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Miles Milestone: First North American Multimedia Miles Davis Exhibition - April 30 - August 29, 2010

Source: Michael Ricci
February 26, 2010

“We Want Miles" - Miles Davis vs. Jazz April 30 to August 29, 2010 in Montreal

Designed and organized by the Cite de la musique, Paris, with the support of Miles Davis Properties, LLC, in collaboration with the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, “We Want Miles": Miles Davis vs. Jazz is the first North American multimedia retrospective exhibition devoted to one the greatest jazz artists of the twentieth century: Miles Davis (1926-1991). Divided into eight thematic sections ranging ...

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Anthony Wiggins on the Mend; Benefits Set for March 7 and 13

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
February 25, 2010

Trumpet player and jazz educator Anthony Wiggins, who was hospitalized earlier this month after suffering a brain aneurysm, is on the mend. The good news comes via Wiggins' Jazz St. Louis colleague Phil Dunlap, who stopped by St. Louis University Hospital for a visit on Tuesday evening. “He is out of the ICU and in good spirits," said Dunlap via email. “He is already talking about his return to playing. Obviously, rehabilitation may take awhile, but he is expected to ...

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Gutbucket, The Suite Unraveling and Afuche Play Zebulon on Tuesday, March 9

Source: Michael Ricci
February 24, 2010

Tuesday, March 9, 2010, 8pm, Free

Zebulon 258 Wythe Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11211

(Wythe Ave. between Metropolitan and N. 3rd) L train to Bedford

Tuesday, March 9, 2010, three of Brooklyn's most inventive ensembles perform at Zebulon in Williamsburg for a night of explosive, original music. The three groups are bound by an aesthetic of 21st century composition infused with jazz-based improvisation: featuring overdriven electric guitars, squonking horns, pounding drums, and a ferocious and ...

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Happy 75th Birthday, Village Vanguard!

Source: Inverted Garden by Eric Benson
February 23, 2010

The Village Vanguard, easily the most hallowed spot in the jazz world, celebrates its 75th birthday this evening with a party for friends of the club. (I was, unexpectedly and delightfully, invited last week.) The club has chosen to celebrate the big day on February 22nd, but befitting a basement venue that came of age in Greenwich Village's most bohemian days, its age and DOB are the subject of some dispute.

The Contenders:

February 26, 1934: In his memoir, Live ...

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Ginger & Scott, in Love with Jackie & Roy

Source: Michael Ricci
February 23, 2010

Husband and wife team Ginger Berglund (voice) and Scott Whitfield (voice/trombone/arrangements) have been compared to husband and wife team Jackie Cain and Roy Kral, who happen to be the former couple's biggest influence as a vocal duo. It's only fitting that Ginger & Scott record this loving tip of their hats to Jackie & Roy, to be called Ginger & Scott, In Love with Jackie & Roy. Although some of the chosen material may be somewhat familiar to die-hard J ...

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Monday at the Village Vanguard

Source: Voll-Damm Festival Internacional De Jazz De Barcelona
February 23, 2010

El Village Vanguard ha celebrat aquesta nit de dilluns 22 de febrer el seu 75 aniversari amb una festa que ha reunit a Nova York molts dels seus amics, entre ells el director artstic del Festival Internacional de Jazz de Barcelona, Joan Anton Cararach. Tancat per una nit, el Vanguard ha acollit msics com Luis Bonilla, Bill Charlap, Ravi Coltrane, Joe Lovano, Paul Motian, Renee Rosnes i Judi Silvano; periodistes, escriptors i investigadors com Larry Blumenfeld, Gary Giddins, Joshua Jackson, ...

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Music Memorabilia Show - Tons of Jazz!

Source: Michael Ricci
February 22, 2010

LPs (33 1/3 rpm), 45rpm, 78rpm, sheet music, photos, posters, books, magazines, etc. Saturday March 6th Time: 10am to 2pm Tip Top Shoe Building 155 West 72nd Street, 4th Floor (near Broadway) New York, NY Subway Nos. 1, 2 or 3 to 72nd Street. Bus Nos. 104, 7 or 11 to 72nd Street. Admission: FREE (212) 579-0689, weekdays [email protected] Over 10,000 items. From 1800s to 1980s. Records LPs (33 1/3 rpm), 45rpm, ...

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Live Canadian Jazz and Blues in Brampton - Aria Bistro & Lounge

Source: PRThatRocks.com
February 14, 2010

Queen Bee Events and Promotions is offering some of the finest Canadian Blues and Jazz talent in the warm and intimate environment of Aria Bistro And Lounge, located in the Historic Calvert House on Brampton's Main Street North. John Calvert, owner of one of Flowertown's largest greenhouse estates, built his home in 1927, at the height of the Jazz Age. The cozy dining rooms offer a wonderful place to eat dinner before moving upstairs to the Royale Room for dessert ...

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