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New England Conservatory Celebrates 40th Anniversary of Ground-Breaking Jazz Studies Program

Source: Braithwaite & Katz Communications
October 20, 2009

Boston Festivities Take Place October 18 - 24, 2009 with 7 Nights of Concerts Plus Workshops and Free Community Events Highlights include Wayne Shorter Quartet and the NEC Philharmonia on Saturday, October 24; NEC Jazz Summit on Fri., October 23 with Gunther Schuller, Carl Atkins, Roger Kellaway, Ran Blake, Don Byron, Bob Brookmeyer, Cecil McBee, Rachael Price, Fred Hersch, Billy Hart, & Dominique Eade with the NEC Jazz Orchestra New England Conservatory celebrates the 40th Anniversary of its first-in-the-nation Jazz ...

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WBGO Celebrates 30 Years with Benefit Concert

Source: Michael Ricci
October 20, 2009

WBGO celebrates 30 years with the annual Champions of Jazz benefit concert honoring nine-time Grammy-Award winner and NEA Jazz Master, Paquito D'Rivera, and the venerable jazz industry authority, Downbeat Magazine, celebrating its 75th anniversary. The benefit is set for Tuesday, November 3, at 8:00 pm at Rose Theater in Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center on Broadway at 60th Street, New York City. Renowned vocalist Ernie Andrews has been added to the concert that features the ...

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Barre Phillips Exhibition in France

Source: Michael Ricci
October 20, 2009

The Life and Work of Barre Phillips is the subject of an exhibition at Nice's Bibliotheque Louis Nucra, running from December 11 2009 to February 6 2010. Titled “40 ans de cration musicale", the exhibition looks at aspects of the great bassist's work since moving from America to France in 1969, including documentation of many tours, recordings and more. Films and performance are also part of the programme, with Barre Phillips giving four Saturday afternoon concerts. On December 12, Barre ...

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Empire State Building Lights up for Grateful Dead

Source: JamBase
October 20, 2009

GRATEFUL DEAD TO BE HONORED OCTOBER 19 IN NEW YORK CITY WITH SPECIAL LIGHTING OF EMPIRE STATE BUILDING IN TIE-DYE COLORS BOB WEIR AND PHIL LESH IN MANHATTAN FOR NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY FUNDRAISER OCTOBER 21

The Grateful Dead The Grateful Dead will be honored in New York City today (Monday, October 19) when the Empire State Building is lit up with special tie-dye colors celebrating the group's appearance in the city later that week. The ...

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NEC's Ruby Celebration

Source: Michael Ricci
October 19, 2009

By Timothy J. O'Keefe Boston's South End was once home to a thriving jazz community. Places like the Hi-Hat, the Savoy, and the Local 535 lined the intersections of Mass Ave. and Columbus Ave. Wally's Cafe is the lone remnant of this nearly forgotten era. The sounds of jazz aren't quite dead in this community--they just moved. A few blocks away you can still find jazz, housed in halls bearing names like Brown and Jordan. For 40 years, students have ...

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Chico Hamilton Live Interview with Dave Schroeder at Barnes & Noble (NYC) on Friday, October 23rd at 4:00 P.M.

Source: Michael Ricci
October 19, 2009

Chico Hamilton Live Interview with Dave Schroeder at Barnes & Noble (NYC) on Friday, October 23rd at 4:00 p.m. Join us this Friday, October 23, for an in-store Barnes & Noble interview with Jazz legend Chico Hamilton Time: 4:00pm - 5:00pm Barnes and Noble 150 East 86th Street New York, NY 10028 About Chico Hamilton Chico Hamiltons career has spanned over 60 years of amazing music. He had a fast track musical education in a band ...

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George Duke to Perform Benefit Concert for Bob Moog Foundation and Miuseum of Making Music

Source: Michael Ricci
October 18, 2009

Jazz, Funk and R&B Legend George Duke and Quartet To Perform Benefit Concert for the Bob Moog Foundation and the Museum of Making Music in Carlsbad, CA On Friday, November 6, 2009 at 7 PM, George Duke--whose very name is synonymous with funk, R&B, pop, soul and jazz and who is heralded as a world class keyboardist, synthesizer pioneer, composer and Grammy award winning producer--will perform an intimate concert with his quartet at the Museum of Making Music in Carlsbad, ...

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