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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Jazz, May 13-19
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JazzINK by Andrea Canter
The next two weekends are just impossible—if you want to get to every big jazz gig. I hope this just brings everyone out rather than spread the audience too thinly! But no doubt, the Twin Cities has one of the most vibrant jazz scenes in the country! Highlights, Last Week Rhonda Laurie, Happy Days Are Here Again at the Delano Library (May 6). One of the many presentations Rhonda has scheduled via Legacy funding, bringing the history and songs of ...
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Jazz St. Louis Announces 2011-12 Season Schedule
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Jazz St. Louis today released its 2011-12 season schedule, encompassing several different series at Jazz at the Bistro as well as a new “Legends of Jazz" series at the Touhill Performing Arts Center. The “Legends" series will kick off with the previously announced concert on Sunday, August 7 by George Duke, Marcus Miller and former St. Louisan David Sanborn, and also will include a performance by Herbie Hancock (pictured) in March, plus another show in November that is still TBA. ...
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Ran Blake Celebrates New CD with Concert at Cobi's Place (NYC)
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Tompkins Square
"Imagine the world's most profound cocktail pianist—wistful, yet utterly unsappy and given to quiet storms of weirdness—and you'll get a good idea of Ran Blake's sound. Tonight the 76-year-old stops by an off-the-beaten-path midtown venue to celebrate a new disc, Grey December—Live in Rome, and to honor the late, great Abbey Lincoln." —Time Out New York Sunday, May 15th 8pm Cobi's Place 158 W 48th St New York, NY About Grey December Grey December—Live ...
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Jazz Night at the Michener Museum, featuring Tim Warfield and The Shirley Scott Tribute Band on May 21
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Ilene Dube
Join us for Jazz Night at the Michener, featuring: Tim Warfield, saxophones Pat Bianchi, organ Terell Stafford, trumpet Byron Landham, drums Daniel Sadownick, percussion Saturday, May 21, 8 to 11 pm Saxophonist and York, PA native, Tim Warfield debuted his latest release, A Sentimental Journey featuring trumpeter, Terell Stafford, organist, Pat Bianchi, and drummer Byron Landham. This established major artist, with a string of fine Criss Cross label releases, has appeared on ...
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Shane Endsley Celebrates The Release of His New Recording At Joe's Pub
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Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
Trumpeter/Composer Shane Endsley Celebrates The Release of His New Recording Shane Endsley and The Music Band—Then The Other At Joe's Pub on June 1 @ 7:30 PM! Featuring Shane Endsley (trumpet, compositions), Matt Brewer (bass), Ted Poor (drums), and special guest Gerald Clayton (piano) “What's most remarkable about the quartet's latest, Then the Other, is its uncluttered directness; where many a modern composer props up his music with concepts and themes, Endsley is content to simply write songs, with bold ...
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Bryan Nichols Inhabits "Bright Places"
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JazzINK by Andrea Canter
Bryan Nichols brings a lot to the Twin Cities jazz scene, as a pianist, a composer and an educator. What the world may have lost in a potential genetics researcher (his undergraduate major at Iowa State) has been easily compensated in our gain of artistic vision. A Twin Cities native, Bryan spent a few years honing his piano chops in Chicago where his cohorts defined that modern scene—Corey Wilkes, Nicole Mitchell, Ari Brown, Hamid Drake, Von Freeman. Next came a ...
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Berklee World Jazz Octet Performing in Salem on Saturday, May 14, at Derby Square
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MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
A Musical Version of Build It and They Will Come...
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Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes
If you look for jazz you can find it, sometimes even in most unexpected places and at unusual times. In this case, it was while honeymooning in Key West, a tropical party town that rivals New Orleans for its partying spirit, but not the depth and breadth of its music. At least that's the perception of some outsiders. Kathie and I found it a block from Key West's so-called Duval crawl—the stretch of bars and clubs along Duval Street, which ...
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