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Beegie Adair makes rare NYC appearance at Birdland with vocalist Monica Ramey, January 13, 6PM

Source: Maxx Myrick
January 13, 2011

Monica Ramey makes NYC debut at Birdland with special guest Beegie Adair Monica Ramey's CD “Make Someone Happy," is receiving nationwide airplay on jazz radio, including Music Choice and DMX. She makes her New York City debut, January 13, 2011, at Birdland with special guest the legendary Beegie Adair, a 2010 Billboard Japan Jazz Artist of the Year, who Michael Feinstein calls “a marvelously understated player whose interpretations of standards are just brilliant," jazz great Helen Merrill  salutes her “inventive jazz sense, her wonderful ...

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Jazz pianist Roy Meriwether covers Prince classic on reissued CD

Source: Lauren Rogers
January 13, 2011

When it was released in 1984, Prince's landmark Purple Rain album began to influence generations of artists from multiple genres. One of those was pianist Roy Meriwether. Meriwether was so taken by one track in particular, “The Beautiful Ones," that he decided to cover it. But Meriwether did more than simply remake it; he molded the song's then-groundbreaking mélange of synth-pop and R&B to his own style, giving it a jazzy elegance and a breathtaking piano jam that matched Prince's ...

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Visionary Japanese Instrumentalist Keiko Matsui To Release Her Twenty-Second Album On January 25 Via Shanachie Entertainment

Source: 1888 Media
January 13, 2011

With over a million and a half albums sold and sold out concerts around the globe, keyboardist Keiko Matsui is a citizen of the world and one of the brightest stars in instrumental music. On January 25th, Shanachie Entertainment will release The Road..., Keiko Matsui's first new recording in four years and a follow-up to her acclaimed 2007 South African inspired Moyo. This new self-produced opus (and 22nd album released in the U.S.) exhibits Matsui's profound affinity for melody while ...

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SNEAK PREVIEW: "The Abyss - Radio Edit" New Single by Mwalim

Source: Mwalim DaPhunkee Professor
January 13, 2011

BOSTON—Billed as a “Sneaky Leaky Preview" by Daphunkeeprofessor himself, a radio edit teaser of “The Abyss" from Mwalim's forthcoming CD of the same title, a Deep Soulful House project interlaced with Mwalim's signature jazzy-funk (or funky-jazz) piano and vocal interplays. “The Abyss" on Soundcloud.com Mwalim's love of classic house music of the Paradise Garage and Shelter hey-days in New York City is eminently clear in this new project. To Get Your Copy of the sneak preview single, just click HERE ...

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Earl Klugh's Weekend of Jazz Returns to The Broadmoor for an Eighth Season

Source: Audrey Birnbaum
January 12, 2011

Colorado Springs, Colo.—GRAMMY® award-winning guitarist EARL KLUGH invites jazz and music enthusiasts to experience a unique, luxurious getaway weekend for the Eighth Annual Weekend of Jazz, April 7-9, 2011. Join 2-time GRAMMY® winning vocalist PEABO BRYSON, 6-time GRAMMY® winning saxophonist DAVID SANBORN, multi-instrumentalist BRIAN CULBERTSON, vocalist NNENNA FREELON, and Weekend of Jazz artist and producer EARL KLUGH. TWO NIGHT PACKAGE INCLUDES:

Standard Accommodations for Friday and Saturday nights Tickets to Friday and Saturday night performances Admission to late-night shows in ...

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Apollo/Harlem Stage/Jazzmobile Present NY's Newest Festival: Harlem Jazz Shrines

Source: Carolyn McClair Public Relations
January 12, 2011

The Apollo Theater, Harlem Stage and Jazzmobile Join Forces to Celebrate Unique Legacy of Music in Harlem First Ever Harlem Jazz Shrines Festival Set for May 9-15, 2011 Events Include Concerts by Emerging and Established Artists, Panel Discussions, Films, and More NEW YORK, NY—Three esteemed Harlem cultural organizations—the Apollo Theater, Harlem Stage and Jazzmobile—have joined forces to present the first Harlem Jazz Shrines Festival May 9㬋, 2011. Celebrating the unique legacy of jazz in the uptown community, the Festival will ...

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Thoughts on Charles Fambrough's Funeral

Source: Suzanne Cloud
January 12, 2011

The secret is out now. Like St. Peter's in New York City, the Lutheran Church of the Holy Communion at 2110 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia is fast becoming this city's “jazz church" with a potent jazz ministry. Drummer Ed Dennis, who runs jazz vespers there, and pastors Reverends Kari Hart and Stephen Kaiser know how to throw a great send off—this time for the late bassist Charles Fambrough. Yesterday's funeral service was a picture-perfect celebration of the man as a ...

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Sten Hostfalt's K*MOD at Shrine NYC Friday Jan 14, 2011

Source: Sten Hostfalt
January 11, 2011

Sten Hostfalt's K*MOD Live at Shrine NYC Friday January 14 2011at 6pm (2 sets) / $10 suggested Described as Genuinely Innovative and Groundbreaking by Don Williamson of Jazz Review, Impressive by Time Out NY, Inimitable by Paper Magazine as well as Virtuosic, Original and Highly Exceptional by legendary icons of American music Joe Maneri, George Russell and Jimmy Giuffre respectively. And with three decades spent in creative music and two of them on the NYC and international scene alongside some ...

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