Event News

Deanna Witkowski Solo Performance at the Fazioli Salon, 8 June at 8 PM

Source: All About Jazz
June 1, 2007

Pianist Deanna Witkowski will perform a solo concert at the Fazioli Salon at Klavierhaus at 211 West 58th Street in New York City, on Friday, 8 June at 8 pm. Tickets are available online at pianoculture.com or by calling Klavierhaus at 212.245.4535. Winner of the 2002 Great American Jazz Piano Competition and a past guest on Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz, Deanna Witkowski looks to diverse musical worlds in her fusions of jazz, brazilian, afro-cuban, classical, and sacred music. An acclaimed ...

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Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola - June Lineup

Source: All About Jazz
May 31, 2007

DIZZY'S CLUB COCA-COLA June 2007 Artist Lineup Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola will be closed for maintenance July 2-8 Great Student Rates Everyday!

June is jumpin' as Eric Reed brings in his quartet for West Coast Jazz featuring Jeff Clayton from June 5-10, followed by June 12-17 with his quintet of Tenor Madness featuring Stacy Dillard and Seamus Blake. Then comes Wayne Escoffery & Veneration, featuring Lewis Nash, Joe Locke, Dwayne Burno and special guests Nicholas ...

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National Jazz Museum in Harlem Fund-Raiser, June 6

Source: All About Jazz
May 30, 2007

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New England Conservatory Gospel Choir Tour Fundraiser June 7

Source: Patricia Adams Ensembles
May 29, 2007

On Thursday evening, June 7th jazz joins hands with gospel for a fundraising effort sponsored by NEC Office of Community Collaborations.

Featuring bandleader and vocalist Patricia Adams and pianist Ray Santisi and an all-star rhythm section, the concert will showcase jazz standards from Tin Pan Alley and Harlem renaissance. The concert begins at 7:30 and ends at 10:00 pm. Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center is located at 41 Second Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Call 617 577 1400 for more information. Tickets are ...

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KJ Denhert at Dazzle June 8 in Denver!

Source: Mixed Media Promotion
May 28, 2007

KJ and her band will be performing at the Dazzle Jazz Restaurant and Lounge on Friday, June 8th at 7PM & 9PM! KJ Denhert is a unique artist, singer, guitarist and songwriter who calls her music Urban Folk and Jazz. Her voice is powerful, her lyrics full of intelligent insight, and her musicianship is impeccable. Her eclectic yet unified performances reach out to many different types of audiences without compromising her music and beliefs. Her most recent recording, Lucky 7, ...

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Meshell Ndegeocello Confirmed for NYC Jazz Foundation Benefit

Source: Lisa Cooney Carter
May 24, 2007

DOWNTOWN NYC MUSICIANS PLAY FOR JAZZ FOUNDATION AND REMEMBER DRUMMER LANCE CARTER WITH SPECIAL GUESTS CASSANDRA WILSON, MESHELL NDGEOCELLO New York, NY - Friends and colleagues of the late New York drummer, Lance Carter, announce a benefit evening of performances by leading New York City avant-garde and experimental musicians. The Lance Carter Memorial Benefit for the Musicians' Emergency Fund of the Jazz Foundation of America (JFA) will take place at the downtown music club, THE KNITTING FACTORY at 74 Leonard ...

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Announcing the NYC Rockin' the River Cruises (Formerly the Nyc Blues Cruise)

Source: All About Jazz
May 24, 2007

NYC ROCKIN' THE RIVER CRUISES: 42nd St. & the Hudson River at Circle Line Pier 83 212.630.8888 * www.rtrcruises.com

Marcia Ball & Terrance Simien Thursday June 21 @ 7pm & 9:30pm: tickets $40 in advance/$45 day of With a piano style known for its elements of zydeco, swamp-blues, and boogie-woogie, Marcia Ball effectively uses her flexible, upper-register voice rather than trying to adapt her instrument to the gruffer low-end more prevalent in the genre. ...

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Jazz Vocalist Alexis Cole in Concert "Zingaro" CD Release Tour

Source: All About Jazz
May 23, 2007

'I've been waiting for another Carmen Lundy, Nancy Wilson etc. to come along and finally...Alexis!' New York City Jazz Vocalist Alexis Cole stops in Syracuse as part of her CD release tour for her new recording 'Zingaro.' Alexis is a finalist in the New York Jazz mobile Vocal Competition and a winner of the Montreux Jazz Vocal Competition! Come hear this award winning vocalist supported by her band from Zingaro including NY veteran guitarrist Ron Affif and virtuoso bassist Jeff ...

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