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Jazz Orchestra of Philadelphia "Comin' Home" Event at Kimmel Center set for January 7th!
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All About Jazz
Terell Stafford, Artistic Director With Wynton Marsalis, Jimmy Heath, Kenny Barron, Randy Brecker, Bill Cosby and more Verizon Hall Tuesday, January 7, 7:30pm The Jazz Orchestra of Philadelphia (JOP) is rousing in the new year with its Grand Gala Fund Raising Concert. JOP is dedicated to honoring, presenting and continuing Philadelphia's unparalleled jazz legacy through performance and education. Under the artistic direction of renowned trumpet player and Director of Jazz and Instrumental Studies at Temple University, Terell Stafford, JOP will ...
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Vocalist Mary Ellen Desmond Brings Comfort And Joy To Philadelphia And The World
Source:
Victor L. Schermer
Mary Ellen Desmond, revered Philadelphia vocalist, has brought her “Comfort and Joy” holiday benefit concert to the Church of St. Luke and the Ephiphany for several years now. This year, she has also released a newly minted CD by the same name with the same stellar backup group: Larry McKenna, tenor saxophone; Tom Lawton, piano; Lee Smith, bass; and Dan Monaghan, drums. On December 20, Desmond held a CD release party at Chris’ Jazz Cafe, showcasing many of the tunes ...
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Dance Theatre Of Harlem To Headline NJPAC's Martin Luther King Celebration
Source:
Christine Saunders
Join NJPAC as we honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King with two very special events Dance Theatre of Harlem Friday, January 17th at 7:30PM At NJPAC’s Prudential Hall Performing arts workshops “Embodying the Dream” Saturday, January 18th from 10AM to 12 Noon Experience the poetry-in-motion of the legendary Dance Theatre of Harlem, as they headline NJPAC’s Martin Luther King celebration on Friday, January 17th in Prudential Hall. The renowned ballet ...
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New England Conservatory’s Jazz Studies & Contemporary Improvisation Departments Present Nearly 50 Free Performances For The Winter/spring 2014 Season
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Braithwaite & Katz Communications
Plus Two Events at Museum of Fine Arts and Residencies with World-Renowned Performers January 16 – May 30, 2014 Highlights include Sun Ra Centennial Concerts; World Premieres of Charles Mingus’ Half-Mast Inhibition and Gunther Schuller’s From Here to There; A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall; Jazz and the Struggle for Freedom and Equality; residency by Dave Holland; and In the Mix one-hour concerts by exceptional student ensembles New England Conservatory’s internationally renowned Jazz Studies and Contemporary Improvisation Departments announce nearly 50 ...
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Jennifer Milligan And Eileen Howard Return To Columbus For Wild Women Swing The Blues
Source:
Eileen Howard
Two veteran Columbus singers return to home base from France and New York for a concert at the historic Garden Theater located at 1187 North High St, Columbus, Ohio. The concert of sassy blues and torchy ballads is billed as “a celebration of life, love and female mood swings”, and will be in The Green Room venue at the theater on Friday, January 3, from 8-10 pm. This will be the debut of the concert which will then be repeated ...
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Jazz Bridge Neighborhood "Jazz At The Library" Series In Willingboro, NJ Presents Michael Pracher
Source:
Bruce Klauber
The Jazz Bridge Neighborhood Jazz at the Library Concert Series at the Willingboro Library Willingboro Way in Willingboro Township, NJ – presents saxophonist Michael Pracher on Thursday, January 16. Showtime is 7:30 p.m., tickets aret $10, $5 for students and are only available at the door. For info: 215-517-8337. A native of Belleville, IL and a graduate of University of the Arts, Michael Pracher, who has also worked extensively as an educator at U of A, University of Pennsylvania and ...
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Jazz Bridge Second Wednesdays Concert Series In Center City Presents "Bootsie" Barnes
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Bruce Klauber
The Jazz Bridge second Wednesdays, Neighborhood Concerts Series at the Lutheran Church of the Holy Communion Chestnut Street in Center City Philadelphia—presents saxophonist Bootsie Barnes on Wednesday, January 8. Showtime is 7:30 p.m., tickets are $10/$5 for students, and are only available at the door. For info: 215-517-8337. Robert “Bootsie” Barnes embodies the spirit and the tradition—past, present and future—of everything that was and is Philadelphia jazz. There likely isn’t a jazz giant who this multi award-winning tenor saxophonist has ...
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Jazz Bridge Third Wednesday Concert Series In Media Presents Tom Adams
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Bruce Klauber
The Jazz Bridge third Wednesdays, Neighborhood Concerts Series in Media at the Unitarian Universalist Church—145 West Rose Tree Road in Media—presents pianist Tom Adams and his trio on Wednesday, January 15. Showtime is 7:30 p.m., tickets are $10/$5 for students, and are only available at the door. For info: 215-517-8337. Tom Adams, who has worked with everyone from Anita O’Day and Bette Midler to Mel Torme’ and Coolio, is a wonderfully inventive, sensitive and swinging pianist who often recalls the ...
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