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Performance / Tour

Randy Weston's Uhuru Afrika At BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center

Source: DL Media
October 19, 2010

..."a lifelong scholar of Africa, (Randy Weston's) playing has always had a ring of the ancient in it; his percussive, resounding bass-clef chords are among the great pleasures in jazz piano." —Ben Ratliff, The New York Times On Saturday, November 13 at 8PM, BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center will present Randy Weston's Uhuru Afrika 50th Anniversary Concert Celebration, a special performance of the landmark recording Uhuru Afrika, a spectacular four-part suite composed by Weston, and arranged by his long- time ...

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Festival

Portland Jazz Festival Announces 2011 Schedule

Source: DL Media
October 19, 2010

SFJAZZ COLLECTIVE, REGINA CARTER, DON BYRON, THE 3 COHENS, RANDY WESTON, JOSHUA REDMAN, AND ESPERANZA SPALDING TO HEADLINE THE 2011 PORTLAND JAZZ FESTIVAL BRIDGES AND BOUNDARIES: JEWISH & AFRICAN AMERICANS PLAYING JAZZ TOGETHER The 2011 Alaska Airlines/Horizon Air Portland Jazz Festival presented by US Bank will be held Friday, February 18 through Sunday, February 27 at venues throughout Portland. The week-long festival will include jazz education and outreach along with a series of concerts all supporting the 2011 theme, Bridges ...

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Event

Piano Great David Bennett Cohen Live at the East Hampton Bowl

Source: Carol Green, Redwood Entertainment
October 19, 2010

New York, NY—David Bennett Cohen will be performing live at the East Hampton Bowl on Friday, November 19th, 2010 from 9 to 10:30 pm. David Bennett Cohen is the original pianist for Country Joe and the Fish and is a dynamic live performer and respected music educator. He will be performing solo at the East Hampton Bowl with possible Special Guests. “Mr. Cohen isn't the average hippie gone Wall Street, he's also a certifiably smokin' barrel house rumba boogie-woogie pianist ...

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Event

Marc Hoffman Trio To Perform During Historic Charlotte's Preservation Awards Event

Source: blueplate pr
October 19, 2010

(CHARLOTTE, NC)—For the third year, the Marc Hoffman Trio will provide entertainment for Historic Charlotte, Inc.'s Annual Preservation Awards event, to be held this year on Thursday, October 21, from 6:30-10:30 p.m., in the new Mint Museum Uptown. Led by composer/pianist/vocalist Marc Hoffman, the trio will include Terry Peoples on bass and Bill Scott on drums. The event, now in its tenth year, is entitled “Blast for the Past." Hoffman will perform tunes from “Curioso," his new eclectic, all-original jazz ...

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Recording

The Andy Sugg Group Releases "Brunswick Nights"

Source: Michael Ricci
October 19, 2010

The famed Victorian suburb of Brunswick has grown its own vibrant musical life. Inspired by this celebrated musical Mecca, The Andy Sugg Group has now released its latest album, Brunswick Nights. Recorded near the end of a long season at Sydney Roads Brunswick Green Hotel during 2009, Brunswick Nights captures an exciting moment in the life of The Andy Sugg Group and in the life of music-making in Brunswick. The Andy Sugg Group, led by Melbourne-based jazz saxophonist Andy Sugg, ...

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Recording

KJ Denhert Counts Her Blessings With Album No. 9

Source: GoMedia PR
October 19, 2010

Singer/Songwriter's 9th CD, Featuring 9 Tracks Recorded with 9 Musicians, Will Be Released on Motèma Music on November 9 “This is an album about freedom," says KJ Denhert, reflecting on her ninth release, aptly titled Album No.9, with nine songs, featuring nine musicians and recorded over the span of nine months. “If you are into numerology, you might have guessed by now that my life-path number is 9. Coincidence? Actually, yes. All of it." Derived from one's date of birth, ...

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TV / Film

"Iron Chef America" and "The Next Iron Chef " Soundtrack to be Released November 30th

Source: Great Scott P.R.oductions
October 19, 2010

Composer Craig Marks sumptuous aural feast is available now digitally (Woodland Hills, CA): A delicacy meticulously and creatively prepared by composer Craig Marks certain to please and satiate the discriminating musical palettes of The Chairman, culinary commentator Alton Brown and Iron Chef fans worldwide, the original soundtrack from the hit Food Network series Iron Chef America and The Next Iron Chef will be released on CD November 30th by the CMS Media record label. For those who cant wait to ...

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Performance / Tour

"Chasing the Voodoo Down Live at the Cactus Cafe, ATX" from the Jeff Lofton Electric Thang

Source: Jeff Lofton
October 19, 2010

Austin—Jazz trumpeter, composer and bandleader Jeff Lofton records his third jazz album during a live show with his new project, The Jeff Lofton Electric Thang, at the Cactus Cafe, 2247 Guadalupe Street, on Tuesday, October 19, 2010. The performance begins at 8:30 p.m., and tickets are $10 at the door. A CD release event date, also at the Cactus Cafe, will be be announced soon. Lofton launched the new group in January, which he describes as ..." trumpet meets electric ...

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