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Peekskill's Downtown Entertainment Series Presents: Rich Kelly & Drew Bordeaux and Jerry Dugger & the Dugger Brothers

Source: PublicEye
August 20, 2009

Peekskill's Downtown Entertainment Series Presents: Saturday, August 22nd Westchester locals Rich Kelly & Drew Bordeaux (Soft Rock, Blues) 6:00 to 6:45 and again 8:00 to 8:45

From NYC, Jerry Dugger & the Dugger Brothers (Mix of R&B, Soul, light Funk & Rock ) 7:00 to 7:45 and again 9:00 to 10pm

Peekskill, NY: Peekskill’s Downtown Entertainment Series continues Saturday August 22nd at 6:00pm with two group performances - Westchester locals, Rich Kelly & Drew ...

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Kind of Bloop: Miles Davis as Video Game Music

Source: Michael Ricci
August 20, 2009

Miles Davis probably never played Nintendo. It's technically possible; the genre-bending, stereotype-defying jazz legend lived until 1991, six years after the first Nintendo Entertainment System was released in North America. Who knows how the trumpet player spent his free time? He may have seen a video game, or even picked up a controller. But it's a pretty safe bet that he never stormed Bowser's castle or paused to appreciate the “piku-piku" sound that Mario made when he went down a ...

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B.J. Jansen Pays Tribute to Les Paul on the Jazz Life

Source: JM Creative
August 20, 2009

Les Paul is remembered by B.J. Jansen on his Jazz Life Show. B.J. Jansen pays tribute to Jazz Guitar Legend Les Paul with an interview he did less than a year ago with Les. Jansen Remembers: “Speaking with Les Paul... was so down-to-earth and comfortable... like talking to your Grandpa. I am lucky to have had the chance to interview him and listen to jazz history first-hand from Les. Les Paul confirmed ...

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Mike Baggetta Quartet Tonight @ Cornelia Street Guitar Festival

Source: Michael Ricci
August 20, 2009

Performing works from their recently release Fresh Sound New Talent album “Small Spaces" and new pieces. Part of the Cornelia Street Cafe 2009 Guitar Festival:

Mike Baggetta Quartet

Mike Baggetta - Guitar Jason Rigby - Saxophone Michael Bates - Bass George Schuller - Drums

Thursday, August 20th 8:30pm (2 sets) $10 Cover

Cornelia Street Cafe 29 Cornelia St. Greenwich Village, NYC 212-989-9319 ...

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Divine Hand Ensemble Returns to Sellersville Theater for Special Halloween Performance

Source: All About Jazz
August 20, 2009

Divine Hand Ensemble Featuring Mano Divina, Concert Thereminist

Don't miss the return of this unique musical performance at the Sellersville Theatre, 8:30pm Saturday October 31, 2009

Tickets $19.50; Theatre Members $10.00 Online at http://www.ST94.com / by phone at 215.257.5808 At the box office: 24 W. Temple Avenue Sellersville, PA 18960

“Breathless entertainment that leaves you hanging on every note and gesture as [Divina] hypnotizes electricity and manipulates magnetism to release the voices of angels from the ...

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Dave Brubeck to Receive Berklee Honorary Doctorate

Source: Michael Ricci
August 20, 2009

NEA Jazz Master Dave Brubeck, designated a Living Legend by the Library of Congress, will be presented with an Honorary Doctorate from Berklee College of Music at the 52nd Monterey Jazz Festival, held on September 18 - 20, 2009. The presentation will be made on the Jimmy Lyons Stage in the Arena on Sunday, September 20, at approximately 8:00 p.m., just prior to the Dave Brubeck s Quartet s set - celebrating the 50th anniversary of the groundbreaking album Time ...

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Berklee Beantown Jazz Festival, September 18-26, 2009

Source: Michael Ricci
August 20, 2009

Now in its ninth year, the Berklee BeanTown Jazz Festival Boston's largest and most popular outdoor festival has expanded to nine days and nine stages at locations in Boston and Cambridge, and has named world-renowned drummer and Berklee professor Terri Lyne Carrington its new artistic director. From September 18 to 26, superstars and local artists will come together in free and ticketed offerings that have drawn upwards of 70, 000 people of all ages from every neighborhood in Boston and ...

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Bill Anschell's Notes from the Lobby: A New Column at All About Jazz

Source: Michael Ricci
August 19, 2009

All About Jazz has launched a new column in collaboration with musician, composer, writer and humorist, Bill Anschell. You can read Bill's latest “Notes from the Lobby" installment “Careers in Jazz“ (published yesterday) along with his archive here.

Bill Anschell's Notes from the Lobby Careers in Jazz Notes from the Lobby Jazz Jam Sessions: A First-Timer's Guide Jazz Math More About Bill

Seattle native Bill Anschell returned to the Emerald City in 2002 after spending 25 years studying, ...

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