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Performance / Tour

San Francisco Jazz Collective Starts A Stellar Season at Duke Performances

Source: Larry Reni Thomas
October 22, 2010

Duke Performances at Duke University, Durham, North Carolna, has done it again! For the past three years, since Aaron Greenwald became the director, and Ken Rumble, the marketing director, jazz lovers have been treated to first-class, top notch performances by world-class musicians. This season gets off to a fabulous start with the appearance of the touring San Francisco Jazz Collective, October 28, at 8 p.m. at Page Auditorium. This piedmont, centrally-located area is called Triangle North Carolina, and is home ...

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Event

"Celebrating Mark Murphy!," 2nd Annual Mark Murphy Love Fest, Set for Mon. Nov. 15 at Yoshi's (Oakland)

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
October 21, 2010

Last year's “Celebrating Mark Murphy!" concert at Yoshi's Oakland was a highlight of the fall season—a benefit for the Jazzschool Institute's brand-new vocal jazz scholarship named for Murphy himself, one of the most original and gifted male jazz vocalists to perform over the last 50 years. The event was such a success that the Jazzschool is presenting the 2nd annual Mark Murphy love fest on Monday, November 15 at 8:00 pm, at Yoshi's in Oakland. Featured vocalists at “Celebrating Mark ...

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Recording

Introducing Lylit: Austrian Bombshell!

Source: Jennifer Goldberg
October 21, 2010

'Unexpected'—Exclusive EP for iTunes—Oct 26th One Voice. One Light. One Sound. One Lylit. This blond-haired, blue-eyed stunning singer / songwriter / multi-instrumentalist is making waves, splashing into the U.S with her warmth and genuine soulful vocal sensibilities. Believe it!!! Lylit's a singer / songwriter / producer / multi-instrumentalist. Growing up in a musical family and honing her initial promise under a church steeple serving as the organist and founding and directing the first gospel choir ever heard in the hills ...

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Performance / Tour

Jazz Bridge Presents Hal Galper!

Source: Suzanne Cloud
October 21, 2010

Appearing at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 145 W. Rose Tree Road in Media, PA, on November 17th, will be pianist Hal Galper and his band: Bassist Tony Marino and drummer Billy Mintz. One Show: 7:30-9 p.m. $10/$5 students. Free refreshments. Galper is internationally known as an educator. His theoretical and practical articles have appeared in six Down Beat magazine editions and his scholarly article on the Psychology of Stage fright, originally published in the Jazz Educators Journal, has subsequently been ...

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Performance / Tour

Jazz Bridge Presents Chelsea Baratz!

Source: Suzanne Cloud
October 21, 2010

Appearing at the Mt. Airy Presbyterian Church, 13 E. Mt. Pleasant Ave, Philadelphia, PA, on Thursday November 11th will be saxophonist Chelsea Baratz and her band. One show: 7:30-9PM. Tickets: $10/$5 for students. No advance sales. Free Refreshments! For info: 215-517-8337 This concert is sponsored by Jazz Bridge, a 501(c)3 nonprofit that assists our local jazz and blues musicians in crisis. We also ask attendees to bring their old cell phones and ink-jet cartridges to the concert as Jazz Bridge ...

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Performance / Tour

Jazz Bridge Presents Monnette Sudler!

Source: Suzanne Cloud
October 21, 2010

Appearing at the Cheltenham Art Center, 439 Ashbourne Rd, Cheltenham, PA on November 3rd will be guitarist Monnette Sudler and her band. One show: 7:30-9PM. Tickets: $10/$5 for students. No advance sales. Free Refreshments! For info: 215-517-8337 This Neighborhood Concert Series is sponsored by Jazz Bridge, a 501C3 nonprofit that assists local jazz and blues musicians in crisis. Jazz Bridge also encourages those attending to bring their old cell hones and ink-jet cartridges, as we are partnering with Planet Green ...

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Performance / Tour

Jazz Bridge Presents Warren Oree and the Arpeggio Jazz Ensemble!

Source: Suzanne Cloud
October 21, 2010

Appearing at the Collingswood Community Center, 30 E. Collings Ave, in Collingswood, NJ, on November 4th, 2010 will be bassist Warren Oree and the Arpeggio Jazz Ensemble. One Show: 7:30-9 p.m. Admission: $10/$5 for students. No advance sales. Free Refreshments! For info: 856-858-8914 This is our 7th season in Collingswood, and Jazz Bridge is a 501C3 nonprofit that assists our local jazz and blues musicians in crisis. Appearing with Warren Oree will be Umar Raheem on sax, drummer Greg Ju ...

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Recording

The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis Releases 'Vitoria Suite'

Source: Wynton Marsalis Enterprises, Inc.
October 21, 2010

A NEW WORK WRITTEN BY WYNTON MARSALIS FEATURING FLAMENCO GUITAR LEGEND PACO DE LUCIA TWO DISC PLUS BONUS DVD PACKAGE AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE OCTOBER 19TH Emarcy is pleased to announce the release of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis' Vitoria Suite, available on October 19th. The two disc set is a new extended work by Marsalis that uses the impulse of the blues as a foundation to jointly explore the music of two worlds and two cultures: the ...

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