Event News

City of Philadelphia Announces Jazz Appreciation Month April 2011

Source: Victor L. Schermer
March 29, 2011

As part of a yearly national event sponsored by the Smithosonian Institute, Philadelphia will make April, 2011 Jazz Appreciation Month in the City of Brotherly Love. Standing on the northwest corner of the Dilworth Plaza, the city's Chief Cultural Officer, Gary P. Steuer, announced the event to the press. Plying their trade in still wintry cold weather, three members of the Arpeggio Jazz Ensemble, Warren Oree, leader, played some cool music in their overcoats, as Steuer unveiled the large banner ...

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Dr. Randy Weston and Willard Jenkins Celebrate African Rhythms at the University of the District of Columbia’s JAZZforum Series

Source: Felix E. Grant Jazz Archives
March 29, 2011

Washington, D.C.—The University of the District of Columbia welcomes National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Jazz Master, Dr. Randy Weston and independent arts consultant/producer and journalist Willard Jenkin to the JAZZforum series for a special appearance on Thursday April 7, 2011 at 7 pm to discuss African Rhythms: The Autobiography of Randy Weston. (Composed by Randy Weston, Arranged by Willard Jenkins: Duke University Press, 2010).

Randy Weston's 85th birthday anniversary is in April 2011 and JAZZforum is delighted to be ...

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Vitello's Jazz Club Hosts Jazz Relief for Japan/Concerts and Fundraiser Event with Support from Local Jazz Community

Source: Two for the Show Media
March 29, 2011

LOS ANGELES—Vitellos's Jazz Club in Studio City in association with the Los Angeles Jazz Society asks the Los Angeles jazz-loving community to come out and support the victims of the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Musicians and fans will be coming together on Saturday, April 9 for an all day / all night concert event that will raise funds for the Japanese Red Cross. Music will be provided by Los Angeles' finest, including the Yellowjackets featuring Russ Ferrante, Jimmy ...

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90th Birthday Tribute to Candido Celebrated by Bobby Sanabria & Manhattan School of Music Afro Cuban Jazz Orchestra

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
March 24, 2011

Bobby Sanabria and the Manhattan School of Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra will be presenting a 90th Birthday Celebration honoring Candido Camero, NEA Jazz Master and the “father of modern conga drumming" on Friday, April 1 at 7:30pm in the School's John C. Borden Auditorium. The evening will feature Candido, who officially turns 90 on April 22nd, as guest artist. Showcased will be music spanning the living legend's career beginning with music from his Cuban childhood, followed by music from his ...

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Musicians, Artists, Authors participate in: "On the Occasion of the Publication of BAsics: A Celebration of Revolution and the Vision of a New World"

Source: Chris Rich
March 23, 2011

BAsics, from the Talks and Writings of Bob Avakian is a book that speaks powerfully to questions of revolution and human emancipation being released on April 5. This release will be an opportunity to bring people together from different arenas and perspectives in a celebration of revolution and the vision of a whole new world.

Bob Avakian is a serious revolutionary leader and wide-ranging thinker. He is the leader of a party and a movement aiming to make revolution when ...

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Jambalaya Brass Band Live At The Jazz Funeral And Second Line Parade For Coney Island

Source: Carol Green, Redwood Entertainment
March 22, 2011

New York, NY—Jambalaya Brass Band will be performing live in a New Orleans-style funeral/parade at the Jazz Funeral and Second Line Parade for Coney Island on Sunday, April 3, 2011 from 2:00 to 3:00 PM. The parade will assemble at Surf Avenue and West 12th Street at Coney Island. When Coney Island's now demolished Henderson Music Hall was subjected to “pre-demolition" work in October, we shuddered at the destruction to come and said it was time to start planning a ...

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Marc Hoffman to Perform at American Red Cross Event

Source: Marble Arch PR
March 22, 2011

NC jazz pianist/vocalist/composer joins “Jazz For Japan" in Rock Hill (CHARLOTTE, NC)—Virillion Music recording artist Marc Hoffman will perform during the American Red Cross fundraiser, “Jazz For Japan" at Tropical Escape in Rock Hill, SC on Sunday, March 27. Hoffman will take the stage at 7:30 p.m. Hoffman's set will include original instrumental and vocal jazz as well as standards. A new original jazz ballad, “Ordinary Song" set for a Monday, March 28 release will be debuted at the fundraiser. ...

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Jazz at Chateau Palmer with Michel Portal and Yaron Herman on March 25

Source: Ananbelle Grellier
March 22, 2011

Listen to Château Palmer, a Margaux great growth, and its Alter Ego: the 2010 vintage interpreted by Michel Portal and Yaron Herman performing at a concert given at Château Palmer on Friday, 25 March 2011, broadcasted live on France Musique and on the Web A première and a preview during En Primeur week! In March 2010, Château Palmer invited the jazz pianist Jacky Terrasson to improvise on the theme of the 2009 vintage at a private concert. This was simply ...

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