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Performance / Tour

The Band of Bones at the Zinc Bar on August 24th

Source: David Chamberlain
August 6, 2011

The Band of Bones, led by Dave Chamberlain, returns by popular demand to the Zinc Bar in Greenwich Village. The date is Wednesday August 24th at 7 PM (one set only.) They'll be playing tunes from their new self-titled CD, as well as some new material. The band has recently added vocalist Kat Gang to their ranks, and they're looking forward to a return to Zinc. Here's a list of the personnel: Dave Chamberlain, leader, trombone, flute Tenor trombones: Bruce ...

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Festival

Monty Alexander Jazz Festival Lights Up Labor Day Weekend

Source: The Phillips Agency
August 5, 2011

Easton, Maryland—On Labor Day Weekend 2011 the second annual Monty Alexander Jazz Festival brings legendary jazz pianist Monty Alexander to the historic Avalon Theatre in Easton. The two-day event offers performances by both seasoned and fast rising stars of national and international acclaim. The town provides a picturesque and tranquil background for the jazz festival. Townies and tourists can stroll streets lined with art galleries and museums, antique shops, restaurants, and historic inns. Concerts take place at the Avalon Theatre, ...

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Festival

Tanglewood Jazz Festival 2011

Source: BSO Press
August 5, 2011

2011 Tanglewood Labor Day Weekend Jazz Festival, September 2-4 Judy Carmichael's Jazz Inspired with actress Blythe Danner and special guests from the worlds of Jazz, Broadway, and Hollywood to take place September 3 at 2pm Angelique Kidjo, Dianne Reeves, and Lizz Wright Featured in Sing the Truth with all-star band Geri Allen, Terri Lyne Carrington, James Genus, Munyungo Jackson, and Romero Lubambo on September 4 at 8pm A Latin Jazz Tribute to Cachao with Federico Britos Sextet and John Santos ...

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Performance / Tour

Laff House Comedy Club brings Derrick Gardner to Philadelphia

Source: LaToya English
August 5, 2011

International jazz trumpeter Derrick Gardner & The Jazz Prophets to perform Sunday, August 14 at 7 p.m. at Laff House Comedy Club located at 221 South St. Laff House Comedy Club features live jazz on the first Sunday of every month in the Jazz on South Street series. Derrick Gardner & The Jazz Prophets will be performing on the second Sunday of August as a special feature. “The Jazz on South series is a way to bring local, regional and ...

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Performance / Tour

Vieux Farka Toure Returns for US Summer Tour: 16+ Dates

Source: Press Junkie PR
August 5, 2011

Vieux Farka Touré will be returning to the US for a Summer Tour not to be missed. His third studio album, The Secret, continues to receive rave reviews from Rolling Stone to NPR Music. His live shows have been paired down to a “power trio" consisting of Vieux on vocals/guitar, Mamadou Sidibe on bass, and drummer/multi-percussionist Tim Keiper rounding out the lineup. The live show has turned heads from The Los Angeles Times stating, ..."this is a musician who, in ...

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Radio

Louis Armstrong's Official Birthday on Riverwalk Jazz

Source: Don Mopsick
August 4, 2011

This week on Riverwalk Jazz, Broadway's Vernel Bagneris reads excerpts from Hentoff and Shapiro's Hear Me Talkin' To Ya and joins Jim Cullum and the Band on Louis Armstrong classics like “I Can't Give You Anything But Love" and “Swing That Music" and a lesser-known number, “Too Busy." The Jim Cullum Jazz Band performs seldom-heard classics from the Armstrong repertoire, among them “Jazz Lips," “Tears" and “Song of the Islands." The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio ...

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Education

Jazz Arts Group's Youth Jazz Programs Announce Exciting Personnel Changes

Source: Michael Ricci
August 4, 2011

The Jazz Arts Group of Columbus (JAG) announces exciting personnel changes in its Jazz Academy Youth Jazz programs. Todd A. Stoll, founder and artistic director for Jazz Arts Group's Youth Jazz programs has announced his acceptance of the position of Director of Education for Jazz at Lincoln Center, NYC. JAG congratulates Stoll on this exciting opportunity and has been working directly with Stoll to identify faculty for its Youth Jazz program, which consists of three ensembles: The Columbus Youth Jazz ...

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Festival

Newport Jazz Festival Saxophone Summit!

Source: Carolyn McClair Public Relations
August 4, 2011

NEWPORT, RI—Jazz is the ultimate music of collaboration—or, as they say in today's younger generation, “collab." For six decades, George Wein's Newport Jazz Festival® —now presented by Natixis Global Asset Management—has been the scene of many exciting and historic mash-ups featuring saxophonists. This year's edition of the festival exhibits an unprecedented array of sax masters old and new. Tenor saxophonist Ravi Coltrane could have done it the easy way; he could have cashed in on being the son of John ...

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