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Jazz on 2 at Katmandu Trenton NJ

Source: Tom Tallitsch Productions, LLC
September 25, 2009

The Music Kicks Off at 10 am with a New Orleans-themed Jazz brunch featuring Jazz On 2 hosts and local performers.

Jazz On 2 At Katmandu Trenton ***Free*** Sunday, 27 September, 2009 10:00 AM - 06:00 PM

At 12:30 pm the day's events transition to the main stage for musical performances including Blues, Dixieland, Duke Ellington's sacred music, Latin Jazz to Modern Jazz, plus many more musical selections...plenty for everyone!

The Music is Free! ...

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Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original

Source: All About Jazz
September 25, 2009

A book signing, conversation, and music performance with Robin D.G. Kelley (University of Southern California) and composer/pianist Randy Weston.

Prize-winning historian Robin Kelley will discuss his most recent book, Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original (Simon and Schuster, 2009), the first book on the pianist and composer based on exclusive access to the Monk family papers and private recordings. In addition, Professor Kelley will explore Monk's music and legacy in words and sounds with pianist and ...

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Creedence Clearwater Revival Boxed 'The Singles Collection'

Source: conqueroo
September 25, 2009

Creedence Clearwater Revival's golden era of hit singles (fall of 1968 through spring of 1972) rivals that of any band in rock 'n' roll history. The Southern-flavored quartet from El Cerrito, Calif., turned out 17 hits in a 44-month stretch, nine of them in the Top 10, five of them in the Top 5.

On November 3, Fantasy Records will release The Singles Collection, a two-CD, one-DVD box with a slip case, containing all of the band's U.S. singles -- ...

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"In the Best Possible Light": The Classic Jazz Photography of Herman Leonard

Source: All About Jazz
September 25, 2009

Monday, October 19, 2009, 7:30 pm: A discussion of “In The Best Possible Light: Herman Leonard's Jazz," an exhibition of Leonard's work at Jazz at Lincoln Center.

With Herman Leonard, photographer; Kellie Jones, Professor of Art History, Columbia University; and Leonard exhibition co-curators C. Daniel Dawson, Diedra Harris-Kelley and Garnette Cadogan.

Introduced and Moderated by Robert G. O'Meally, Zora Neale Hurston Professor of English and Comparative Literature, and Founder, The Center for Jazz Studies at Columbia University

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Uptown Nights at Harlem Stage Cabaret Chocolat

Source: All About Jazz
September 25, 2009

An Autumn Night's Soiree with Tamar-Kali and Her Psychochamber Ensemble

Tamar-Kali and her all-female Psychochamber Ensemble are joined by special guests, including The Main Attraction, Monstah Black, Keibpoli, Master of Ceremony “Marco the Magician," and a rare solo performance by chanteuse-accordioniste Marni Rice. The evening begins with an open bar mixer, followed by a theatrical night of serenades, burlesque, and illusion.

An Autumn Night's Soiree Tamar-Kali and Her Psychochamber Ensemble Saturday, November 21, 2009 ...

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Jazz Celebration Big Band

Source: All About Jazz
September 25, 2009

Jazz Celebration Big Band returns to the Temperance House in Newtown, PA on Thursday, October 22, from 8-10 p.m.

Jazz Celebration is a 17 piece Jazz Orchestra performing the classic repertorie of Count Basie, Buddy Rich, Stan Kenton, Woody Herman, Maynard Ferguson, etc.

Band members have performed with/for: Manhattan Transfer, Liza Minnelli, Joe Piscopo, Aretha Franklin, Tony Bennett, Johnny Ray, The Four Aces, Burt Bacharach, the Philadephia Orchestra etc. etc. $10.00 cover charge. Dinner, and alcoholic/non-alcoholic beverages availble.

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More Dusty Grooves on Freedom Jazz Dance

Source: All About Jazz
September 25, 2009

Tune in to Freedom Jazz Dance for the unstoppable sound of freedom in the groove with the latest, greatest performers and rare recordings throughout the history of jazz. This week, Ill be spinning tunes from the likes of Brian Jones Rich Man, Poor Man, trumpeter Roy Eldridge, saxophonist Paul Vornhagen and dusty grooves you cant find nowhere but here. Still no call-in segments this week, but it shall be swingin!

Sunday from 5 PM 7 PM EST 90.1 ...

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Follow the Sound in Antwerp, Belgium

Source: All About Jazz
September 25, 2009

The 36th edition of Follow The Sound will run from September 30 - October 4 in Antwerp. The international music festival will take place at deSingel and in the industrial workshop space of ScheldApen on the Scheldt River quay.

As always the festival is focusing on improvisation within a wide range of genres, including free jazz styles, experimental rock and electronic music. Central to Follow The Sound are the legendary figures of drummer Han Bennink and pianist Cecil Taylor, each ...

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