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Mike Ridley, trumpet meets Hank Johnson Trio at Cleopatra's Needle!

Source: All About Jazz
April 22, 2005

Jazz trumpeter Mike Ridley meets the Hank Johnson Trio on Saturday, April 23rd, 2005 at Cleopatra's Needle Jazz Club in New York City - West 92nd Street and Broadway for a tall order! It will be a swinging evening full of great jazz performance. “Cool Mike" Fitzbenjamin on bass and Gary Smith on drums holds court. There is NO COVER, so it's a great deal! Just great jazz, food, and a place to hang out and chill! Visit the website ...

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Legendary Jazz Master, Composer/Arranger Gerald Wilson Conducts Two Shows with the Chicago Jazz Ensemble and Artistic Director Jon Faddis

Source: All About Jazz
April 18, 2005

Six-time Grammy Nominated Composer/Arranger, Gerald Wilson conducts two shows with the Chicago Jazz Ensemble (CJE). The shows, Saturday, May 7 at 8:00 P.M. and Sunday, May 8 at 2:00 P.M., at the Field Museum’s James R. Simpson Theatre are the final performances of the CJE’s Sixth American Heritage Jazz Series. For more than fifty years, Gerald Wilson has been recognized as one of the premiere composers, arrangers and band leaders in modern jazz. Although not a household name, Gerald Wilson’s ...

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World Premiere of Rob Scheps Piece by South Dakota Symphony

Source: All About Jazz
April 15, 2005

On Saturday April 2nd, a full house came to Washington Pavilion for a concert featuring Kristin Korb with the South Dakota Symphony in Sioux Falls, SD. Jazz bassist/singer Korb featured her Trio with Bill Mays ( piano) and Ryan Korb (drums) on a swinging set of world premiere jazz orchestrations commissioned specially for this concert. Included was Scheps ' arrangement “ You Stepped Out of a Dream/Chick's Tune". Everyone sounded great & the show was very well received. Scheps continues ...

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Weeklong Tribute to Thad Jones and Mel Lewis at the Village Vanguard

Source: All About Jazz
April 13, 2005

THE VANGUARD JAZZ ORCHESTRA: THAD JONES / MEL LEWIS: 40 YEARS AFTER

A week-long tribute to Thad Jones and Mel Lewis at the Village Vanguard. Special guests will include Slide Hampton, Jon Faddis and Tom Harrell. The week will also include premiers of new music, archival finds and a preview of the new VJO/Jim McNeely CD.

Monday May 9, 2005 THE DEFINITIVE THAD JONES An All Thad Jones night featuring music that defined a new era ...

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Jazz for ASCAP's Young Composers in NYC

Source: All About Jazz
April 13, 2005

New York, NY, April 12, 2005: The ASCAP Foundation, with support from Sibelius, will debut JaZzcap -- a jazz showcase series -- at The Cutting Room in Manhattan on Monday, April 25. JaZzcap will feature young jazz creators whose vision and daring inspire the future. The showcase will take place at 7:30 pm at The Cutting Room (19 West 24th Street, between Broadway and Sixth Avenue) in Manhattan and will be hosted by The Cutting Room's Steve Walter. The cover ...

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Summer Sizzles with Women & Blues

Source: All About Jazz
April 13, 2005

Summer Sizzles with Women & Blues A Combination of Two Exhibitions: Amalia Amaki: Boxes, Buttons and the Blues & Women in Blues and Jazz at The National Museum of Women in the Arts June 10–September 25, 2005

Washington, D.C. – The ladies sing the blues and jazz this summer in Women & Blues, two exhibitions that prominently feature women from these American musical genres. Amalia Amaki: ...

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The ASCAP Foundation Presents JaZzcap, a New Jazz Showcase Series

Source: All About Jazz
April 12, 2005

New York, NY, April 12, 2005: The ASCAP Foundation, with support from Sibelius, will debut JaZzcap -- a jazz showcase series -- at The Cutting Room in Manhattan on Monday, April 25. JaZzcap will feature young jazz creators whose vision and daring inspire the future.

The showcase will take place Monday, April 25 at 7:30 pm at The Cutting Room (19 West 24th Street, between Broadway and Sixth Avenue) in Manhattan and will be hosted by The Cutting Room's Steve ...

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Jazz great offers first look at Japanese-infused martial arts ballet

Source: All About Jazz
April 12, 2005

“Deadly She-Wolf Assassin at Armageddon!" ** Music & Concept by Fred Ho, Written by Ho & Ruth Margraff ** Friday & Saturday, April 29 & 30 at 8:00 pm, Japan Society “[Fred Ho] achieves his cross-cultural goals with skill, grace and humor … [his] East-West fusion has an audacious integrity." -- Jon Pareles, The New York Times “[Ruth Margraff] is a warrior writer riding the vanguard of New Wave opera" -- Cyndi Williams, The Austin Chronicle New York, NY - ...

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