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The Genius of Eddie Jefferson - Jazz at Lincoln Center - Nov. 9 & 10

Source: All About Jazz
October 5, 2007

The Genius of Eddie Jefferson Featuring the Eric Reed Trio with Guest Vocalists Carla Cook and Allan Harris November 9 & 10, 2007 - The Allen Room - Jazz at Lincoln Center WHO/WHAT: The Genius of Eddie Jefferson celebrates the creator of vocalese, where a singer puts words to an instrumental composition or solo. Led by Eric Reed (piano), the Eric Reed Trio consists of Gerald Cannon (bass) and Willie ...

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Monk Birthday Piano Marathon in New York

Source: All About Jazz
October 4, 2007

Monk at 90 - Fazioli Piano Marathon Winter Garden, World Financial Center, NYC October 10 from 5 - 9:15pm: free admission The World Financial Center is located in Lower Manhattan, in the heart of Battery Park City. The complex is bordered by Vesey Street along the north, West Street to the east, Liberty Street on the south, and the Hudson River to the west. Please join New York's finest jazz and classical pianists to ...

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The Stars Come Out for Jay Patten's Album Release Party

Source: LGB Media
October 4, 2007

Nashville, TN - Some of Music City's most revered singers, songwriters and musicians recently gathered at the Bluebird Caf to celebrate the release of Jay Patten's critically acclaimed new album, “Night Blue." A number of celebrity guests, including Crystal Gayle, Gary Nicholson, Nanci Griffith, Delbert McClinton, Jimmy Hall, Deborah Allen, Roberto Bianco, Vickie Carrico, Frank Sheen and others, took the stage to perform with the Jay Patten Band. Proceeds from Jay Patten's album release celebration were donated to MusicCares. Saxophonist, ...

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2nd Annual Brooklyn Big Eyed Blues Festival October 25-28

Source: All About Jazz
October 4, 2007

Brooklyn, NY - Big Eyed Productions will host it's 2nd Annual Brooklyn Big Eyed Blues Festival. The festival will be a four day event that will take place on Thursday, October 25, 2007 through Sunday, October 28, 2007 at various venues in Brooklyn, NY. A brand new season has just arrived and with it comes the anticipation of the 2nd Annual Brooklyn Big Eyed Blues Festival and some “red hot Blues"! We will start on Thursday, October 25, 2007 with ...

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Arturo Sandoval Performing in Chicago to Raise Money for Women and Children Oct. 13

Source: All About Jazz
October 3, 2007

Jazz Legend and Grammy Award winning Arturo Sandoval will perform in Chicago at the city's most elite charity benefit, the RedHot Gala. The RedHot Gala benefits the Primo Center for Women and Children homeless shelter on the city's west side and is being held Saturday, October 13, 2007 from 6:30 P.M. to Midnight.

Visit the website below to bid on this phenomenal once in a lifetime package where you will rub elbows with Chicago's most elite and successful business professionals. ...

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Miget and Educator/Guitarist Bob Schleeter Continue 'Feed Your Soul'

Source: imajinnWEST
October 3, 2007

On Wednesday October 3, 2007, Marcia Miget of Miraflores Music School will perform the fifth in a series of lunchtime concerts on the patio of the First Presbyterian Church, corner of 5th and 'E' Streets, San Rafael. Each week from noon to 1:30 pm, Ms. Miget will perform with a local name musician or former student in jazz, Latin or classical genres.

The latest 'Friend' in Marcia's series, Marin Academy's Music Director Bob Schleeter, is a thirty-year veteran of music ...

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This is My Music, My Culture! - Vinyl Art Featured in Gallery Show in San Diego, CA

Source: All About Jazz
October 2, 2007

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Why Lee?: A Musical Scrapbook About Lee Wiley - The Metropolitan Room

Source: All About Jazz
October 2, 2007

LOIS WALDEN, BARRY KLEINBORT, PAUL GREENWOOD CAPTURE THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF AN ELUSIVE SONGBIRD THE METROPOLITAN ROOM NOVEMBER 1-5, 2007 Award-winning performers Lois Walden, Barry Kleinbort, and Paul Greenwood will tell the largely untold story of acclaimed and notoriously enigmatic American singer Lee Wiley while celebrating her enduring musical legacy in WHY LEE?: A MUSICAL SCRAPBOOK ABOUT LEE WILEY during a five-night engagement at The Metropolitan Room (34 West 22nd St. between 5th ...

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