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Jazz and Global Music Mix: Conga Kings with Tiempo Libre and John Patitucci, Rufus Reid and Danilo Prez at the Kimmel Center, May 8 and 9

Source: Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
May 8, 2009

The Kimmel Centers final weekend of jazz concerts for the 2008-09 season includes Miami-based, Cuban-born and internationally renowned artists bringing their own flair of global rhythms to jazz.

Click on the name of the artist below for more information on each Kimmel Center performance:

Jazz Fridays culminates with Conga Kings and Tiempo Libre performing polyrhythmic Latin jazz with Afro-Cuban influences in Verizon Hall (Friday, May 8, 2009 at 8pm)

Jazz Up Close concludes with bassists John Patitucci and Rufus Reid ...

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Santero Releases "El Hijo de Obatala" May 19

Source: rock paper scissors, inc.
May 8, 2009

Close Encounter of the Orisha Kind: Reggaeton's Spirit Walker of Guatemala Transforms His Rough & Tumble Upbringing to Positive Rhymes for a New Generation

Santero Fights Fire(bombs) with Water on El Hijo de Obatala

In a few beats, Santero can evoke the flatbed truck sonidero DJs of his native Guatemalan mountain village, his father's cumbia band, and the memories of multiple family deportations. His rhymes are informed by running away from home at thirteen, rough times on the Bronx streets, ...

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Nigerian Legend King Sunny Ade's 2009 North American Tour

Source: rock paper scissors, inc.
May 8, 2009

The Chairman's Diplomatic Tour of a New America: Nigerian Legend King Sunny Ade Brings the Forty Minute Jam to US/Canadian Stages and Festivals, June/July 2009

The shift from recorded to live music as the main driver of music commerce happened ten years earlier in Africa than in America. Nigerian juju icon King Sunny Ade who will tour throughout the US and Canada in June and July 2009 knows first-hand.

Stars of juju the Nigerian music that came out of palmwine ...

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Andrea Fultz Sings Brecht-Weill & More on "German Projekt" CD

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
May 8, 2009

On her stunning new CD The German Projekt, which features jazz-imbued arrangements of classic songs by Brecht-Weill and Friedrich Hollaender and which is being released on May 12, singer Andrea Fultz sounds as if she'd been born to interpret this rich, complex body of music.

But in fact the album concept came to fruition a mere three or four years ago, while she was living and studying in San Francisco and performing with musical colleagues who were interested in exploring ...

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Pre Release Sneak "Xenovibes III - Xing Paths" - Theremin Virtuoso's New Album

Source: All About Jazz
May 8, 2009

You’d be forgiven if the prospect of listening to a rare new instrument makes you cringe. Especially so if the instrument in question is an electronic one invented early last century, with a sound most commonly associated with cheesy low-budget science fiction flicks. But the theremin really deserves to be cut some slack. What it needs is the right ambassador to re-introduce it to modern ears.

Singaporean Shueh-li Ong, half of the electronic pop duo Xenovibes, sounds like the right ...

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Dave Allen Quartet at Tea Lounge (NYC) on May 12th

Source: All About Jazz
May 8, 2009

May 12th Tea Lounge with Mark Turner - sax Jeff Ballard - drums Chris Lightcap - bass Dave Allen - guitar/compositions 9pm - 12 837 Union St, Brooklyn $5 Cover “Allen has found a true voice, his effortless technique downplays the apparent complexity, paradoxically creating a cool surface sheen that has a white heat glowing beneath it...music that seduces both the body and mind--again and again." --All About Jazz “An exciting and unique player in the mold of ...

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Hashem Assadullahi Returns from Thailand for Release of Debut Album Featuring Ron Miles

Source: All About Jazz
May 8, 2009

Hashem Assadullahi and his quintet, featuring Ron Miles, celebrate the release of their new CD, Strange Neighbor, a well rounded jazz release with an occasional sense of humor. Denver-based trumpeter Ron Miles, has also appeared with the Duke Ellington Orchestra, Bill Frisell, Don Byron, Gravitas Quartet, and many others. The Quintet also features a critically acclaimed rhythm section including guitarist Justin Morell, bassist Josh Tower, and drummer Jason Palmer. The CD features ten original compositions, six of which are inspired ...

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Donald 'Ean' Evans Bassist for Band Lynyrd Skynyrd Dies

Source: Michael Ricci
May 8, 2009

Donald “Ean" Evans, 48, bassist for the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, died Wednesday at his home in eastern Mississippi after a battle with cancer.

In a statement posted on lynyrdskynyrd.com, the band said, “It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of longtime Lynyrd Skynyrd bassist Ean Evans. Ean put up a valiant battle with an aggressive form of cancer and he will be sorely missed by family, friends and fans."

Evans was born in Atlanta and ...

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