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Calgary Blues King Eddy Jam Bash

Source: All About Jazz
July 21, 2008

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Greek Hills of Pomos Alive with Jazz

Source: All About Jazz
July 21, 2008

Jazz for all tastes at the Paradise Place Festival. The Annual Paradise Festival moves back to its original location but with an earlier date.

The Paradise Festival heads back to its birth place this month as jazz sounds will soon be echoing across the hills of Pomos. Although moving back to its original location, a surprise for fans this year is the change of dates, with the event moved forward to July and kicking off this coming Friday instead of ...

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Ethiopian Sounds to be Served with Ribs

Source: All About Jazz
July 21, 2008

Music from the “Horn of Africa" will be among the sounds heard at the Jazz & Rib Fest next weekend. The Either/Orchestra, specializing in the music of Ethiopia (with leader Russ Gershon at center, in striped shirt) The Either/Orchestra, a 10-piece jazz band from Cambridge, Mass., which last performed in Columbus in 1991, will return with four musicians originally from Ethiopia. The band's guests will be Mulatu Astatke (vibes, keyboards), Setegn Atanaw (masinko, a one-string violin), Minale Dagnew ...

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Berklee College of Music Jazz in the Park

Source: All About Jazz
July 21, 2008

ANNUAL JAZZ AT THE FORT CONCERT IS SUNDAY, AUGUST 3

Berklee College of Music and ParkARTS present an evening of swinging big band music in the style of Count Basie in Roxbury's historic Fort Hill neighborhood with Kendrick Oliver & The New Life Jazz Orchestra and opener Lawrence Fields and his quartet. The annual Jazz at the Fort concert is free and will be held on Sunday, August 3, at 5:00 p.m., at the four-acre Highland Park on Fort Avenue, ...

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Michael Wolff Plans Aug/Sept NY Trio Dates

Source: Seth Cohen PR
July 21, 2008

Michael Wolff plans NY trio dates for August and September. New CD in the works --more details will be announced soon...

August 8, 2008 The Rubin Museum Michael Wolff Trio 150 W 17th St., New York, NY Tickets: $18 in advance, $20 day of. Box Office phone: 212.620.5000 x344.

September 19 and 20, 2008 Knickerbocker Michael Wolff Trio 33 University Place, New York, NY ...

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North Beach Jazz Fest Does Its Name Proud

Source: All About Jazz
July 21, 2008

Most are tagged with a location-- Monterey, Newport, Montreux, Montreal, San Francisco. And most, musically speaking, have little to do with that specific geographic location. That's where North Beach comes in.

This little festival that still can is chugging into its 14th year this week (June 20-27) and is one of the few that, for the most part, boosts the music of its locale, presenting indigenous musicians in something approximating their native environment. Granted, who wouldn't want to fly to ...

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Connecticut Music at a Great Price

Source: All About Jazz
July 21, 2008

The best bargain in Concert series in this area has to belong to the Greater Middletown Concert Association.

Thanks to the hard work of the indefatigable Barbara Arafeh, the GMCA continues to showcase new and upcoming artists as well as established acts. This year's series has a real local feel in that many of the musicians are based in Connecticut. The music these people and ensembles will perform has an international feel, from as close as New Orleans to the ...

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Danilo Perez-Claus Ogerman Collaboration Due from Emarcy August 26

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
July 21, 2008

In his work with the Wayne Shorter Quartet and with his own trio, Grammy-winning pianist Danilo Perez has been acclaimed for his Pan-American originality and musical fearlessness. On his new orchestral CD “Across the Crystal Sea," which was arranged and conducted by Claus Ogerman, Perez draws deeply on his lyrical gifts. Produced by Tommy LiPuma, with renowned engineer Al Schmitt at the controls, the new CD will be released by Emarcy/Universal on August 26. The Panamanian-born pianist found “Across the ...

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