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2005 Nightlife Awards Winners Announced! The All Performance/No Acceptance Speeches Awards Show

Source: All About Jazz
January 18, 2005

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JazzGenesis opens in Los Angeles

Source: All About Jazz
January 16, 2005

William Grant Still Arts Center recognizes first black record producer and musical pacesetter in February exhibition Contact Joyce Maddox 213-847-1540 LOS ANGELES -- JazzGenesis: Benjamin Franklin “Reb" Spikes and the Central Avenue Jazz Scene, 1919 to 1945 unveils the obscured legacy of a musician who helped open the doors to the entertainment industry for blacks in Los Angeles. The exhibition begins Jan. 29, 2005 with a panel of recording industry executives discussing the future of blacks in the recording industry. ...

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Chicago Jazz Ensemble Announces Sixth American Heritage Jazz Series First with Artistic Director Jon Faddis

Source: All About Jazz
January 16, 2005

The Chicago Jazz Ensemble (CJE) announced today that it will kick off its Sixth American Heritage Jazz Series Sunday, February 13, 2005, at the Field Museum with an innovative jazz inspired blues concert featuring legendary blues guitarist Lonnie Brooks. This year��s celebration ��The Roots of Chicago Jazz�� features four programs representing the evolution of jazz in Chicago. Born Lee Baker Jr. in Dubuisson, Louisiana, Lonnie learned to play the blues from his banjo-picking grandfather. By the time he was 22, ...

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Treat Your Valentine to the Pat Metheny Group in Concert

Source: All About Jazz
January 14, 2005

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ASCAP & IAJE Commissioned Works Premiered at 2005 IAJE Conference

Source: All About Jazz
January 14, 2005

New York, NY, January 14, 2005...Two new jazz works composed in celebration of the centennial year of composer / bandleader / arranger / pianist William “Count" Basie (1904-1984) were premiered at the 2005 IAJE (International Association for Jazz Education) Conference held January 5-8 at the Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center in Long Beach, CA. The commissionees are, in the Established Composer category, Bob Florence from Los Angeles, and in the Emerging Composer category, Sherisse N. Rogers from New York. ...

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Tex Allen Concert on Roosevelt Island - NYC

Source: All About Jazz
January 13, 2005

Tex Allen THURSDAY JANUARY 20TH @ 7:30PM “OFF THE HOOK" A TRIBUTE TO MARTIN LUTHER KING IN SONG,DANCEL,LYRIC,AND JAZZ FEATURING: THE ANGELIC VOICE OF JANICE DEMPSEY POETRY BY VIOLA RANSEL AND OTHERS THE SPELLBINDING TAP DANCING OF AYODELE CASEL AND THE TEX ALLEN SEXTET WITH TEX ALLEN........................TRUMPET JOE FORD .........................ALTO SAXOPHONE JERALD HAYES................TENOR SAXOPHONE CARLTON JOLMES...........PIANO BEN MEIGNERS.................ACCOUSTIC BASS TERU ALEXANDER............DRUMS Admission:$20.00 GEN. PUB $10.00 SENIORS & STUDENTS RECEPTION with Refreshments, after . Come and enjoy a great evening!!!!!!!! LOCATION:CHAPEL ...

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MONACO CITY HALL 7th International Jazz Soloist Competition

Source: All About Jazz
January 13, 2005

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Hans Tammen & Dafna Naphtali @ Black Box Theater, Asbury Park 1/20/05

Source: All About Jazz
January 12, 2005

Our fourth in the premiere season of Music of Invention concerts at the Black Box of Asbury Park happens Thursday, Jan. 20 at 8 p.m. and features the duo mechanique(s) (Hans Tammen, endangered guitar and Dafna Naphtali, voice). Area audiences know them best through their involvement with Harvestworks, the digital multimedia atelier in New York. Both performers augment their instruments with computers and electronics, remixing and altering each other's sounds as well as their own, to create richly textured electroacoustic ...

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