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Jazz Vocalist Dolores Scozzesi Debuts At New York's Metropolitan Room, Sunday, March 19th
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Mouthpiece Music
Los Angeles-based jazz vocalist Dolores Scozzesi finally brings her unique brand of storytelling to New York City in her debut performance at The Metropolitan Room on Sunday, March 19th with one show at 7:00pm. Accompanying Ms. Scozzesi are Deanna Witkowski (piano), Daniel Foose (bass) and Alexander Kautz (drums). Tickets can be purchased here. Scozzesi was lauded for her debut album A Special Taste, released in 2010 and aptly titled to reflect her spirited and soulful delivery of ten spellbinding interpretations ...
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Trad jazz with a few twists
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Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes
Clarinetist Bud Leeds brought musicians together from near and far- in this case, mostly far—for his annual South County Jazz Club matinee performance on Sunday, March 5 in Venice FL. His “Trad Jazz Ensemble" featured players who are right at home in the traditional jazz/Dixieland genres, but the afternoon touched on more recent music as well. The band included powerhouse pianist Bobby van Deusen (a Pensacola-based member of the Barbary Coast Band), Minneapolis- based bassist Steve Pikal, trad jazz cornetist/multi-instrumentalist ...
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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, March 3-9
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JazzINK by Andrea Canter
Spring had another setback but warmer weather is on the horizon. The warming trend certainly continues on the local jazz scene, with some exciting visitors in town over the coming week as well as some of our hottest area talents. Bob Dorough, Monty Alexander, Victor Wooten, the Jazz Women All Stars.... can't complain! Big Gigs This Week Friday, March 3. The Dakota brings back the Jazz Women All Stars led by Patty Peterson. Launched at the 2016 Twin Cities Jazz ...
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Stephanie Jordan Begins Residency At Jazz Live Hyatt As Featured Artist
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Sylvain Music Notes
Join Jazz Live at Hyatt every Friday and Saturday beginning on Friday, March 3, and Saturday, March 4, 2017 as they present Stephanie Jordan as the featured performer for a year-long engagement at Hyatt Regency New Orleans. The Stephanie Jordan Ensemble will do two sets nightly performing jazz standards made popular from the likes of Abbey Lincoln, Dionne Warwick, Nancy Wilson, Nat “King" Cole, Frank Sinatra, and others. Her act will also feature select tunes from ‘The Smooth Side of ...
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Jazz this week: Clayton Brothers Quintet, Nick Finzer, "Sculptures in Sound," and more
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
The news in St. Louis jazz and creative music this week is coming mostly from Grand Center, as the district rolls out an expanded version of their weekly Wednesday night “jazz crawl." The first week includes a promising young musician making his St. Louis debut at a new venue for the event, the return of a popular group of seasoned jazz veterans to Jazz at the Bistro, and more. Let's go to the highlights... Wednesday, March 1 The Clayton Brothers ...
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Jazz Standard Begins New "Mobetta Tuesdays" Weekly Residency Led By Grammy Award-Winning Trumpeter / Producer Maurice "Mobetta" Brown
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AMT Public Relations
One of the nation’s premier jazz clubs, Jazz Standard, today announced the inauguration of “Mobetta Tuesdays,” a new Tuesday night residency by mastermind trumpeter/composer/arranger/producer Maurice “Mobetta” Brown. Beginning March 14th with a CD release concert celebrating his latest album The Mood, “Mobetta Tuesdays” will bring a dynamic, distinctive sound that uniquely marries contemporary jazz, blues-rock and cutting-edge hip hop. This long- term residency will feature a different ensemble each week with Maurice consistently serving as bandleader, performer, and composer. 12 ...
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Jane Monheit digs Ella - and plans to keep on digging
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Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes
Jazz singer Jane Monheit's musical home is the Great American Songbook. She showed a Naples, Florida audience on Friday, February 24, that with sensible bits of personal redecorating, it is still in very good hands. She performed two 75-minute sold-out shows at Artis Naples' Daniels Pavilion, sharing her love for “First Lady of Song" Ella Fitzgerald. Material from Monheit's recording Songbook Sessions: Ella Fitzgerald (released last year on her own label, Emerald City Records) made up half of the night's ...
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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, February 24-March 2
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JazzINK by Andrea Canter
If the past week was a whirlwind of jazz, then this Saturday alone will keep our ears spinning. In the vortex this week—Julian Lage, John Scofield, Laura Caviani and Chris Olson, Jack Brass Band, the Pat Moriarty-Phil Hey Duo.... keep the gigs coming. Big Gigs This Week Friday, February 24. One-time featured trombonist with Maynard Ferguson and renowned educator Steve Weist heads the music at the Augsburg College Jazz Festival, with a public concert tonight in Hoversten Chapel on the ...
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