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Volto! Bring Their Jam Rock Fusion Jazz Sounds To Central Social Aid & Pleasure Club With Special Guests Gryphon Labs, Saturday, March 19, 2011

Source: Kim Koury
March 18, 2011

CENTRAL Social Aid & Pleasure Club, Westside's newest event facility, for music, nightlife, art, culture and causes welcomes Volto with special guests Gryphon Labs on Saturday, March 19, 2011. Tickets are $20.00. Doors open at 8:00 PM. CENTRAL is located at 1348 14th Street in Santa Monica, CA. This is a 21+ event. Volto! are an America progressive rock band from Burbank, CA consisting of notable band members. Drummer, Danny Carey is also the drummer for multiple Grammy award-winning hard ...

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Simons/Plsek/Frenette Trio at the Outpost on March 19th

Source: Kevin Frenette
March 17, 2011

OUTPOST 186 186 1/2 Hampshire Street Cambridge, MA 02139 8:00 PM The Green Umbrella Series presents: The Simons / Plsek / Frenette Trio Junko Simons—(cello) Tom Plsek—(trombone) Kevin Frenette (guitar) Cellist Junko Fujiwara Simons is both a “creative musician"/improviser and an active classical musician. She has performed with Joe Morris, Allan Chase, Jim Hobbs, Charlie Kohlhase, Tom Plsek, Jane Wang, Laurence Cook, and Luther Gray. Junko Simons has also participated ...

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Trio Mediaeval New Release and Tour

Source: ECM Records
March 17, 2011

Trio Mediaeval is back with a new album of sacred music released on March 15, 2011. Trio Mediaeval A Worcester Ladymass Anna Maria Friman voice Linn Andrea Fuglseth voice Torunn Østrem Ossum voice Few vocal ensembles produce quite as beautiful and finely blended a sound as this Norwegian trio... Allan Kozinn, The New York Times Oslo's Trio Mediaeval presents a reconstruction of a 13th century votive Mass to the Virgin Mary, based ...

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Wavy Gravy 75th Birthday Concert Weir/Hart, Chris Robinson, Zero

Source: JamBase
March 17, 2011

THREE-FOURTHS OF A CENTURY OF GRAVY!!! Bay Area cultural icon Wavy Gravy is turning 75 years young this year—and you're invited to his party! Wavy Gravy will host a benefit concert on Saturday May 14, 2011 at 7:00pm at the Craneway Pavilion in Richmond, CA's Marina District. The show will feature a legendary lineup of musicians, including Bob Weir & Mickey Hart, performing alone and together with Steve Kimock, Mark Karan, Henry Kaiser, Jeff Chimenti, John Molo, Pete Sears, Nicki ...

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Jazz This Week: Ray Brown Tribute, Galactic, Jimmy Webb, Latin and East Indian Rhythms Meet Jazz, and More

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
March 17, 2011

The jazz and creative music calendar this week in St. Louis offers a variety of stylistic approaches, from a tribute to a beloved mainstream bassist to shows mixing jazz with funk, Latin and East Indian sounds, electronica, and more. Fans of bop and swing naturally will gravitate toward the Ray Brown Tribute that begins tonight and continues through Saturday at Jazz at the Bistro. Headed by Brown's protege, bassist Christian McBride, and featuring pianist Benny Green and drummer Gregory Hutchinson, ...

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Jazz Around Town: Keeping My "Religious" Devotion to These Jazz Listings....

Source: Jazz@Rochester
March 17, 2011

Thursday, March 17, 2011 Live Jazz Jam with ESM Students @ Triple Deuces Bar & Grill, 6:00 pm Jazz Dawgs @ Bistro 135, 6:30 pm Joe Santora Trio with Emily Kirchoff @ Michael's Valley Grill, 7:00 pm The Djangoners @ Little Theatre Cafe, 7:30 pm Friday, March 18, 2011 Live Jazz Jam with ESM Students @ Triple Deuces Bar & Grill, 5:00 pm Johnny Matt Band with Jon Seiger @ Wegmans-Eastway, 5:30 pm Bobby Dibaudo Trio @ Bistro 135, 6:00 ...

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Torben Waldorff Tours Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Canada and United States in 2011

Source: Braithwaite & Katz Communications
March 16, 2011

Torben Waldorff on tour in March-April featuring music from the new critically acclaimed release American Rock Beauty, Torben's third out on ArtistShare. The band will feature Montreal based Joel Miller on saxophones, Jon Wikan of New York on drums, Torben Waldorff on guitar. Mattias Welin/Fraser Hollins/Matt Clohesy on bass. On tour the band will play in Scandinavian cities Copenhagen, Oslo, Malmo, and stateside, Toronto, Montreal, New York City. Critics have praised Waldorff's previous efforts for their spirit, balance, and the ...

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Official release party for Jeremy Noller's "Music Notes" - April 7th at Drom in NYC

Source: Jeremy Noller
March 16, 2011

Announcing the release of Music Notes, the debut album from drummer/composer Jeremy Noller. Charting a distinctly accessible intersection between contemporary jazz and traditional West African rhythms, Noller taps players from NYC's diverse musical realms to perform original compositions and arrangements. The result is a savory broth of jazz and world music that is an expression of Jeremy's unique musical journey. Music Notes flows seamlessly through musical landscapes, carving space for ardent jazz fans (Noller's quartet retakes Wayne Shorter's “Speak No ...

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