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Damon Smith Mini East Coast Tour Oct. 23, 25, 27
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Michael Ricci
OVER-NITE SENSATION: Autumn Edition Venue: Plays and Players Theater, 3rd Floor 1714 Delancey Place Philadelphia, PA presented with Plays and Players Friday, October 23, 8pm Damon Smith - solo double bass + many other short sets Lucky Old Souls Sunday, October 25, 2009 6:30pm - 11:00pm Moonstone Arts Center (aka Robin's Books) 110 S. 13th St., 2nd Floor Philadelphia, PA ...
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Bill Ortiz, Santana's Supernatural Trumpeter, Announces Shows and New Single
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PRThatRocks.com
Bill Ortiz, Santana's Supernatural Trumpeter, Announces Shows and New Single San Francisco, CA - Bill Ortiz, Santana's longtime Supernatural Trumpeter, who has been receiving nothing but accolades since the July release of his debut CD, From Where I Stand, announces new shows in the San Francisco Bay Area and Las Vegas, a new Single, and international radio airplay successes. The most authoritative national music industry magazine, Music Connection, states, “Contemporary jazz trumpet greats have a run for their money now ...
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Up-Coming Seattle Presents Shows
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Seattle Jazz Scene
Jovino Santos Neto Thur., Oct. 15, noon - 1 p.m. City Hall Master pianist, flutist and composer Jovino Santos Neto performs contemporary Brazilian music with his trio. Jovino is beloved for his musical playfulness and stunning dexterity. Greg Williamson Large Ensemble Thur., Oct. 29, noon - 1 p.m. City Hall This 15-member group re-imagines music of the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific (A-Y-P) ExhibitionSeattles first worlds fair which attracted 3.7 million people. The ensemble re-interprets ...
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Oct 25 - Eastside Jazz Extravaganza
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Seattle Jazz Scene
Sunday October 25th 2009 Two Shows 1.30pm and 6.30 pm. Sherman Clay Piano Store 1000 Bellevue Way NE Bellevue WA 98004 Tickets: $17 ($15 students 18 and under) inclusive of refreshments are available from Cooksie Kramer (425 828 9104) Bellevue WA: On Sunday October 25th 2009, the Eastside Jazz Club will present their Annual Jazz Extravaganza concert Number 5. This year it will be held in the recital room of Sherman Clay. The event will feature ...
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Bassist in the Spotlight, Sharing the Applause
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Michael Ricci
EVER since Scott LaFaro freed his playing from the tedium of endless walking lines nearly 50 years ago, jazz bassists have been shedding their role as mere supporting players. But relatively few have led groups, and even fewer have done so with the kind of success John Patitucci is enjoying. Mr. Patitucci--who lives in Hastings with his wife, Sachi (his manager and a cellist), and two daughters, ages 10 and 8--is attracting big crowds with his trio, which packed Dizzys ...
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High-Energy Improvising with an Ever-Shifting Cast
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Michael Ricci
The saxophonist Evan Parker projects an intensely concentrated energy through his music. Now 65, he has spent more than 40 years in the trenches of the British avant-garde, metabolizing the ideas of free jazz and perfecting his own strategies of sound, which skew atonal but often lyrical. Hes hailed as a virtuoso of extended techniques circular breathing, multiphonics, sculptured overtones and lionized for his solo excursions. Hes also a tireless collaborator, secure in his footing and perpetually primed for engagement. ...
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Jazz This Week: Eddie Henderson, the Wee Trio, Bernard Harris, and More
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
From a musical theater production honoring one of the music's most revered legends to an up-and-coming trio stretching the boundaries of the genre, there's a diverse lineup of jazz events happening over the next few days in St. Louis. Here are some of the most noteworthy shows coming up this weekend:Tonight, the Unity Theatre Ensemble's production Lady Day at the Boston Bistro (An Evening With Billie Holiday) opens at the Ivory Theatre, with Mardra Thomas (pictured) as Holiday ...
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Lamar Harris Replaces Matthew Von Doran for Halloween Weekend at Jazz at the Bistro
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Jazz St. Louis has announced that trombonist Lamar Harris (pictured) and his group Tribal Funk will perform at Jazz at the Bistro on Friday, October 30 and Saturday, October 31.Harris replaces guitarist Matthew Von Doran, who originally was set to perform on those dates when the Bistro's season schedule was announced earlier this year. In a brief phone interview, Von Doran said he had to forgo his Halloween weekend at the Bistro after getting hired for a series ...
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