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Event

Clark Terry Fundraising Event Set For April

Source: Groove Notes
March 19, 2012

There is never a shortage of jazz fundraisers going on, but this one is for one of the best in the business. Clark Terry is now home, but ended up having to have both legs removed during his time in the hospital. You can read up on his condition here, and leave him a note here. The press release about the event is below. Gwen Terry, The Duke Ellington Society, International Women in Jazz, Jazz Foundation of America and Saint ...

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Festival

13th Annual Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival

Source: Bob Myers
March 19, 2012

13th Annual Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival-Jazz: A Music of the Spirit, March 30 until April 30, 2012 presented by the Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium. This music series is New York City's longest continuously running grassroots festival dedicated to jazz. More than 500 artists will be performing in 40 events at venues from Coney Island to Williamsburg in Brooklyn. For information contact CBJC at 718.773.2252 or [email protected]. Brooklyn jazz has a rich past and its legacy is celebrated every April, nationally ...

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Performance / Tour

Li'l Ed & the Blues Imperials to Perform in Philadelphia

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
March 19, 2012

Alligator recording artists Lil' Ed and the Blues Imperials will perform at Warmdaddy's in Philadelphia on Friday, April 13 and Saturday, April 14, 2012. They will be playing songs from their most recent CD, Full Tilt. Chicago slide guitar master Lil' Ed Williams and his blistering, road-tested band, The Blues Imperials—guitarist Mike Garrett, bassist James Pookie" Young and drummer Kelly Littleton—are celebrating over 20 years together. Full Tilt is simply the rawest, truest, most electrifying blues being made today. The ...

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Performance / Tour

Diana Krall Announces "Summer Nights," Biggest US Tour Since 2009

Source: Universal Music Enterprises
March 19, 2012

Diana Krall, the multi-platinum, GRAMMY®-winning musician with an unprecedented nine #1 Billboard Jazz chart debuts, will begin her biggest year of touring since 2009 on March 22. After multiple appearances during GRAMMY® week in Los Angeles, Krall is announcing nearly 20 additional dates on her 40-city, 2012 “SUMMER NIGHTS" tour, taking place across the U.S. this spring and summer. Krall will be joined on tour by Anthony Wilson (guitar), Robert Hurst (bass), and Karriem Riggins (drums). Since her GRAMMY®-winning tenth ...

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Festival

The Chicken Raid 2012 Music Festival

Source: 9th Floor Music
March 19, 2012

The Chicken Raid is an annual music festival held at the NORTHSIDE TAVERN to honor the late beloved Atlanta bluesman Mr. Frank Edwards (1909-2002). This year the festival will be held on Saturday March 24 and Sunday March 25. The Chicken Raid offers a range of local, regional, and national talents. Proceeds from this year's festival will be shared between the Edwards' estate and Carlos Capote's medical costs. Capote, front man for Atlanta blues band Breeze Kings recently underwent a ...

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Recording

Nightwish's Uilleann Pipes Virtuoso Troy Donockley Releases New Compilation CD "Messages"

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
March 19, 2012

London, UK—Troy Donockley has built up a formidable reputation as both a composer/arranger and as a multi-instrumental musician/performer. He is a leading virtuoso of the Uilleann Pipes (and the Low Whistle) and has performed and is known all over the world. His music, which has been described as “A peculiar brand of epic classical-folk-progressive fusion," can be heard in TV, media and movies (such as 'Robin Hood' and 'Ironclad') and through various commissions. Troy co-founded the BBC Award Nominated band ...

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Video / DVD

Nostalgic Look at the Rock & Roll Teen Scene of the 1960s in "Teen A Go Go"

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
March 19, 2012

The 1960s undoubtedly ushered in the birth of 'Rock-N-Roll' in America, largely in part to the influence of The Beatles.The British invasion took over the United States like a wildfire after The Beatles premiered on The Ed Sullivan Show. The next morning, garage bands across the country woke up with “Beatle fever" and began growing long hair. From that moment on America's youth had a new obsession for this groovy music and thus the “teen scene" was born. This phenomenon ...

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Performance / Tour

Jammin' at the Gem Concert Series features Double Bill - Geri Allen Trio and Tierney Sutton Band on Saturday, March 24, 2012

Source: Artists Recording Collective + the ARC Record Label
March 19, 2012

The next installment in the prestigious Jammin' at the Gem concert series bring emphasis to Women's History Month by celebrating “Women In Jazz" with a double bill of master musicians, Geri Allen and Tierney Sutton. Geri Allen is an internationally known composer and pianist. Since 1982, she has recorded, performed or collaborated with artists as diverse as Ravi Coltrane, Dianne Reeves, Liz Wright, and Simone, in a celebration of the life and music of Nina Simone, Donald Walden, Farah Jasmine ...

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