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Rockport Music Presents Jazz Pianist David Benoit Performing a Charlie Brown Christmas on December 14
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MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
Innovative jazz pianist David Benoit and his trio are performing the music to A Charlie Brown Christmas at the Shalin Liu Performance Center in Rockport, Massachusetts on Tuesday, December 14, 2010, at 8:00 p.m. Tickets to the show are $25.00 to $46.00 and can be purchased online or by calling 978 546-7391. A pioneer of the smooth jazz genre, Benoit has long been passionate about the music of Peanuts composer Vince Guaraldi and has made numerous recordings related to Peanuts. ...
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Bay Area Vocal Duo Amikaeyla & Trelawny Rose Plan Eva Cassidy Tribute Shows
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Terri Hinte Publicity
To celebrate the January 11 release of their Patois Records CD, To Eva, With Love, vocalists Amikaeyla and Trelawny Rose will be making two Bay Area appearances next month—Friday 1/21 at the Jazzschool in Berkeley, and Saturday 1/29 at Santa Cruz's Kuumbwa Jazz Center, where the new CD was recorded live. The stellar band heard on the CD will be making both January shows with Amikaeyla and Trelawny: trombonist Wayne Wallace, whose Patois label is releasing the new CD and ...
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Terence Blanchard to Co-headline Tour with Branford Marsalis Spring 2011
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Muse Media
GRAMMY-WINNING COMPOSER/TRUMPET PLAYER TERENCE BLANCHARD TO CO-HEADLINE TOUR WITH BRANFORD MARSALIS SPRING 2011 New Orleans, Louisiana. In what is certain to be one of the most highly anticipated jazz tours of 2011, Terence Blanchard and Branford Marsalis are set to perform a series of 12 dates across the country on a rotating double-bill featuring both of their bands. The tour will take-in such cities as Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Minneapolis and Atlanta. This unprecedented coupling of two ...
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Michael Wolff & Alex Foster NYC January; Wolff Trios at Knickerbocker in February
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Seth Cohen PR
Wolff Takes New York By Storm in January and February, with High-Profile/Eclectic Band Line-Ups, Ten Nights of Shows The great saxophonist James Moody Comments: “I love playing with Michael Wolff. He's a monster musician; so talented!" On the heels of two sold-out concerts at Snug Harbor in New Orleans, acclaimed jazz pianist Michael Wolff is set to take New York by storm in January and February, with ten nights of shows and multiple performances featuring high profile, eclectic band line-ups. ...
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Giants and Legacies: Ravi Coltrane and McCoy Tyner at the Dakota
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JazzINK by Andrea Canter
Perhaps the scheduling for its 25th Anniversary Week perfectly sums the current direction of the Dakota Jazz Club and Restaurant—two stellar mainstream jazz gigs, one by a modern rising star, one by a living legend, bookended by wildly popular (and local) gospel and blues. Robert Robinson kicked off the celebration last Sunday with his spirituals, standards and holiday vocals; blues band Davina and the Vagabonds was to close out the week on Saturday night. But in between!! Jazz Nirvana, with ...
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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Jazz, December 10-16
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JazzINK by Andrea Canter
Highlights, Last Week The 25th anniversary celebration at the Dakota peaked with a legacy/legend back-to-back shows. The Ravi Coltrane Quartet repeatedly proves to be one of the top small ensembles in modern jazz, as its leader proves to star-worthy in his own right. And McCoy Tyner, if not the agile powerhouse of his earlier years, retains his trademark lyrical density and orchestral zeal leading long-time collaborators through his own timeless compositions and the elder Coltrane's masterpiece, “Moment's Notice." And no ...
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Berklee's Spring Signature Concert Series
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Berklee Public Relations
Boston, MA—The 2011 Berklee College of Music Signature Series announces a spring season that features Latin, gospel, country, bluegrass, and jazz. The series of concerts from January through April includes Jorge Drexler (January 20), Songs of Richard Smallwood (February 3), Great American Songbook: The Sounds of Nashville (February 27), Kathy Mattea (March 10), and the Berklee Global Jazz Institute with special guests (April 25). Many of the performances will feature Berklee faculty and students. Concerts take place at the Berklee ...
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Steve Wilson's Big 50th Birthday Celebration at Jazz Standard, Feb. 8-13
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Seth Cohen PR
STEVE WILSON's 50TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION: Five Different Bands Over Six Nights- A Musical Exploration of Acclaimed Saxophonist's Diverse Career Jazz Standard, February 8-13, 2011 From February 8-13, 2011, saxophonist Steve Wilson's 50th Birthday will be celebrated at New York's Jazz Standard. Featuring five different bands over six nights, the shows will traverse Wilson's diverse career, as each show will reflect a different stage of Wilson's evolution into what NPR describes as “one of the finest saxophonists in the business." Wilson ...
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