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Harlem Jazz Shrines Festival Presents Blazing Tongues At Lenox Lounge
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Carolyn McClair Public Relations
Harlem Jazz Shrines Festival Runs May 7-13, 2012 All Tickets Just $10 or Free! The prestige of the past. The pulse of the present. NEW YORK, NY: The historic Lenox Lounge, a fixture in Harlem since 1939, located on Lenox Avenue between 124th and 125th streets, has been home to some of the hottest jazz in the city from Billie Holiday and Miles Davis to Frank Sinatra and John Coltrane, and it’s also been a favorite hang for many African-American ...
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Stephanie Jordan Added To International Jazz Day Sunrise Concert With Herbie Hancock, Terence Blanchard, Ellis Marsalis And Others In An All-star Concert In New Orleans
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Sylvain Music Notes
NEW ORLEANS, LA: Jazz Vocalist Stephanie Jordan of New Orleans has been added to a stealer line-up of jazz greats for the kick-off of the first annual International Jazz Day with a full day of events in New Orleans, Paris and New York. Jordan has been selected as a replacement for Grammy Award-winner Dianne Reeves. The inaugural International Jazz Day will be celebrated by millions worldwide on Monday, April 30, and will begin with an all-star sunrise concert in New ...
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May 1st Drum Clinic at Sam Ash in Edison (NJ) for Make-A-Wish Foundation
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Mauricio Zottarelli
Drummers Mike Donahue, Mauricio Zottarelli and percussionist Marcus Santos join forces on Tuesday May 1st, 2012 for an evening of music, drumming and to raise funds to a great cause Fellow artists Mike Donahue, Mauricio Zottarelli and Marcus Santos will join forces on May 1st, 2012 in a performance/drum clinic to raise funds for the NJ Make a Wish Foundation. The show will take place on May 1st at the Sam Ash music store in Edison (1831 Rt. 27 Edison, ...
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Salve Regina U/Newport Festivals Foundation Presents Master Class with Jon Faddis
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Carolyn McClair Public Relations
Trumpeter Jon Faddis conducts master class for high school musicians at Salve Regina University on May 5 NEWPORT, R.I. – World-renowned trumpeter, composer, conductor and educator Jon Faddis—who was declared as “the best ever” by the legendary John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie—will conduct a master class and workshop for high school students on Saturday, May 5 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Salve Regina University. The free program, “Pathways to Jazz, ” which is being sponsored by the Newport Festivals ...
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Back To The Garden: The Artistry Of Joni Mitchell, Featuring Paula Cole And Music Directed By Terri Lyne Carrington
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Berklee Public Relations
Berklee College of Music presents Back to the Garden: The Artistry of Joni Mitchell, a play with music and dance about the life and work of the iconic artist, written and performed by Berklee students. Back to the Garden will be performed at Berklee on May 3 with featured guest, Grammy Award-winning alumna Paula Cole, and music directed by Grammy Award-winning alumna Terri Lyne Carrington. The production is directed by Associate Professor Rebecca Perricone. Back to the Garden: The Artistry ...
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Trish Richardson "The Soul of Jazz" Book Signing at Wycliffe Gordon Concert on May 2
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Trish Richardson
Author Trish Richardson will be signing copies of her book, The Soul of Jazz: Stories and Inspiration from Those Who Followed the Song in Their Souls prior to Wycliffe Gordon and the Bothell High School and Mercer Island High School Jazz Bands’ performance at Eastside Foursquare Church in Bothell on Wednesday, May 2nd at 7 pm. Doors open at 6:30pm. Tickets to the concert can be purchased at mihsband.com. For this special event, half the profits from each book sale ...
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Wycliffe Gordon's Jazz á La Carte May 12, 3:00 & 8:00pm Harlem Jazz Shrines Fest
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Carolyn McClair Public Relations
2012 Harlem Jazz Shrines Festival Presents Wycliffe Gordon’s Jazz á la Carte Saturday, May 12, 3:00 and 8:00 pm Harlem Jazz Shrines Festival Runs May 7-13, 2012 All Tickets Just $10 or Free! The prestige of the past. The pulse of the present. HARLEM, NY: For eight decades, the world-famous Apollo Theater has been the premiere showcase for African-American music: from vaudeville, blues, jazz, R&B, soul, mambo and hip-hop. One of its most popular long-running shows was the Jazz á ...
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Barcelonans Black Gandhi Live At Renowned Webster Hall In NYC
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Carol Green, Redwood Entertainment
New York, NY: Using Reggae as a launching point, in large part due to its uplifting message and infectious rhythms, Black Gandhi is a Barcelona, Spain based group of philosophically like-minded musical stylists who play a contemporary and joyous blend of Reggae, Ska, Soul, Rock, Folk and Blues for the 21st century. In support of their latest CD, Into Light, Black Gandhi will be performing live, in English, at the venerable Webster Hall in the East Village, NYC, at 7:00 ...
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