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Dex @ 90: Celebrating the Legacy of Dexter Gordon

Source: Michael Ricci
January 21, 2013

2013 Dexter @ 90 Schedule The Dexter Gordon Society which was formed to honor and preserve the legacy of Dexter Gordon will be launched on February 27, 2013. Thursday, February 7 and Friday, February 8, 2013, University of Hartford. Screening of Round Midnight and a discussion by Maxine Gordon and Rene McLean on the relationship between Dexter Gordon and Jackie McLean. Tuesday, February 26, 2013 and Wednesday, February 27, 2013, Two nights at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, NYC. Featuring George Cables ...

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New York Actress/Singer Eileen Howard Returns To Short North Stage For CD Release Party “Blues In The Green Room"

Source: Eileen Howard
January 20, 2013

Award winning professional actress/singer Eileen Howard will return from New York for a CD release party in the Green Room at the Garden Theater. The CD, entitled “Blues in the Green Room” is a live recording of her previously sold-out blues show this past April in the same venue. As part of Short North Stage’s Cabernet Cabaret Series, she will perform on February 1st and 2nd, with shows at 8:00 pm each evening, in two sets. In addition to her ...

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NPR Music And WBGO FM Present The Checkout – Live At Berklee With Jaleel Shaw

Source: Berklee Media Relations
January 18, 2013

The Checkout – Live at Berklee, which brings critically acclaimed, New York-based Berklee alumni back to their alma mater for concerts in The Red Room at Cafe 939, continues on Thursday, February 7 with rising alto and soprano saxophonist Jaleel Shaw, a 2000 Berklee graduate. Shaw will be performing with alumnus pianist Lawrence Fields, bassist Boris Kozlov, and drummer Johnathan Blake. Presented by NPR Music and WBGO Jazz 88.3 FM, the shows will be webcast live worldwide in high definition ...

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Porchlight Music Theatre Presents "Lady Day At Emerson's Bar & Grill"

Source: James JULIANO
January 16, 2013

Porchlight Music Theatre is proud to celebrate Black History Month, with the third production in their 2012 – 2013 season, Lanie Robertson’s Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill, February 2 – March 10, 2013, starring Alexis Rogers as Billie Holiday and directed by Porchlight Artistic Associate Rob Lindley with music direction by Jaret Landon, at Stage 773, 1225 West Belmont Ave. Previews are Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013 at 8 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013 at 2 and 6 p.m. ...

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10 Years Of Tradition: Earl Klugh's Weekend Of Jazz At The Broadmoor!

Source: Audrey Birnbaum
January 16, 2013

Grammy Award-Winning Artist Earl Klugh Returns This April! Colorado Springs, Colo. (January 14, 2013) – For a 10th straight season, GRAMMY-winning guitarist Earl Klugh hosts his Weekend of Jazz at The Broadmoor featuring exceptional musicians and performances, along with unique culinary and wine experiences. This April 4-6, join Earl Klugh and The Broadmoor to celebrate 10 years of unforgettable Weekend of Jazz memories with talent from Klugh’s first-ever Weekend of Jazz: Multi-platinum selling trumpeter Chris Botti returns, as well as ...

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NEC Jazz & Contemporary Improvisation Faculty Spotlight Monday, January 28

Source: Braithwaite & Katz Communications
January 15, 2013

Performances by Ran Blake, Norm Zocher, Eden MacAdam-Somer, Jerry Leake, Linda Chase, Ben Schwendener, Bert Seager, Amir Milstein, Rabbit Rabbit with Carla Kihlstedt Plus Rare Trio Performance with Cecil McBee, Bob Moses and special guest Dave Liebman “New England Conservatory’s jazz faculty distinguish themselves in a lot of ways but most of all because they maintain full time live performance schedules." — Lucid Culture Blog Members of New England Conservatory's Jazz and Contemporary Improvisation faculty come together for a rare opportunity ...

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A Rare Shipp And Bisio Duo Sighting In Cambridge At Outpost 186

Source: Chris Rich
January 15, 2013

On Saturday, January 19th, Matthew Shipp returns to Cambridge, MA after a lengthy absence. And once again, he’ll be gracing the cozy confines of Outpost 186 in ever louche Inman Square. This visit will include consummate gentleman and astute bassist, Michael Bisio, with excursions through his disc, Floating Ice, on Relative Pitch Records. It has been more than a year since the last Shipp concert and this will provide a welcome respite from the avalanche of the droll music school ...

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Jazz At The NAZ - January 26, 2013

Source: Aleta Sonnenberg
January 13, 2013

Saturday January 26, at 2:00 PM, the JAZZ at the NAZ benefit concert for Brandon's Libraries for Little Ones begins. The music performed by double Grammy-nominated master pianist Mark Little ushers in an afternoon of supreme musical entertainment. The FREE JAZZ at the NAZ performance will be held at the Moscow, Idaho Church of the Nazarene at 1400 E. 7th St. When Mark Little was a little one, he dreamed about playing piano at Carnegie Hall. Mark says, “I had ...

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