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Mickey Bass & The New York Powerhouse Ensemble at Scullers Jazz Club on August 29, 2012

Source: Brownstone Entertainment Complex, LLC
August 19, 2012

There is a new CD, out on the “Early Bird" Record label; “The Mickey Bass New York Powerhouse Ensemble - 'Live' at The Jazz Corner of The World." The band featured on this CD is the same one that opened the JVC Jazz Festival in 2002, playing at the Schoenberg, and at Gracie Mansion.They received standing ovations at the Clef Club in Philadelphia, and were declared the “Highlight" of The Mellon Jazz Festival. The high intensity of this band of ...

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Wattstax 40th Anniversary Event Monday August 20th

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
August 18, 2012

Conversations With: Wattstax 40th Anniversary Panel Discussion Monday, August 20, 2012, 6 - 8 p.m. Hear it from those who were there! $5 Stax Museum Members, $10 Non-Members Refreshments Served Monday, August 20, 2012 is the 40th Anniversary of Stax Records' historic Wattstax concert festival that was held in Los Angeles for more than 112,00 fans. It was the second-largest gathering of African-Americans in history at the time. Join us for this ...

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Fela NYC: Fresh From Africa at British Film Institute

Source: Chris May
August 15, 2012

New Nigerian Cinema and African Odsseys are screening Fela NYC: Fresh From Africa at the British Film Institute on London's Southbank at 2pm on Saturday 18 August. The 90-minute Fela Kuti documentary, directed by Edward Jaheed Ashley, is a mixture of interview, reportage and performance footage, shot in New York in 1986. All About Jazz's Chris May, the first overseas journalist to interview Kuti following the destruction of his Kalakuta Republic HQ by the Nigerian army in February 1977, will ...

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Grammy Winning Guitarist Trevor Rabin Hosts Workshop at Guitar Center's August 17, 2012

Source: Costa Communications
August 15, 2012

Meet-and-Greet & Signing of latest album, Jacaranda at 6:30PM Workshop at 7:00pm Hollywood, CA: South African born Grammy winner, Trevor Rabin, will be conducting a workshop and album signing at Guitar Center on August 17th, 2012. The event will take place at 14209 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks, CA 91423 beginning at 7pm. The platinum selling guitarist will be discussing his multi-faceted career, compositional process and distinctive production techniques to create his chart topping hits. Rabin is also a world premier ...

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New Orleans Jazz Orchestra Celebrates 10th Anniversary At Carnegie Hall, 10/8

Source: Carolyn McClair Public Relations
August 13, 2012

THE NEW ORLEANS JAZZ ORCHESTRA ANNOUNCES 10 YEARS, ONE NIGHT AT NEW YORK CITY’S PRESTIGIOUS CARNEGIE HALL ON OCTOBER 8, 2012, 8:00 pm This performance is part of a New Orleans concert series entitled THE NOJO 10, which celebrates the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra’s 10th anniversary with 10 signature Jazz events. NEW ORLEANS, LA: Grammy Award-winning Irvin Mayfield and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra (NOJO) will perform at Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage on October 8, 2012. In ...

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Free Worldwide Live Stream Of Peach Music Festival On Moogis.com

Source: Barbara Lysiak
August 10, 2012

Moogis is, once again, here to bring you the music that you love. Moogis will be on site and webcasting from The First Annual Peach Music Festival August 10 and 11 from Montage Mountain/ Scranton Pennsylvania USA. That is the good news. The even better news is: It will be FREE ! That's right. The ability for you to sign on to watch this fantastic event will cost nothing. You will be able to stream The Peach Festival into your ...

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Poncho Sanchez And Stanley Clarke / George Duke At High Point Festival Park

Source: Alex Gomez
August 7, 2012

The Friends of John Coltrane will present the 2nd Annual John Coltrane International Jazz & Blues Festival on Saturday, September 1, 2012. The Premiere Jazz Event of the Triad will feature the reunion of two venerable jazz artists with Stanley Clarke, George Duke and the Clarke/Duke Project; a giant of Latin Jazz, Poncho Sanchez and Shemekia Copeland, an artist who takes the mantle from the blues legend, KoKo Taylor. The 2012 Festival will also boast a performance by an up ...

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New England Conservatory’s Jazz Studies Department Presents Over Forty Free Performances For 2012-2013 Season

Source: Braithwaite & Katz Communications
August 2, 2012

Plus Master Classes with World-Renowned Performers September 19, 2012 – May 15, 2013 Highlights include a Bob Brookmeyer Memorial Concert, The NEC Jazz Orchestra in concert featuring the music of Miguel Zenón, Randy Weston with The NEC Jazz Orchestra, Faculty Recitals by jazz masters Dominique Eade, Ken Schaphorst, and Fred Hersch, the Pierce Series - 26 concerts by exceptional student ensembles – and many more New England Conservatory’s internationally renowned Jazz Studies Department announces over 40 free concerts for its ...

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