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Red Records Jazz Groove on Vitaminic.it

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Savoy To Release 8 CD Charlie Parker Set

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Savoy To Release 8 CD Charlie Parker Set The Complete Savoy & Dial Studio Recordings (1944-48) Charlie Parker Jazz Festival Celebrates the Be Bop Innovator's Birthday

Savoy pays homage to the legacy of Charlie Parker with the release of the highly anticipated 8 CD boxed set, Charlie Parker: The Complete Savoy and Dial Studio Recordings (1944-48). Produced for reissue by the multi-Grammy award winning producer and annotator, Orrin Keepnews, the box contains all of the studio ...

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Dena DeRose Celebrates I Can See Clearly Now with Appearances and New York Times Feat. December 6, 2000

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Singer-Pianist Dena DeRose Celebrates I Can See Clearly Now with Appearances and New York Times Feature.

Sharp 9 Records recording artist Dena DeRose is pleased to announce that she will be profiled by Terry Teachout in the New York Times Arts and Leisure section, Sunday December 24th, 2000.

Dena will also be featured in the February issue of Down Beat magazine in its Players section.

To celebrate the release of her new Sharp 9 CD, I Can See Clearly Now, ...

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Bill Charlap Trio at Landmark, Port Washington NY, Jan 20

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The Bill Charlap Trio with Kenny Washington and Peter Washington will play the Jeanne Rimsky Theater at the Landmark on Main Street Community Center in Port Washington NY (on Long Island about 18 miles from Manhattan.) The concert is set for Saturday, January 20th at 8:00 PM.

Bill Charlap is a pianist whose name keeps coming up when musicians, critics and fans talk about keyboard greats known for a special way with a song -- Tommy Flanagan, Jimmy Rowles, Oscar ...

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THE GROOVE DIGGERS ANNOUNCE THE LAUNCH OF WWW.ZOOTSIMS.COM

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A Website Dedicated To Jazz Saxophone legend, John Haley “Zoot" Sims.

Las Vegas, NV - November 25, 2000 - The Groove Diggers, a jazz band who perform a tribute to the late, great saxophone legend, John Haley “Zoot" Sims, announce the creation of a website devoted to the musical heritage of Zoot and the Sims family.

An enormous collection of photographs, documents and recordings, inherited by L.P. Sims (nephew of Zoot), will be shared on the website, www.zootsims.com, for jazz ...

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Mosaic Presents.....Max Roach Plus Four... and Complete Vee Jay Lee Morgan-Wayne Shorter December 6, 2000

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Mosaic Records Presents Two Boxed Sets of Extraordinary Hard Bop -- The Complete Mercury Max Roach Plus Four Sessions and The Complete Vee Jay Lee Morgan-Wayne Shorter Sessions

Mosaic Records is proud to announce the release of two new boxed sets featuring three of the most provocative leaders of the hard bop movement. The Complete Mercury Max Roach Plus Four Sessions includes 7 CDs comprising 95 tracks representing Roach's entire output for Emarcy and ...

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News Release - Fontella Bass and the Voices of St. Louis

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December 6--Acclaimed gospel/soul singer Fontella Bass and her Voices of St. Louis group will release their debut album on Justin Time Records on March 27, 2001.

Travelin', a dynamic collection of 10 original tunes ranging from gospel to soul to jazz and blues, was recorded at the Four Seasons Media recording studio in her native St. Louis last September. The set was produced by Bass and Voices of St. Louis member Bahnamous Bowie.

Bass is the daughter of the great ...

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Trumpeter Ken Watters selected as Yamaha Performing Artist

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Jazz trumpeter and Summit recording artist Ken Watters has recently been selected to be a Yamaha Performing Artist. This entails performing, endorsing, and recording on Yamaha musical instruments. The Yamaha Corporation will promote & sponsor concerts and educational master classes by Ken throughout the United States and elsewhere. Other Yamaha artists include drummer Elvin Jones, trumpeters Tiger Okoshi, Randy Brecker, and Bobby Shew, saxophonists Bobby Watson, Dave Koz and Eric Marienthal, and trombonists J.J. Johnson, Robin Eubanks, and Harry Watters. ...

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