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NYC Jazz Alternatives/The New Generation (IAJE Conference Special)

Source: All About Jazz
January 9, 2006

Wednesday, January 11, 2006, 8pm, $12 Tonic 107 Norfolk Street, NYC

Wednesday, January 11, 2006, six of New York's top emerging jazz artists and groups converge for a single night at Tonic, to present an alternative venue for young alternative artists outside the purview of the increasingly venerated International Association of Jazz Educators Conference.

The evening features half-hour sets from New York's most talented jazz-alternative artists, lost without a central home such as the Knitting Factory ...

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Jon Regen Plays IAJE Showcase at Rockwood Music Hall NYC Wed Jan 11 at 8:00 PM

Source: All About Jazz
January 9, 2006

Singer, Songwriter and Pianist JON REGEN will be appearing at ROCKWOOD MUSIC HALL in NYC for a special FREE IAJE SHOWCASE, this Wednesday, January 11th, at 8:00 PM. ROCKWOOD MUSIC HALL is located at: 196 Allen Street (between Stanton & East Houston) New York, NY 212-477-4155 Jon Regen is one of the best young jazz pianists in the world.

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Turiya Mareya and the Kokopelli

Source: All About Jazz
January 9, 2006

International Recording Artist Turiya Mareya performs her original World Jazz with some of San Diego's most respected Jazz Artists. Former San Diego artist Turiya Mareya is presenting new compositions written in in her unique and World Music Based Style. She left San Diego in 2003 and began touring performing in Alaska, Madrid, Vancouver, Havana and Toronto. She has returned to perform with long time associates and friends. Featuring: Turiya Mareya -Piano and Composer Fermin Rivero-Tenor Saxophone David Millard-Flute and Guitar ...

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Guitarist Barry Finnerty appearing 1/13/06 with full lineup in NYC after seven-year absence

Source: All About Jazz
January 9, 2006

News hook: Guitarist Barry Finnerty, perhaps best known for his playing and recording with Miles Davis (The Man With the Horn), the Brecker Brothers (Heavy Metal Bebop), and the Crusaders (Street Life), will make his first New York City appearance after a seven-year absence on Friday, January 13, at The Cutting Room, 19 West 24th Street, in the middle of this year's International Association for Jazz Education convention. The lineup will include trumpeter Randy Brecker; drummer Graham Hawthorne (Paul Simon, ...

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J.A.M. - Jam At Makor

Source: All About Jazz
January 9, 2006

Artists from both the Jazz and Latinjazz fields congregate for a night of innovating exchange and make beautiful music together. Opening the festivities will be the MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC 19pc. AFRO-CUBAN JAZZ ORCHESTRA conducted by jazz drummer and multiple Grammy-nominee Bobby Sanabria; followed by a Jazz Jam Session featuring local and out of town jazz artists accompanied by the MSM Big Band. (A first for a Jam Session!) *Featuring: Joe Baione ...

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Abby Riccards & Julie Hardy to perform at Sweet Rhythm with special guest Jaleel Shaw

Source: All About Jazz
January 9, 2006

Fresh New Voices ABBY RICCARDS & JULIE HARDY Perform at Sweet Rhythm Featuring alto saxophonist Jaleel Shaw On Tuesday, January 24th (sets at 8:00 & 10:00pm) Sweet Rhythm will showcase two up and coming vocal jazz talents; Abby Riccards, a semifinalist in the 2004 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Vocal Competition and Julie Hardy, Fresh Sound New Talent recording artist. Both artists will share two sets featuring their unique abilities as composers, improvisers and arrangers. A vast array of material will ...

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Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola at Jazz at Lincoln Center, February 2006

Source: All About Jazz
January 4, 2006

Jazz at Lincoln Center Announces February 2006 Lineup For Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola

The STRETCHIN' THE IVORIES FESTIVAL Continues Through March 5 With Marc Johnson, Eliane Elias, Renee Rosnes, Cyrus Chestnut and Eric Reed!

New York, NY - Jazz at Lincoln Center proudly announces the February 2006 lineup of performances at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola which features the continuation of the Stretchin' The Ivories Festival, starting with bassist / composer Marc Johnson, performing music from his new ECM recording Shades of Jade, ...

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"Swinging in the new year, Porter style"

Source: All About Jazz
January 1, 2006

New York-based trumpeter and composer, Charlie Porter is equally at home in both jazz and classical music. Following Duke Ellington's philosophy that “there is only good music and bad music", Charlie has never allowed himself to become pigeonholed into any one category. A fan of Louis Armstrong, John Coltrane, and, of course, Duke Ellington but also of Sergei Prokofiev, Igor Stravinsky, and Toru Takemitsu --Porter takes an all-encompassing approach to music that's beginning to make a name for him on ...

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