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Asian Jazz All-stars Power Quartet Headlines Borneo Jazz
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All About Jazz
Asia’s most exciting jazz-fusion band, the electrifying Asian Jazz All-Stars Power Quartet will headline Borneo Jazz, which runs from May 10-12 in the grounds of the Park City Everly Hotel, Miri. The AJASPQ consists of Singaporean jazz legend Jeremy Monteiro on keyboards, the Phillipines’ Tots Tolentino on saxophone, Thailand’s Hong Chanutr Techatana-nan on drums and Hong Kong electric guitarist Eugene Pao. Following a sell-out performance at the 2012 London Jazz Festival, part of a successful Asian/European tour, the AJASPQ’s potent ...
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Dubbo Jazz Festival 2013
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Peter Rappolt
Dubbo is a thriving regional city and services a huge geographical area of one third of NSW. The city is ideally located is at the intersection of major routes for road, rail and air transport in the Central West of NSW, about 400 Km from Sydney. The city’s population exceeds 41,000, with a catchment population in excess of 120,000. 2013 marks the 23rd Annual Dubbo Jazz Festival and the lineup of the performers selected by the Dubbo Jazz club are ...
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Headliners Revealed For Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2013, July 5-14 - Chick Corea, Cassandra Wilson, Bill Frisell And More
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Simon Christensen
This weekend Copenhagen Jazz Festival revealed this year's festivalposter and also named the first batch of the headliners that will be performing this July. Already the outlines of the 35th edition of Copenhagen’s huge annual music celebration of all sorts of jazz, world, funk, avant-garde and a lot more are visible. Copenhagen’s unique jazz history is a key factor in the exceptionally high level of the Copenhagen Jazz Festival, something that can be experienced at the historic jazz venues, theaters ...
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Jazz This Week: Jazz St. Louis All-Stars and Sean Jones, Dan Thomas and Voyage, Miles Davis Jazz Festival, and More
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
While not every week here in St. Louis can be as packed with touring jazz and creative music talent as was the end of Jazz Appreciation Month last week, our local and regional musicians nevertheless are serving up plenty of noteworthy performances over the next few days. So, let's go to the highlights... Tonight, the funky organ trio Downstereo will be doing their regular weekly performance at Atomic Cowboy; Miss Jubilee will sing at Thaxton Speakeasy, and saxophonist Jim Stevens ...
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Wayne Shorter Celebrates 80th Birthday In Newport At Festival & Gala
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Carolyn McClair Public Relations
Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc. Continues Six-Decade Tradition Of Presenting Once-In-A-Lifetime Jazz Celebrations, This Year Featuring Wayne Shorter’s 80th Birthday Tribute NEWPORT, RI: Legendary tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter will celebrate his 80th birthday year at the annual Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc. fundraising benefit, which will be held at Rosecliff, one of Newport’s historic mansions, on Saturday, August 3, at 7:30 pm. Joining Shorter for this exciting occasion will be fellow Miles Davis alumnus, Herbie Hancock, and jazz’s rising star Esperanza Spalding. ...
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Harlem Jazz Shrines Fest: Cab Calloway Big Band At Alhambra Ballroom
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Carolyn McClair Public Relations
Jazzmobile, Inc. Presents Alhambra Revived Featuring the Cab Calloway Orchestra at The Alhambra Ballroom May 9, 8:00 pm at the Third Annual Harlem Jazz Shrines Festival Harlem Jazz Shrines Festival Takes over Uptown May 6 - 11 Harlem, USA – The third annual Harlem Jazz Shrines Festival, a multi-venue partnership between The Apollo Theater, Harlem Stage and Jazzmobile, Inc., resurrects the spirits and sounds of Harlem’s historic jazz venues with swinging live performances May 6 – 11. On Thursday, May ...
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Harlem Jazz Shrines Fest: Legends On The Bandstand with Heath/Hart/Mance/Sands
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Carolyn McClair Public Relations
Jazzmobile, Inc. Presents Minton’s Playhouse: Legends on the Bandstand at Harlem Jazz Shrines Festival May 6 and 8 Third Annual Festival, Presented by The Apollo Theater, Harlem Stage and Jazzmobile, Inc., Celebrates Historic Harlem Venues May 6 – 11, 2013 Harlem, USA – Jazz was born in New Orleans, but it grew up in Harlem in legendary venues like Small’s Paradise, The Savoy Ballroom, The Alhambra Ballroom, Clark Monroe’s Uptown House, the Cotton Club, The Baby Grand and Minton’s Playhouse. ...
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Versatile and exciting lineup Curacao North Sea Jazz Festival 2013 with Marc Anthony, Toto, Paul Anka, and more!
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All About Jazz
The lineup of the fourth Curaçao North Sea Jazz edition looks festive and very promising. We have just received confirmations of none other than Marc Anthony, Toto, Paul Anka, Pernell Saturnino and Friends featuring Miguel Zenón and for Brionplein Israel & New Breed. Marc Anthony has been on the Curaçao North Sea Jazz wish-list for quite some time. Last year, he participated in the Sergio George All Star Friends band that was composed especially for that occasion, this year he ...
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