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Cleo Laine at the Leicester Square Theatre (London) on April 16th

Source: Katie Fish
April 14, 2011

Cleo Laine at the Art of Song Jazz Festival Cleo Laine will be performing on Saturday, April 16th as the headliner act in the Art of Song festival. http://www.leicestersquaretheatre.com/index.php?pg=1209. Tickets are £30 but if you can get them for £20 when you enter the code 'artofsong' when booking through the Leicester Square Theatre box office. Cleo played last November at the Barbican. Leicester Square Theatre 6 Leicester Place London WC2H 7BX

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Record Store Day Co-Founder Michael Kurtz on How Independent Artists Can Use Record Store Day

Source: We All Make Music
April 13, 2011

To many participants and onlookers, Record Store Day is a really big deal. On one day every year, thousands of music fans across the country have a perfect excuse to glut themselves on vinyl, buy limited edition releases, and generally revel in the sights, sounds, smells, and feelings of going to a record store again. And to Michael Kurtz, one of Record Store Day's founders, that celebration is the main point. “"I came out of a time when rock 'n' ...

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Acclaimed Author Robin D.G. Kelley Lectures on "The 'Un-Years': Thelonious Monk in the 1950s" at the Kimmel Center

Source: Victor L. Schermer
April 13, 2011

On April 9, 2011, at the initiation of All About Jazz writer Vic Schermer, Robin Kelley, author of Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original visited Philadelphia and delivered a lecture on Monk. Kelley's 60 minute talk focused on a turbulent period in Monk's life—the 1950s—when his music was misunderstood, and he also suffered a series of personal setbacks, including an arrest, the revocation of his cabaret card, and near financial ruin, only to create some of ...

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Sutton Foster Sets May 9th Barnes & Noble in-Store, as Ghostlight CD Earns Raves

Source: Seth Cohen PR
April 11, 2011

Sutton Foster Confirms May 9th Barnes and Noble In-Store Performance and CD Signing, as New CD Earns Raves 20-Song Tour de Force 'An Evening With Sutton Foster—Live at the Cafe Carlyle' Available Now on Ghostlight Records Tony Winner Sutton Foster has confirmed a May 9th Live at Barnes & Noble in-store performance and CD signing to celebrate Ghostlight Records' release of her 20-song tour de force An Evening With Sutton Foster—Live at the Cafe Carlyle. In a rave review, USA ...

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Shipp and Parker play together at BAsics Event in Harlem on April 11th

Source: Nancy Van Ness
April 10, 2011

"On the Occasion of the Publication of BAsics: A Celebration of Revolution and the Vision of a New World"

Monday, April 11, 7pm Harlem Stage Aaron Davis Hall, on the campus of the City College of New York 150 Convent Avenue @ 135th Street #1 trains to 137th Street and Broadway; or by bus: #100 or #101 from 125th Street Matthew Shipp, William Parker, David Murray, and Ruby Dee along with approximately a dozen ...

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Vitello's Jazz Club Hosts "Jazz For Japan" Concerts And Fundraiser Event With Support From Local Jazz Community

Source: Kim Koury
April 8, 2011

100% Proceeds Donated To The Japan Red Cross Vitellos's Jazz Club in Studio City in association with the Los Angeles Jazz Society welcomes the LA jazz community to come and support the victims of the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Musicians and fans will be coming together from 11:00 AM-11:00 PM Saturday, April 9 for an all day concert benefit raising funds for the Japanese Red Cross. Vitello's is located at 4349 Tujunga Ave, Studio City, CA 91604. The ...

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Robin D.G. Kelley, Author of Acclaimed Thelonious Monk Biography, to Present Free Public Lecture at The Kimmel Center, Philadelphia April 9th

Source: Victor L. Schermer
April 7, 2011

Robin Kelley's Thelonious Monk:The Life And Times of an American Original, was published in 2009 by Free Press and quickly has become a classic, gaining critical acclaim and numerous awards, and provoking constant discussion and raves among jazz musicians and fans alike. Renowned pianist and educator Geri Allen remarked: “Thelonious Monk: The Life And Times of an American Original is one of the most anticipated books in jazz scholarship... Robin D. G. Kelley represents one of this generation's most important ...

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Jazz for Japan at Kirkland Performance Center on April 18

Source: Seattle Jazz Scene
April 7, 2011

Pony Boy Records & Kirkland Performance Center present: JAZZ FOR JAPAN Monday, April 18, 7:30PM Kirkland Performance Center 350 Kirkland Ave, Kirkland, WA 98033 more information Proceeds from ticket sales will also go directly to Peace Winds Japan Disaster Relief. Peace Winds America will be taking donations to fund their already-on-the-ground relief efforts, and will have info at the concert. Their trucks, shelters and shipments are in Japan right now.

Peace Winds Japan responded immediately to the March 11th earthquake ...

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