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Piano Prodigy Miro Sprague Returns To The Berkshires July 19

Source: Ed Bride Associates
June 17, 2014

Berkshires Jazz, Inc. announced that pianist Miro Sprague will make his Pittsfield debut in a special performance at Baba Louie’s Backroom on Saturday, July 19. Sprague, a jazz pianist, composer and bandleader, is known for his dynamic performance style and inspiring creativity. Growing up in western Massachusetts in a musical family, Sprague began playing piano at age 13. He won several awards in Downbeat Magazine's Student Music Awards, including best original composition in 2002 and 2004. He performed extensively in ...

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Caribbean Band Delivers Spiritual Jazz Melodies To Emmanuel Baptist Church Jazz Vespers Community

Source: Emmanuel Baptist Church Jazz Vespers
June 13, 2014

Brooklyn, NY: Emmanuel Baptist Church is proud to feature the internationally recognized Elan Trotman Group at its next Jazz Vespers on Sunday, June 29 from 3-5 pm, in honor of Caribbean- American Heritage Month. Rhythmic sounds of steel drums and saxophones will pour out onto the streets of the Clinton Hill section of Brooklyn, New York as award- winning Jazz Saxophonist and Barbados native, Elan Trotman, and his six-man band deliver two hours of melodic grooves from the Caribbean islands. ...

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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

Source: Braithwaite & Katz Communications
June 13, 2014

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

Source: Michael Ricci
June 10, 2014

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

Source: Carolyn McClair Public Relations
June 10, 2014

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

Source: Larry Reni Thomas
June 8, 2014

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

Source: All About Jazz
June 7, 2014

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

Source: HypeBot
June 6, 2014

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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