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Source: All About Jazz
April 8, 2008

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Michael Pedicin's "Everything Starts Now" on Jazz Hut Records

Source: All About Jazz
April 8, 2008

Jazz artists who maintain the highest standards of the classic tradition should remind the listener of the best of the past, while presenting their own musical visions in an original and compelling fashion. For those who agree with this, Everything Starts Now by the outstanding tenor saxophonist Michael Pedicin's Quintet will truly be a revelation. As a tenor saxophonist, this 60-year old master has a sound that is entirely his own, evolved through the grand tradition, and as organic and ...

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Your Name on the Chicago Theater Marquee!

Source: All About Jazz
April 8, 2008

Built for an astonishing $4 million in the 1920's and the first theater in America built on such a grand scale, the Chicago Theater is a landmark that represents risk-taking, glamour and the Golden Age of entertainment in Chicago. Greats like Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Judy Garland, Bob Hope, and Ella Fitzgerald all performed at the Chicago Theater during its Golden Age. Imagine adding your name or message to the Chicago Theater marquee and hanging that ...

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Mayim Rabim to Represent Brooklyn at the Best of the Boroughs Festival

Source: All About Jazz
April 8, 2008

“The stunning Gottlieb possesses a powerful voice, using it with authority, soaring over the beautifully voiced chorus of four." JazzTimes

“Powerfully straddles jazz, cantorial and the avant-garde... Mayim Rabim succeeds both musically and conceptually, one of the years finest vocal releases." --All About Jazz

Jerusalem-born Ayelet Rose Gottlieb's song cycle is composed to erotic poetry from the biblical Song of Songs. Directed by Franny Silverman with video projections by Renate Aller, Mayim Rabim is a multi-sensory performance that reveals the ...

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Steve Weingart & Simon Phillips @ The Baked Potato on 4/12

Source: All About Jazz
April 8, 2008

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2008 JVC Jazz Festival - New York Lights up the City June 15 - 28

Source: All About Jazz
April 8, 2008

2008 JVC JAZZ FESTIVAL - NEW YORK LIGHTS UP THE CITY JUNE 15 - 28 Festival Highlights Include Herbie Hancock, Joao Gilberto, Jill Scott, Chris Botti, Mos Def Big Band with Gil Scott-Heron, Bad Plus 1 featuring Kurt Rosenwinkel, Sergio Mendes, Zap Mama, Charlie Haden Quartet West, Cecil Taylor, Charles Lloyd, Soulive with Joshua Redman, Dick Hyman, Tierney Sutton, Maceo Parker & More! NEW YORK, April 8, 2008 - The 2008 JVC Jazz Festival - New York, presented ...

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Karen Blixt Offers a Hopeful Message on Her New CD Mad Hope Due in Stores Spring 2008

Source: Gorgeous PR, Inc
April 8, 2008

KAREN BLIXT OFFERS A HOPEFUL MESSAGE ON HER NEW CD MAD HOPE DUE IN STORES SPRING 2008 BLIXT WILL BE PERFORMING AT YOSHI'S IN OAKLAND ON APRIL 15 AND CATALINA JAZZ CLUB IN LOS ANGELES ON MAY 21 San Francisco-based jazz singer Karen Blixt releases her second album Mad Hope in Spring 2008. The thirteen-track collection is a robust and ambitious project that finds Blixt building on the successes of her 2006 ...

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Diane Nalini: Upcoming Concert with Sean Bray and Vincent Wolfe, Toronto, Ontario

Source: All About Jazz
April 8, 2008

WHO: Triple Bill: DIANE NALINI, SEAN BRAY & VINCENT WOLFE WHERE: HUGH'S ROOM 2261 Dundas Street West, Toronto 416-531-6604 WHEN: THURSDAY, APRIL 10TH, 2008 @ 8:30 PM Cover:$18 ADVANCE / $20 DOOR / students $15

Three of Canada's finest performers come together for an evening of music. Acclaimed guitarist Sean Bray performs with his instrumental trio, and also backs renowned ...

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