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Connection Works Presents the 4th Season of Brooklyn Jazz Wide Open @ Littlefield

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
October 3, 2010

CONNECTION WORKS PRESENTS The 4th SEASON OF BROOKLYN JAZZ WIDE OPEN @ LITTLEFIELD Littlefield is located at is located at 622 Degraw Street between 3rd and 4th Ave in Brooklyn “Celebrate music by being a part of the concert series that 'Brooklyn Jazz Wide Open' provides for the community at large!!! We need each other to carry on... Sounds & Feelings"—jazz legend Joe Lovano “Brooklyn Jazz Wide Open is not just another concert series. One of the elements that makes ...

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Esperanza Spalding Performs at Sanders Theater in Harvard Square on October 2, 2010

Source: MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
October 3, 2010

Jazz bassist and vocalist Esperanza Spalding is performing at Sanders Theater in Harvard Square, Cambridge, on Saturday, October 2, 2010 at 8:00 p.m. A graduate of the Berklee College of Music, Spalding is an inventive composer and performer whose latest recording, Chamber Music Society, is influenced by classical, jazz, folk and world music. The concert is presented by World Music/CRASHarts, the region's premier presenter of quality music from around the world. For a full schedule of upcoming events from World ...

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Chicago Live Jazz Music (October 1 - October 8 , 2010) Schedule

Source: JAZZzology by Richard Watters
October 2, 2010

Here is what's happening with the live music Chicago Jazz Scene for the dates October 1st thru October 8th, 2010...(image: Marc Pompe jazz pianist/vocalist from Chicago-photo by Bill Witz) Andy's Jazz Club 11 East Hubbard St. Chicago, IL 60611 312.642.6805 ANDY'S WEEKENDS FRIDAY & SATURDAY HEADLINERS! $10 Admission until 8:30 pm; $15 Admission after 8:30 pm Upcoming performances October Sundays׫pm Jordan Baskin Trio / 9pm Andy's Jam Session Mondays׫ pm Chicago Jazz Orchestra / 9pm Guy King's Organ Trio Tuesdays׫pm ...

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Jazz Passengers Stage Their 'Reunited' Album

Source: AAJ Staff
October 2, 2010

The Jazz Passengers wrapped up their first set at the Jazz Standard on Wednesday night with “Reunited," a No. 1 hit for Peaches & Herb in 1979. Some liberties were taken, of course. The song, in its original form, is a lush disco ballad, sticky-sweet enough to spread on a biscuit. Here it began music-box prickly, with plucked violin and mallet-dampened vibraphone. The saxophonist Roy Nathanson recited a few thoughts about the passage of time and then sidled into the ...

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Gorillaz to be Joined by Lou Reed and Mos Def at 10/8 MSG Concert

Source: JamBase
October 2, 2010

DE LA SOUL, LITTLE DRAGON, BOBBY WOMACK & MORE ALSO JOIN GORILLAZ THROUGHOUT THE TOUR Gorillaz have confirmed that Lou Reed and Mos Def will join them for one night only performances at the October 8 stop of the “Escape To Plastic Beach" tour at New York's Madison Square Garden. On October 7, the day before Gorillaz' Madison Square Garden debut, the band will make its first ever visit to the Late Show with David Letterman. The two additional special ...

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Marco Benevento: North American Tour Dates

Source: JamBase
October 2, 2010

NYE WITH SURPRISE ME MR. DAVIS AT CAFE DU NORD Marco Benevento is getting ready to load the old 1927 upright into Panthro (the van) to play dates all over the States and Canada in the coming months. For these upcoming shows, Marco returns to Canada after appearing at a number of festivals up across the border this summer, he hits New England at the peak of Fall foliage, performs in Asheville and Charlotte, NC for the first time ever ...

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Hugh Masekela: U.S. Dates

Source: JamBase
October 2, 2010

MUSICAL LEGEND BRINGS TRUMPET GROOVES TO NORTH AMERICA Hugh Masekela , born out of apartheid South Africa, has consistently toured worldwide and his genre-bending dynamism has led to his own icon status. His uncategorizable sound comes to life on his October 2010 North American tour. After many years spent in exile from the violence and oppression of apartheid-era South Africa, Masekela returned 20 years ago to help rebuild his homeland. Masekela's live performances continue to demonstrate his status as a ...

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Harry Allen and Ehud Asherie at Chautauqua 2010

Source: Jazz Lives by Michael Steinman
October 2, 2010

This very inspired duo—Harry on tenor, Ehud on piano—took the stage early on at Jazz at Chautauqua and left a deep impression. Although their play looks casual, they reach memorable heights — whether they are handling the twists and turns of PUTTIN' ON THE RITZ like a pair of gliding skiers, or turning SOME OTHER SPRING into a rueful ode. Some duos are an exhibition of two very ego-driven selves who happen—sometimes under duress—to occupy the same space. Harry and ...

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