Event News

Tuesdays on the Terrace: Bethany Pickens

Source: All About Jazz
July 24, 2008

Tuesdays on the Terrace presents another inspiring season of free evening jazz concerts on the MCA's Terrace and Sculpture Garden. Hosted by local radio personalities, visitors are invited to enjoy cocktails, Puck's Express snacks, or a dinner buffet from Puck's Cafe while listening to Chicago's finest jazz musicians. Dinner reservations at Puck's are recommended, call 312.397.4034. In case of rain, the event takes place in Puck's.

WHAT: Tuesdays on the Terrace

WHO: Bethany Pickens

WHEN:

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Brubeck Brothers Quartet to Perform in Cooperstown, NY

Source: All About Jazz
July 23, 2008

The Brubeck Brothers Quartet will perform Tuesday, August 19 at 7:30 pm at the Otesaga Resort Hotel, 60 Lake Street, Cooperstown, NY as part of the Cooperstown Chamber Music Festival. The Brubeck Brothers have performed at jazz festivals all over the country including Monterey, Detroit, Sedona, Ravinia and Las Vegas and the Jazz Times Jazz Cruise; with college big bands and conducted workshops and clinics at universities across the country. The BBQ has its own arrangements for not only big ...

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Boban I Marko Markovic Orkestar Ignites an Unbeatable Balkan Dance Party at the Kimmel Center

Source: Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
July 22, 2008

Festive gypsy brass band Boban i Marko Markovic Orkestar ignites an “unbeatable Balkan dance party" (Songlines) in the Kimmel Center's Perelman Theater on Thursday, July 24, 2008 at 7:30pm. Hailed as the greatest of Balkan trumpeters, Boban Markovic, the legendary native of Serbia's gypsy brass heartland, has led his 13-piece Orkestar to international acclaim, enhancing the traditional repertoire with elements of jazz, Latin and pop, among others. Boban and his son Marko lead the Orkestar into new directions with their ...

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Cast of [title of Show] Sets 7/31 in-Store

Source: Seth Cohen PR
July 22, 2008

WHAT: The cast of [title of show] will sing songs, discuss and sign copies of the Original Cast Recording on Ghostlight Records.

WHEN: Thursday, July 31st 2008 at 5:30 p.m.

WHERE: Borders at Time Warner Center 10 Columbus Circle, NYC

HOW: Just show up! This event is free, but space is limited, so arrive early.

Cast members of [title of show] will sing, discuss and sign copies of their Original ...

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CJE Sends Six Students to Louis Armstrong Summer Jazz Camp in New Orleans

Source: Carolyn McClair Public Relations
July 22, 2008

THE CHICAGO JAZZ ENSEMBLE AND LOUIS ARMSTRONG SUMMER JAZZ CAMP SEND STUDENTS TO NEW ORLEANS AS LOUIS ARMSTRONG LEGACY PROGRAM AND CELEBRATION PRIZE CJE Artistic Director Jon Faddis Selected Six Area Public School Students to Attend Jazz Camp July 14 - August 1 in New Orleans CHICAGO - Six students from Chicago Public Schools are enjoying the three-week Louis “Satchmo" Armstrong Summer Jazz Camp in New Orleans as the prize from the culminating event at the May 20 Louis Armstrong ...

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Shisha Cafe Presents Jazz Junction

Source: All About Jazz
July 22, 2008

Shisha Cafe, ABC Farms, Koregaon Park presents JAZZ JUNCTION featuring Natasha D'Souza-vocals Natasha all of twenty two years, is one of India's most promising jazz talents. She has an impressive repertoire of jazz standards and has been performing on a resident contract with the Hilton hotel in Mumbai. Simon Hewitt-saxophone Simon is an Australian saxophonist in India to study the bansuri with Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia. He is also a singer/songwriter with four albums out ...

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Calgary Blues King Eddy Jam Bash

Source: All About Jazz
July 21, 2008

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Berklee College of Music Jazz in the Park

Source: All About Jazz
July 21, 2008

ANNUAL JAZZ AT THE FORT CONCERT IS SUNDAY, AUGUST 3

Berklee College of Music and ParkARTS present an evening of swinging big band music in the style of Count Basie in Roxbury's historic Fort Hill neighborhood with Kendrick Oliver & The New Life Jazz Orchestra and opener Lawrence Fields and his quartet. The annual Jazz at the Fort concert is free and will be held on Sunday, August 3, at 5:00 p.m., at the four-acre Highland Park on Fort Avenue, ...

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