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Playboy Jazz Festival Presents Latin-jazz Artist Jose Rizo And 9-piece Band Mongorama In Free Beverly Hills Concert May 6th

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May 5, 2012

Hot rhythms… Beverly Hills will sizzle when acclaimed Latin jazz artist Jose Rizo brings his new 9-piece Latin-jazz ensemble Mongorama to the city for a free concert. The event will celebrate the musical legacy of famous conga legend Mongo Santamaria, featuring much of his early charanga-jazz material from the 1950’s and 60’s including many of his original compositions. The Beverly Hills High School Jazz Band will open the show performing a variety of jazz, blues, swing, rock and Latin music. ...

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The Left Banke Plays Two Concerts In Maryland: May 5 In Rockville, May 6 In Annapolis

Source: Anne Leighton
May 3, 2012

The Left Banke will be performing two area shows early this May. On Saturday, May 5, the group performs at the Robert E. Parilla Performing Arts Center, 51 Mannakee Street, in Rockville, MD, at 8 PM. Alan Merrill, who wrote “I Love Rock-n-Roll" wll be opening. Tickets are $25., and students and seniors get in for $23. The venue phone is 240-567-5301. On Sunday, May 6, the Left Banke will be at Ram's Head Onstage, 33 West Street, in Annapolis, ...

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9th Annual Wine & Jazz Summer Concert Series Returns To Hollywood & Highland Center

Source: M. Craig & Associates
May 4, 2012

Hollywood's hottest jazz concert series returns this summer. Celebrating its 9th year at the Hollywood & Highland Center, the highly popular Wine, Jazz & Moonlight Summer Concert Series kick's off with Jose Rizo's Mongorama. Sponsored by kjazz 88.1 FM, the Wine, Jazz & Moonlight Concert Series takes place every Tuesday evening, June 12 - August 28 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. in the Central Courtyard (2nd Level) at Hollywood & Highland Center. Appealing to music lovers from around the ...

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Club 47 Folk Revival Documentary Exploring The History Of The Cambridge Folk Music Scene From 1958-1968 To Headline Ohio Independent Film Fest

Source: 1888 Media
May 3, 2012

Cleveland, OH: A new documentary celebrating the roots of the Cambridge, Massachusetts folk music scene recently premiered before a sold-out crowd at the Boston International Film Festival and is now set to feature as the headlining film for the Ohio Independent Film Festival with a screening at The Beachland Ballroom on Sunday May 20, 2012 at 7:30 PM local time. FOR THE LOVE OF THE MUSIC: THE CLUB 47 FOLK REVIVAL centers around Club 47, the iconic Harvard Square coffeehouse, ...

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Washington, DC Event Celebrates 50 Years Of Samba And Bossa Nova

Source: The Phillips Agency
May 3, 2012

The landmark album Jazz Samba was recorded at All Souls Unitarian Church in 1962 and changed the sonic landscape forever. Fronted by guitarist Charlie Byrd and saxophonist Stan Getz, the album rose to No. 1 on the Billboard pop chart where it remained for 70 weeks! The recording introduced millions of music lovers world wide to the alluring sounds of samba and bossa nova, and helped elevate the careers of these American musicians and the Brazilian innovators. Fifty years later, ...

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SFJAZZ Gala To Stream Performances From Ahmad Jamal, Sfjazz Collective, Maceo Parker, Friday, May 4

Source: Marshall Lamm Promotions & Public Relations
May 2, 2012

The 2012 SFJAZZ Gala on Friday, May 4, 2012 will be streamed on sfjazz.org live and direct from San Francisco’s Bimbo’s 365 Club, beginning at 7:00pm PST. The Gala — which celebrates the near completion of the $63 million “The World is Listening” capital campaign for the landmark SFJAZZ Center opening on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, January 21, 2013 — will honor the legendary pianist Ahmad Jamal with a performance by the jazz great himself. Newly appointed SFJAZZ Poet ...

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GI Blythe Launches East Coast CD Release Tour

Source: Carol Green, Redwood Entertainment
May 2, 2012

New York, NY: In support of their highly successful CD, Lost in Space, GI Blythe will embark on a CD release tour of the East Coast beginning with a CD release party at Connolly’s Klub 45 in New York City on Wednesday, May 16, 2012 and closing the tour with a CD release concert at the Bearsville Theater in Bearsville, NY on May 21, 2012. In the interim, they’ll be appearing at the U Street Music Hall in Washington DC ...

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International Jazz Day Album Guide

Source: Chie Ogura
April 30, 2012

Steve Holtje, editor of MusicHound Jazz: The Essential Album Guide (Visible Ink), has written a 50-album guide covering the development from jazz, ranging from Louis Armstrong to Matthew Shipp, for CultureCatch.com. He writes: “Monday, April 30, is International Jazz Day, proclaimed by UNESCO goodwill ambassador Herbie Hancock. There will be streaming concerts and much more on jazzday.com. It seems like an apt time for a solid historical overview of jazz. Over the years, people have asked me, 'I've just started ...

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