Event News

Michel Legrand's 50th Anniversary Concert Tribute

Source: Michael Ricci
March 21, 2010

MGM Grand, Valencia Entertainment, and City Lights Productions UK announced today that three-time Oscar and five-time Grammy Award-winner Michel Legrand will perform a tribute to his 50 years of music and movies at the MGM Grand Garden Arena Saturday, March 27. Over the course of his 50-year career, Legrand has composed more than 200 film and television scores as well as several musicals. Legrand was only 22 years old when his first album, I Love Paris, became one of the ...

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SXSW | 03.19.10 | Austin, TX - Day 3

Source: JamBase
March 21, 2010

Words by: Kayceman | Images by: Scott Dudelson & Kayceman

SXSW :: 03.19.10 :: Friday :: Austin, TX

Kayceman's Top 3

#3 - Miike Snow Dr. Dog :: 03.19.10 :: SXSW by Kayceman Sweden's Miike Snow (no one named Mike, Miike, or Snow in the band) took the stage in black jackets and white masks around 12:30 a.m. From the first subsonic bass rattle it was near impossible to stand still and it wasn't hard to imagine ...

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Black Rep to Open Louis Jordan Musical on Wednesday, March 24

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
March 21, 2010

Having just closed its production of Yesterdays: An Evening With Billie Holiday with singer Vanessa Rubin, the Black Rep has another musical coming up that also may appeal to St. Louis jazz fans. The company's staging of Five Guys Named Moe, which is based on the music of saxophonist and singer Louis Jordan, opens next Wednesday, March 24 and continues through Sunday, April 25 at the Grandel Theatre.Combining elements drawn from big band swing and rhythm & blues ...

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Jazz Heritage Center Presents The Photography of Herman Leonard

Source: All About Jazz Publisher's Desk
March 21, 2010

Jazz Heritage Center presents... JAZZ GIANTS: The Photography of Herman Leonard

Herman Leonard's first show in San Francisco in twenty years

Exhibit celebrates Jazz Appreciation Month

Free Exhibit on Display: April 5th - May 16th

PUBLIC CELEBRATION: APRIL 7TH - 6:30pm

(San Francisco) -- The Jazz Heritage Center (JHC), San Francisco's only permanent complex dedicated to jazz art and jazz history, announced today a special exhibit for April's Jazz Appreciation Month: Jazz Giants: The Photography of Herman Leonard--a collection of ...

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SXSW | 03.18.10 | Austin, TX - Day 2

Source: JamBase
March 20, 2010

Words by: Kayceman | Images by: Scott Dudelson & Kayceman

SXSW :: 03.18.10 :: Thursday :: Austin, TX

Kayceman's Top 3

#3 - Broken Social Scene Band of Horses at Stubb's 03.18.10 by Dudelson If we let them, Broken Social Scene will heal us. One of the most innovative and influential indie rock bands of our time; they've pulled off the very difficult trick of being super-indie-hipster chic but so totally void of pretense or ...

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The Skipp Pearson Jazz Foundation Hosts National Jazz Appreciation Month in South Carolina

Source: Michael Ricci
March 19, 2010

Columbia, SC -- The Skipp Pearson Jazz Foundation in keeping with it stated mission is pleased to host Jazz Appreciation Month in South Carolina beginning Thursday, April 1 through Friday, April 30, 2010. Throughout the entire month activities and special event will be offered devoted to music education, centered on the theme: The Art of Bebop. There is literally something for everyone on the schedule, with the creme de la creme being a live jam session on Sunday, April 25 ...

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Christian Scott Live Chat on Justin.TV March 21st

Source: On Target Media Group
March 18, 2010

Join Concord Jazz star trumpeter Christian Scott for a live online chat this Sunday, March 21st at Justin.tv. Christian will be taking questions live from 1pm EST on his Justin.tv channel about his upcoming new album and 4th full-length for Concord Jazz Yesterday You Said Tomorrow, which hits stores March 30th and features the single, a cover of Thom Yorke's (Radiohead) 'The Eraser'. Watch it here. Or, live on Christian's Facebook page. ...

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Donovan to Headline David Lynch Foundation Show

Source: JamBase
March 18, 2010

MUSIC ICON DONOVAN TO HEADLINE DAVID LYNCH FOUNDATION BENEFIT CONCERT ON MARCH 19 AT THE EL REY THEATER IN LOS ANGELES

Donovan Legendary folk-rock-pop troubadour Donovan ("Mellow Yellow," “Sunshine Superman," “Epistle to Dippy," “There is a Mountain," “Wear Your Love Like Heaven," “Hurdy Gurdy Man," etc.) will headline a benefit concert for the David Lynch Foundation on Friday, March 19 at the El Rey Theater. Tickets are $25 (General Admission) $110 (VIP seating and a meet and greet ...

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