldn't refuse," said North East Florida Jazz Association President Muriel McCoy. “The audience absolutely loved her. We're thrilled that Stephanie was as eager to come back as we were to see and hear her performing live again." Jordan's recent concert ...

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Forgotten Series: Tortoise - Tortoise (1994)

Source: Something Else!
May 29, 2011

By Tom Johnson I suppose the most effective argument I could make to indicate that this album got under my skin is that during the fourth track, titled “Onions Wrapped in Rubber," I was imagining scenes from the 1986 sci-fi thriller Aliens. Static-ridden visions of the Marines making their way through the dark recesses of the powerplant crossed my mind as the dull bass and drums ebbed and flowed in a mesmerising pattern. A chiming beep sounds throughout the track, ...

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Cuneiform Artists on Tour: June 2011

Source: Michael Ricci
May 28, 2011

JASON ADASIEWICZ'S ROLLDOWN June 26, Hungry Brain, Chicago, IL (Celebrating the Hungry Brain's 10th Anniversary!!) June 28, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL November 18, The Stone, 16 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street), NYC, NY 10009 AFUCHE June 27, Blue Note Jazz Festival Vol 2: This Is Jazz?, Mercury Lounge, 217 E Houston St # A, New York, NY 10002-1021 / (212) 260-4700 AHLEUCHATISTAS June 5, The Blind Tiger, 2115 Walker Avenue, Greensboro North Carolina ...

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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Jazz, May 27 - June 3

Source: JazzINK by Andrea Canter
May 28, 2011

Holiday weekends are not always conducive to live music, but between the barbecues, gardening, trips “up north" and whatever else is on your plate for Memorial Day, don't pass up some great gigs! It's almost an annual event -Eric Alexander at the Artists Quarter for Memorial Day weekend (5/27-29). For three nights, six sets, the tenor titan joins Chris Lomheim, Billy Peterson and Kenny Horst for some of the best straight-ahead in the universe. Alexander is hardly old enough to ...

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Twin Cities Jazz Week in Review - May 20-26

Source: JazzINK by Andrea Canter
May 27, 2011

For lovers of modern jazz, there was no better weekend than May 20-21. Unless of course you wanted to get to it all, in which case it might have been a very frustrating weekend. In retrospect, I could have done it all... if only I knew in advance how brief one round of graduation would be. But... I missed Insurgent's gig at Studio Z with guest Michael Attias. I am sure it would be on my list otherwise. The Bad ...

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Jazz Singer Martha Lorin, fresh from LA, stops at Martuni's in SF on Saturday, May 28th, 2011

Source: Lampkin Publicity Service
May 27, 2011

Martha Lorin “Just Jazz" with Grant Levin (piano) Dean Reilly(bass) Bob Blankenship (drums) May 28, 2011 Showtime 7:00pm to 9:00pm $15 Martuni's 4 Valencia St. San Francisco, CA 415-241-0205 Martha Lorin, hailing from Colorado and now based on the East Coast, has been praised by critics worldwide for the brilliance of her tone, the beauty of her voice and her exceptional way with a lyric. Martha has received ...

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