Jazz News

Dom Minasi at the Stone on July 21st

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
July 13, 2010

Wednesday July 21st @ Stone The corner of E 3rd & Ave C 8pm & 10pm 8pm The Dom Minasi Super Septet Featuring Sabir Mateen ( tenor sax), Blaise Siwula ( alto sax), Rob Henke (trumpet) Steve Swell (trombone), Dom Minasi (guitar) Ken Filiano (bass) and Jay Rosen on drums Only $10 per ticket 10pm The Dom Minasi String Quartet “Consistently brilliant, ever-engaging and filled with more surprising curves than a bumpy road at ...

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Comic book writer Harvey Pekar dies at 70 in Ohio

Source: Michael Ricci
July 12, 2010

CLEVELAND--Harvey Pekar, whose autobiographical comic book series “American Splendor" portrayed his unglamorous life with bone-dry honesty and wit, was found dead at home early Monday, authorities said. He was 70. The cause of death was unclear, and an autopsy was planned, officials said. Pekar had prostate cancer, asthma, high blood pressure and depression, said Michael Cannon, a police captain in suburban Cleveland Heights. Officers were called to Pekar's home by his wife about 1 a.m., Cannon said. His body was ...

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Harvey Pekar, Cleveland comic-book legend, dies at age 70

Source: Michael Ricci
July 12, 2010

CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio--Harvey Pekar's life was not an open book. It was an open comic book. Pekar chronicled his life and times in the acclaimed autobiographical comic book series, “American Splendor," portraying himself as a rumpled, depressed, obsessive-compulsive “flunky file clerk" engaged in a constant battle with loneliness and anxiety. Pekar, 70, was found dead shortly before 1 a.m. Monday by his wife, Joyce Brabner, in their Cleveland Heights home, said Powell Caesar, spokesman for Cuyahoga County Coroner Frank Miller. ...

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Eyal Vilner Big Band Live at Iridium Jazz Club! Saturday July 31!

Source: Eyal Vilner
July 12, 2010

Ladies and gents! The Eyal Vilner Big Band is going up Broadway for a show at the Iridium Jazz Club! After two years of music collaboration where Greenwich Village was our home base, we are going up town to be featured on a special series presented by the Iridium entitle New Faces After Midnight. I'm happy and proud to invite you to join us for a night full of music and joy. We will be performing new arrangements of beautiful ...

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Jazz Bridge Benefit Jam Session for Daphne Fifield

Source: Suzanne Cloud
July 12, 2010

On Sunday, August 1st, drummer Rob Henderson will devote his weekly jam session to raise funds for Daphne Fifield, the wife of bassist and jazz filmmaker Jason Fifield. She has breast cancer and the money raised will go to help with medical expenses. The Daphne Fund will be established as a permanent fund for local women jazz and blues musicians who are in crisis due to gender-related illnesses. Show starts at 7-11 p.m. Donation $15. Plenty of free parking.

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New Jazz CD: Marc Hoffman Releases "Curioso"

Source: blueplate pr
July 12, 2010

July 12, 2010 (CHARLOTTE, NC)--Virillion Music recording artist Marc Hoffman has announced the release of Curioso, an all-original jazz CD that features Hoffman on keyboard and vocals, Tim Gordon (Mr. Groove) on sax, Grammy nominee John Sharp on guitar, Terry Peoples and Nathan Scott on bass, and Gray Fallin (The Brubakers), Mike Lanier and Ryan Scott on drums and percussion. Curioso follows the release of a single track from the CD several weeks ago entitled “Hefti," Hoffman's tribute to his ...

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Jazz Vocalist Luba Mason To Star in Paul Simon's "The Capeman" in NY's Central Park

Source: Muse Media
July 12, 2010

Broadway Actress/Jazz Vocalist Luba Mason To Reprise Her Role Of Mrs. Kresynski in Paul Simon's “The Capeman" At The Delacorte Theater In Central Park August 14-16 “A voice as big and rich as a star-filled night sky." --Jazz Times “Her rich voice can slip from velvety softness to big Broadway brass in a single moment... a mesmerizing performer."--(A Review of Luba's performance in Jekyll & Hyde) Los Angeles, California. Luba Mason, Broadway Actress, Jazz Vocalist and wife of Latin superstar ...

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Dennis Rollins & Empirical Live July Dates

Source: Laura Hamlet
July 12, 2010

Dennis Rollins performs with The Maceo Parker Band, as they tour the following UK dates: 8 July: BRASS--Durham International Festival Gala Theatre, 1 Millennium Place, Town Centre, Durham DH1 1WAl galadurham.co.uk/theatrel BOX OFFICE: 0191 332 4041 9 July: Exeter Phoenixl Bradninch Place, Gandy Street, Exeter EX4 3LSl exeterphoenix.org.ukl BOX OFFICE: 01392 667 080 10 July: Stockwood Discovery Centre, Lutonl London Road, Luton LU1 4LXl stockwooddiscoverycentre.co.ukl BOX OFFICE: 01582 878100 / 01582 ...

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