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Recording

Max Raabe & Palast Orchester Release and US Tour

Source: All About Jazz
September 24, 2008

The Foxtrots and Tuxedos of the 1920s and '30s: Berlin's Max Raabe and the Palast Orchester Take America by Storm

With faultlessly fitting tuxedo, hair slicked back, and a cheeky look, Max Raabe sings the best of the '20s and early '30s with amusing nostalgia. Songs, hits, and couplets. Cuban rumbas, cheerful foxtrots, elegant tangos. The ironic lyrics suit the times today as they did eighty years ago. In the concert halls of New York, Shanghai, Paris, Berlin and Moscow, ...

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Event

Millennium Promise Invites You to a Night of Jazz

Source: All About Jazz
September 24, 2008

Promises Made Album Release Party Featuring Grammy-Nominated Jazz Great Kirk Whalum & Friends

Millennium Promise, Simmons Family Foundation and Koch Records Host All-Star Benefit Event

On Monday, September 29, 2008, philanthropic organizations Millennium Promise and Simmons Family Foundation, along with entertainment powerhouse Koch Records, will join forces to host a CD release party for Promises Made, an all-star jazz album benefiting Millennium Promise. The event will be held at the famous BB King's Blues Club & Grill in the heart ...

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Performance / Tour

Killer Shrimp at Pizza Express Jazz Club

Source: All About Jazz
September 23, 2008

Just the other day, in one of those quick-fire Q&As beloved of newspaper editors, that fine actress Anna Chancellor was asked if there was any art form that left her cold. Her answer? “British jazz. It makes me think of warm beer and white men with beards.” That's a bit rich coming from someone who got her break in Four Weddings and a Funeral, the last word in warm, homegrown Liebfraumilch. But I do know what she means. There certainly ...

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Recording

Jimmy Demers Makes Concord Records Debut

Source: On Target Media Group
September 23, 2008

The Concord Records debut from contemporary pop vocalist Jimmy Demers, Dream A Little, is now available - 9.23.08 (CD & Digital). With a string of credits to his name, including backing vocals on albums from Cher to Garth Brooks, Dream A Little has been a work in progress since Jimmy first began singing at 4 years old. The talented Grammy Award winning arranger Victor Vanacore orchestrated two tracks on Dream a Little, which features Dianne Warren’s “Nothing Hurts Like Love" ...

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Festival

Women in Jazz Festival in Trenton

Source: All About Jazz
September 23, 2008

The Trenton Downtown Association (TDA) presents the second annual Women in Jazz festival in Downtown Trenton Friday, Oct. 10. The ladies will be doing it for themselves on Friday, Oct. 10 when Trenton2Nite brings an eclectic mix of seasoned and up-and coming female artists to downtown for the second annual Women in Jazz festival. In addition to celebrating girl power, the festival will help commemorate the Trenton Community Music Schools Ten Year Anniversary. The festival, part of TDAs Trenton2Nite series, ...

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Interview

Saxophonist Paul Shapiro Interviewed at AAJ...And More

Source: All About Jazz
September 23, 2008

Reed man Paul Shapiro is one of the most resourceful and versatile musicians in the vibrant New York scene. In addition to his work in the jazz world, with Phillip Johnston's Microscopic Septet and forward-thinking improvisers such as Julius Hemphill and Elliot Sharp, Shapiro is a founding member of the international musicians' cooperative, Brooklyn Funk Essentials. He has played and recorded with a wide range of artists, including pop icons such as Michael and Janet Jackson and Mariah Carey, rappers ...

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