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Blue Whale Residency Part I: Anthony Wilson Trio, LA Jazz Quartet, Otto / Ferber / Wilson / Ferber / Nelson / Dumas
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Los Angeles Jazz Collective
LAJC Residency, Part I Wednesday, January 4, 8pm Blue Whale, Los Angeles, CA In the music-art world there are a number of ways to program events. Two of the most common are festivals and residencies. Festivals essentially allow a promoter to present a diversity of bands and artists over a concentrated amount of time, be it a weekend, a week, or a month, but the benefit is to be able to promote a lot of music ...
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Bassist Mike Boone's group at the Kennett Flash on January 4th
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Jim Miller
Appearing on Wednesday, January 4th at the Kennett Flash, 102 Sycamore Alley, Kennett Square PA will be bassist Mike Boone and his group. Showtime: 7:30 p.m. One show. Tickets: $10/$5 students. No advance sales. For info: Call 484-732-8295. Dreambox Media artist bassist Mike Boone has been a Philadelphia icon for many years, especially for his legendary work with the Ortliebs' HausBand with pianist Sid Simmons and drummer Byron Landham. A graduate of Eastman School of Music, Boone has toured and ...
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Jim Hobbs joins Aych and the Taylor Ho Bynum Sextet at Outpost 186 on Friday Dec 23
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Chris Rich
Aych is a trio comprising Mary Halvorson guitaristry, Jim Hobbs saxophone honing and Taylor Ho Bynum cornettery in some serene survey of juxtapositions Mr. Hobbs variously describes as “porch music" This will be a Boston premiere as is a cd release show for the newly reshaped Taylor Ho Bynum Sextet brought to ears as Apparent Distance from the Firehouse 12 label. The sextet will entail the augmentation of Aych, above, with Bill Lowe in a bass trombone and tuba deployment, ...
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Louis CK Goes Direct to Fan, Nets $200,000 in 3 Days - A Look Inside
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HypeBot
Louis CK is about as hot as a comedian can get right now. Taking a page from the direct to fan playbook that's been used by many indie musicians since Nine Inch Nails proved its potential, he decided to eliminate all middle men, record a love concert and sell it from his own web site for $5. The show went on sale at noon on Saturday, December 10th. Three days laters he'd netted $200,000. Here's a look inside the project: ...
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Robert Johnson Tribute: Roots, Taj Mahal, Keb' MO', Todd Rundgren
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JamBase
ALL-STAR ROBERT JOHNSON CENTENNIAL TRIBUTE CONCERT CONFIRMED FOR MARCH 6 AT THE APOLLO THEATER Producers announced today the first artists confirmed to play a special March 6 tribute concert at NY's historic Apollo Theater, celebrating the centennial of legendary bluesman Robert Johnson. The initial, star-studded lineup includes The Roots, Shemekia Copeland, Bettye LaVette, Taj Mahal, Keb' Mo,' Sam Moore and Todd Rundgren, with more to be announced soon. Net proceeds from the concert, co-produced by Steve Berkowitz, Michael Dorf, Joe ...
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Gina Roche "Thankfully" CD Release Concert at Sandi Pointe (Somers Point, NJ) on December 18th
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Gina Roche'
GINA ROCHE CD RELEASE CONCERT! SUNDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2011 Gina & her group will be playing songs from her long awaited 2nd CD “THANKFULLY" Meet & Greet at 2:30pm Concert at 3:00pm Aftershow chats with the artists at 5:00pm Gina Roche—voice & guitar John Stenger—piano Tim Lekan—acoustic bass Keith Hollis—drums with special guests Brenda Bass—flugel LOreal Crisp Seels—spoken word artist 10% of ...
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“What We Do” at the Louis Armstrong House Museum
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Daniel Kassell - Authentic Marketing
What do they do at the Louis Armstrong House? A Who's Who of the Jazz world were introduced to Louis Armstrong singing “That's My Home" in the first moments of a video about “What We Do." At this first Louis Armstrong House Museum Gala on December 6th, 2011 the first “Louie," went to a 92-year-old, jazz cognoscenti fan and record producer, George Avakian. Meeting Armstrong many times, since 1943, he quoted Armstrong's expression of purpose: “Bring Happiness to the World." ...
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