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Blues Music Association To Hold 'Town Hall' Meeting During Handy Awards Weekend On The State Of The Blues Business

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Blues Music Association To Hold 'Town Hall' Meeting During Handy Awards Weekend On The State Of The Blues Business

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- May 18, 2002 -- The Blues Music Association (BMA), an organization of blues professionals dedicated to advancing the business of the blues, will sponsor a public 'town hall' style meeting to discuss the state of the blues industry during the 2002 W.C.Handy Awards weekend in Memphis. The title of the meeting will be “The Blues: Did It Die ...

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Jeff Shurdut and his American Dream with Special Guest Billy Bang

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By Kathryn Crohn

According to Adolf Gottlieb and Mark Rothko, “Art is an adventure into the unknown world which can be explored only by those willing to take risks." And so by this examination, the New York art scene will once again find itself thrust into a visual risk, a monsoon of color and message generated by Jeffrey Shurdut, abstract painter and visual storyteller. In regard to his March East Village show, Shurdut's followers may notice a thematic sequel of ...

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Julio Alvarado Del Sur al Norte at the Jazz Sessions

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Julio Alvarado Del Sur al Norte at the Jazz Sessions This Wednesday, May 15, from 7:30 PM-10:30 PM, the Puerto Rico Heineken JazzFest Jazz Sessions will continue at the Lobby Lounge of the Hotel San Juan Marriott.

The activity will be in charge of Julio Alvarado, a Puerto Rican trumpeter, arranger and composer, who will appear with his group Del Sur al Norte. Alvarado, who has performed on stage with many stars, debuted last year in the jazz genre with ...

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The Life and Music of Gil Evans to be Celebrated at Joe's Pub on May 13th

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On what would have been his 90th birthday, the life and music of jazz's nonpareil arranger Gil Evans will be celebrated this May 13th at Joe's Pub, one of Manhattan's top nightspots, with two sets of special tribute performances from the Gil Evans Orchestra.

A true giant in the annals of modern jazz, Gil Evans helped elevate America's Great Musical Idiom from the dance floor to a higher aesthetic plane. Thanks to a recent full-length biography of Evans and new ...

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Sixth Annual Celebration of Excellence In Musicianship and Journalism at the Jazz Standard

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New York -- The Jazz Journalists Association (JJA) Jazz Awards 2002, the sixth annual presentation of honors to jazz musicians and their supporters by the organization representing more than 400 writers, broadcasters, photographers and new media professionals worldwide, will be held June 19, 4 to 7 p.m., at the Jazz Standard in New York City, in benefit of the Jazz Emergency Fund of the Jazz Foundation of America (JFA). Engraved statuettes will be presented to winners in 38 categories of ...

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Juilliard Jazz Orchestra Plays Music Of Chico O'farrill Conducted By His Son, Arturo O'farrill Thursday, May 16, 2002 At 8 Pm In Alice Tully Hall

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Juilliard Conversations In Jazz Series Continues With Trumpeters Clark Terry And Terell Stafford Monday, April 22, 2002 At 7pm In Juilliard’s Morse Hall

The Juilliard Institute for Jazz Studies’ Juilliard Jazz Orchestra plays its last concert of the 2001-2002 season on Thursday, May 16, 2002 at 8 PM in Alice Tully Hall. The Orchestra will play music of late Latin jazz master Chico O’Farrill, led by guest conductor Arturo O’Farrill, his son. After playing trumpet in various Cuban ...

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Jazz For Young People: “Who Is John Coltrane?” For Area School Groups At The Apollo Theatre On May 22

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As part of an ongoing educational partnership with The Apollo Theater Foundation that aims to foster jazz appreciation among New York City area schoolchildren, Jazz at Lincoln Center will produce the Jazz for Young PeopleSM concert “Who is John Coltrane?” on Wednesday, May 22, 2002 at 10:00am and 12:15pm at the historic Apollo Theatre in Harlem. This concert, which is for school groups only, is a follow up to a presentation of this program for general audiences at Alice Tully ...

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Producer David Foster And Jazz Vocalist Shirley Horn To Be Honored At Berklee Commencement

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BOSTON, April 12, 2002 -- Two musicians who have made indelible contributions to the field of popular music will receive honorary Doctor of Music degrees from Berklee College of Music. Hit record producer David Foster and legendary jazz vocalist Shirley Horn will be honored at Berklee’s 2002 Commencement, Saturday, May 11, at the Reggie Lewis Track Center in Boston. Foster will deliver the Commencement Address to approximately 600 graduates and 3,000 guests.

The evening before commencement, students will present a ...

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