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Fab Faux Sell out Radio City Music Hall

Source: Seth Cohen PR
September 23, 2008

36-Song, Three Hour Marathon Concert Celebrates Band's 10th Anniversary via the Psychedelic Music of The Beatles The Fab Faux celebrated their 10th Anniversary by selling out New York's legendary Radio City Music Hall, and delivering a 36-song marathon performance that began with 'Magical Mystery Tour' and ended three hours later with 'Hey Jude' -- with the audience of close to 6,000 people on its feet. The 10th Anniversary 'Psychedelia!' concert was The Fab Faux's largest headlining concert ever, their largest-ever ...

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Giants of Jazz 11 Honors Slide Hampton on October 11

Source: All About Jazz
September 23, 2008

Giants of Jazz 11 Presented by The Baird

What: Giants of Jazz 11, Honoring 2008 Jazz Master Honoree Slide Hampton

Celebrating 11 years of a phenomenal jazz concerts! This one-night concert The New York Times hails as New Jerseys premier jazz festival will be held at the South Orange Middle School. This years Jazz Master Honoree is Grammy Award winner Slide Hampton, an internationally renowned trombonist, composer and arranger who will perform with a host of other phenomenal jazz musicians. ...

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Steve Wilson on Blue Note Anniversary Tour

Source: Seth Cohen PR
September 23, 2008

Steve Wilson Plays Three Times in One Day at Monterey JazzFest, Joining Both Maria Schneider and Christian McBride; Kennedy Center Concert Set for 10/17 Blue Note Anniversary Tour Set for 2009 In Addition to Being an In-Demand Jazz Artist, Wilson to Have Burgeoning Presence in Classical Community A Wild Day in Monterey: Acclaimed saxophonist Steve Wilson had a busy September 20th: He performed three times in a single day at the Monterey Jazz Festival…one set with Christian McBride's new band, ...

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The Complete Arista Recordings of Anthony Braxton 8-CD Set on Mosaic Records

Source: All About Jazz
September 23, 2008

"The statement in the music, beyond the music, is that the Arista years and its fruits on record amply embodied a satisfying American flowering of Braxton’s work, in the “jazz” plot of its garden...but in doing so, and moving through flower to airborne pollen, it also showed that moment to be as evanescently improvised, as idiosyncratically composed, as the music itself." --Mike Heffley, liner notes The Birth of a Record Label And the Blossoming of an Innovator For ...

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Tonight! Maria Neckam Live at 55bar in NYC

Source: All About Jazz
September 23, 2008

Tuesday, September 23, 7-9pm @ 55 BAR (55 Christopher St, 1 to Chr. St or A,C,E,B,D,F,V to W4 St) No cover. Maria Neckam - voice and songs Lars Dietrich - alto sax Samir Zarif - tenor sax Aaron Goldberg - keys Zack Lober - bass Greg Ritchie - drums Also, here's a video from Maria's last 55 Bar gig in August! Coming up: Maria's Music live @

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Milton Nascimento Exclusive at NJPAC, Paquito D'Rivera

Source: All About Jazz
September 23, 2008

NJPACs Alternate Routes & Arts Education present Encuentro!, a Latin Jazz Weekend

With Milton Nascimento & The Jobim Trio in a NY/NJ Exclusive (10/26) Paquito D'Rivera (10/25) Latin Jazz Dance Party (10/24)

10/24/08 Baila Mi Gente Latin Jazz Dance Party, 7:30pm, Victoria Theater, $28 10/25/08 Paquito DRivera, 7:30pm, Victoria Theater, $39 10/26/08 Milton Nascimento & The Jobim Trio, 5pm, Prudential Hall, $18-$60

NJPACs Alternate Routes Series and Arts Education Department team up ...

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Add More Cowbell to Your MP3s at MoreCowbell.DJ

Source: All About Jazz
September 23, 2008

The History of “More Cowbell" “More cowbell" is an American pop culture catch phrase originally derived from an April 8, 2000 Saturday Night Live comedy sketch about the recording of the song “(Don't Fear) The Reaper" by Blue Oyster Cult. The sketch featured guest host Christopher Walken as music producer Bruce Dickinson and Will Ferrell as fictional cowbell player Gene Frenkle. In the television special Saturday Night Live: 101 Most Unforgettable Moments, this sketch is moment number five. The Technology ...

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The Ventura Jazz Ochestra Debut

Source: All About Jazz
September 23, 2008

The Ventura Jazz Orchestra makes its concert debut at the Libby Bowl in Ojai on October 11th from 7pm to 10pm, as part of a benefit concert for the Ojai Library. The band's founder Dean Adams explains the outfit's origins: “Back in May, 2008 I wrote this article sharing my vision about starting a Jazz Big Band. I remember when I was younger (I'm 45 now), walking down a street fair checking out the booths and enjoying the smell of ...

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