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Poetry and Jazz During the Petaluma Poetry Walk

Source: Listen & Be Heard
September 9, 2008

The Petaluma Poetry Walk is an annual event in its 13th year. This year it will take place on September 21 from 10am-7pm. Each hour there is a different stop along the walk in downtown Petaluma, and a poetry reading. The Poet Laureate of California, Al Young, is scheduled to read at 3pm. At 4pm at the Phoenix Theatre, Martha and Tony Mims, of Listen & Be Heard fame, will be the featured act, accompanied by Paul Neal on upright ...

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5th Anniversary of New School Jazz at Sweet Rhythm: Jamire Williams and the Eri-Maj Group

Source: All About Jazz
September 9, 2008

Described as spiritual, experimental, and “music for the struggle," Jamire Williams and the Eri-Maj Group includes Logan Richardson on alto sax, Corey King on trombone, Matthew Stevens on guitar, Fabian Almazan on piano, Alan Hampton on bass, and alumnus Jamire Williams on drums. Monday, September 15, 8:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. Sweet Rhythm 88 Seventh Avenue (south of Christopher Street) Admission: $10 cover + $10 food and drink minimum, no cover + $5 food and drink minimum for students with ...

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Invitation to New York Public Library Duke Jazz Series Opening Concert with the Dafnis Prieto Sextet

Source: All About Jazz
September 8, 2008

Over the next year and a half, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts' Duke Jazz Series will present eight free concerts, featuring jazz ensembles selected from the Chamber Music Americas New Works program. This series is part of the two-year Library for the Performing Arts project funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation to present, document, and preserve jazz, contemporary dance, and theater performances and related oral histories. The first concert of the Duke Jazz Series, featuring ...

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5th Divas of Jazz Benefit September 21 at American Music Theatre

Source: All About Jazz
September 8, 2008

Its going to be a spirited event Sunday, Sept. 21st, when the 5th Annual Divas of Jazz takes over the American Music Theatre for the benefit of The Second Mile. The event, which has sold out each year and has raised over $70,000 for local charities, is going to be bigger and better than ever with a roster of eight powerful jazz performances backed by the Andy Roberts Quartet and a rousing finale with the Divas, DJ Gerri and the ...

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Next Big Nashville Conference

Source: JamBase
September 8, 2008

3rd ANNUAL MUSIC FESTIVAL AND CONFERENCE GEARS UP NEXT WEEK

The Dynamites Next BIG Nashville takes place September 10 through September 14. Spotlighting Nashville's diverse music scene, the event will showcase over 200 bands at over 15 venues. In an effort to include even more artists that are linked to the city, the festival producers opened up submissions to include artists who are not only based in Nashville, but also have ties to the area through business and ...

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Phish Reunites...Briefly

Source: JamBase
September 8, 2008

THE WEDDING RECEPTION YOU REALLY WANTED TO BE AT

Last evening, the members of Phish played a few songs at the wedding of the band's old road manager Brad Sands. The quartet played staples “Suzy Greenberg," “Waste" and “Julius." Afterwards, Police drummer Stewart Copeland joined the Wedding Band for a rendition of The Police's “Can't Stand Losing You" and The Meters' “Fire On The Bayou."

A short clip of the festivities has already surfaced on YouTube.

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Be-Bop Emissaries

Source: All About Jazz
September 7, 2008

Arts council puts jazz on display Canadian pianist Oscar Peterson plays piano at the Newport-Belgrade Jazz Festival in the former Yugoslavia in 1973, wearing a checkered suit and a smile on his face. Duke Ellington blows kisses from a white convertible to an enamored crowd at the Tamil Union Oval before a performance in 1972 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Lucille Armstrong films her husband Louis “Satchmo" Armstrong sitting on a camel in Giza, Egypt, in 1961. He's playing the trumpet. ...

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Sushi and Jazz with Edmund Velasco

Source: All About Jazz
September 6, 2008

Enjoy the Edmund Velasco Quintet on Thursday, September 18 at the Kobe Japanese Steakhouse at 7 PM. The band, led by Edmund Velasco on sax, features Francesca Delfin-Proponis on vocals, Matt Politano on piano, Steve Venz on Bass, Jimmy Ford on Drums Edmund Velasco is a native Southern Californian that has been recognized as one of the top sax men in the area. He has played professionally for the past fifteen years with such top names as Mel Torme, Eddie ...

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