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Keith Jarrett Returns To Carnegie Hall For Solo Piano Concert

Source: ECM Records
December 15, 2010

ONLY NORTH AMERICAN SOLO APPEARANCE! KEITH JARRETT—SOLO PIANO An Evening of Piano Improvisations Sunday, January 16, 2011, 8:00 PM CARNEGIE HALL Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage One of the most influential and provocative musicians in jazz. —Howard Reich, Chicago Tribune, January 2007 Jarrett is one of the world's greatest living jazz pianists. —Ollie Bivins, All About Jazz Keith Jarrett returns to New York's Carnegie Hall on Sunday, January 16, 2011 at 8:00 PM to ...

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JAZZRADIO.com adds three more channels to AAJ including Holiday Jazz

Source: Michael Ricci
December 15, 2010

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Miri Jazz Festival to be known as Borneo Jazz

Source: All About Jazz
December 15, 2010

Miri International Jazz Festival (MIJF) is now renamed Borneo Jazz. The event will be held at the Parkcity Everly Hotel, Miri, Sarawak in the island of Borneo from May 13-14, 2011. The rationale behind this change is to bring the event at par with other international festivals. This renaming is also to capitalize on the destination Borneo, a name which conjurs images of a magical destination. With this change, comes a reimaging to reflect the vibrancy of this festival and ...

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Items from the estate of Blossom Dearie for sale!

Source: Jim Smith
December 15, 2010

Unique and one of a kind items from the estate of Blossom Dearie are for sale. Items include: Signed items to Blossom from Cary Grant and Jo Stafford, Christmas cards from the White House and Bill and Hillary Clinton, Handwritten Leadsheet to Lullaby of Birdland, a hit for her group the Blue Stars of France, old photos from her Verve recording session, and time as a fashion model in the 1940s, and the grand treasure, Blossom's Yamaha digital piano! Visit ...

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Feinstein's Presensts a New Year's Eve Celebration with Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks

Source: Miller Wright & Associates
December 15, 2010

FEINSTEIN'S AT LOEWS REGENCY, the nightclub proclaimed “Best of New York" by New York Magazine, and “an invaluable New York institution" by The New York Post, will celebrate New Year's Eve with VINCE GIORDANO AND THE NIGHTHAWKS in the Feinstein's at Loews Regency Ballroom. Recently featured on the acclaimed HBO program “Boardwalk Empire," Giordano will feature early jazz favorites from the 1920s and 30s. The evening includes a three-course dinner, dancing and open bar. The celebration takes place at the ...

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Attn: Musicians! Link to your crowdfunding project from your All About Jazz profile

Source: Michael Ricci
December 15, 2010

Musicians can now drive traffic directly to their crowdfunding page at RocketHub.com or Kickstarter.com by adding the location to their musician profile at AAJ.

Check out these three examples: Rale Micic (RocketHub) Mark Taylor (RocketHub) Jason Parker (Kickstarter)

Musicians can establish the link by entering the location in the “Crowdfunding URL" box on their profile's edit form like this...

Once the URL is entered, a RocketHub or Kickstarter box ...

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Melvin Gibbs' Phree-dem Downloads week 4 features guitarist Jeff Parker

Source: Melvin Gibbs
December 15, 2010

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Announcing the Winners of the "Origin Records - 2-CD" Giveaway

Source: All About Jazz
December 14, 2010

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