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One Night Only! My Jack Teagarden Research at the IJS

Source: Lubricity
April 22, 2010

This announcement is very last-minute, but if youre in the NYC area and dont have any plans tonight, come hear me give a talk at Rutgers-Newarks Institute of Jazz Studies on my Masters thesis research. The title of the talk is White and Blue: Alternate Takes on Jack Teagarden and will give a broad overview of my attempt to understand Teagardens music and its place in American (and global) society.

The details: tonight, April 21, at 7:00 PM, at the ...

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Celebrate Hot Jazz Guitarist Django Reinhardt at the Freight & Salvage on May 8th

Source: Michael Ricci
April 22, 2010

Saturday, May 8th, Show 8:00 PM The Freight and Salvage, 2020 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA 94704 Tickets: $18.50 Adv./$19.50 Door (510) 644-2020 2010 is the Django Reinhardt centennial year and The George Cole Quintet is coming to the East Bay to celebrate his life and style at The Freight and Salvage on May 8th. Come hear stories of Django Reinhardt's life, hear his original music being performed and hear new compositions inspired by his music. Django Reinhardt taught himself to ...

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Bob Koester to Speak Saturday, May 1 at the Sheldon Art Galleries

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
April 22, 2010

Bob Koester, a former St. Louisan who owns the Delmark Records label and Jazz Record Mart in Chicago, will speak on the history of Delmark in St. Louis at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, May 1 at the Sheldon Art Galleries.Delmark, which is one of the most long-lived and well-respected independent jazz and blues labels currently in operation, was founded by Koester in St. Louis in 1953. A native of Wichita, KS, Koester originally came here to study at St. ...

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John Scofield to Curate Series at the Katonah Museum of Art

Source: Michael Ricci
April 22, 2010

ANOTHER JAZZY SUMMER AT THE KATONAH MUSEUM OF ART: SHADES OF JAZZ CELEBRATES FIFTH SEASON

The Katonah Museum of Art (www.katonahmuseum.org) is tuning up for another summer filled with sunshine, art, and jazz as Shades of Jazz returns for its fifth season. As curator for the series, legendary guitarist John Scofield presents some of the brightest talents in jazz today and jams with them at the end of each performance in the Museums Sculpture Garden. The intimate Shades of Jazz ...

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Jazz Tour Honors Musical Legends of Woodlawn

Source: Michael Ricci
April 21, 2010

For music lovers who want to spend a beautiful day visiting the pioneers who've changed their lives, on Sunday, April 25, Friends of Woodlawn offers a walking tour of the final resting places of the Jazz Greats of Woodlawn Cemetery. From the dawn of the Jazz Age until today, hundreds of celebrated jazz musicians have been memorialized at Woodlawn, including W.C. Handy, Coleman Hawkins, King Oliver, Bricktop, William “Sonny" Greer, Charles “Cootie" Williams, King Oliver, Arthur Whetsol, Sandy Williams, Milt ...

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Jazz Photographer William Ellis Exhibits at Rocharchive Gallery, London

Source: Michael Ricci
April 21, 2010

Rockarchive.com are proud to present the Jazz images of William Ellis. William Ellis is at the vanguard of music photographers and is widely regarded as having produced an important document of the contemporary international jazz scene in Africa, East Asia, Europe and the Americas.

His contribution to the culture was acknowledged by the American Jazz Museum in Kansas City when he was invited to produce the Inaugural International Exhibition in 2005 and where he returned in 2008 to show his ...

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Al Cobine Tribute in Richmond (IN) on April 25th

Source: Michael Ricci
April 20, 2010

A tribute to one of Richmond's musical legends is being planned by the Starr-Gennett Foundation. Al Cobine, 1946 graduate of Richmond High School and 1950 graduate of Earlham College, will be recognized by a concert in his honor on April 25th, 3:30 PM at Reid Hospitals Lingle Auditorium. Cobine, a resident of Bloomington, passed away in the summer of 2009.

According to Ralph Burkhart, a high school friend and long time Richmond High School music instructor, Cobine was one of ...

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3rd Annual Jazz Masters Concert: A Benefit for Kansas City Youth Jazz

Source: Artists Recording Collective + the ARC Record Label
April 20, 2010

The 3rd Annual Jazz Masters Concert Fundraiser is Sunday, May 2, 2010 from 7:00 to 9:30 PM at The Madrid Theatre, 3810 Main Street in Kansas City. The event is a benefit for Kansas City Youth Jazz. About Kansas City Youth Jazz In January 2001, Kansas City Youth Jazz program began with one band and a handful of dedicated students and parents. It has since grown to 5 bands and two combos composed of over 100 students from over 50 ...

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