Event News

Origin Records Chicago Jazz Summit

Source: All About Jazz
September 1, 2008

Andy's Jazz Club 11 E. Hubbard St., Chicago, IL 60611 {map it} For tickets, call 312-642-6805 or visit andysjazzclub.com

To celebrate the thriving and ongoing relationship between Seattle's Origin Records and some of Chicago's top improvising musicians, Andy's Jazz Club presents 8 wide-ranging groups over 4 nights with artists from Chicago, Seattle, and various stops in between. Included in the week will be the debut of at least two new CDs and performances by groups ...

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Harmonica Buzz and the Great MO' Kauffey from Canada to Perform at the New Eaton Rapids Ampitheater

Source: Just Roots PR
August 31, 2008

What:Harmonica Buzz with “The Great" Mo' Kauffey - 7:00 When:Friday, September 5th, 2008 Eaton Rapids Amphitheater Where:315 W. Knight Street Eaton Rapids MI 48827 Price: n/c Phone:(517) 643-0892

Canadian Mo' Kauffey meets up with Lansing's Harmonica Buzz for a week's worth of performances around Michigan. Rooted and real, the two will perform as a guitar and harmonica duo for a free concert on Friday, September 5th at The City of ...

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Jus Blues Music Technology Conference on Beale Street a Success

Source: Just Roots PR
August 31, 2008

Technology seminar for the Blues artist, label, publisher and support companies. Held on Beale Street Memphis, Tennessee during the Jus Blues Music Foundations Award Week proved a big success. The filled-to-capacity crowd received numerous new avenues to assist them in building their businesses and developing profitable new technological revenue streams.

The Jus' Blues Music Foundation and Memphis Music Foundation in association with the Beale Street Merchants Association, The Beale Street Development Corporation, and The Memphis Convention and Visitors Bureau hosted ...

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Fourth Annual Mainstreet Jazz Festival in Stone Mountain, GA

Source: ADA Creative Communications
August 29, 2008

STONE MOUNTAIN, GA - Mainstreet Community Services Association will bring together two of the best in Atlanta's jazz scene - saxophonist Antonio Allen and songstress Rai Ragland - at 8 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008, for the 4th Annual Mainstreet Jazz Festival at Mainstreet Clubhouse in Stone Mountain, Ga.

Allen has performed with bassist Wayman Tisdale, saxophonist Kirk Whalum, R&B legend Jean Carne, and platinum recording artists, Silk. He is also a member of the popular contemporary R&B/jazz ensemble Five ...

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Wynton Marsalis in Conversation at 92nd Street Y

Source: All About Jazz
August 27, 2008

Wynton Marsalis believes that jazz can change all of our lives--artistically, politically, personally, and together as a society. On Tuesday, September 9, Wynton Marsalis comes to the 92nd Street Y for a “master class" on jazz and life, with NY1's Budd Mishkin. Marsalis discusses jazz as the quintessential American expression of personality and individuality. He reveals what it teaches us about listening to and improvising with others and explains its historical role in bringing people together. Marsalis also talks about ...

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Eric Frazier at Rustik: Not Your Average Tuesday Night in Brooklyn

Source: All About Jazz
August 26, 2008

By DuEwa Frazier

Rustik Tavern 471 Dekalb Avenue Brooklyn, New York 11205 (347)406-9700 Tuesday, August 11, 2008 On Tuesday, August 11th at 8pm, a crowd of music lovers, neighbors and musicians gathered for the weekly jam session and open mic hosted by jazz percussionist, singer, songwriter and producer Eric Frazier. The Brooklyn native and bandleader, Eric Frazier hosted an evening of singers, songwriters and poets stepping up to ...

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Jazz Club Launched in Bulawayo Zimbabwe

Source: All About Jazz
August 25, 2008

JAZZ lovers in Bulawayo will now get first class township jazz in their backyard following the launch of the Amakhosi Jazz Club in the city recently.

Bulawayo is the second largest city in Zimbabwe, after the capital Harare.

The jazz club, which is part of the Amakhosi Cultural Centre's many arts initiatives and the first of its kind in Bulawayo will afford seasoned and upcoming jazz musicians the chance to perform regularly, while giving a treat to the jazz community ...

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Randy Napoleon Sextet Previews New Music at Fat Cat

Source: Verbronics Enterprises
August 25, 2008

Guitarist Randy Napoleon brings a three-horn sextet to Fat Cat in New York City on September 3 to perform originals and fresh arrangements of jazz and soul standards and rethought pop tunes. “It's really an exciting process," he says of working on the arrangements. “There's a fine line between doing something adventurous and doing something where the song loses what attracted people in the first place. The trick is to balance familiarity and surprise."

Joining Napoleon are Ehud Asherie on ...

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