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Hot Club of Cowntown Ventures to Philadelphia on April 4

Source: conqueroo
March 30, 2011

Bob Wills has always been a core inspiration for the Hot Club of Cowtown's sound, but it has taken the Texas-based trio a dozen years to fully honor the King of Western swing. A fortuitous tour in England last spring led the band to London's Specific Sound studio, where they spent two days recording a 14-song marathon of only Bob Wills tunes. The result, What Makes Bob Holler, is a lively tribute to the American music icon, respecting Wills' legendary ...

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Jazz Saxophonist Dee Lucas Will Perform At The Famous Blue Note Jazz Club In New York On April 2

Source: Kl Ma
March 30, 2011

Make It Happen Entertainment, in association with the Blue Note Jazz Club, is proud to welcome Jazz Saxophonist Dee Lucas to join the ranks of great jazz musicians performing at the Blue Note Jazz Club. Lucas will make his live performance at the Late Night Groove Series at the world's famous Blue Note Jazz Club in New York City on Saturday, April 2, 2011. Tickets are $15 and ShowTime is 12:30 a.m. Blue Note Jazz Club is located between 6th ...

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Jazz Legend Makes Annenberg Center Debut

Source: AAJ Staff
March 30, 2011

Herbie Hancock calls her “a wonderful song stylist." Melba Moore says that “she's a reincarnation of Ella Fitzgerald." And Aretha Franklin proclaims “if you're looking for good entertainment and very hip music, be sure to check out Nnenna Freelon." And Philadelphia audiences will be able to do just that as the six-time Grammy Award nominee makes her Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts debut on April 1 at 8 p.m. Freelon will be singing songs from her newest CD, “Home ...

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Norman Brown, Richard Elliot to Play Saturday, June 25 at the Pageant

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
March 30, 2011

Guitarist Norman Brown (pictured) and saxophonist Richard Elliot are coming to St. Louis to perform at 8:00 p.m. Saturday, June 25 at The Pageant. Elliot was here most recently last July to perform at The Pageant on a bill with trumpeter Rick Braun. Brown hasn't been to St. Louis since 2006, when he played a holiday-themed show at the same venue with singer Will Downing and saxophonist Gerald Albright. Along with the Candy Dulfer show announced last week, their concert ...

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Jazz This Week: Ann Hampton Callaway, Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, Peter Henderson and More

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
March 30, 2011

This week's calendar of jazz and creative music events in St. Louis offers another varied selection of styles, from swinging jazz in a mainstream groove to eccentric, electric fusion to cabaret to contemporary avant-garde concert music. Let's go the highlights, presented as usual in chronological order: Tonight, singer, songwriter and pianist Ann Hampton Callaway (pictured) opens a four-night engagement at Jazz at the Bistro. Callaway has performed in St. Louis many times, most recently in 2009 for a benefit at ...

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Sade "Ultimate Collection" & New Tour Dates Announced!

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
March 29, 2011

As a follow up to the platinum-selling Soldier Of Love, which spent three weeks at the top of the Billboard album chart and garnered a well-deserved Grammy, Sade is back with The Ultimate Collection to be released on May 3. In addition to classic Sade songs, the must-have, two-disc album will include three new, never-before heard songs including “Moon & The Sky" (featuring Jay-Z). Here for the first time, fans can find all of their favorite Sade classics from their ...

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Stasis and Change

Source: Ars Nova Workshop
March 29, 2011

On Saturday, April 9, Bobby Zankel and the Warriors of the Wonderful Sound will perform with Steve Coleman at Montgomery County Community College. Funded by the Pew Center for Arts and Heritage through the Philadelphia Music Project, this collaboration with Coleman is the second part of Zankel’s project, “The Wizards of the Saxophone Meet the Warriors of the Wonderful Sound: Creating a 21st Century Jazz Vocabulary.” For the first installment of the series, Philadelphian Zankel’s large ensemble teamed up last ...

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Singer Michelle Cruz Performing at Cafe Tatant in Roxbury on Thursday, March 31

Source: MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
March 29, 2011

Popular jazz vocalist Michelle Cruz from Providence is performing at Cafe Tatant at the Roxbury Center for the Arts at Hibernian Hall in Boston on Thursday evening, March 31, 2011. She'll be performing songs from her new debut album, The Recovery. Cafe Tatant is a dinner club setting with upscale cuisine prepared by George Huggins of Ethnica Gourmet. Doors open for drinks at 6:30 p.m., dinner is served at 7:00 p.m. and the show starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for ...

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