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The Mike Kaplan Nonet Salutes Cedar Walton, Sun 12/29 4-7pm, Trumpets Jazz Club
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Mike Kaplan
The Mike Kaplan Nonet will celebrate Cedar Walton's musical legacy by performing new large group arrangements (for six horns & rhythm section) of some of his unique and memorable compositions. Many will be familiar to jazz connoisseurs.... and some are not as well known, but certainly deserving of wider recognition. The legendary pianist/composer (who also played with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, JJ Johnson, the Jazztet and many other greats) passed on earlier this year at the age of 79. There ...
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Modern Jazz Wizard Donald Harrison Returns On 10th Anniversary Of His First NPR Broadcast, For First Night Boston And WGBH
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Berklee Media Relations
First Night Boston, Berklee College of Music, and 89.7 WGBH present the Donald Harrison Quintet, performing at the Berklee Performance Center on New Year's Eve, Tuesday, December 31, kicking off NPR's annual worldwide jazz broadcast, Toast of the Nation. The concert is a centerpiece of this year's First Night Boston festival, and marks the tenth anniversary of Harrison’s first NPR Toast of the Nation concert broadcast, live from Berklee. Admission is $10 by purchase of a First Night button. The ...
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Jazz Arts Group Of Columbus & Community Shelter Board Partner For "A Concert To End Homelessness"
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Scott Vezdos
Columbus, OH – The Jazz Arts Group (JAG) presents the Columbus Jazz Orchestra led by Byron Stripling in “A Concert to End Homelessness,” January 17 and 18 at the Capitol Theatre – Riffe Center. Partnering with the Community Shelter Board (CSB), this unforgettable, inspiring evening of song and dance will raise awareness and funds to help people find secure housing and rebuild their lives. “Our community has experienced a sharp rise in homelessness, with ravaging effects on our neighbors,” stated ...
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Good Vibes To Take Place At First Annual Vibraphone Congress In Asbury Park, NJ
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Victor L. Schermer
Vibraphonist Tony Miceli has been making a big splash with his recent international gigs, recordings, master classes, workshops, and internet vibes website, and on-line classes with many of the great contemporary vibes players. A dedicated musician, he seems intent on bringing to the vibraphone the kind of visibility and instructional opportunities that are more common for the saxophone, guitar, and other of the more “popular” instruments. With the initiation of the 2014 Annual Vibraphone Congress, Miceli takes these efforts to ...
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Jazz Arts Group Of Columbus To Feature Over 60 Students In Columbus Youth Jazz Concert
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Scott Vezdos
Columbus, OH – The Jazz Arts Group of Columbus (JAG) presents the final Youth Jazz concerts of 2013 featuring over 60 students in four ensembles! Showcasing the musical talents of its Columbus Youth Jazz Orchestra, Columbus Youth Jazz Studio Ensemble, Columbus Youth Jazz Workshop and Columbus Youth Jazz Combo, JAG will feature these four ensembles free of charge on Sunday, December 15 at 4:00 p.m. in the Fort Hayes High School Performing Arts Building. Under the direction of Mark Donavan, ...
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Jazz Bridge Neighborhood Concert Series In Cheltenham Presents Ed Wise And His New Orleans Jazz Band
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Bruce Klauber
Jazz Bridge presents bassist Ed Wise and his New Orleans Jazz Band at the Cheltenham Center for the Arts Ashbourne Road in Cheltenham— on Thursday, January 2. Showtime is 7:30 p.m., tickets are $10/$5 for students, and are only available at the door. For info: 215-517-8337 or visit Jazz Bridge. As a bassist, bandleader and arranger, Wise has a wealth of experience in both mainstream and traditional jazz, having worked with artists ranging from Red Garland and Al Hirt to ...
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Jazz Bridge First Thursdays Neighborhood Concert Series In Collingswood Presents The Elliott Levin Quartet
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Bruce Klauber
Jazz Bridge presents The Elliott Levin Quartet in concert at the Collingswood Community Center East Collings Avenue in Collingswood, on Thursday, January 2, as a part of their First Thursdays Neighborhood Concerts Series. Showtime is 7:30 p..m., tickets are $10/$5 for students, and are only available at the door. For info: 856-858-8914, 215-517-8337 or visit jazzbridge.org. Saxophonist/flutist/poet Elliott Levin, classically trained at the University of Oregon and via private studies with the Philadelphia Orchestra’s Michael Guera, has become one of ...
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Benefit for Haiyan Typhoon Victims at Shapeshifter Lab on December 21st
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Phillip Woolever
A very special holiday gift of giving is scheduled for December 21st by some very interesting and charitable New York musicians in a uniquely dynamic benefit performance. A diverse assembly consisting of some of New York City’s most creative musicians has joined forces to provide humanitarian aid to victims of Typhoon Haiyan in the devastated Philippines. The benefit concert has been scheduled for December 21st at Shapeshifter Lab, 18 Whitwell Place, Brooklyn. The show features The Pookestra with director/arranger Carolin ...
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