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Jazz Vocalist Michelle Walker showcased at KAVEHAZ in NYC Tuesday January 21, 2003 9pm

Source: All About Jazz
January 13, 2003

Michelle Walker will be making a rare appearance in New York City on Tuesday January 21, 2003 at Kavehaz. The showcase performance will be from 9:00pm to 10:00pm and will feature Dave Cosby on Guitar. This versitile singer has been internationally praised by music critics for breathing new life into the jazz vocal scene.

Washington, DC jazz vocalist Michelle Walker is fast becoming one of the most talked about singers in critical jazz circles. Dave Nathan, music critic for AllAboutJazz.com ...

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The First Annual Nightlife Awards Presents Jazz Awards on January 27, 2003 at The Town Hall, NYC

Source: All About Jazz
January 12, 2003

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Stacey Kent at The Oak Room, Algonquin Hotel, New York - January 12 - 13, 2003

Source: All About Jazz
January 7, 2003

ALGONQUIN HOTEL 59 West 44th St. (Bet 5th & 6th Avs.) NEW YORK, NY

Featuring: Stacey Kent - vocals, Jim Tomlinson - sax, Matthew Fries - piano, Pat O'Leary - bass

“A steady current of joy that animates her singing lends the popular standards she chooses with impeccable taste a freshness that feels utterly contemporary...what raises it all to another level is the intensely romantic connection between the singer and her tenor saxophonist husband, Jim Tomlinson" ...

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Jazz For A Cure: 6th Annual Benefit Concert for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

Source: All About Jazz
January 6, 2003

Dear JAZZ FANS and Friends of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society:

LETS SWING INTO THE NEW YEAR!

My 6th Annual Benefit Concert for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (formally The Leukemia Society of America) A Great Jazz Event not to be missed!

WHO: Jazz Vocalist & Poet DEBORAH DAVIS will entertain you for the cause! James Weidman on Piano , Essiet Essiet on Bass, Yoron Israel on Drums

WHAT: WE NEED... Money Honey! Bread! Benjamins! Cash! (Checks, M.O.) ...

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An Evening of Jazz with Brad Mehldau

Source: All About Jazz
January 6, 2003

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Special John Benitez Performances, January 3 & 4

Source: All About Jazz
January 1, 2003

Two Very Special Evenings @ the Jazz Gallery!

Friday, January 3, 2003 John Benitez's Soul Expressions featuring Adam Rogers John Benitez, bass Bob Francheschini, sax Adam Rogers, guitar Christos Rafalides, marimba Steve Hass, drums

Saturday, January 4, 2003 John Benitez and Dave Liebman Quartet John Benitez, bass Dave Liebman, saxes Phil Markowitz, piano Adam Nussbaum, drums

Set Times ...

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Leading New York City Jazz Musicians Come Together to Protest a War with Iraq

Source: All About Jazz
December 24, 2002

Dave Douglas, William Parker, Michael Blake and Quantum, in coalition with International ANSWER, will perform to benefit the peace movement on January 8th at Theater for the New City. Profits from the concert will be used to help fund the January 18th anti-war rally in Washington D.C., which is expected to draw over 250,000 people from across the country.

The concert will begin at 8pm and end at approximately 11pm. Dave Douglas and William Parker will play first, followed by ...

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Equinox Music Festival Update - BJRO Line-up for 2nd Annual Holiday Extravaganza!

Source: All About Jazz
December 14, 2002

We're getting into the swing of the season and lining up a great evening of music for our 2nd Annual Holiday Extravaganza!, taking place Saturday, 21 December, 8:00PM at the Copley Theatre.

Carl Atkins and Bill Lowe's Boston Jazz Repertory Orchestra, with Special Guests, the award-winning vocalist, Ms. Dominique Eade and Hip-Hop's Curtis King (who is named after, you, guessed it, the late, great King Curtis), will be featured in our celebration of the music traditions of Christmas, Kwanzaa, Chanukah, ...

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