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Acclaimed Vocalist Libby York Celebrates Release Of Memoir A Personal Take On Standards From Porter To Fagen Tuesday, June 17 At Jazz Showcase In Chicago
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Braithwaite & Katz Communications
York performs with Quartet: Jeremy Kahn, Larry Kohut and Eric Schneider Acclaimed vocalist Libby York celebrates the release of Memoir on Tuesday, June 17 at Jazz Showcase, 806 South Plymouth Court, Chicago. Joining her are pianist Jeremy Kahn, bassist Larry Kohut and Eric Schneider on tenor saxophone and clarinet. Sets at 8 and 10 p.m. $10, $5 students, musicians and JIC members. Show is co-sponsored by WDCB. For more information go to jazzshowcase.com or call 312-360-0234. Libby York, like the ...
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Jazz Trumpeter Josh Lawrence To Discuss What's “Minimal” With Philly Creative Community
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Michael Ricci
Free CreativeMornings breakfast lecture welcomes creative professionals across disciplines to Kimmel Center on June 13 CreativeMornings Philadelphia presents Josh Lawrence Friday, June 13, 2014 8:30 to 10 a.m. SEI Innovation Studio Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Broad and Spruce Street Philadelphia, PA 19102 FREE, including coffee and breakfast snacks Advance registration recommended CreativeMornings is a free breakfast lecture series for the creative community, with monthly ...
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NYC Premiere Of The Case Of The Three Sided Dream, Film On Rahsaan Kirk on June 11
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Carolyn McClair Public Relations
NEW YORK PREMIERE OF RAHSAAN ROLAND KIRK: THE CASE OF THE THREE SIDED DREAM SET FOR JUNE 11, 8:00 PM, AT IFC CENTER NEW YORK, NY – Don’t miss the New York premiere of Rahsaan Roland Kirk: The Case of the Three Sided Dream, a documentary on the world-renowned multi- instrumentalist, at IFC Center, 323 Sixth Avenue at Third Street in Manhattan, on Wednesday, June 11, at 8:00 pm. Directed by Adam Kahan, the film tells the story of Kirk, ...
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The Fifth Annual Ocean City Beach (NC) Jazz Festival
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Larry Reni Thomas
By Larry Reni Thomas The Fifth Annual Ocean City Beach (NC) Jazz Festival will be held on Friday, July 4, 2014, and Saturday, July 5. 2014. from 5 pm until 8 pm, both days. Scheduled performers on Friday, are Lin Rountree with special guest Nicholas Cole, The Ira Wiggins Quartet, and vocalist Yolanda Rubin. Saturday's scheduled line up is The John Brown Quartet, vocalist Lois Deloatch with The Scott Sawyer Trio and pianist Cyrus Chestnut.Doors open at 4 pm. The ...
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Wayne Shorter Quartet Plays National Concert Hall, Dublin, June 14
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All About Jazz
The Wayne Shorter Quartet gig at the National Concert Hall, Dublin, Saturday June 14, is an unmissable, possibly never to be repeated event. At eighty, Shorter commands the sort of respect and devotion reserved for very few living jazz musicians. Perhaps only tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins enjoys the same degree of adulation in jazz circles, but no band, arguably in any genre of music, burns with quite the improvisational intensity of Shorter’s quartet of nearly fifteen years standing. “A band ...
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Midem Moves Cannes Conference to June, Announces New Initiatives
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HypeBot
International music industry mega-conference Midem is moving from its usual January/February time frame to June 5-8 in 2015. The gathering is staying in Cannes, but adding an enlarged program to support labels and artists looking for international deals along with new exhibition space and content devoted to tech and innovation. The new program adds more live showcases in front of Midem delegates and the public, artist access to the Midem conference sessions, industry mentors and VIP networking opportunities. Attendance at was down 4% in ...
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SF MusicTech Announces Fall Date, May Be It's Last
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HypeBot
SF MusicTech has announced that its next summit will be held on November 11th at the Hotel Kabuki in San Francisco. (Early registration is open here.) Sadly, this 16th must-attend gathering of the music and tech tribes may be the last. “We've been doing this for 7 years now, and while we love throwing Summits, they are a huge amount of work," says founder and executive producer Brian Zisk. “We have a great family, and want to spend more time enjoying our ...
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Summer News For Rafael & Energía Dominicana
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Vivo Musique Internationale
FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DE JAZZ DE MONTREAL, 35th ANNIVERSARY EDITION: JUNE 27, 2014 FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL NUITS D’AFRIQUE: JULY 17, 2014 NEW SINGLE & VIDEO CLIP “MARGARITA” June 05, 2014, Montreal, Quebec, Canada VIVO MUSIQUE is pleased to announce some exciting summer activities for the Québécois-Dominican Latin music orchestra Rafael & Energía Dominicana, celebrating the debut album, Enamorarse en la playa. The orchestra will perform at The Montreal International Jazz Festival on June 27, 2014, The Festival International Nuits d’Afrique, on July ...
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