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Premik Russell Tubbs & Friends @ Beanrunner Caf

Source: PublicEye
August 31, 2009

PREMIK RUSSELL TUBBS & Friends @ BeanRunner Caf September 5th at 8:00pm (Seating begins at 7:00pm)

The highly praised composer/ arranger/ producer and multi-instrumentalist returns with a talented group of musicians

Peekskill, NY, August 25,, 2009: Internationally acclaimed composer, arranger, producer and accomplished multi-instrumentalist Premik Russell Tubbs returns to the BeanRunner Caf with his “Friends” on Saturday, August 1st h at 8:00pm, Premik, who has worked with an impressive list of music greats including Carlos Santana, Whitney Houston, ...

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New Slavic Soul Party! Album "Taketron" on September 22 Plus Us Tour Dates

Source: Press Junkie PR
August 31, 2009

Slavic Soul Party! is more than a band, it's a promise. Anyone who has seen them live can attest to that. The massive brass band is a supercollider of Eastern European sounds from the Balkans and all the funk of American musical traditions like second-line, gospel, and jazz. Hybridity isn't just a buzzword with this New York City-based group - domestic and foreign, new and old - it's a fact of life. The fusion even carries over into the title ...

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Tania Maria Live in Yerevan

Source: All About Jazz
August 31, 2009

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Joe Louis Walker's Incendiary Between a Rock and the Blues

Source: Just Roots PR
August 31, 2009

“I want to be like Louis Armstrong and B.B. King. Play everywhere, all the time, as often as I possibly can. Travel anywhere there’s an audience for my music, take every opportunity, and keep playing and singing as well as I know I can.”

It’s Joe Louis Walker talking, a man who goes through passports way faster than 99 per cent of Americans, and a man who does everything he can to refresh his timeless music.

Now, with his 20th ...

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The Adam Meckler Quintet Announces Release of Debut Album

Source: All About Jazz
August 31, 2009

Jazz trumpeter Adam Meckler and his quintet are set to release their first full-length album. Since relocating to Minneapolis in 2008, Meckler — who hails from Chicago and studied at Lawrence University — has quickly established himself as a bright star in the Twin Cities jazz scene. As a trumpet player, Meckler already finds himself in a class of his own locally, combining technical savvy with fresh, thoughtful improvisation — but it's perhaps his compositions that make this young musician ...

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"The Believer": John Coltrane Memorial Concert's 32nd Annual Weekend, Sept. 26-27

Source: Mary Curtin Productions
August 31, 2009

THE 32ND ANNUAL JOHN COLTRANE MEMORIAL CONCERT presents “THE BELIEVER” a weekend of concerts & visual art featuring “The Believer: Concert 1” with The John Coltrane Memorial Ensemble: Carl Atkins, Leonard Brown, Sa Davis, Mark Harvey, Tim Ingles, John Lockwood, Bill Lowe, Jason Palmer, Bill Pierce, George W. Russell Jr., Syd Smart, Stan Strickland, Alvin Terry & Gary Valente; with special recognition of Edmund Barry Gaither [held on Saturday, September 26, 7:30 pm, at Northeastern University] and “The Believer: Concert ...

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Myron Walden Returns from Recording Sabbatical

Source: Michael Ricci
August 31, 2009

Much like Sonny Rollins before him, the gifted saxophonist Myron Walden has taken a sabbatical from recording to master the tenor saxophone, woodshed, and compose; this winter will see his reemergence, with the release of three albums of original material. Demi Sound Records will release Momentum on November 17 with In This World and Countrified following in January, 2010. Momentum consists of original compositions inspired by the works of Miles Davis' 1960s aggregations. Joining Walden are Darren Barrett (Roy Hargrove, ...

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Big Apple Jazz Presents Omar Edwards with the Alex Violette Sessions at Minton's Playhouse

Source: Michael Ricci
August 31, 2009

Gordon Polatnick of Big Apple Jazz partners with The Uptown Lounge at Minton's Playhouse to present tap dancer Omar Edwards with The Alex Violette Sessions every Tuesday night throughout September.

Edwards, a longtime performer at Minton's Playhouse, will be appearing with the rising star saxophonist Alex Violette for the first time. Violette recently completely a successful tenure at Minton's by performing with his group on Monday nights in August. His hard-driving saxophone playing both honors and updates the bebop tradition ...

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