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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, May 19-26
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JazzINK by Andrea Canter
It seems that we're getting a break from our perfect weather, but music around the Twin Cities continues nonstop. Rain or shine, we get the best here in the metro. Big Gigs This Week Friday, May 19. Jazz Central hosts a long-overdue gig with the Phil Hey Quartet, one of the seminal jazz bands in the region, and one that does not play nearly enough. This band has been active for at least 15 years since they came together at ...
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Studio Senakwami Presents: The Spotlight at The Appel Room on June 4 At 7:30pm
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
Following its sold out premier, The Spotlight, an acclaimed Studio Senakwami production, returns to the majestic Appel Room at Jazz at Lincoln Center with a new array of performers on June 4 at 7:30pm. The Spotlight offers a performance opportunity for professional, established and up and coming aspiring artists and musicians with a mission to encourage and inspire young people to be studious and persistent in their music education. This anticipated production is hosted by three time Excellence in Theatre ...
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Jazz this week: Route 66 Jazz Orchestra, "Miles Ahead" in concert, Bosman Twins, Vernacular String Trio, and more
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
There's not much going on this week in terms of well-known touring jazz and creative musicians visiting St. Louis, but fortunately, our town's plentiful contingent of local players has some noteworthy things planned. Let's go to the highlights... Wednesday, May 17 The Route 66 Jazz Orchestra returns to Jazz at the Bistro, the Sidney Street Shakers will play traditional jazz and swing at their monthly gig at Foam, and trumpeter Jim Manley will be back at Sasha's Wine Bar. Thursday, ...
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Studio Senakwami Presents: The Gustavo Casenave Quartet Featuring John Patitucci on June 9 at The Appel Room
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
Gustavo Casenave is a three time Latin Grammy Award nominee, a Steinway Artist and a 2015 ACE Awardee. Mr. Casenave is a Uruguayan pianist and composer who has collaborated and recorded with artists such as Yo-Yo Ma, Bette Midler, Eddie Gomez, Robert Duvall, Neil Sedaca among many others. The Quartet features the acclaimed, Grammy nominated jazz bassist John Patitucci. Mr. Patitucci was a member of three Chick Corea groups: the Electrik Band, the Akoustic Band and the Quartet. He has ...
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Friends, Colleagues And Students To Celebrate Janet Lawson In NYC on May 15th
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Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
Friends, current and former students, and many of the incredible musicians she has collaborated with over the years will gather on Monday, May 15th 2017 from 7 to 10pm at the extraordinary Minnie Petrie Synagogue at Hebrew Union College- Jewish Institute of Religion, 1 West 4th St. (near Broadway) in New York City, to offer a loving, healing tribute to Janet in celebration of her incredible impact on so many artists and students of jazz. Engaged in a health crisis, ...
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Melissa Kassel & Tom Zicarelli Group at Lilypad in Cambridge on June 4
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Melissa Kassel
Melissa Kassel & Tom Zicarelli Group : Melissa Kassel Vocalist, Tom Zicarelli Pianist, Bruce Arnold Guitarist, David Clark Bass & Gary Fieldman Drums. June 4 at 6:30 p.m. Lilypad 1353 Cambridge Street Cambridge, MA $12.00 cash at the door. Melissa Kassel & Tom Zicarelli invite you to an eclectic evening of original music and jazz standards. About Melissa Kassel & Tom Zicarelli Group Keven Lowenthal the Boston Globe writes that “This smart, sensitive, and quietly adventurous ...
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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, May 12-18
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JazzINK by Andrea Canter
It looks like a great spring week coming our way with national headliners and local talents—talents that could be national headliners. Big Gigs This Week Friday, May 12. One of the most lauded composers and bandleaders of his generation, saxophonist Steve Coleman brings his rarely performed project, Natal Eclipse, to the McGuire Theater at the Walker. The New York Times describes Coleman as “one of the most rigorously conceptual thinkers in improvised music." Usually that means it is over my ...
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Living his jazz mentors’ advice
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Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes
Bassist and educator Brandon Robertson practices what he teaches. Robertson earned undergraduate and master’s degrees in music performance at Florida State University in Tallahassee, where his mentors had sage advice. “They’ve all told me to go out and make my own name for myself. Make my own success,” Robertson says. “I just want to be positive, be professional and play as well as I can play.” He’s a busy addition to the Southwest Florida jazz scene since moving here summer. ...
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