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Beatles Producer George Martin Honored in Los Angeles

Source: All About Jazz
July 13, 2008

Beatles producer George Martin honored 82-year-old considered most successful record producer of all time

Music producer George Martin with his wife Judy Lockhart-Smith at the Annual GRAMMY Foundation “Starry Night" charity benefit honoring Martin in Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES - Sir George Martin, the classically trained producer who helmed the Beatles recordings from their mop-top phase through their late musical masterworks, was honored Saturday night in Los Angeles. Martin, 82, received a career award from The Recording Academy's ...

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Detroit Library of Spoken Words and Jazz

Source: All About Jazz
July 13, 2008

Detroit has got to be one of the jazziest cities in the nation, where you can stop by the public library after work for a great evening of jazz and spoken words.

Now in its eighth season, Comerica Java and Jazz provides a monthly after-work concert that showcases local talent at the Detroit Main Library. The entertainment is free and open to all. Concerts start at 6 p.m. on the third Tuesday of each month. This Tuesday, poet Ber-Henda Williams, ...

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The Swing Solution Dinner Dance in Santa Clara

Source: Jeff Rzepiela Public Relations
July 13, 2008

What better way to spend a Friday, end-of-the-work week, evening? A delicious, inexpensive dinner and dancing to the 17-piece Swing Solution Big Band. The evening is part of a series of Friday evening dances with the band at the Santa Clara American Legion Hall featuring an evening of dancing to the one of the best dance bands in the San Francisco Bay Area. The Swing Solution has a repertoire ranging from classics by Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Benny Goodman, Glenn ...

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New Jazz Photo Exhibit Uses Jazz Friendship of Eliison, Murray and Bearden as Inspiration

Source: All About Jazz
July 10, 2008

The Museum of Contemporary African Disaporan Arts (MoCADA) welcomes Kindred Cool: Portraits inspired by the jazz friendship of Romare Bearden, Ralph Ellison and Albert Murray. Produced by Brooklyn-based photographer Laylah Amatullah Barrayn in conjunction with Up South, Inc., Kindred Cool documents the New York metro jazz community through friendships where jazz is a substantial link.

Through photographic portraits, the images of Kindred Cool recreates the friendship of Romare Bearden, Ralph Ellison and Albert Murray by composing trios of individuals who ...

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Marco Benevento Trio + Blast Off!!! at Galapagos

Source: All About Jazz
July 10, 2008

The 4th and installment of the “Real. Live. Music." series at Galapagos Art Space in Williamsburg will be taking place on Wed, 7/16 with:

MARCO BENEVENTO TRIO Marco Benevento - keys (Benevento/Russo Duo) Marc Friedman - bass (The Slip) Adam Deitch - drums (Lettuce, Wyclef Jean, Talib Kweli)

BLAST OFF!!! feat. MIKE GAMBLE Adam Schatz - sax Sam Levin - drums Mike Gamble - guitar

Wednesday, July 16th ...

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Brisbane Festival 2008 in Association with Jazz Queensland Present

Source: All About Jazz
July 10, 2008

Brisbane Jazz lovers are in for a real treat as Brisbane Festival joins forces with Jazz Queensland to present an exciting series of Jazz concerts in the beautiful and historic Courier-Mail Spiegeltent every Sunday afternoon during the Brisbane Festival 2008 Season 20 July - 3rd August from 2pm-5pm. The Jazz On Sunday program will showcase 55 of Brisbane's best jazz improvisers and performers, including some nationally and internationally renowned artists, who will all be performing across an highly entertaining array ...

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Seva's 30th: Crosby, Nash, Browne

Source: All About Jazz
July 10, 2008

Seva Foundation's 30th Anniversary with Davis Crosby & Graham Nash, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, Los Lobos and more

The Seva Foundation will celebrate their 30th Anniversary with a concert featuring David Crosby and Graham Nash, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, Los Lobos, and host Wavy Gravy as well as surprise guests. The event will take place on Saturday September, 27 at 8:00 p.m. at Oakland's Paramount Theatre.

Concert tickets go on sale July 13 through Ticketmaster. Ticket prices are ...

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Maria Neckam at Bar Next Door (la Lanterna) Monday July 7th

Source: All About Jazz
July 7, 2008

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