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Jazz in the Southland

Source: All About Jazz
March 27, 2010

Jazz in the LA Basin Saturday 27th 2010

Hollywood

Lynda Carter 8:00 PM Catalina Bar & Grill Los Angeles

Tim Chokan 1:00 - 5:00 PM Universal Citywalk Universal City

Marty & Elayne 9:00 PM - 1:00 AM Dresden Room Los Angeles

Brian O'Rourke Call for Event times Miceli's Los Angeles

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Vieux Farka Toure Announces April U.S. Tour & World Cup Performance!

Source: Press Junkie PR
March 27, 2010

VIEUX FARKA TOURE TO PERFORM AT THE FIFA WORLD CUP KICK-OFF CELEBRATION CONCERT IN JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA ON JUNE 10, 2010

VIEUX ALSO RETURNS TO THE US FOR APRIL TOUR

On Thursday, June 10, Vieux Farka Toure, the Malian guitarist/singer/songwriter and appointed “African guitar hero," will perform at the first-ever FIFA World Cup Celebration Concert in Johannesburg, South Africa. The event will feature musical performances by major international superstars and popular African artists collaborating together. Vieux is one of the ...

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Broadway's 'Come Fly with Me' Gives Voice to Frank Sinatra

Source: All About Jazz
March 27, 2010

It's hard to imagine a Broadway show delivering a more dazzling combination of talent than Come Fly With Me (* * * out of four), the Frank Sinatra tribute that opened Thursday at the Marquis Theatre. Conceived, choreographed and directed with characteristic dynamism by Twyla Tharp, this homage features the spine-tingling arrangements of Sinatra's best-loved recordings, zestfully revived by an expert live band. Tharp's dancers, too -- playing couples who grapple with that tender trap called love -- mix technical ...

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AllAboutJazz-New York April 2010 Issue Now Available!

Source: Michael Ricci
March 27, 2010

Whoever decides such things, it's nice that Jazz Appreciation Month happens in April. After a long winter of hibernation, that the emerging masses are encouraged to spend part of their spring listening to jazz can only be a good thing (now let's get more clubs out of the basements). And as the warmer weather approaches, that means more leaves on the trees. Novelist Betty Smith said that a tree grows in Brooklyn. In this issue we have the mini-followup: A ...

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Playing Banjo Eased Oscar Stress for Steve Martin

Source: All About Jazz
March 27, 2010

Steve Martin says playing the banjo helped prepare him for his Oscar-hosting gig. The 64-year-old actor-writer-musician says performing live with the Steep Canyon Rangers made him feel comfortable on the Kodak Theatre stage at the Oscars. Martin says he wasn't sure why he wasn't nervous before co-hosting the March 7 Oscars with Alec Baldwin, but a friend suggested maybe it was because he'd been in front of audiences around the country with his banjo. Martin said in a recent interview ...

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Fab Faux Set 4/11 Benefit for West Babylon Elementary School

Source: Seth Cohen PR
March 27, 2010

The Fab Faux Set NY Benefit Concert for Elementary School Destroyed by Fire 4/11 Event for West Babylon's South Bay Elementary School on Long Island to Also Feature The Hogshead Horns and Creme Tangerine Strings Fab Faux Drummer Pagano Gives Back to His Hometown The Fab Faux have confirmed an April 11th Benefit Concert for West Babylon's South Bay Elementary School. In February, the school was destroyed by a fire, and will now need to be rebuilt from the ground ...

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Dorothy Thompson, Force Behind Noted Hula Festival in Hawaii, Dies

Source: Michael Ricci
March 27, 2010

Dorothy “Auntie Dottie" Thompson, who helped found and direct the Merrie Monarch Festival, Hawaii's most prestigious showcase for hula, died March 19 in Hilo after a long illness. She was 88. Thompson and George Na'ope cofounded the festival in 1964 with the intention of boosting tourism and cultural pride. Na'ope died in October at 81. The weeklong Merrie Monarch Festival, in Hilo's Edith Kanaka'ole Tennis Stadium, celebrates its 47th anniversary this year beginning April 4. Under Thompson's determined leadership, the ...

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Cuneiform Bands on Tour: April 2010

Source: Michael Ricci
March 27, 2010

AHLEUCHATISTAS March 27-28 - Big Ears Festival - Knoxville, TN March 31 - Sinister Noise - Rome, Italy April 1 - Jarmusch Clube - Caserta, Italy April 2 - Black House Blues - Avellino, Italy April 3 - Palmetta - Terni, Italy April 4 - TBA - Italy April 5 - Clandestino - Faenza, Italy April 6 - Channel Zero - Ljubljana, Slovenia April 7 - Tetris - Trieste, Italy Apr 8 - Spazio Si - Bologna, Italy April 9 ...

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