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Thelonious Monk at Town Hall 50th Anniversary Celebration: February 2009

Source: All About Jazz
November 24, 2008

Grammy Nominee Charles Tolliver and Prodigy Pianist Jason Moran Salute Groundbreaking 1959 Concert at Town Hall with Two Performances on February 26 and 27, 2009

New York, NY - Duke Performances and the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University present two extraordinary concerts on February 26th and 27th, 2009, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Thelonious Monk's seminal Town Hall concert in New York City, the first time Monk's music was ever played by a big band.

Fifty years ...

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R&R Hall of Fame a Piece of Cleveland with a New York Accent

Source: Michael Ricci
November 21, 2008

A Temple of Rock Culture The Clash looked down from a wall-size 1978 photograph at a roomful of workmen sawing, measuring, painting and lugging. Vintage amplifiers were wheeled in from the chill outside, passing by plexiglass exhibition cases, Bruce Springsteen’s tarp- covered 1957 Chevrolet and a 26-foot scale model of Manhattan. Then came the heads-up.

“Here comes the phone booth,” somebody said, and in rolled the wooden phone box from CBGB, plastered with decades-old stickers like a punk ...

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NOLA Benefit at Tips With: Prince Billy, Atkins, Shocklee

Source: JamBase
November 20, 2008

MUSICIANS BRINGING MUSICIANS HOME IV: A BENEFIT CONCERT FOR SWEET HOME NEW ORLEANS

Bonnie “Prince" Billy Will Oldham (Bonnie “Prince" Billy), Nicole Atkins, Hank Shocklee (Bomb Squad, Future Frequency), Alec Ounsworth (Clap Your Hands Say Yeah), Jonny 5 and Brer Rabbit (Flobots) and Waterflow (of Senegalese hip-hop band Wageble) will join together for “Musicians Bringing Musicians Home IV" - a special evening of music at Tipitina's Uptown on Thursday, December 4, 2008 at 9 p.m. This show is ...

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Spring Awakening Holiday Concert & a Night O'Naughton Set for Joe's Pub

Source: Seth Cohen PR
November 20, 2008

"Spring Awakening Holiday Concert" and “A Night O’Naughton" Among December Highlights of Ghostlight Records' Late-Night Series at Joe's Pub Julia Murney Performs This Coming Monday Ghostlight Records looks forward to two special events in December, both part of the label's Late-Night Concert Series at Joe's Pub: The Spring Awakening Holiday Concert December 15th, at 11:30pm A Benefit for SafePlace The 12/15 concert will feature the current cast of the Broadway show “Spring Awakening," as well as ...

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Jimmy Owens and the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Musics Improvisation Ensemble to Perform at Dizzy's Club Coca Cola

Source: All About Jazz
November 19, 2008

December 15, 2008, Sets at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. NEW YORK, NY - The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Musics Improvisation Ensemble presents a tribute to Dizzzy Gillespie and Tom McIntosh under the direction of Jimmy Owen with special guest Wycliffe Gordon on trombone on Monday, December 15, at Dizzys Club Coca Cola at Lincoln Center, with sets at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. A Jazz faculty member, Jimmy Owens has over 45 years of experience as a jazz trumpeter, ...

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Celebrate Christmas with the Jus' Blues Music Foundation

Source: All About Jazz
November 19, 2008

Jus' Blues Music Foundation, Inc. proudly presents its inaugural “Christmas Blues Gala, “ Friday, December 5th at 8 pm at the Holiday Inn Select Downtown Atlanta on Capital Avenue near Turner Field. Entertainment will be by international recording artist, Prince of the Blues Lucky Peterson, the 1st Lady of Blues and Soul Trudy Lynn and the debut of Blues music phenom Tyree. The Blues and Soul music community is invited and a special invitation is extended to artists, managers, agents, ...

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Celebrate the Season with Preservation Hall

Source: All About Jazz
November 18, 2008

CELEBRATE THE SEASON WITH PRESERVATION HALL: TICKETS ON SALE NOW FOR THE THIRD ANNUAL CHRISTMAS EVE CELEBRATION; NEW YEARS WITH GALACTIC; AND THE RETURN OF THE PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND

Preservation Hall is proud to present a recent musical tradition like no other - the 3rd annual A Creole Christmas concert. The show will feature the St. Peter Street Allstars featuring Lars Edegran and special guest vocalist Big Al Carson on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24th at Preservation Hall, 726 St. ...

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Salute to A Great Day in Harlem

Source: All About Jazz
November 18, 2008

Anita O'Day, center with red tie, poses with other National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters for a group photo, reminiscent of Art Kane's 1958 “A Great Day in Harlem," in New York Friday Jan. 23, 2004.

Included in the photo are George Russell, Dave Brubeck, Nat Hentoff, Louie Bellson, David Baker, Percy Heath, Billy Taylor, Chico Hamilton, Jim Hall, James Moody, Randy Weston, Ron Carter, Jackie McLean, Gerald Wilson, Jimmy Heath, Hank Jones, Horace Silver, O'Day, Benny Golson, Frank ...

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