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Music in Hickory Corners and Kalamazoo

Source: All About Jazz
July 19, 2008

What's happening Sunday in Kalamazoo: Jazz, Blues and Sacred Music

Jazz in the Garden is being held in the garden of the W.K. Kellogg Manor House, 3700 E. Gull Lake Drive, Hickory Corners. The concert features the Gull Lake Jazz Orchestra. The concert is free. One-hour tours of the manor also are being offered. The cost is $5, or $4 for seniors and students ages 6 to 18 years. 671-2416. 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday, concert; 10 a.m. to 5 ...

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Fab Faux Set the Beatles "Psychedelia!" for 9/20 NYC

Source: Seth Cohen PR
July 17, 2008

As you plan your Fall Preview coverage, I hope you'll keep this special event in mind: On September 20th, at New York's historic Radio City Music Hall, The Fab Faux will celebrate their 10th Anniversary with “PSYCHEDELIA!" - a performance of The Beatles' 'Psychedelic Years'.

WHAT: The Fab Faux - “PSYCHEDELIA!" - 10th Anniversary Concert

WHEN: Saturday, September 20th 8:00 pm

WHERE: Radio City Music Hall 6th Avenue between 50th ...

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Baltimore's 10th Anniversary High Zero Festival

Source: Allegro Media
July 16, 2008

September 17-21 2008 at Theatre Project in Baltimore, MD In Tenth Year, Baltimore High Zero Festival Expands Beyond the Beyond Ringing in the next decade with expanded concerts and visionary artists “Some of the most intense new music being made anywhere, on everything from oboes and one-of-a-kind instruments to the human body itself... unforgettable performances." --The Washington Post “A fertile laboratory of musical possibility without equal." --Signal to Noise Magazine “So highly singular that it corresponds to nothing that ...

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Turiya Mareya with Charlie Chavez at the Baja Jazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz
July 16, 2008

Turiya Mareya with Charlie Chavez Latin Jazz Concert Baja Jazz Festival 2008 “PRELUDIO" Live at Casa De La Cultura in Tiuana Saturday July 26th 9:30 pm Casa de la Cultura de Tijuana Calle Lisboa 5, Downtown tel: (664) 687 2604 (info) FREE! Turiya Mareya and Charlie Chavez will perform a Duo concert as part of the opening festivities for the Baja Jazz Festival in Tijuana. The concert will ...

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Jazz Journey to Newport

Source: Carolyn McClair Public Relations
July 16, 2008

TAKE A JAZZ JOURNEY TO NEWPORT AND SPEND THE DAY AT THE JVC JAZZ FESTIVAL AUGUST 9 and/or 10 Saturday: Aretha Franklin, Wayne Shorter, Chris Botti, Charlie Haden, Dave Holland, Ledisi, Christian Scott & Many More! Sunday: Sonny Rollins, Herbie Hancock, Anthony Hamilton, Soulive, George Wein, Esperanza Spalding, Guillermo Klein & Many More! NEW YORK, July 15, 2008 - Take a Jazz Journey to Newport and spend the day at the world-renowned JVC Jazz ...

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Hoagy Carmichael is Muralized in Richmond In

Source: All About Jazz
July 15, 2008

Mural of Hoagy Carmichael unveiled in Richmond. A large mural of jazz legend Hoagy Carmichael has been dedicated in Richmond, where the “Stardust" composer first recorded.

About 50 onlookers, including Carmichael's 67-year-old son Randy Carmichael, watched Saturday as the mural on the side of the Readmore building was unveiled in the eastern Indiana city. Carmichael, who died in 1981, first recorded at Gennett Records in Richmond in 1925. Pamela Bliss and her daughter Carly Mattingly Bailey, who painted the mural, ...

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Musicians for Harmony Sets 9/11/08 'Concert for Peace'

Source: Seth Cohen PR
July 15, 2008

Musicians For Harmony Brings Cellist from Baghdad for U.S. Premiere of Iraqi “Requiem," as Part of Seventh Annual September 11th 'Concert for Peace'

Brahms Viola Quintet, “Sounds of Syria" and World Premiere of Unique Walt Whitman Performance Piece Also Planned for Benefit Event at NYC's Merkin Hall

Musicians For Harmony's Seventh Annual 'Concert For Peace' promises to be their most eclectic and engaging to date. The highlight of the September 11th event will be the U.S. Premiere of the Iraqi ...

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Santa Monica Pier-Latin Jazz, Mambo and Salsa!

Source: All About Jazz
July 13, 2008

Santa Monica Pier-Latin Jazz, Mambo and Salsa!

Santa Monica-Summer is finally here. That could only mean one thing. It's time once again for the most highly anticipated outdoor concert series- Santa Monica Pier Twilight Dance Series presented by Amoeba Records on the Naked Juice Stage. Each summer the Santa Monica Pier Restoration Corporation takes visitors on the pier on a worldwide adventure with its elective line-up of internationally known musicians.

Every Thursday, one can use their imagination to pretend that ...

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