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2011 Guggenheim Fellow Earl Howard Premieres His Composition Project Superstring At Roulette May 12

Source: Heidi Howard
April 17, 2012

Earl Howard Ensemble Tom Chiu and Conrad Harris Saturday, May 12, 2012 8PM at Roulette Brooklyn 509 Atlantic Ave (corner of Atlantic and 3rd Ave) An evening of dynamic new music from live electroacoustic pioneer Earl Howard and FLUX Quartet violinists Tom Chiu and Conrad Harris. 2011 Guggenheim Fellow Earl Howard, a pioneer in the development of live electronic processing and extended instrumental techniques, presents the premiere of his Guggenheim project Superstring, with Wu ...

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Pianist Sam Rudin Celebrates CD Release At The Freight & Salvage, May 17

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
April 18, 2012

Pianist Sam Rudin has been a popular fixture on the Bay Area jazz and blues scene since arriving from his native Philadelphia in 1980. Known until recently as Hurricane Sam, Rudin has regularly headlined at local clubs and at hundreds of outdoor events throughout California, as well as opening shows for artists including James Cotton, Jerry Garcia, and Taj Mahal. On Thursday 5/17, Rudin will bring his fully unique rhythm-charged piano stylings to the Freight & Salvage in Berkeley, where ...

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Catherine Russell: A Swing-Jazz Singer Emerges

Source: John Kelman
April 15, 2012

By Daniel Kassell Catherine Russell Singers Over Manhattan The Allen Room, Jazz at Lincoln Center New York City, NY March 30, 2012 At the start of singer Catherine Russell's Jazz at Lincoln Center performance, MC Todd Barkan (Dizzy's Jazz Club Manager), roused the crowd with, “Thank you for all you bring to music," and introduced the evening's Singer Over Manhattan. Combining jazz club intimacy with educational dialogue and a little Big Band—packed ...

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Donald Harrison Brings Big Easy To Big Apple @ WBGO Kids Concert

Source: Carolyn McClair Public Relations
April 14, 2012

WBGO’S Award-Winning Kids Jazz Concert Series Continues with Donald Harrison Saturday, April 14, 12:30 pm Cicely Tyson School Performing Arts Center, East Orange NEWARK, NJ: Children and their families are invited to listen, learn and discover jazz at WBGO’s award-winning, free Kids Jazz Concert Series, featuring saxophonist Donald Harrison on Saturday, April 14, at 12:30 pm at Cicely Tyson School Performing Arts Center, 35 Winans Street, East Orange, NJ. The concert series brings jazz culture and dynamic performances to young ...

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Harlem Jazz Shrines Festival (re)creates Small's With Concert/event Series In May

Source: Carolyn McClair Public Relations
April 14, 2012

2012 Harlem Jazz Shrines Festival Re-creates Small’s Paradise Featuring Concerts, Jam Sessions and Educational Events 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: In 1925, businessman Ed Small opened a Harlem basement club called Small’s Paradise at 2294 Seventh Avenue. It was one of the incubators of modern music, and it had everything: from the experimental bebop, and Charleston-dancing waiters, ...

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Spanish Group Black Gandhi Live At Alphabet Lounge In The East Village

Source: Carol Green, Redwood Entertainment
April 12, 2012

New York, NY: Using Reggae as a launching point, in large part due to its uplifting message and the infectious rhythms that are fundamental characteristics of the genre and its essence, 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 ...

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Daisy Jopling Band Performs At Paramount Center For The Arts

Source: cindy beer-fouhy
April 11, 2012

Daisy Jopling, The Pied Fiddler of Peekskill, Returns to the Paramount Center for the Arts May 19th at 8:00pm Peekskill NY: For over two decades, Internationally Acclaimed Classical/ Rock Violinist Daisy Jopling has been wowing audiences and transforming the music palates of people of all ages with her high energy fusion of classical music with world music and rock. Last year, her concert at the Paramount Center for the Arts in Peekskill received a full house standing ovation. On Saturday, ...

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WBGO Jazz 88.3 Celebrates Jazz Appreciation Month, 33rd Birthday & More!

Source: Carolyn McClair Public Relations
April 11, 2012

WBGO Jazz 88.3 FM Celebrates Jazz Appreciation Month, Public Radio Music Month, International Jazz Day and Its 33rd Anniversary with Live Broadcasts of the Northeast's Best Student Ensembles, April 9-23 at 2 pm on Afternoon Jazz Newark, NJ: April is a month for celebration in the jazz world, and WBGO Jazz 88.3 FM has a full schedule of special events and concerts to commemorate not only the 11th anniversary of Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM), Jazz Day (April 13), International Jazz ...

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