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Boston's Either/Orchestra to Celebrate "Really Big Anniversary Concert" Dec. 16 at the Regent Theatre in Arlington, MA

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
November 20, 2010

The Either/Orchestra will celebrate the 25th anniversary of its first performance with a concert at Arlington's Regent Theatre on December 16 at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $25 ($15 for students), and are available at the Regent box office or regenttheatre.com. The show will feature band founder Russ Gershon leading the ten current members of the E/O plus fifteen former members in a program which will span the band's repertoire of original compositions and often radical arrangements of jazz, with charts ...

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Saxophonist Rose Rutledge Brings Jazz Trio To The Award-Winning Ardesia Wine Bar

Source: Jennifer Kramer
November 16, 2010

Rose Rutledge Trio Saxophonist, Rose Rutledge resides in New York where she teaches, records and performs. Most recently she appeared with her quintet at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Dizzy's Club Coca- Cola and annual Lincoln Square Winter's Eve Festival at Columbus Circle. Locally, Ms. Rutledge can be heard with a variety of groups both as a classical and jazz artist including anything from symphonic performances to performing with the “Father of Hip Hop Ukulele" Jon Braman. Ardesia Presents: Fall Jazz ...

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Jazz Pianist, George Kahn Holds 5th Annual Fundraiser Assisting The Homeless At Catalina Jazz Club

Source: Imaginary Friends
November 16, 2010

Mark your calendars for Thursday evening, December 16th, 2010 Let the holiday season begin...with an evening of great Jazz that's also a benefit for the Los Angeles homeless community. For the 5th consecutive year, Jazz Pianist, George Kahn, returns to the CATALINA JAZZ CLUB with a performance benefiting PATH (People Assisting The Homeless) VENTURES on Thursday evening, December 16th. Path Ventures, a community development corporation created by PATH in 2005, focuses on the construction of affordable housing for individuals and ...

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Jazz Vocalist Jerry Costanzo Live At The Count Basie Theatre

Source: Carol Green, Redwood Entertainment
November 16, 2010

New York, NY—Jerry Costanzo will be performing live at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank, New Jersey for the Fourth Annual Sinatra Birthday Bash on Friday, December 10th at 8:00PM. Jerry continues to delight audiences with his spirited singing and effervescent personality every time he takes up a microphone. “Costanzo and his swinging pals know how to grab the Vegas vibe that most of us have heard about but never were old enough to really experience." JAZZ PERSPECTIVES—Tom Hull ...

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NMS Extends to Multi-Day Event in LA in February

Source: HypeBot
November 16, 2010

New Music Seminar comes to LA one day after the Grammys. They've extended the conference to a multi-day event, running from Febuary 14th through 16th, 2011, at NMS Revolution Hall at the Sheraton Universal Hotel. This year's kickoff event, The After Grammy Jammy, will be held at The Music Box in Hollywood on February 14th with the Artist on the Verge Finals, which awards one artist over $50K in prizes, on February 15th at The Roxy. Register by November 26th ...

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William Burroughs-Influenced Artist Adds "CJ Gun" To Deviantart

Source: JCM Media
November 16, 2010

West Los Angeles—Josh Moscov, a writer, publicist, drummer and aspiring artist influenced by the works of William S. Burroughs, has added new content “CJ Gun" to his online gallery, dedicated to this infamous artist. The online gallery can be viewed here. DeviantArt is an online art community with a mission of providing a destination for artists of all kinds to express themselves. “CJ Gun" depicts erotic artist CJ Bennett, who has been manipulated to look like a glass menagerie of ...

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Demir Demirkan Live at the Drom in NYC

Source: Carol Green, Redwood Entertainment
November 16, 2010

New York, NY—Demir Demirkan will be performing live on Friday, December 24, 2010 at 10:00 PM and December 25 at 3:00 AM at the legendary Drom Bar & Restaurant in New York City. Demir Demirkan couldn't possibly find enough hooks to hang the many hats that personify his bounty of talents: master guitarist, producer, singer, songwriter, arranger, film composer and actor. He is renowned as the principal collaborator with superstar Sertab Erener, co-penning her 2003 winning Eurovision Turkish entry and ...

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Stephanie Jordan, Germaine Bazzle, Leah Chase; New Orleans Ladies of Jazz Holiday Concert presented by Music Alive Ensemble

Source: Sylvain Music Notes
November 15, 2010

Sylvain Music Notes—New Orleans Ladies of Jazz; Stephanie Jordan, Germaine Bazzle, and Germaine Bazzle will perform a special “Ladies in Jazz Holiday Concert" in collaboration with the Music Alive Ensemble String Octet and Jazz Quintet on Sunday, November 28, 2010 from 3:00-5:00 p.m. at the University of New Orleans Performing Arts Center Recital Hall (Lakefront Campus). Principally sponsored by the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation, admission for the holiday concert is free but RSVP is suggested by emailing [email protected] ...

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