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Jazz Bridge presents Miller Time special Jazz Appreciation Month celebration @ the Collingswood Community Center Thurs. April 5th!
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Jim Miller
Appearing at the Collingswood Community Center, 30 E. Collings Ave. in Collingswood, NJ (08108) on Thursday, April 5th will be a special edition of Miller Time to celebrate Jazz Appreciation Month, featuring saxophonist Mike Pracher, guitarist Brian Betz, organist Chris Simonini and drummer Jim Miller. One Show: 7:30-9 p.m. Admission: $10/$5 for students. No advance sales. Free Refreshments! For further info, please call 856-858-8914. Jazz Bridge, a 501C3 nonprofit that assists our local jazz and blues musicians in crisis, is ...
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Jazz Bridge presents Rob Swanson & Terra Soul Project @ Cheltenham Center for the Arts on Wednesday, April 4th!
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Jim Miller
Appearing at the Cheltenham Center for the Arts, 439 Ashbourne Rd, Cheltenham PA (19012) on Wednesday, April 4th 2012 to celebrate National Jazz Appreciation Month will be bassist Rob Swanson and The Terra Soul Project. One show: 7:30-9PM. Tickets: $10/$5 for students. No advance sales. Free Refreshments! For info: 215-517-8337. Free parking onsite. This Jazz Bridge Neighborhood Concert Series is sponsored by Jazz Bridge, a 501C3 nonprofit that assists local jazz and blues musicians in crisis. The Cheltenham Neighborhood Concert ...
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Jazz Bridge presents trumpeter Josh Lawrence in Society Hill on Thursday, April 19th!
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Jim Miller
Appearing at Jazz at the Playhouse to celebrate National Jazz Appreciation Month will be trumpeter Josh Lawrence and his band at the Society Hill Playhouse, 507 S. 8th Street in Philadelphia (19147) on April 19th. One Show: 7:30-9 p.m. Admission: $10/$5 for students. No advance sales. For info: 215-517-8337 or 856-858-8914. Parking is right across the street. Jazz Bridge, a 501C3 nonprofit that assists our local jazz and blues musicians in crisis, is sponsoring this concert. Josh Lawrence is an ...
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Sharon Sable with E. Shawn Qaissaunee in Kennett Square on Wed. April 4th!
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Jim Miller
Appearing on Wednesday, April 4th at the Kennett Flash, 102 Sycamore Alley, Kennett Square, PA (19348) to celebrate National Jazz Appreciation Month will be singer Sharon Sable with the E. Shawn Qaissaunee Quartet. Showtime: 7:30 pm. One show. Tickets: $10/$5 students. No advance sales. For info: Call 484-732-8295. Sharon Sable is “drawing crowds and sending them home happy" says the Somers Point Jazz Society. Already a veteran of the music business, Sable has recorded with Babyface, Boyz II Men, Pink ...
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Jerry Topinka Quartet in Media, PA on Wednesday, April 18th!
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Jim Miller
Appearing at Jazz in Media! for National Jazz Appreciation Month at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 145 W. Rose Tree Road in Media, PA (19063) on Wednesday April 18th will be guitarist Jerry Topinka and his quartet. One Show: 7:30-9 p.m. $10/$5 students. No advance sales. For info: 610-745-3011. Free refreshments and free on-site parking. Jazz Bridge, a 501C3 public charity that helps our local jazz and blues musicians in crisis, is sponsoring this event. Jerry Topinka's last CD Summer Nights ...
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Do You Know Valaida Snow and Blanche Calloway? Amanda King Presents
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Amanda King
SFJAZZ DISCOVER JAZZ PRESENTS AMANDA KING'S “FORGOTTEN WOMEN, LOST SONGS" at Jazz Heritage Center, Tuesday March 20th at 7:00pm SAN FRANCISCO, CA: March is Women's History month and as part of the SFJazz's Discover Jazz Part II series, jazz chanteuse and popular song historian Amanda King will lead a performance-lecture focused on the vibrant lives and music of two female musical pioneers—Valaida Snow and Blanche Calloway. These two women were early 20th century powerhouses who broke barriers and challenged the ...
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Delmark New Jazz and Blues Releases for Spring!
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Kevin Johnson
New Delmark Jazz Releases: March 2012 Jeff Parker Bright Light In Winter Delmark DE 2015 BRIGHT LIGHT IN WINTER is the long-awaited third album by Chicago guitarist Jeff Parker. With his associates Chris Lopes (bass) and Chad Taylor (drums), this trio continues their examination of our post-modern musical universe via tuneful compositions by all three members, and an elastic, dynamic approach to improvisation and group interplay—rooted in our familiar musical traditions, but also searching for the ...
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Beatty's "Jazz: Rockabilly" in Free Online Magazine
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Scott Beatty
1957 jazz pianist Dean Fontessa experiences his first rockabilly dance in Gary Scott Beatty's Jazz: Rockabilly fiction, featured in the free online magazine MuskegonOnline.NET this month only. The story, in Beatty's modernist retro style, explores Dean's take on the scene from his viewpoint as a cool jazz musician. “We all know rockabilly will lead to rock 'n' roll, but Dean has a hard time understanding this 'sad sound,'" Beatty explained. “His doghouse friend tries to talk him through it, but ...
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