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Brussels Jazz Orchestra (BJO) to play with Kenny Werner at New York’s Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola in October

Source: hubtone PR
September 19, 2010

The BJO is coming back to New York! From October 26-31, the prestigious Brussels Jazz Orchestra plays at Lincoln Center's Dizzy's Club Coca Cola with award winning pianist and composer, Kenny Werner. After a long absence in the States, the European orchestra from—you guessed it!—Brussels, capital of Belgium and Europe, will unleash its virtuosity in New York in a week-long appearance at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Under the direction of Frank Vaganée, the Orchestra introduces Werner's brand new compositions and ...

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Tinderbox Founder Alyson Greenfield on Putting Together Her First Festival

Source: We All Make Music
September 17, 2010

On Sunday, September 26, the Tinderbox Music Festival will be held for the first time. The festival, which will be held at the Brooklyn-based venue Southpaw, is designed to create a new space for women musicians to connect and perform together. 100% of its proceeds will go to non-profit groups dedicated to empowering and educating young women, including Girls Write Now and the Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls. And at this time last year, its founder, Alyson Greenfield, had ...

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The Jazz.FM91 Songwriters Series

Source: Jessie Frohman
September 16, 2010

Toronto, Ontario —JAZZ.FM91 is pleased to announce The JAZZ.FM91 Songwriters Series, which will feature the extraordinary talents of jazz musicians, and songwriters in three compelling concerts at Hugh's Room. Tickets are $45 in advance and $50 at the door, series passes are available for $115 for all three concerts and can be reserved through Hugh's Room by calling 416-531-6604 or online at hughsroom.com. The JAZZ.FM91 Songwriters Series kicks off on Monday, October 11th with legendary jazz guitarist Gene Bertoncini and ...

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Sol & Funk Root perform a Funk Jazz concert at Sunken Garden Amphitheatre

Source: 9th Floor Music
September 16, 2010

Fall Funk in the Sunken Garden Amphitheatre Sol & Funk Root, Triscale, & Ball & Chain Saturday September 25 @ 5:00pm Nesselrod on the New River's Sunken Garden Amphitheatre 7535 Lee Highway, Radford, VA 24141 Tickets are $10.00 general admission and $7.50 for Radford and Virginia Tech students with ID VENUE: The Sunken Garden Amphitheatre is located on the 9 acre estate of Nesselrod on the New River-Bed and Breakfast in Radford, VA. This newly renovated ...

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Help Send a Jazz Band (the Jason Parker Quartet) to the Iceland Airwaves Festival with 3 Clicks of your Mouse!

Source: Jason Parker
September 16, 2010

The Jason Parker Quartet is one of the few jazz bands featured in this year's Seattle Weekly REVERB Fest. The weekly is holding a contest in conjunction with Seattle radio station KEXP to send one of the bands playing the festival to Iceland to play at the Iceland Airwaves Festival a well. Most of the bands featured in both festivals are indie rock bands. Rather than send another one to represent Seattle, wouldn't it be great if the band chosen ...

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2010 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Vocals Competition & Gala Concert

Source: Sarah Andrew Wilson
September 15, 2010

2010 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Vocals Competition and Gala Concert Featuring All-Star Tribute to Great American Songbook at Kennedy Center October 4 Aretha Franklin to receive 2010 Maria Fisher Founder's Award Washington, D.C.—The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz today announced the 2010 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Vocals Competition and Tribute to the Great American Songbook Gala Concert will take place at the Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, October 4. The 2010 Competition ...

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T Bone Burnett: The Speaking Clock Revue

Source: JamBase
September 15, 2010

MULTI-ARTIST EXTRAVAGANZA FEATURING ELTON JOHN, LEON RUSSELL, JOHN MELLENCAMP, ELVIS COSTELLO, GREG ALLMAN, AND OTHERS T Bone Burnett will premiere The Speaking Clock Revue—a multi-artist concert extravaganza—on October 16 at the Wang Center in Boston and October 20 at the Beacon Theater in New York City. Both evenings of the Revue will feature performances by Elton John & Leon Russell, John Mellencamp, Elvis Costello, Gregg Allman, Ralph Stanley, Jeff Bridges, Punch Brothers, Karen Elson, and newcomers The Secret Sisters. In ...

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