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The Dom Minasi String Quartet

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
January 10, 2011

The University of the Streets Presents The Dom Minasi String Quartet @ 8PM Featuring Dom Minasi (nylon string guitar), Jason Kao Hwang (violin), Tomas Ulrich (cello) and Ken Filiano (contrabass) “More than jazz, the quartet's music is more at home within the field of modern classical music, daring to strike out sharply if, at times abrasively from the a the angular camps of Shostakovich and Bartok." —Matt Marshall, All About Jazz January 11th, 2011, 10 PM The Blaise ...

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Leron Thomas performs at Jason Moran's 713 → 212 songwriter event on January 14th

Source: Poppi Kikos
January 9, 2011

Featuring an array of Houston born talent, Leron Thomas showcases his songwriting diversity with material from his recent independently released album; Juxtaposed alongside some highly anticipated party favorites. Thomas leads a band of well respected artists; Jason Moran, Mark Kelley, Josh Mease, Kendrick Scott and Nicole Hurst for a night that is sure to be one to remember. Jason Moran Presents 713 > 212—Houstonians in NYC (Songwriters) The groundbreaking jazz pianist-composer Jason Moran, a 2010 MacArthur Fellow (aka “Genius Award" ...

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Stix Bones & Friends Live at the Paradise Theater

Source: Carol Green, Redwood Entertainment
January 3, 2011

New York, NY, December 21, 2010—Stix Bones & Friends will be performing live on Saturday, January 29th, 2011, from 8:00 to 11:00 PM at the legendary Paradise Theater's Jazz Night on the Grand Concourse in the Bronx. Built in 1929, The Paradise Theater is the 23d largest movie theater ever to be built in the US and was one of the last entertainment 'palaces' built by the Hollywood movie moguls of the 20s. Recently renovated, this historical landmark is under ...

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Ansambl Mastika - Songs and Dances for Life Nonstop - CD Release Party

Source: Michael Ricci
January 3, 2011

Ansambl Mastika Release for their new album, Songs and Dances for Life NONSTOP Saturday, February 5th, 10pm-midnight Barbes, 376 9th St at 6th Ave, Park Slope, Brooklyn $10 suggested Ansambl Mastika, Brooklyn's favorite electric Balkan band, presents the release of their second album, Songs and Dances for Life NONSTOP. Come drink a glass of slivovica and help celebrate on Feb 5th, 10 pm-midnight at Barbes, our favorite venue in New York City. ...

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Vibist, Jerry Tachoir and Pianist, Marlene Tachoir at Jazz Educators Network Conference

Source: Jerry Tachoir
January 3, 2011

Jerry and Marlene Tachoir will be one of the featured clinicians and performers at next weeks Jazz Educators Network Conference in New Orleans. Jerry and Marlene will present an Outreach clinic/performance at the KIPP School for the Creative Arts in New Orleans, present by the Jazz Educators Network and sponsored by the Ludwig/Musser division of the Conn-Selmer company, Innovative Percussion, and Avita Jazz Records. In addition, Jerry will be featured in an evening concert with percussionist Ruben Alvarez for a ...

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AAJ's Chris May to speak at Royal National Theatre, London

Source: Chris May
January 1, 2011

All About Jazz senior editor Chris May will speak at the Royal National Theatre, London on January 14 under the title Fela Kuti: The Man Behind The Music. The RNT is currently staging the Broadway hit musical Fela!. May will be joined onstage by Dele Sosimi, keyboard player with Kuti's band Egypt 80 and a music advisor to the London production of Fela!. The two will talk, and take questions from the audience, facilitated by BBC Radio 4's Edward Stourton. ...

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Concert: Jan 8 - John Beasley Positootly! Jazz Circle @ Blue Whale

Source: Michael Ricci
December 29, 2010

John Beasley Positootly! Jazz Circle @ The Blue Whale GRAMMY NOMINATION: BEST JAZZ INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM Positootly! (Resonance Records) John is truly an amazing pianist, imaginative composer, creative improviser and arranger. And with Positootly he created an album that people will look back as one of the first Jazz classic albums of the 21th century. WHEN: Saturday, January 8, 2011 BAND: Bennie Maupin (sax), Oscar Seaton (drums), Kevin Brandon (bass), John Beasley MUSIC: John Beasley Poistootly! Jazz Circle will feature music ...

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Os Elementos Fires up Toronto

Source: John Kelman
December 19, 2010

A Danceworks Coworks Presentation Supported by Toronto Arts Council Fleck Dance Theatre Toronto, Ontario December 17-18, 2010 Os Elementos, presented by Toronto dance company The Dance Migration, is a show that should be coming to a town near you: a live, contemporary, Brazilian-inspired concert, featuring a group of ten dancers accompanied by a Brazilian band. Adrianna Yanuziello is The Dance Migration's founder, artistic director, choreographer and dancer . She describes her vision for Os Elementos, the dance company's ...

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