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Sonny Rollins Meets His Fans: Google Hangout Session Set for May 5 at 12:00 noon EDT
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Terri Hinte Publicity
On May 5 at 12:00 noon EDT, Sonny Rollins will expand his forays into social-media territory (and CD promotion) by participating in an unprecedented video conference, “Sonny Rollins Meets His Fans," broadcast live on YouTube and Google+. Ten members of Sonny's global community of listeners and fellow musicians, chosen from the winners of a video contest on his Facebook page, will interact with Sonny, one by one, in real-time video, utilizing Google's popular Hangout platform. Immediately after the live broadcast, ...
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Ray Charles And Ella Fitzgerald To Headline "The Jazz Fest Show" Photo Exhibit By Steven Forster In New Orleans
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Steven Forster
Ray Charles and Ella Fitzgerald to Headline “The Jazz Fest Show" Photo Exhibit by Steven Forster Steven Forster, award-winning New Orleans photographer The Jazz Fest Show photo exhibit: 15 archival black and white photos of iconic jazz musicians Angela King Gallery 241 Royal St. New Orleans Opens April 24, 2014, 5-7 p.m. Continues through May 14, 2014. Celebrating the arrival of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, the Angela King Gallery will present “The Jazz ...
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Newport Festivals Foundation And Salve Regina University Celebrate The 60th Anniversary Of Newport Jazz Festival
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Carolyn McClair Public Relations
Newport Festivals Foundation and Salve Regina University Celebrate the 60th Anniversary of Newport Jazz Festival on International Jazz Day, April 30, with Workshops and a Concert Featuring Jon Batiste and Stay Human Celebration Includes Middle and High School Workshops Plus Concert at 7:30 pm at the Casino Theatre NEWPORT, RI – Celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the Newport Jazz Festival ® on International Jazz Day, Wednesday, April 30, at the historic Casino Theatre, 9 Freebody Street in Newport, with a ...
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NEC Presents Special In The Mix Concert Featuring Middle Eastern, Jewish Music And American Roots Ensembles At Pierce Hall
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Braithwaite & Katz Communications
New England Conservatory presents a special evening of three concerts featuring top student musicians on Tuesday, April 22. Performing, as part of the conservatory’s In the Mix series, are the Middle Eastern, Jewish Music and American Roots ensembles. Performances take place at 7, 8 and 9 p.m. at New England Conservatory’s Pierce Hall on the first floor of NEC’s St. Botolph Building, 241 St. Botolph Street, Boston. They are free and open to the public. Go to NEC Music or ...
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Philadelphia's Mayor Nutter Launches Jazz Appreciation Month With City's Award To Benny Golson
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All About Jazz
In Philadelphia, and across the country, April is celebrated as Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM). To honor jazz as an original American art form, JAM was created in 2002 by John Edward Hasse, curator of the Smithsonian Institute National Museum of American History. Philadelphia has been one of the cities celebrating JAM for several years now, with the blessing and support of the Mayor’s Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy as well as local jazz organizations and venues, notably ...
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New York Jazz Workshop Student Showcase On April 6 At Smalls Jazz Club
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Marco Chelo
Join the faculty and students of the New York Jazz Workshop on April 6 at Smalls Jazz Club in the West Village! No cover charge, no minimum! The students of the following 11 workshops will be performing: 12:15- 12:45 HARDBOP 12:45 – 1:15 IMPROV WORKSHOP 1:15- 1:45 MIXED METER WORKSHOP 1:45 – 2:15 BLUES to STANDARDS 2:15 – 2:45 BEBOP WORKSHOP 2:45 – 3:15 MODERN JAZZ 3:15 – 3:45 FUNK FUSION 3:45 – 4:15 JAZZ STANDARDS 1 4:15 – 4:45 ...
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New England Conservatory Presents György Kurtág Signs, Games & Messages On Monday, April 28 In NEC’s Jordan Hall
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Braithwaite & Katz Communications
Join NEC Contemporary Improvisation students and faculty, led by composer/pianist Anthony Coleman in György Kurtág Signs, Games & Messages, a concert featuring performances and riffs on renowned Romanian-born composer Kurtág's music, sources, and notions. The concert takes place on Monday, April 28 at 8 p.m. in NEC’s Jordan Hall, 290 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA. The concert is free and open to the public. For more information, call 617-585-1122. György Kurtág is a composer to whom thoughts and words are important: ...
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The Holmes Brothers With Sol Roots In Washington DC
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9th Floor Music
The Holmes Brothers with Sol Roots perform Friday April 11, 2014 at Gypsy Sally's in Washington DC.
“Great songs, whether we write them or not, bring great things,” says guitarist/pianist/vocalist/songwriter Wendell Holmes. “And we are all about striving to write, find and perform great songs.” The Holmes Brothers—Wendell, bassist/songwriter/vocalist Sherman Holmes and drummer/vocalist and brother-in-spirit Popsy Dixon—are true treasures of American roots music. For 35 years, The Holmes Brothers’ joyous and moving blend of blues, gospel, soul, R&B, rock ‘n’ ...
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