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Orrin Evans Captain Black Big Band at Chris' Jazz Cafe on April 30, 2010

Source: All About Jazz
April 28, 2010

Orrin Evans brings his Captain Black Big Band to Chris' Jazz Cafe on April 30, 2010. Possible band members include bass: Eric Revis, Madison Rast, Mike Boone, Reid Anderson. drums: Donald Edwards, Byron Landham, Ralph Peterson, Gene Jackson, Nasheet Waits saxophone: Ralph Bowen, Sam Newsome, Tia Fuller,JD Allen And many more.....

Friday, April 30, 2010 Sets starting @ 8:00 PM Chris' Jazz Cafe 1421 Sansom St Philadelphia PA Info: 215-568-3131 ...

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Jazz Pianist Lenore Raphael to Direct Summer Jazz Camp

Source: LenMar Promotions
April 28, 2010

Jazz pianist Lenore Raphael has been touring extensively and doing Master Classes internationally in such diverse locations as the Edinburgh Conservatory of Music in Edinbrugh, Scotland, the Colorado Springs Conservatory in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Boca Raton, Florida Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton and next fall in Bayreuth Germany at the Steingraeber Piano venue. She has done jazz clinics on diverse subjects such as how to survive the jazz music business,the art of trio playing, and how to create effective ...

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Drummer Paul F. Murphy Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz
April 28, 2010

Legendary drummer Paul F. Murphy has been involved with the high end of improvised music since the mid-1970s in San Francisco. He is most closely associated with the avant-garde of the '70s, '80s and '90s as a 12-year member of alto saxophonist Jimmy Lyons' band and a leader of several of his own groups, including Trio Hurricane. Currently, he is working with pianist Larry Willis, performing and recording groundbreaking pieces of complete improvisation, including the duo's August release, Foundations (Murphy ...

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iPad Users Targeted in Malware Scare

Source: Michael Ricci
April 28, 2010

iPad owners should beware of unsolicited e-mails from malicious hackers inviting them to visit what turns out to be a fake iTunes site and download software that could put their personal information at risk, security firm BitDefender announced Tuesday. According to BitDefender, some iPad owners have received e-mails claiming to be from Apple, asking recipients to download the latest version of iTunes to their personal computers. The e-mail includes a link to a third-party site operated by the hackers that ...

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Apple May Have Traced iPhone to Finders Address

Source: All About Jazz
April 28, 2010

People identifying themselves as representing Apple last week visited and sought permission to search the Silicon Valley address of the college-age man who came into possession of a next-generation iPhone prototype, according to a person involved with the find. Someone came to [the finder's] house and knocked on his door, the source told Wired.com, speaking on condition of anonymity because the case is under investigation by the police. A roommate answered, but wouldn't let them in. Apples vaunted wall of ...

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The Ear Regulars Old-Time Jazz Swing, but Modern Metabolism

Source: Michael Ricci
April 28, 2010

The New York jazz landscape has always been defined partly by its underground, with the tacit understanding that such a region is usually zoned for experimentation.

That's as true as it ever was, but its an incomplete truth because of all that it overlooks. One case in point would be the Ear Regulars, the traditional jazz cohort led by the trumpeter Jon-Erik Kellso and the guitarist Matt Munisteri every Sunday night at the Ear Inn, on the westernmost edge of ...

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The Stryker / Slagle Band Release "Keeper" on Panorama

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
April 28, 2010

In jazz recording parlance a “keeper" is a take that is worth saving—one to be listened to over and over again. It's also a most appropriate heading for the fifth outing by The Stryker / Slagle Band, as it well describes not just the date's title track, but each of the other nine pieces that comprise what may well be the best effort yet by this remarkable quartet co-led by guitarist Dave Stryker and saxophonist/flautist Steve Slagle—one on which each ...

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Rozanne Levine & Chakra Tuning at Yippie Cafe, NYC, May 7

Source: Michael Ricci
April 27, 2010

ROZANNE LEVINE & CHAKRA TUNING showcase music from their debut CD, Only Moment, and new compositions

ROZANNE LEVINE & CHAKRA TUNING featuring ROZANNE LEVINE - alto clarinet, clarinet, bamboo flute, compositions PERRY ROBINSON - clarinets MARK WHITECAGE - clarinet, soprano sax ROSI HERTLEIN - violin, voice

DATE: Friday, May 7

VENUE: Yippie Museum Cafe, in Greenwich Village at 9 Bleecker Street between Bowery and Elizabeth Street, New York ...

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