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The Jazz Community Calendar - Kansas City USA

Source: All About Jazz
September 19, 2005

The Jazz Community Calendar Monday, September 19 The Four Freshmen kick of the Jazz Ambassadors' Concert Series at the Downtown Marriott Hotel. UMKC features Jazz and Barbecue featuring Bobby Watson and the UMKC Jazz Concert Ensemble. The Blue Room jams with the Jazz Disciples. Jardine's features the Gig Dogs. The Majestic Steakhouse downtown features the Julie Turner Trio. And, at The Fairmont Hotel it's David Basse. Tuesday, September 20 Harlings' Upstairs features the Kansas City Boulevard Big Band. Jardine's features ...

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Katrina's aftermath: The jazz city's music still speaks to our nation's soul

Source: All About Jazz
September 18, 2005

Friday, September 16, 2005 By MATT SCHUDEL THE WASHINGTON POST The last time I was in New Orleans, I watched a funeral parade march by. About 30 musicians, serious of purpose but hardly solemn, walked down the street playing a joyous old tune to honor the newly dead, a “second line" of stragglers and celebrants trailing behind. I never thought it might be an early wake for the aging grande dame of a city herself. With ...

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ReNew Orleans T-Shirt For The New Orleans Musicians Hurricane Relief Fund

Source: All About Jazz
September 16, 2005

ReNew Orleans was created by Ropeadope, a Brooklyn based record label and apparel company that is releasing two records this fall as a joint venture with preservation hall recordings surrounding the music of new of sister gertrude morgan--one of New Orleans sacred treasures. Preservation Hall, located in the French Quarter, was created as a sanctuary in 1961 to protect and honor New Orleans Jazz music and culture. Allan and Sandra Jaffe, the Hall's founders, wanted a place where New Orleans ...

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Michael Brecker Update

Source: All About Jazz
September 15, 2005

My beloved brother, 11-time Grammy Award winning jazz saxophonist MICHAEL BRECKER, has recently been diagnosed with Myelo-Dysplastic Syndrome (MDS), a pre-leukemic bone marrow disorder. A stem cell transplant could save his life. The initial search for a donor that included me, our older brother Randy, and Michael’s two children did not result in a match. Michael’s doctors have told us that the best way of finding a match for him is to increase the donor registry numbers with people of ...

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Twins Jazz Marathon Fundraiser a Success

Source: All About Jazz
September 14, 2005

Twins Jazz would like to personally thank the Washington DC JAZZ Community for supporting the JAZZ MARATHON FUNDRAISER for the Victims of Hurricae Katrina. Many area musicians from the nation's capital went above and beyond the call of duty to assist in making this event a success. Beautiful jazz music was played 12 hours non stop. Ten hours of this event was recorded live on video. At the door were two 5 gallon water bottles. Jazz listeners who attended the ...

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Don Joham One Of The Jazz Worlds Greatest Artists

Source: All About Jazz
September 12, 2005

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'ASR Records artist donates CD sales to Red Cross

Source: All About Jazz
September 12, 2005

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kansas City USA -- 'ASR Records recording artist, Chris Burnett has elected to have all proceeds from online purchases of his debut CD, “Time Flies", go to the American Red Cross for Hurricane Katrina Relief efforts until further notice. “It is a small way of giving something tangible in return to anyone who donates to this important effort. Donors are getting a CD as a thank-you for giving when they order online through ...

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Employment and Relocation Aid for Musicians Displaced by Katrina

Source: All About Jazz
September 11, 2005

Houston - The NOAHLeans mission: • to find employment for musicians from the stricken area • to assist them and their families in relocation We are musicians helping musicians. Most musicians in the stricken area left their homes in the wake of Hurricane Katrina with little or nothing. Finding work as a musician is never easy, but in a new community it can take months or years to become established enough to earn a living. We are about finding immediate ...

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