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Funky Butt Brass Band to Celebrate CD Release This Friday, July 15 at Broadway Oyster Bar
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
The Funky Butt Brass Band has a new CD, You Can Trust The Funky Butt Brass Band, ready for release, and they'll celebrate with a performance at 10:00 p.m. this Friday, July 15 at the Broadway Oyster Bar. In an email interview last week, FBBB's guitarist and singer Tim Halpin gave me the lowdown on the new disc, and you can read all about it and listen to the first song from the CD via this post over at the ...
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Stop Wasting Time Sending Facebook Event Invites
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HypeBot
This guest post comes from Dave Cool, the Blogger In Residence at musician website and marketing platform Bandzoogle. I have a confession to make: I stopped checking Facebook Event Invites late last year. It started feeling eerily like MySpace at its worst (and look where MySpace is now). I have an average of 80+ invites at any one time, and what made it even worse was the constant messages that were sent to everyone invited to the event, whether they ...
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Gospel Legends Vickie Winans and Kurt Carr To Headline 10th Anniversary Concert
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Chris M. Slawecki
Gospel Legends Vickie Winans and Kurt Carr To Headline 10th Anniversary Concert Celebrating BlackGospelPromo.com And Its Founder, Veda Brown At Impacting Your World Christian Church in Cherry Hill, NJ Monday, July 25, 2011 @ 7:00 PM Celebrity Journalist Jawn Murray and Radio Veteran Neicy Tribbett To Emcee Lonnie Hunter & Structure, and Stellar Nominee Bryan Wilson Will Also Perform Almost 200,000 people receive Veda Brown's daily Black Gospel Promo e-mail blasts. The colorful, slickly designed emails promote everything from greeting ...
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University of Massachusetts' Amherst campus celebrates "Jazz in July" from July 11-22
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Lauren Rogers
If jazz were to have a birthday, it might as well be in July. But official birth date or not, the University of Massachusetts' Amherst campus is once again offering their annual celebration “Jazz in July," a two-week program that brings students together with notable jazz musicians and educators for lectures, one-on-one sessions, group clinics, improvisation training, and even live shows. Running from July 11-22, Administrative Director L. Frank Newton discussed the origins of “Jazz in July." Q: When did ...
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Recording Artist Ruth Aguilar Live at Miles Jazz Cafe
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Carol Green, Redwood Entertainment
New York, NY—In support of her latest CD release An Invitation, Ruth Aguilar will be performing live on Saturday, July 23, 2011 from 7:00 to 8:30 PM at the Miles Jazz Café in NYC. At Miles Jazz Café Ms. Aguilar will be performing with Jazz veterans David Epstein on keyboard, Steve LaSpina on bass and Samuel Torres on percussion. Ms. Aguilar is an accomplished singer with classic Jazz sensibilities and a refreshingly unique vocal sound who delivers soulful interpretations with ...
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20 Years Of Jazz In The Park Celebrated With Great Concerts At Serralves Museum Of Contemporary Art, Portugal: July 2011
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Michael Ricci
In 2011 Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art celebrates the 20th edition of Jazz in the Park, a summer jazz festival that takes place in Serralves 18 ha Park. To commemorate this 20th anniversary, Serralves presents some great musical moments. The concerts will take place on July 10, 16, 23 and 30, at 6 p.m. For Antonio Curvelo, responsible for programming the festival, “the 20 years of Jazz in the Park that are celebrated in 2011 are not only one more ...
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Lew Tabackin; Jammin' On The Hudson
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Brownstone Entertainment Complex, LLC
Riverbank State Park, in association with Brownstone Entertainment Complex, LLC, for our seventh consecutive year are pleased to present: “Jammin' On The Hudson." 'Jammin'; The Summer Concert Series for the 'serious' Jazz Lover! The series features 'World-Class' Players, appearing one Sunday in July and one in August. What could be more inviting than listening to the sounds of great Jazz Artists, cast out over The Hudson River, at sunset, for Free?! On Sunday July 10th we open our Series with ...
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Lars Gullin Celebration Week in Sweden
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Ola Arvidsson
A week with concerts and talks based on the internationally well known jazz musician Lars Gullin. He was born in Sanda railway station on the island Gotland, Sweden in 1928 and in the very same house an exhibition on his life and music will open in the summer of 2011. Responsible for the museum and the week is Sanda Hembygdsförening in Gotland. The Program 2 July The week begins with the opening of the new Lars Gullin museum in Sanda ...
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