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Louis Armstrong House Museum Holds Gala - Celebrating 25 Years!

Source: Alicia Evans
December 5, 2011

A WHO'S WHO OF THE JAZZ WORLD TO CELEBRATE TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF GROWTH FOR THE MUSEUM Proceeds To Fund Continuing Operation of Satchmo's Corona, Queens, Home NEW YORK, NY: A who's who of the jazz and cultural world is slated to gather for the first annual fundraising gala celebrating the historic Louis Armstrong House Museum (LAHM) on Tuesday, December 6, 2011 in New York's famed 3 West Club (3 West 51st Street) from 6pm-8pm. (6pm-7pm cocktail; 7pm-8pm awards program & ...

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Nicole Mitchell's New Orchestra Premiere: Flight for Freedom on December 7th (Chicago)

Source: Nicole Mitchell
December 5, 2011

Creative flutist/composer Nicole Mitchell will perform her new orchestra work with the Chicago Composers Orchestra on December 7th, 2011, 6:30pm at Garfield Park Conservatory. With Flight for Freedom for Creative Flute and Orchestra, Mitchell straddles contemporary classical music, jazz and creative music in ways she has never done before. The Chicago Composers Orchestra is in its first season, founded by Randall West to feature new music by living composers. The concert will be free to the public and will also ...

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Bruce Springsteen Named Keynote Speaker at SXSW

Source: JamBase
December 2, 2011

KEYNOTE SET FOR MARCH 15 AT AUSTIN CONVENTION CENTER The South By Southwest Music and Media Conference and Festival is thrilled to announce Bruce Springsteen as keynote speaker for the 2012 event. The keynote will take place on Thursday, March 15, 2012 at the Austin Convention Center, the hub of SXSW Music events. In the tradition of legendary artists delivering the main event at SXSW, Springsteen joins notable keynote alumni including Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Lucinda Williams, Robert Plant, Pete ...

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Pat Martino Inaugural Book Signing with Q&A to be Held at Spiral Bookcase In Philadelphia, December 2nd

Source: Victor L. Schermer
December 2, 2011

On Sunday, December 11th, from 2-4pm, the Spiral Bookcase in Manayunk, PA is celebrating the release of Here and Now! The Autobiography of Pat Martino. Written with jazz journalist Bill Milkowski, legendary jazz guitar master Pat Martino tells the remarkable story of his comeback from a brain aneurysm that took his memory and nearly took his life. Pat Martino will be in-store, and will discuss his life, music, and new book. Victor L. Schermer, senior staff writer at All About ...

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Carnegie Hall & Joyce/George Wein Foundation Present Ambrose Akinmusire Big Band

Source: Carolyn McClair Public Relations
December 1, 2011

JAZZ TRUMPETER AMBROSE AKINMUSIRE LEADS HIS BIG BAND FOR ITS WORLDWIDE DEBUT PERFORMANCE ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, IN ZANKEL HALL Jazz trumpeter and Blue Note recording artist Ambrose Akinmusire leads his big band for the ensemble's worldwide debut performance on Saturday, December 3, at 10:00 p.m. in Zankel Hall. The trumpeter, whose talents have been increasingly recognized since 2007 when he won both the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition and the Carmine Caruso International Jazz Trumpet Solo Competition, was signed ...

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Wsie to Hold Fundraising Weekend Friday, December 2 Through Sunday, December 4

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
November 30, 2011

WSIE (88.7 FM), the only radio station in the St. Louis area to devote significant airtime to jazz music, will be holding an on-air fundraiser beginning at 4:00 p.m. this Friday, December 2 and continuing until 4:00 p.m. on Sunday. Premiums for financial supporters of the station will include underwriting announcements, CDs from local indie jazz label MAXJAZZ, and the chance to appear on-air as a newsreader or, for $300, as host of a two-hour jazz show. The station hopes ...

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Poetic Rhythms: Jazz and Poetry with Robert Pinsky and Stan Strickland

Source: Larry Keller
November 29, 2011

Former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky combines his interest in jazz and poetry in a music-inflected reading with renowned jazz musicians Stan Strickland (saxophone), John Lockwood (bass) and Rakalam Bob Moses (drums) on Saturday, December 10, at 8pm, at the Leventhal-Sidman Jewish Community Center in Newton. Pinsky, a professor of creative writing at Boston University and author of 19 books, is known for his ability to bring poetry to life. Strickland, a singer, saxophonist, flutist and actor, has performed throughout ...

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All-Star, All-Women Jazz Jam at LaRose Jazz Club on December 11th

Source: Jim Miller
November 26, 2011

Jazz Bridge and the Sunday Sessions at LaRose Jazz Club, 5531 Germantown Ave, Philadelphia, PA, will join together on Sunday December 11th to raise money for women jazz and blues musicians in crisis and for the wives of jazz and blues musicians. Showtime: 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Tickets: $20.00 For info call 215-517-8337. Appearing that night will be some of the best and the brightest women musicians in the Greater Philadelphia Metro area: Monnette Sudler, Denise King, Miss Justine, ...

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