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Keys To Venezuela: Klavierhaus Shines The Spotlight On Venezuelan Jazz Pianists In July
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Decibel
In celebration of Venezuela's Independence Day on July 5, Klavierhaus, New York City's premier fine piano showroom located at 790 11th Avenue at 54th Street, New York, NY 10019, is hosting a series of Venezuelan Jazz Piano performances throughout July. Produced by Jim Luce and Charles Carlini, the series will feature three of the finest Venezuelan pianists in New York City. The performances will begin on July 12 with Cesar Orozco, followed by Silvano Monasterios on July 19 and Benito ...
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Love Letter From Japan: Keys To The East comes To Klavierhaus In June
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Decibel
Jazz enthusiasts will be treated to a month-long series of Japanese Jazz Piano entitled, “Love Letter From Japan,” at Klavierhaus, New York City's premier fine piano showroom at 790 11th Avenue at 54th Street, New York, NY 10019. Produced by Jim Luce and Charles Carlini, the series features the very finest Japanese pianists in New York City on Wednesdays in June. The performers include Miki Hayama on June 7, Yayoi Ikawa on June 14, Toru Dodo with special guest Alicia ...
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Phoenix Rising 100 Years Of Jazz - Benefit Concert For Ability360 on April 14
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Alan Lewine
Phoenix Rising 100 Years Of Jazz appears in concert Friday, April 14, 2023 at 7:30pm in the Piper Repertory Theater of the Mesa Arts Center at One Main Street in Mesa, AZ in the Phoenix metro. Tickets are available at here for $15-49 with discounts for students, seniors and patrons with disabilities. Phoenix Rising 100 Years Of Jazz is the latest music project from internationally acclaimed jazz bassist Alan Lewine. Proceeds of this concert will benefit Ability360, Arizona's largest center ...
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Medeljazz Quartet Featuring Laurent Medelgi At Rockwood Music Hall Stage 1 On March 30
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Laurent Medelgi
Midnight Show Get Tickets Rockwood Music Hall 196 Allen St New York, NY 10002 Guitarist and composer Laurent Medelgi returns to New York to premiere music from his latest release Versature. In creating post bop modern jazz sounds conveyed by his compositions, Medelgi has assembled a team of some of the best and most current players in the Big Apple including: Lex Torken: piano Marcos Valera: bass Colin Stranahan: drums “Beautiful album!”—Robert L. Smith, Oscar ...
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Harlem School Of The Arts In Collaboration With Jazz Power Initiative Launch A Celebration Of Jazz Appreciation Month Honoring America’s Original Art Form
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SM Communication Solutions
Harlem School of the Arts in Collaboration With Jazz Power Initiative Launch a Celebration of Jazz Appreciation Month Honoring—America’s Original Art Form Laguardia High School and Harlem Samba Join in an Intergenerational Jazz Power Jam With Legends and Future Jazz Leaders The renowned, 59-year-old Harlem School of the Arts (HSA) will be the site of a collaborative celebration of Jazz Appreciation Month in April, when the organization welcomes a new partnership with Jazz Power Initiative (JPI), an ...
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Kansas City Jazz ALIVE Hosts 'Scarcity vs Abundance Mentality' Panel Discussion on March 10th
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Michael Ricci
Join us for lunch Friday, March 10th! Scarcity Mentality vs Abundance Mentality in Jazz Wrapping It All Up! Moving the Kansas City jazz scene into a tangible model 12pm-1:15pm at Westport Coffeehouse Scarcity Mentality is the zero-sum paradigm of life. People with a Scarcity Mentality have a very difficult time sharing recognition and credit, power or profit—even with those who help in the production. They also have a very hard time being genuinely happy for the successes ...
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March 2023 Jazz Power Women's History Month Celebration
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Janny Gonzalez
Intergenerational Jazz Power Jam Concerts,With Nikara Warren, “Scenes From Black Wall Street” and Community Workshops and Performances With Annette a. Aguilar 2023 Jazz Power Community Artist-in-Residence Jazz Power Initiative, an Inwood-based non-profit organization founded in 2003 with the mission of transforming lives through jazz music performance and arts education, celebrates Women’s History Month throughout March 2023, featuring the extraordinary talents of two exceptional musicians. Nikara Warren, vibraphonist, composer, arranger, and educator, joins JPI’s acclaimed monthly concert series, Intergenerational Jazz Power ...
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Elysium Furnace Works Kicks Off 2023 Season With Elliott Sharp & Donald Sturge Anthony McKenzie—Saturday, March 25 In Poughkeepsie, NY
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James Keepnews
"One of the godfathers of the Downtown New York music scene, guitarist-composer Elliott Sharp has been conceiving experimental works for a variety of small and large ensembles over the past 40 years... he remains as restlessly creative as ever, continuing to churn out provocative new projects with remarkable regularity." —Bill Milkowski, JazzTimes “Don McKenzie is a powerhouse and a master of deep-pocket hip hop, funk, jazz and rock” —Vernon Reid, Guitarist Elysium Furnace Works is excited to announce the initial ...
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