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Antibes Jazz Festival 2011 - Full Line Up Has Arrived - Book Today

Source: Travel Management Consulting LLC
March 10, 2011

Full Lineup has arrived:

Friday, July 15: Bitches Brew Beyond Herbie Hancock—Wayne Shorter—Marcus Miller: « Tribute To Miles » Produit Par Marcus Miller Sunday, July 17: James Hunter B.B. King Tuesday, July 19 Robert Randolph Carlos Santana Thursday, July 21 Raphael Saadiq Ben L?Oncle Soul & Imany Saturday, July 23 Harold Lopez Nussa Trio Manu Katche Project Sunday, July 24 Soirée Gospel: Craig Adams

Book today! You don't want to miss this fantastic festival. We hope to see you there! ...

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Serenity for Seniors: New Age Piano Lessons Help Boomers Relax

Source: Edward Weiss
March 10, 2011

Used to be if you were looking for piano lessons, you'd turn to your local Yellow Pages. And while a good chunk of the population still does that, many are now turning to the Internet for recreation and fun. The online course Piano Lessons by Quiescence Music by pianist/composer Edward Weiss does just that—it helps seniors find a way to relax and get creative at the same time. Something many in the 50 + crowd would like to do, but ...

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Jazz Bridge Presents Latin Jazz Artist Suzzette Ortiz at the Collingswood Community Center on April 7th

Source: Suzanne Cloud
March 10, 2011

Appearing at the Collingswood Community Center, 30 E. Collings Ave, in Collingswood, NJ, on April 7th, 2011 will be pianist Suzzette Ortiz with her band, featuring bassist Rob Hagopian, saxophonist Frank Machos, and drummer Francios Zayas. One Show: 7:30-9 p.m. Admission: $10/$5 for students. No advance sales. Free Refreshments! For info: 856-858-8914 Latin jazz artist Suzzette Ortiz, hailing from Bayamon, Puerto Rico, is a gifted pianist, singer, arranger and composer, who studied with the piano master teachers Jimmy Amadei and ...

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Riverwalk Jazz Salutes The International Sweethearts of Rhythm

Source: Don Mopsick
March 10, 2011

In honor of National Women's History Month, Riverwalk Jazz this week presents a salute to the International Sweethearts of Rhythm, the first racially-integrated “all-girl" jazz band in the country, featuring interviews with two surviving members of the band—trombonist Helen Jones Wood; and alto saxophonist Roz Cron. The radio series is carried nationally by Public Radio International and XM/Sirius satellite radio as well as streamed on-demand from the Riverwalk Jazz website. Named by Down Beat magazine as America's #1 All-Girl Orchestra ...

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Halie Loren Packs The House For Eight Concerts At The Cotton Club And Blue Note In Japan

Source: Kl Ma
March 10, 2011

Halie Loren, international award-winning jazz/pop singer-songwriter, has already had quite a year with more than nine months still left to go. With 2011 touring under way, she has just returned from a week's worth of packed-house shows in Japan, where she performed at the world-renowned Blue Note (Nagoya) and Cotton Club (Tokyo) jazz clubs. Loren's song interpretations drew enthusiastic responses from the many fans who attended one or more of her eight performances as she sang originals and standards in ...

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Improvisation Day at Kingston University, London

Source: Diana Salazar
March 10, 2011

The Improvised Space: Techniques, Traditions and Technologies A Research Day on Improvised Music Kingston University, London Wednesday 6th April 2011 10:30am-6:00pm, Concert 6:30pm The Department of Music at Kingston University presents a research day on improvised music, with special guests Evan Parker and Bennett Hogg. The programme includes presentations, demonstrations and workshops by researchers and practitioners in a range of fields, from jazz to free improvisation, acoustic performance to laptop music and live electronics, ...

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Acclaimed Jazz Violinist Zach Brock to Tour Canada and U.S. in Support of His New CD the "Magic Number" Wednesday, March 23rd - Saturday, April 16th

Source: Buzzword PR
March 10, 2011

New York, NY—Brooklyn-based jazz violinist and composer Zach Brock will perform a series of East Coast and Midwest concert dates from Wednesday, March 23rd—Saturday, April 16th. Heralded as “the great bright hope for jazz violin" by the Chicago Tribune and as “the new cat" that has “the stuff" by jazz legend Stanley Clarke, Zach is joined by bassist Matt Wigton and drummer Fred Kennedy as they debut songs from The Magic Number, the fifth CD of his brand of American ...

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Announcing the Winners of the "Donny McCaslin - Perpetual Motion" Giveaway

Source: All About Jazz
March 9, 2011

Jim Brugh, Janice Crespo, Greg Simmons, Geno Scalzo and Taron Keim, Congratulations! You're the lucky winners of the Greenleaf Music “Donny McCaslin—Perpetual Motion“ giveaway. Jim and Janice are the winners of the bundle pack, Gregory and Geno are the winners of the Perpetual Motion CD and Taron is the winner of the Perpetual Motion download. All About Jazz will contact you about claiming your prize. We'd like to thank everyone who participated in the contest and please visit Greenleaf Music ...

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