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Mariah Parker's Indo Latin Jazz Ensemble In Live Concert Recording Session And Birthday Celebration

Source: Matthew Montfort
December 12, 2012

Mariah Parker's Indo Latin Jazz Ensemble Performs at the Freight and Salvage, Berkeley Mariah Parker's Indo Latin Jazz Sextet (clockwise: Mariah Parker, Matthew Montfort, Paul McCandless, Kash Killion, Brian Rice, Ian Dogole). Collage by Mettagraphics. Live Concert Recording Session and Birthday Celebration Sunday, January 20, 2013, 8:00 PM Freight and Salvage 2020 Addison Street Berkeley, CA 94704 Tix: $20.50 adv. at Freight Box Office and Ticketweb.com, $22.50 door (doors open at 7:00 PM) Info: (510) 644-2020, [email protected] Mariah Parker's multi-faceted ...

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Concert Big Band Stan Kenton Big Band Retrospective

Source: Conservatory of Amsterdam
December 11, 2012

This year marks the centennial of one of the seminal figures of jazz, Stan Kenton (1911-1979). Kenton, born in Wichita, Kansas, and raised in Los Angeles, was an adventurous innovator in 20th-century music. A prodigious pianist, composer, and arranger, Kenton was above all a fearless and ingenious bandleader who created, along with a team of composers, arrangers and musicians, an enduring body of work that enthusiastically ignored stylistic boundaries, fusing jazz and classical genres and other elements along the way. ...

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Emmanuel Baptist Church Presents A Special Holiday Jazz Vespers Featuring Jimmy Heath

Source: Emmanuel Baptist Church Jazz Vespers
December 7, 2012

Isaac “Ike” Suggs, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Emmanuel Baptist Church, announced today that “another opportunity to experience the presence of God through the sound of Jazz is scheduled for Sunday, December 30th, during an Emmanuel Baptist Church hosted Jazz Vespers.” A special holiday edition of the popular Jazz Vespers series featuring Jimmy Heath will take place in the historic Emmanuel Baptist Church, 279 Lafayette Avenue, which is located in the Clinton Hill section of Brooklyn, New York. The ...

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Jazz Arts Group's Inside Track Series Continues With CJO All-stars Byron Stripling & Bobby Floyd

Source: Scott Vezdos
December 6, 2012

Columbus, OH – The Jazz Arts Group's Inside Track series continues its 2012-13 season at the historic Lincoln Theatre with Columbus Jazz Orchestra all-stars Byron Stripling and Bobby Floyd in “Swingin' the New Year" on Friday, December 28. Byron and Bobby lead a small group with a celebration that is sure to beat the post-holiday blues and make you sing and dance! Special guests Larry Cook and Rich Thompson hit the stage with a Jazz Academy workshop ensemble that could ...

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Stephanie Jordan, Irvin Mayfield, Kermit Ruffins, And Leah Chase Share Stage With Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra

Source: Sylvain Music Notes
December 5, 2012

Liberty Bank Celebrates the Holidays and its 40th Anniversary with The Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra NEW ORLEANS - Liberty Bank and Trust will celebrate the holiday season and their 40th Anniversary with a special holiday musical extravaganza featuring the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra and some very special guests. “A Liberty Bank Christmas" with the LPO will take place on Saturday, December 8, 2012, 8 p.m. at Xavier University' Convocation Center, their new 4,000 seat arena, located at One Drexel Drive. Guest artists ...

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Dee Lucas Brings His Rebirth Of The Smooth Concert To The Metropolitan Room, Jan 2-4, 2013

Source: Cres O'Neal
December 2, 2012

Dee Lucas Brings His Rebirth Of The Smooth Concert To The Metropolitan Room In New York, NY Washington, DC: National recording artist, Saxophonist, Dee Lucas, takes center stage at the Metropolitan Room, 34 West 22nd Street, New York, NY, Wednesday, January 2 - Friday, January 4, 2013. Considered one of the Jazz’s best kept secrets, soprano saxophonist Dee Lucas has evolved and catapulted onto the music scene. After launching his well-received 2004 debut CD, “Remembrance”, a tribute to legendary saxophonist ...

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Nina Katrina Duo Tonight 11/28/12

Source: nina katrina
November 29, 2012

Nina Katrina is joined by Dave Zoller at Chocolate Secrets 7:30-10:30 pm, on Oak Lawn at Avondale. Please come join us for jazz, Brazilian jazz, pop, Motown, fun, frivolity, and chocolate from one of the Metroplex's finest establishments! Songs will be sung, jokes will be told; you may already be a winner of a fabulous cruise on fabled Lake Ray Hubbard or a sail on White Rock Lake!Book your holiday party now with Nina Katrina and her band of merry ...

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Aardvark Jazz Orchestra: 40th Annual Christmas Concert -- Dec. 15, 2012

Source: Mary Curtin
November 29, 2012

Jerry Edwards, Grace Hughes, and Donna Hewitt-Didham, vocalists Saturday, December 15, 2012 at 8:00 pm Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury Street, Boston, MA 02116 Admission: $15 Information: 617-776-8778 or 617-452-3205 Praised by CultureJazz.Fr (France) for “expansive harmony, brilliant music...discipline, openness, and freedom,” the Aardvark Jazz Orchestra will present its 40th Annual Christmas Concert, a Boston holiday tradition. http://www.aardvarkjazz.com The concert, Music in the Spirit of the Season, will feature the world premieres of two pieces ...

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