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Namaya's God Sex Politics 2009: Melbourne

Source: All About Jazz
January 25, 2009

Appearing at: Cabaret Voltaire - Melbourne 14 Raglan Street, North Melbourne, Victoria 3051 Date: 29 Jan 2009 Thursday 9:30 PM Cabaret Voltaire presents the jAzz poet Namaya performing GOD SEX POLITICS a high energy fusion of spoken word, music, and stories. On the 2009 GOD SEX POLITICS tours he will be playing in Honolulu, Sydney, and Melbourne. He has performed on tour in Europe, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, throughout the US and in the ...

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Plymouth Jazz Club Celebrates Its Silver Jubilee

Source: All About Jazz
January 24, 2009

Plymouth Jazz Club Celebrates its Silver Jubilee Plymouth Jazz Club was formed in 1984 by local jazz musician Tony Harris and a group of local jazz enthusiasts with the objective of promoting live jazz music in Plymouth.

It was organised as a members club with a constitution and run by an elected committee. The first gig on April 29th was in a small club in Union Street with Plymouth born, guest star Don Rendell backed by Tony's trio. The business ...

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Jazz St. Louis Schedules CD Listening Club Meeting for Tuesday, February 10

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
January 24, 2009

Jazz St. Louis has scheduled the next meeting of its CD Listening Club for 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 10 at Borders, 1519 S. Brentwood Blvd.With 2009 being the 70th anniversary of Blue Note Records, hosts Dr. Gerald Early of Washington University and Gene Dobbs Bradford, executive director of Jazz St. Louis, will discuss the “golden age" of Blue Note and the CD The Best Blue Note Record in the World, a compilation featuring classic tracks from some ...

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Signed, Limited-Edition Print of "Leave Me Alone!" a Jazz Opera by Harvey Pekar and Joseph Remnant Now Available!

Source: All About Jazz
January 23, 2009

About “Leave Me Alone!, a Jazz Opera" Print Plonsey and Pekar are deeply committed to the notion that art transcends distinctions of class and hence ought to be available to all. Accordingly, both the live performance and the webcast of the opera will be offered free of charge. Those wishing to support the production may do so by purchasing a comic about the opera, written by Harvey Pekar and illustrated by Joseph Remnant, at www.LeaveMeAloneOpera.com. The comic is ...

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Nora McCarthy Celebrates "Circle Completing" at the Metropolitan Room

Source: All About Jazz
January 23, 2009

CIRCLE COMPLETING CD RELEASE SHOWCASE

Nora McCarthy, voice John di Martino, piano Jeffrey Carney, bass Tony Jefferson, drums

FRIDAY, JANUARY 30 One Incredible Show! 9:45pm $20 THE METROPOLITAN ROOM 34 WEST 22nd Street (between 5th & 6th Aves.) New York, NY 10010

Call or etix for Reservations: 212-206-0440 metropolitanroom.com

Known as a brilliant improviser with a warm and highly expressive voice, Nora McCarthy will ...

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Leave Me Alone!, a Jazz Opera by Harvey Pekar and Dan Plonsey Premieres at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music on January 31

Source: All About Jazz
January 22, 2009

LEAVE ME ALONE!, A JAZZ OPERA BY HARVEY PEKAR AND DAN PLONSEY, TO PREMIERE AT THE OBERLIN CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC AND VIA WEBCAST ON JANUARY 31, 2009 American Splendor Icon Pekar Focuses His Sardonic Wit on the Everyday Struggles of Avant-Garde Artists, with Music from Cleveland-born Composer and Saxophonist Plonsey OBERLIN, OHIO -- The iconic underground comic book author Harvey Pekar will make his operatic debut at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Leave Me Alone!, an autobiographical jazz opera. ...

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Musicians for Harmony March 20th Concert Features Kinan Azmeh

Source: Seth Cohen PR
January 22, 2009

Musicians For Harmony’s First-Ever Mid-Year Concert to Feature Syrian Superstar Kinan Azmeh March 20th Event, Part of ‘Day For Peace’ at Saint Peter’s Church, to Benefit Iraqi Student Project On March 20th, Musicians For Harmony will present their first-ever mid-year concert, with a performance of Middle Eastern music by The Kinan Azmeh Quartet. The event, part of the ‘Day For Peace’ ceremonies at Saint Peter’s Church in New York City, will benefit the Iraqi Student Project. The ‘Day For Peace’ ...

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Namaya's God Sex Politics 2009

Source: All About Jazz
January 21, 2009

Cabaret Voltaire presents the jAzz poet Namaya performing GOD SEX POLITICS a high energy fusion of spoken word, music, and stories. On the 2009 GOD SEX POLITICS tours he will be playing in Honolulu, Sydney, and Melbourne. thejazzpoet.com and www.vermontpoet.com. He has performed on tour in Europe, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, throughout the US and in the famed poetry clubs of the Bowery and the Nuyorican Poetry Caf. “Great show!” said the Nuyorican. Namaya is innovative and irreverent performance artist ...

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