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Jazz This Week: Bobby Broom and Deep Blue Organ Trio, Bonerama, Kirk Whalum, Spoke, Old Webster Jazz and Blues Festival, St. Louis Jazz Club Picnic and More

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
September 13, 2012

It's shaping up to be a busy weekend for live jazz and creative music in St. Louis, with several touring musicians and bands in town, plus some noteworthy free events that should appeal to those looking for some budget-friendly entertainment. Let's go to the highlights... On Thursday night, Chicago guitarist Bobby Broom, best known as a longtime sideman to saxophonist Sonny Rollins, and his Deep Blue Organ Trio will be in town for a one-nighter at Robbie's House of Jazz. ...

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Rhythm & Ribs Jazz And Blues Festival Artists Announced

Source: Artists Recording Collective + the ARC Record Label
September 11, 2012

Festival organizers and producers have officially announced the complete line up of artists who will be performing at the 2012 Rhythm & Ribs Jazz and Blues Festival in Kansas City on Saturday, October 13. Festival Artists Following is the complete listing of festival performers by venue. Individual performance times will be posted over the coming days for this engaging and diverse roster of talent for the festival. Please not that many of these artists have excellent content online that provides ...

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Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, Barbara Morrison & Her Trio Headline First Divine Jazz Cruise To Alaska June 2013 On Celebrity Solstice

Source: Jeff Rudin
September 5, 2012

For the first time in several decades, a jazz cruise is heading to Alaska. The Clayton- Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, the world-renowned jazz band will star on the seven-night Celebrity Solstice Cruise scheduled for June 21-28, 2013. The cruise leaves from Seattle Washington. The Clayton Hamilton Jazz Orchestra was started in 1986 and was a success from the start. The Orchestra was the house band at the Hollywood Bowl from 1999-2001 and has recorded with Gladys Knight, Diana Krall and John ...

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Jazz With Dominican Accents and Flavours In South Florida

Source: Jazz en Dominicana by Fernando Rodriguez
September 5, 2012

Jazz en Dominicana and Landestoy Enterprises inform that in the coming month of October, during the celebrations of Hispanic Heritage, will be presenting - in Miami - a completely new and exciting concept from the Dominican Republic: The South Florida Dominican Jazz Fest. This multicultural event will bring to Florida the best jazz being performed by musicians in the Dominican Republic and Dominicans living abroad. On Friday, October 19th, Miami will witness the Jazz proposals from the land that gave ...

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University City Announces Jazz Festival Line-up And Jazz Education Initiative Winners

Source: 319 Public Relations
August 30, 2012

ST. LOUIS, MO: The University City Jazz Festival announces a dynamic collection of local and nationally renowned jazz artists showcasing the best in contemporary, straight-ahead, and funky music on Saturday, September 22, 2012 from 12 noon - 8:30 p.m. in Heman Park. “In many ways, putting together this year’s line-up was enjoyable and easy, but it was a balancing act,” said producer and co-artistic director Michael Silverma. Spotlighting diverse talent from the St. Louis area is an important part of ...

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2012 Rhythm & Ribs Jazz And Blues Festival Line Up Set For October 13

Source: Artists Recording Collective + the ARC Record Label
August 30, 2012

Celebrating Kansas City’s rich tradition of Jazz and BBQ the 2012 Rhythm & Ribs Jazz & Blues Festival is scheduled to take place once again in the historic 18th and Vine Jazz District at the American Jazz Museum on Saturday, October 13. Headlining the 2012 festival are trumpet legend and Best Latin Jazz Album Grammy winner Arturo Sandoval, Grammy and WC Handy award winning blues artist Joe Louis Walker, New York saxophonist and festival artist in residence Claire Daly and ...

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Charlie Parker Jazz Festival at Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem

Source: Michael Ricci
August 27, 2012

There comes a moment during all the Charlie Parker Jazz Festivals I have seen in Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem when the crowd decides it is truly happy, and pockets of excitement form like chemical reactions onstage and in the audience. The crowd tends to be middle-aged or older — wise, skeptical, funny, good at staging an outburst. It happened this summer at around 5:30 on Saturday afternoon during a set by the singer Rene Marie. We’d seen Erimaj, a ...

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Belleville's Wine, Dine and Jazz Festival Announces Lineup

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
August 25, 2012

Belleville's Wine, Dine and Jazz Festival has announced the lineup of musicians for its 2012 event, which will be held Friday, October 19 and Saturday, October 20 in the square in downtown Belleville. On Friday, the festival will feature the Yard Dawgs Jazz Quartet, the Usual Suspects, and Musica Slesa. Saturday's roster includes guitarist Tom Byrne (pictured) and singer Ralph Butler in the Pat Metheny inspired ensemble Have You Heard?, along with singer Zena Bott-Goins, Milwaukee blues guitarist Alex Wilson, ...

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