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Performance / Tour

Newport Beach (CA) Summer Jazz Series Begins July 6

Source: Larry Taylor
June 14, 2011

Sunset Jazz at Newport, featuring straight ahead jazz from top jazz performers, begins July 6 and will continue for 11 summer Wednesday nights at the Newport Beach Marriott Hotel in Southern California. The concerts take place at the outside Rose Garden, with patrons sitting comfortably at tables. There will be two sets, 6 and 7:30. Both one-hour sets are included in the ticket price. Food and beverages will be available. The schedule is as follows: July 6: Ernie Andrews Quartet ...

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Performance / Tour

Time for Three Joins North Carolina Symphony to Close Summerfest with a Bang; Concert and Fireworks, July 16

Source: Arthur Ryel-Lindsey
June 14, 2011

CARY, N.C.—They're back! The North Carolina Symphony welcomes self-described “classically trained garage band" Time for Three to the Triangle to close out the 2011 edition of the Rex Healthcare Summerfest Series. The concert takes place at Koka Booth Amphitheatre on Saturday, July 16, at 7:30 p.m. Children 12 and under are free. Led by Resident Conductor William Henry Curry, the performance showcases the category-shattering trio's unique blend of jazz, blues, country and bluegrass, including the group's original takes on favorites ...

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Recording

Dancing With The Stars Singer Carmen Carter Shines On Her Solo CD "Can I Be With You Tonight?"

Source: Creativity in Music
June 14, 2011

Sensual ballads and infectious dance grooves highlight this incredible singer's release! Many of you know Carmen Carter as the singer who wears the dazzling headpieces on the Emmy nominated hit TV show, Dancing With The Stars! Or by the dynamic vocal performances that Carter has delivered while accompanying Dancing With The Stars celebrity dancers Hines Ward, Kirstie Alley, Wendy Williams, Emmit Smith, Brooke Burke, and many more! Whatever the case, Carter has provided mesmerizing vocals for the hit shows 30 ...

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Contest

Announcing the Winners of the "John Taylor - Requiem for a Dreamer" Giveaway

Source: All About Jazz
June 13, 2011

Recording

Mike Montrey Band Releases Live Studio Album "Weaving The Basket"

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
June 13, 2011

A stifling, infectious infirmity is running rampant under pop culture's slate gray clouds. A society—and modern music industry—that pretends to nurture the creative spirit actually forces an ideal: that to produce products and sell the results is the only acceptable form of creative exchange. For its upcoming double album, Mike Montrey Band (The MMB) reach back to an older literary classic for the inspiration to burst through the veil of robotic capitalism and its stranglehold on recording, and let music ...

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Education

New Orleans Traditional Jazz Camp lets music lovers learn new techniques, have a blast

Source: Michael Ricci
June 13, 2011

All day, as computer consultant Dean Booth deals with manufacturers, he looks forward to heading down to his basement in Hudson, Mass., to practice his tuba. His wife watches TV in the room above, knowing he's there because she sometimes feels the floor vibrate, he said. “This is my escape from manufacturing companies," said Booth, 55, as he wiped down his sousaphone on Tuesday after an afternoon rehearsal, part of this week's New Orleans Traditional Jazz Camp. The camp, in ...

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Festival

Peter Brotzmann Honored With Lifetime Achievment Award at Vision Festival

Source: All About Jazz @ Spinner
June 13, 2011

German reedist Peter Brotzmann got his start in the '60s, quickly making a name for himself in the European free jazz and avant-garde music scene. Thanks to classic albums like 'Machine Gun,' Brotzmann is best known for conjuring a tone on his tenor sax that is not unlike an ill-tempered V8 engine with straight pipes. But that isn't the whole story. Yes, the hard-blowing Albert Ayler is an influence on Brotzmann, but some of my favorite moments have come from ...

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Performance / Tour

Jerry Costanso, Jazz Vocalist/Recording Artist, Live At Lincoln Center’s "Miid Summer Night Swing" Series

Source: Carol Green, Redwood Entertainment
June 13, 2011

New York, NY—In support of his new CD release from Daywood Drive Records, Can't We Be Friend's?, Jerry Costanzo will be returning to Lincoln Center's 'Mid Summer Night Swing' series in Damrosch Park at Lincoln Center on Wednesday, June 29, 2011, from 7:30 to 9:30 PM. Once again Jerry Costanzo will be returning to Lincoln Center for the ever popular 'Mid Summer Night Swing' series as a featured vocalist with the Swingtime Big Band, directed by Steve Shaiman. This 20-piece ...

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