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Radio

Fiery, New Latin Jazz Band Debuts On WLRN's South Florida Arts Beat

Source: Ed Bell
September 7, 2011

Please join our audience for another great musical performance on WLRN's South Florida Arts Beat Friday, September 9th, 2011 1:00pm Eastern Featuring WORLD MUSIC 5 Formed in 2002, Negroni's Trio, led by pianist Jose with his son, Nomar, on drums (who studied at the Berklee College of Music) has burned a path to the top of the national Latin Jazz scene. Their second release, “Piano/Drums/Bass," was nominated for a Latin Jazz Grammy in 2005. ...

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TV / Film

Wynton Marsalis & Eric Clapton Play the Blues; In Theaters Sept 7; CD+DVD Sept 13

Source: 1888 Media
September 7, 2011

New York City's premier jazz venue got the blues last April when Wynton Marsalis and Eric Clapton performed together in Rose Theater at Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center for two sold-out shows dedicated to vintage blues. The extraordinary collaboration, billed as Wynton Marsalis & Eric Clapton Play the Blues, paired these musical virtuosos with members of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra as they brought to life a repertoire of songs selected by Clapton and ...

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Performance / Tour

Henry Grimes - Four Days in Chicago

Source: Karl E. H. Seigfried
September 7, 2011

Karl performed (bass) with Henry Grimes (bass and violin) for four concerts during the Chicago Jazz Festival. Here are details from Neil Tesser's Preview: One event constitutes a miniature festival in its own right, as the resurrected New York bassist Henry Grimes returns to Chicago for a slew of performances. It's no surprise to find Grimes in town during the Festival: he spent the last several Labor Day weekends appearing in multiple contexts at the much-missed Velvet Lounge, the historic ...

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Performance / Tour

Todd Clouser's A Love Electric Touring Spain - Midwest through September

Source: Calabro Music
September 7, 2011

Ropeadope Records Artist, guitarist Todd Clouser continues touring behind his new release, the quintet's self titled debut, which the Philadelphia Inquirer recently called “A gem of an album, Clouser spices the All- American vibe of Bill Frisell with some Jimi Hendrix Fire, 3.5/4." The exhilarating modern jazz based quartet, with its roots in electric era Miles Davis, 70's rock and the strength of song, is touring throughout Spain for the first half of September before returning to its midwestern roots ...

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Performance / Tour

Jazz Composer Marc Hoffman To Premiere New Work On September 10th

Source: Marble Arch PR
September 7, 2011

WEST JEFFERSON, NC—Composer/pianist Marc Hoffman will perform on the the Ashe County Arts Council's “Tickling The Ivories" concert of piano music in the Ashe County Civic Center in West Jefferson, this Saturday, September 10, beginning at 7.30 PM. Hoffman will perform several original jazz pieces and will premiere a new piece from his soon- to-be-released CD, Late September. For the “Tickling The Ivories" concert, Hoffman will perform an improvised take on his own composition. Marc Hoffman is well known throughout ...

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Event

Wynton Marsalis And Eric Clapton Play The Blues Erupts Onto The Big Screen Featuring Sold-Out Performance From Jazz At Lincoln Center

Source: 1888 Media
September 7, 2011

One-Night Concert In-Theater Event Presented by NCM Fathom and Reprise Records in Nearly 550 Select Theaters Nationwide on September 7 Centennial, CO—Grammy Award® winning artists Wynton Marsalis and Eric Clapton will offer fans a spellbinding evening of blues and jazz in Wynton Marsalis and Eric Clapton Play the Blues, a one-night in-theater concert event broadcast to nearly 550 movie theaters nationwide on Wednesday, September 7, at 7:30 p.m. local time. The concert also includes a special appearance by blues musician ...

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TV / Film

Guitarist Roman Miroshnichenko plays iPad

Source: Roman Miroshnichenko
September 7, 2011

Festival

12th Anniversary "Save Our Music" Vacaville Jazz Festival Vacaville, CA

Source: Keith Stout's Alive Music Orchestra
September 6, 2011

September 16th thru September 18th, Friday thru Sunday (Free Admission) 12th Annual “Save Our Music" Vacaville Jazz Festival held Downtown & Nut Tree at 4 venues. The Vaca Jazz Society (VJS) is a non-profit which supports local school music programs through the “Save Our Music" free camps & clinics, demonstration concerts, and the pursuit of safe quality family entertainment in the community. VJS will celebrate their 12th Anniversary from September 16th thru September 18th. “This is Vacaville's original Performing Arts ...

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