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"Chris Botti Live" Special on PBS March 2006
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All About Jazz
Contemporary jazz trumpeter and composer Chris Botti stars in his first PBS special, CHRIS BOTTI LIVE, airing on PBS as part of the March 2006 pledge drive - Tuesday, March 14, 9:00-10:30 p.m. ET (check local listings). An all-star line-up of guests joins him for this magical evening.
The concert special features Botti performing with seven guest vocalists: Sting, Jill Scott, Paula Cole, Burt Bacharach, Renee Olstead, Paul Buchanan and Gladys Knight. Botti and friends are backed by a 35-piece ...
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Legends of Jazz with Ramsey Lewis to Air on American Public Television April 2006
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All About Jazz
Jazz Returns to Weekly Network Television after 40 Years - Combining Intimate Conversations and Performances by the World's Leading Musicians
Tony Bennett, Chick Corea and Ray Barretto Taped Final Episode on January 12th Coinciding with IAJE Conference in NYC
LEGENDS OF JAZZ with Ramsey Lewis will air on American Public Television beginning this April, announced LRSmedia, the Chicago based independent music entertainment company.
The much anticipated series, the first weekly network jazz related show in 40 years, will feature intimate ...
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Media Alert: Les Paul on Extra Tonight 7PM
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All About Jazz
To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Press Contact: JIM EIGO, [email protected] TV Alert: Tune in to “Extra!" tonight (Wednesday) to see a segment recently taped with Les Paul. The show interviewed him at the Iridium Jazz Club in New York. In LA, “Extra!" airs on NBC (Channel 4) at 7pm. “Extra!" is nationally syndicated -- check local listings at www.extratv.com CATCH LES PAUL AND HIS TRIO EVERY MONDAY IRIDIUM JAZZ CLUB 1650 BROADWAY (Corner of 51st) NEW YORK, NY 10023 ...
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Legends of Jazz on Television
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All About Jazz
WTTW National Productions, Chicago, IL-- Multi-award-winning guitar maestros Pat Metheny and Jim Hall join GRAMMY Award-winning composer/pianist Ramsey Lewis on the set of the national weekly series for public television, Legends Of Jazz, for the taping of the episode titled “The Great Guitars." Hosted by Lewis, Legends Of Jazz is the first weekly series featuring live jazz performance and conversation to air on network television in over 40 years. Produced in multi-camera HDTV and Dolby Surround 5.1 audio, the full ...
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Charlie Brown's holiday staple humbly marks 40 years
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All About Jazz
Years before the VCR, the Schulz family had tapes of “A Charlie Brown Christmas." But that didn't mean the special's creator, the late Charles Schulz, didn't lament a missed opportunity to see it “live." “We did try to watch it when were home and sometimes we'd be out and he'd say 'Oh drat, it's on tonight," remembers Schulz' wife Jeannie. “For some reason, when you watch it on television at the time that it's broadcast, I think you have a ...
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You're a classic, Charlie Brown
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All About Jazz
A Charlie Brown Christmas is 40 years old already? Good grief! Like a package waiting to be opened, television viewers young and old know they can depend every year on a special holiday gift: a host of ageless shows celebrating the Christmas season. Parents, grandparents and grandchildren anticipate the arrival of the traditional family classics -- from “A Christmas Carol" to “Jack Frost." One of the most popular, about a “blockhead" and his friends, celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. ...
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