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Teri Roiger Appearing At Mezzrow in NYC On September 12 with Frank Kimbrough, John Menegon And Steve Williams
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
Performing Teri Roiger latest release Ghost of Yesterday: Shades of Lady Day Tuesday, September 12th, 2017 8pm & 9:30pm MEZZROW 164 West 10th Street New York, NY 10014 646-476-4346 TERI ROIGER: voice JOHN MENEGON: bass FRANK KIMBROUGH: piano STEVE WILLIAMS: drums New York based vocalist Teri Roiger recently released her fourth recording as a leader, Ghost of Yesterday: Shades of Lady Day, a heartfelt ...
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Andromeda Turre Performing At The Django in NYC on September 15
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
Andromeda Turre at Django on September 15 at 10:30pm Django 2 Ave. of the Americas New York, NY 212-519-6649 $20 for a table, $15 at the bar Piano: Paul Odeh Bass: James Robbins Guitar: Quintin Zoto Drums: Orion Turre With surprise special guests! Live EP Getting International Airplay! Interviews: KUNV (Las Vegas) Upcoming: WKCR, WRUW, Jazz Now After studying at Berklee College of Music ...
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Brazilian Saxophonist Michel Nirenberg Tours U.S. In Fall Of 2017
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Jazz Beyond Borders
In late September, Brazilian saxophonist and composer Michel Nirenberg will tour Mid-Atlantic cities and towns, sharing the vibrant melodies and captivating rhythms of his homeland with fans of world music and jazz. The tour takes his quartet from the nation’s capital to Baltimore and Annapolis, Rock Hall and Easton on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, and concludes with an appearance in Fairfax, Virginia on November 12. The rising young star will revisit major jazz venues such as the historic Twins Jazz club ...
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Jazz this week: Rebirth Brass Band, Shotgun Jazz Band with Charlie Halloran, and more
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
With the start of the fall presenting season still a couple of weeks away, the schedule of live jazz and creative music in St. Louis is a bit light this weekend, but it does feature two bands bringing a bit of New Orleans to our town, plus some other noteworthy shows. Let's go to the highlights... Wednesday, August 30 Pianist Carolbeth True and Two Times True with saxophonist Larry Johnson will perform at Evangeline's, and this week's “Grand Center Jazz ...
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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, September 2017
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JazzINK by Andrea Canter
September promises to be one of the hottest jazz months of the year in the Twin Cities, with visits from Eliane Elias, Mike Stern, John Raymond, the Yellow Jackets, Curtis Stiegers, Jay Clayton, Evan Christopher, Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, the Bad Plus with Bill Frisell and more, as well as performances from local and regional artists including Red Planet with Bill Carrothers, cellist Tomeka Reid, Arne Fogel and Maud Hixson reprising the Crosby-Clooney Story, the ...
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Swinging the heck out of gypsy jazz
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Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes
There is something simultaneously exotic, passionate and downright swinging about gypsy jazz. That's the all-strings musical style that guitarist Django Reinhardt and violinist Stephane Grappelli popularized with their Hot Club of France collaborations in the 1930s and '40s. Southwest Florida has its own splendid version of that Hot Jazz/Jazz Manouche sound. Sarasota-based Hot Club of SRQ, directed by violinist Keven Aland, plays regularly all over the area with groupings that range from duo, trio and quartet to larger possibilities depending ...
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Jazz this week: The Bridge Trio, Mo Egeston album release party, and more
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
The end of August usually is an in-between time for live jazz and creative music in St. Louis, with most summer series having wound down and Labor Day and the fall presenting season yet to come. Even so, there still are some noteworthy events happening this weekend, so let's go to the highlights... Thursday, August 24 The Bridge Trio will perform at the The Dark Room in the penultimate date of a two-week Midwestern tour. Based in New Orleans, the ...
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David Rogers, Classical Crossover Guitarist Performs at Silvana in NYC on October 16th
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David Rogers
Solo classical crossover guitarist David Rogers performs Monday, October 16th from 7-8:00pm at Silvana. Silvana 300 W. 116th Street New York, NY 10026 No cover. Termed, “a prominent guitarist," by the New York Times and praised by The Washington Post for his “astonishingly florid" improvisations, David Rogers presents an evening of solo guitar music with strong leanings towards jazz, world, folk and classical music. An endorsing artist for GHS Strings, his music has been ...
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