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Fab Faux Recreate Beatles Music in D.C., 4/26

Source: Seth Cohen PR
March 10, 2008

Returning to Washington 4/26, Following Last Year's Sold-Out Debut: The Fab Faux Tackles The Beatles' “Most Complex Studio Work Without Breaking a Sweat" Recently Profiled On NPR's Morning Edition: “The Fab Faux is a Collective That's About Attention to Detail" Band is “In the Midst of a Surprising Leap from Club Fringe to Center Stage..." For those of us who never got to see The Beatles perform live, we're fortunate to have five of the best musicians around - The ...

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Joe Locke - Moment to Moment: The Music of Henry Mancini at Dizzy's Club Coca Cola

Source: All About Jazz
March 10, 2008

Vibraphonist Joe Locke offers a fresh look at some of the most memorable and beautiful songs ever written: the music of Henry Mancini. He leads an all star band, which includes the superb talents of pianist Geoffrey Keezer, bassist George Mraz, drummer Clarence Penn and special guest vocalist Kenny Washington. Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola March 25-30, 2008 Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola Jazz at Lincoln Center Broadway at 60th Street 5th Floor 7:30pm and 9:30pm ...

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Ambrosia Restaurant Presents First Annual Wine Dinner with Special Guest Clos Lachance

Source: All About Jazz
March 10, 2008

The award-winning Ambrosia Restaurant is pleased to present their first annual Seasonal Wine Dinner with special guest Clos LaChance Winery. The evening features a 5-course meal paired with wines from winemaker Stephen Tebb. The special engagement dinner begins at 7 PM. The evening's entertainment will include a performance from award-winning jazz vocalist, Chris Williams. This 5-course feast celebrates the Spring Farmer's Market, highlighting the bounty of the season with the freshest fruit, vegetables and land & sea selections. The courses ...

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RWB and RBB Cook up an Alphabet Soup of Blues at the Kingfish Restaurant & Tiki Bar, Bay City, MI, March 14

Source: Just Roots PR
March 10, 2008

The Rusty Wright Blues (RWB) band will start things cooking when they take the stage of the Kingfish Restaurant & Tiki Bar, Bay City, MI, March 14. Heating the evening's activities up even more, Ronnie Baker Brooks (RBB) will then bring things to a rocking-rolling boil, in what promises to be an alphabet soup of Blues that will have everyone in the audience stirring in their seats, and mixing on the dance floor

What: Rusty Wright Blues and Ronnie Baker ...

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The OC Pavilion Welcomes the Yellowjackets on Father's Day June 15

Source: All About Jazz
March 8, 2008

The OC Pavilion is pleased to welcome chart-topping jazz band, The Yellowjackets on Sunday, June 15. The Yellowjackets debuted on the jazz music scene in 1981 dedicated to pushing the boundaries of traditional jazz. Their improvisational style draws from a wide range of musical sources, incorporating elements of Bebop, funk, R&B, and rock. Their debut album made serious waves in jazz radio, receiving both public and critical acclaim. The group has performed together over the last 27 years at many ...

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UK Reggae Superstar Pato Banton Comes to Harlows in Sacramento, CA, Friday, March 14

Source: Just Roots PR
March 5, 2008

What: Pato Banton and the Mystic Roots at Harlows Nightclub Where: Harlow's, Sacramento, CA When: Friday, March 14 9:00 pm (Doors Open at 8:00 pm) Admission: $20.00 advance (21 and over)

Best known for his recording and touring with the likes of Sting, Peter Gabriel & WOMAD, UB40, Steel Pulse, English Beat and General Public, the Birmingham-based Pato Banton is performing at Harlow's Nightclub on Friday, March 14 at 9pm.

After receiving ...

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Blue Apple Blues (B.A.B.) Festival Poised to Crash the Mansion in Downtown Manhattan on April 3rd

Source: Just Roots PR
March 3, 2008

Blue Apple Blues (B.A.B.) Festival aims to crash beyond tried and true formulas by offering the blues scene fresh sounds and a new approach, fully revealing the deep microtonal language found in blues classics while inventing the mind-bending “notes-between-the-notes" blues standards of the future - by some of the finest and hippest New York City blues artists. What: Blue Apple Blues (B.A.B.) Festival @ Crash Mansion When: Thursday, April 3, 7:30pm - 1am Where: Crash Mansion ...

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David "Fathead" Newman and Louis Hayes lead All Star Legends Band Performance for the IWW (Industrial Workers of the World) in Baltimore

Source: All About Jazz
March 2, 2008

Sunday March 2nd at St. Johns Church also known as “2640". On the corner of 27th. and St. Paul Street. 5pm. until 9pm. An All Star Jazz Legends Band will play a concert for the IWW (Industrial Workers of the World) the First American Labor Union to allow membership to Women, Immigrants, and African-Americans. It was also the IWW that brought the American worker the 8 hour day. The Jazz Legends Group will be David “Fathead" Newman (sax/flute), Louis Hayes ...

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