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News from Red Cat Publicity

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
June 16, 2007

UPCOMING SHOWS! Thursday, June 14 @ 6:00 PM, FREE (JVC Jazz Fest date!) - Roni Ben-Hur Live at Macy's Herald Square with Jeremy Pelt (trumpet), Santi Debriano (bass) and Steve Williams (drums) Friday, June 15 @ 7:00 PM - The Tribeca PAC's Lost Jazz Shrines Series celebrates Tine Palace with a tribute to the king of vocalese, Eddie Jefferson, featuring Giacomo Gates and George V. Johnson Jr. Saturday, June 16: Bassist/composer Avishai Cohen at The Rochester Jazz Festival, Montage. Tuesday, ...

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CD Mastering by Kurt Lundvall

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
June 15, 2007

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New Jazz Gunn Forming

Source: All About Jazz
June 13, 2007

Guitarist Willie Oteri is reforming the group Jazz Gunn with experimental harmonica player Chris Michalek and bassist Skinny Bishop. Pickup drummers and other players will be used for road gigs until more permanent members are found. A series of regular small club gigs will be used to hone the sound, which will be not unlike the Jazz Gunn sound found on the recording Concepts of MateMaToot but will incorporate a more exploratory, improvisational approach like that of Willie's Spiral Out ...

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Patrice Ferris Graces the Cover of Volume V of the World Who's Who in Jazz, Cabaret, Music and Entertainment

Source: All About Jazz
June 12, 2007

PATRICE FERRIS GRACES THE COVER OF VOLUME V OF THE WORLD WHO'S WHO IN JAZZ, CABARET, MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT New York-New York. The Federation of American Musicians, Singers and Performing Artists (FAMSPA), officially announced this week in New York City that Ms. Patrice Ferris, lead vocalist of the Washington-based Satin Doll Trio has been selected to grace the front cover of “BEST MUSICIANS, SINGERS, ALBUMS AND ENTERTAINMENT PERSONALITIES OF THE 19th, 20th AND 21st CENTURIES" (Volume V of the World ...

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Blue Note Records Signs Guitarist Lionel Loueke

Source: All About Jazz
June 11, 2007

Loueke To Be The Opening Performer At Blue Note Records' Somethin' Else Jazz Club At The 2007 Bonnaroo Music And Arts Festival Blue Note Records proudly announces the signing of guitarist Lionel Loueke, one of the brightest and most original young stars in Jazz today. Loueke will enter the studio in September to record his major label debut, which will be released in early 2008. On June 14, Loueke will be the opening performer at Blue Note Records' Somethin' Else ...

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Director of Education at International Association for Jazz Education Hired as New Executive Director for American Jazz Museum

Source: All About Jazz
June 8, 2007

Kansas City, MO. (June 8, 2007) - The American Jazz Museum is pleased to announce the appointment of its new executive director, Gregory A. Carroll, outgoing Director of Education for the International Association for Jazz Education. Carroll, who has been responsible for directing IAJE education and outreach programs worldwide, will assume the role on July 1, 2007. “On behalf of the Board and staff of the American Jazz Museum, we're extremely excited and confident in Mr. ...

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Circuit Productions' Begins Performances of "Rhythm Journeys: Masters of Jazz and World Music"

Source: All About Jazz
June 7, 2007

Circuit Productions' Begins Performances of “Rhythm Journeys: Masters of Jazz and World Music" with a grant from NYS Music Fund

10 free concerts to take place in NYC and NYS beginning Spring-Summer 2007 Legendary Harlem Blues and Jazz Band, featuring composer/pianist John Miller to perform at the Harlem Meer Performance series in Central Park

Brooklyn, New York - Circuit Productions, Inc., the recipient of NYS Music Fund grant ("The Fund"), announced this month that it has begun performances of RHYTHM ...

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YMCA Recording Project Building Steam

Source: All About Jazz
June 1, 2007

(Rome, NY) Nearly a year ago, the YMCA of the Greater Tri-Valley, Inc. engaged in an Artist Concert and Educational Series, as part of its YMCA Center For the Creative Arts Department, modeled after the famed New Orleans Center For the Creative Arts (NOCCA). Due in part to a grant from the New York State Music Fund, the YMCA was able to secure funding for a recording project which would expose the Y program nationally and raise funds for scholarships ...

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