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Still Out To Lunch: The Music of Eric Dolphy Live

Source: All About Jazz
May 18, 2006

Dave Hagedorn/Phil Hey/Tom Lewis/Dave Milne/Kelly Rossum St. Olaf College Northfield, Minnesota February 17, 2006 On the evening of February 17th 2006, despite a snowstorm, the Twin Cities Jazz Society's “Jazz from J to Z" Concert Series continued with “Out To Lunch: The Music of Eric Dolphy Live." Dave Hagedorn, Phil Hey, Tom Lewis, Dave Milne and Kelly Rossum performed the music from Dolphy's seminal album Out To Lunch, at Saint Olaf College in Northfield ...

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Spirit of Django Reinhardt Concert, Rose Hall, NYC, August 1

Source: All About Jazz
May 18, 2006

The SPIRIT OF DJANGO REINHARDT CONCERT 2006 AUGUST 1ST, 8 PM

Moves to Rose Theater FREDERICK P. ROSE HALL Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center!

Presented by The Grand Marnier Foundation

Starring TCHAVOLO SCHMITT-Legendary Gypsy Guitarist DORADO SCHMITT-Gypsy Guitar Star FLORIN NICULESCU-Virtuoso Violinist LUDOVIC BEIER-Accordion Great SAMSON SCHMITT--Young Guitar Dynamo PETER BEETS-Top Dutch Jazz Pianist JOEL FRAHM-US Saxophone ...

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Sydney Jazz Band to perform at The Hills Relay for Life for aid to cancer victims

Source: All About Jazz
May 18, 2006

Viva the band will be appearing at the Relay for Life event on Saturday the 20th May at 1.30pm. The band was referred for their appearance by Gareth Mc Cray a popular radio announcer at Radio 2CH.

The Relay For Life is an event where teams of 10 top 15 people take turns to walk or run around a local sports oval to raise funds for cancer research, education, support services and advocacy.

Viva the band will be donating 100 ...

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The Lorin/Levitt Trio at Nervous Nellie's Coffee & Cafe, Saturday,May 19th

Source: All About Jazz
May 17, 2006

Nervous Nellie's Coffee & Cafe presents an evening of music with the Lorin/Levitt Trio, featuring Martha Lorin, Barry Levitt, Cameron Brown Friday, May 19th Sets at 7:30 & 9:30 P.M Cover: $30 per person - includes food & music

Martha Lorin's “suede-soft voice wafts behind the beat like reeds in a gentle breeze"--George Kanzler, New Jersey Star Ledger

Nervous Nellie's Coffee & Cafe is located at 115 7th Street In The Lumber Yard

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Welcome Home McCoy Tyner Festival May 19-20, 2006

Source: All About Jazz
May 17, 2006

LIVING JAZZ LEGEND McCOY TYNER COMES HOME TO PHILLY AT THE WELCOME HOME McCOY TYNER FESTIVAL AT TEMPLE UNIVERSITY MAY 19-20, 2006 May 20th fest encourages the community to participate - McCOY TO PLAY ON STEINWAY ART CASE COLLECTION TOUR PIANO

Philadelphia, PA. May 8, 2006....MUSICOPIA (formerly Strings for Schools), in collaboration with LIFELINE MUSIC COALITION, INC. brings the WELCOME HOME McCOY TYNER FESTIVAL to Temple University on May 19th & 20th, 2006. On Friday, May 19th at 8 pm, ...

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The Clarke/Duke Project May 25 in Durham, North Carolina

Source: All About Jazz
May 16, 2006

THE CLARKE/DUKE PROJECT TO PERFORM LIVE AT THE CAROLINA THEATRE OF DURHAM IN MAY

DURHAM, N.C. - The Carolina Theatre of Durham, Inc. will present THE CLARKE/DUKE PROJECT on Thursday, May 25 at 8 p.m. at The Carolina Theatre's Fletcher Hall.

Tickets are $35 and $30 with a Pick-3 Series discount, and are available at the Carolina Theatre box office at 309 West Morgan Street in Downtown Durham from 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Monday through Friday and weekends from 1:30 p.m.-9 ...

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Bill Charlap Celebrates the American Songbook (July 2, Cooperstown NY)

Source: All About Jazz
May 15, 2006

The Cooperstown Chamber Music Festival presents Bill Charlap on July 2, 2006 at The Farmers' Museum Louis C. Jones Center, on Lake Road in Cooperstown, NY. Grammy-nominated jazz pianist Charlap will perform works by Porter, Berlin, Gershwin and more.

Charlap's albums include: Bill Charlap Plays George Gershwin: The American Soul; Somewhere: The Songs of Leonard Bernstein; Love is Here to Stay; and Stardust.

“When he sits down to play, the result is an embrace, an act of possession."--Time Magazine

Festival ...

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Miles Davis 80th Birthday Observance in His Hometown

Source: All About Jazz
May 15, 2006

Lifting the Legacy: Miles, MO' Music & Juneteenth Jazz Concert Celebrating Miles Davis' 80th Birthday

Freedom Trails, Legacies of Hope is thrilled to announce that trumpet extraordinaire Russell Gunn is coming home as the Marquee Artist for the Lifting the Legacy: Miles, MO' Music & Juneteenth Jazz Concert on May 26, 2006 at the Blackmon Entertainment Plaza.

Blackmon's is located at 127 Collinsville Ave. in East St. Louis, IL. The Grammy-Award-nominated Gunn is a recording artist with eleven CDs to ...

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