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Chick Corea 5-day Workshop This Summer

Source: David Smolover
February 16, 2012

National Music Workshop Is Proud To Announce: The Chick Corea Summer Music Workshop! For intermediate and advanced jazz musicians, all instruments (limited enrollment) Event to be held August 27-31, 2012, Cranwell Resort, Spa & Golf Club, Lenox, MA The National Music Workshop is proud to announce the Chick Corea Summer Music Workshop. World-renowned pianist, composer and bandleader Chick Corea will be in residence at The Cranwell Resort in Lenox, Massachusetts for five days (and four nights) to conduct workshops, special ...

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Exhibit at Sheldon Art Galleries to Feature African Drums, Experimental Instruments, and More

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
February 14, 2012

The Sheldon Art Galleries once again will display musical instruments from the collection of St. Louis music educator Dr. Aurelia Hartenberger in a new exhibit, “The Beat Goes On: Instruments from the Hartenberger World Music Collection," that will open this Friday, February 17 in the Sheldon's History of Jazz gallery. “The Beat Goes On" will include one room filled with drums and other rhythm instruments from Africa, such as the one pictured at left; a room featuring rare, experimental and ...

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12th annual Newport Beach Jazz Party

Source: Patricia Myers
February 11, 2012

By Patricia Myers Tributes to Nat King Cole, Oscar Peterson,Chet Baker, Paul Desmond and the “Four Brothers" sound made famous by Woody Herman will be among the 44 sessions of the 12th annual Newport Beach Jazz Party, Feb. 16-19 in at the Newport Beach Marriott in southern California. This year's edition has the biggest advance sale in years, according to Joe Rothman, party co-producer with John McClure. “This lineup is as strong as we've ever had, and we're nearly a ...

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Black History Month 2012: Jazz Heritage Center Exhibit Salutes Bay Area Black Musicians

Source: Rick Koler
February 8, 2012

The Jazz Heritage Center will have a range of educational programs for the community, particularly youth, so that visitors of all ages will have access to the history of San Francisco jazz from its earliest origins through the booming and vibrant heyday of the Fillmore jazz era, and into the present “Rebirth of the Cool" in the Fillmore. In addition, the JHC will offer lectures and talks about different aspects of jazz history and culture locally and worldwide, as well ...

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Gerry Mulligan Tribute Concert Presented by Juilliard Jazz on February 29

Source: Michael Ricci
February 6, 2012

GERRY MULLIGAN TRIBUTE CONCERT PRESENTED BY JUILLIARD JAZZ FEATURES GUEST ARTIST, SAXOPHONIST GARY SMULYAN AND THE JUILLIARD JAZZ ORCHESTRA CONDUCTED BY JAMES BURTON III WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 29 AT 8 PM IN JUILLIARD'S PETER JAY SHARP THEATER SPECIAL EVENING CELEBRATES THE CREATION OF THE GERRY & FRANCA MULLIGAN SCHOLARSHIP; FIRST RECIPIENT IS JUILLIARD SAXOPHONIST JORDAN PETTAY ONE OF GERRY MULLIGAN'S BARITONE SAXOPHONES TO BE DONATED TO JUILLIARD Juilliard Jazz presents a special evening featuring the music of the legendary Gerry Mulligan ...

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Jambalaya Brass Band to Perform for Fat Tuesday Mardi Gras Party at B.B. King Blues Club

Source: Carol Green, Redwood Entertainment
February 2, 2012

New York, NY—Jambalaya Brass Band, NYC's ultimate New Orleans party band, will be performing four sets at the Fat Tuesday Mardi Gras Party at Lucille's in the world famous B.B. King Blues Club & Grill on Tuesday, February 21, 2012, starting at 7:00 PM. At Lucille's, along with tunes from their successful CD It's a Jungle Out There, Jambalaya Brass Band will be performing other original and traditional favorites. The band's foundation will be provided by Ron Caswell on Tuba, ...

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DRUM! Magazine, Tom-Tom Mag And Major Drum Companies Conduct “Hit Like A Girl” Beat Breaking Female Drum Contest

Source: JCM Media
February 1, 2012

San Jose, Calif., DRUM! Magazine, Tom-Tom: A Magazine About Female Drummers, and several drum products companies have joined to launch the “Hit Like A Girl" drumming contest. This ground-breaking contest for female drummers officially begins (today) Feb. 1st. The announcement of this major female drumming event was made during NAMM 2012 and featured in an interview between DRUM! publisher, Phil Hood, and well-respected female drummer, Hannah Ford. DRUM Contest Details The international contest invites female drummers to upload video links ...

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Woodmere Art Museum Celebrates Iconic Artists and Composers in Weekly Jazz and Classical Music Series

Source: Canary Promotion + Design
January 31, 2012

PHILADELPHIA, PA: Audiences are invited to experience music and art together at Woodmere Art Museum in historic Chestnut Hill. Woodmere's popular Friday Night Jazz and Classic Sundays series return every weekend for two months beginning February 10. Performed in the Museum's grand Kuch Gallery, visitors can tour FORCE OF NATURE—Elaine Kurtz: A Retrospective and Elemental: Nature as Language in the Works of Philadelphia Artists—two new exhibitions inspired by the natural world—while enjoying music and light refreshments. The celebrated works of ...

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