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Cindy Scott at Chris' Jazz Cafe on August 10, 2010

Source: All About Jazz
July 27, 2010

Chris' Jazz Cafe presents vocalist, Cindy Scott on Tuesday August 10, 2010, touring in support of her new CD Let The Devil Take Tomorrow.

“Vocalist Cindy Scott strikes gold her first time out. Scott is a musical artist who delivers fables and stories and vignettes of life and love. But the young lady can also swing you into bad health. Highly recommended." --As reviewed by Roger Crane, AllAboutJazz.com

Tuesday, August 10, 2010 Sets starting @ 8:00 PM Chris' ...

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Continuum, A Journey Through Jazz: "Satchmo Summerfest"

Source: J. Scott Fugate
July 27, 2010

Soulandjazz.com Presents: Continuum, A Journey Through Jazz Episode 16--"Satchmo Summerfest," Part 1 Hosted and Produced by J. Scott Fugate, “The Jazz Evangelist" As always, the show is free, absolutely legal, fun for the whole family, and available for listening right now, right here. It's almost time for my annual trip to New Orleans to attend the Satchmo Summerfest--a yearly celebration of Louis Armstrong's birth, life, and music . . . which in turn is a celebration of the ...

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The Nice Guy Trio + Strings, World Premiere, 9/4, Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, San Francisco

Source: Marshall Lamm Promotions & Public Relations
July 27, 2010

The 10th Anniversary Yerba Buena Gardens Festival (YBGF) presents the World Premiere of two YBGF-commissioned pieces from San Francisco's The Nice Guy Trio + Strings on Saturday, September 4 from 1:00pm to 2:30pm, free, at Yerba Buena Gardens in downtown San Francisco. The YBGF commissioned pieces are trumpeter Darren Johnston's “Waking Music" and accordionist Rob Reich's “Sidewalks and Alleys." The Nice Guy Trio is Johnston, Reich and bassist Daniel Fabricant in an exclusive collaboration with some of the world's most ...

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Poncho Sanchez & His Latin Jazz Band, Free Concert 10/3, Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, San Francisco

Source: Marshall Lamm Promotions & Public Relations
July 27, 2010

Linda Lucero, Executive/Artistic Director of Yerba Buena Gardens Festival (YBGF), today announced the 2010 'Latin Jazz Tardeada,' a free outdoor concert with Grammy-winning conguero Poncho Sanchez and His Latin Jazz Band on Sunday, October 3, 2010 at Yerba Buena Gardens in downtown San Francisco from 1:00pm--3:00pm. “Tardeada," meaning afternoon gathering or party, will be a celebration of the YBGF's 10th Anniversary and the grand finale of the Festival's annual Latin Jazz Series, a major program component of the Festival. Yerba ...

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The Return of the 5,000 lb. Man: A 75th Birthday Tribute to Rahsaan Roland Kirk

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
July 27, 2010

A friend of mine once asked me, “What's so great about Roland Kirk?" I told him, “If a five- thousand pound man was coming to town, would you go see him?" --Joel Dorn, Rahsaan's longtime friend and producer Rahsaan Roland Kirk (Aug. 7th, 1935--Dec. 5th, 1977) was a jazz multi-instrumentalist best known for his miraculous ability to play three saxophones simultaneously. Kirk defied staggering odds in his all-too-brief life--from blindness to critical prejudice to a paralyzing stroke--in order to play ...

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The Genius Of Miles Davis: 43-CD Collection Assembles All Eight Multi-CD Box Sets Released Between 1996 and 2007, Winners of Eight Grammy Awards

Source: Michael Ricci
July 27, 2010

HOUSED IN AN ACTUAL TRUMPET CASE! Eight original box sets packaged in an individually-numbered, full-size trumpet case (21½" x 11" x 8"), with extras: replica of Miles' trumpet mouthpiece, previously unseen lithograph by Miles, exclusive t-shirt, and more 21-pound box set not available at standard retail; AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY at GeniusOfMilesDavis.com for $1199.00; pre-order now for September 14, 2010 delivery date The consummate artistry of Miles Davis and the scope of his musical vision at Columbia Records is paid the ultimate ...

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Litchfield Jazz Camp Presents the 3rd Annual Jazz College Fair Night July 28th

Source: Lindsey Turner
July 27, 2010

Kent, CT--Litchfield Jazz Camp (est. 1997) is a total jazz immersion where students ages 13 through adult learn and play in a non-competitive environment on the campus of Kent School in Kent, CT. Students rehearse in combos with others at their level 15 hours a week, study music theory, perform and jam, learn from guest artists and listen to the camp's elite faculty led by Music Director Don Braden. Litchfield Jazz Camp runs in one-to--four week sessions which began on ...

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Marc Hoffman Creates Americana Musical Ambiance for Physician-Oriented Website

Source: blueplate pr
July 27, 2010

(CHARLOTTE, NC)--When composer Marc Hoffman of Salisbury was commissioned to create arrange and orchestrate a musical background for Atrinea Health's website, he was challenged to create an atmosphere of hope and strength derived from a sense of the American heartland. Atrinea is a physician-owned and operated franchise organization that offers doctors who are struggling to keep their practices viable in the current economy an alternative to selling out to large hospitals or groups where they become employees. Lou Bruno, creative ...

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