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Fab Faux Recreate Beatles Music in D.C., 4/26

Source: Seth Cohen PR
March 10, 2008

Returning to Washington 4/26, Following Last Year's Sold-Out Debut: The Fab Faux Tackles The Beatles' “Most Complex Studio Work Without Breaking a Sweat" Recently Profiled On NPR's Morning Edition: “The Fab Faux is a Collective That's About Attention to Detail" Band is “In the Midst of a Surprising Leap from Club Fringe to Center Stage..." For those of us who never got to see The Beatles perform live, we're fortunate to have five of the best musicians around - The ...

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Rising Jazz Stars Foundation Launches Resonance Records and Resonance Heirloom Series

Source: All About Jazz
March 10, 2008

With New Releases In March 2008 from Pianist/Producer John Beasley And Legendary Pianist Gene Harris For many professionals in the Jazz business, its current economic climate presents problems of seemingly insurmountable proportions. For George Klabin, the visionary President of the Rising Jazz Stars Foundation, these challenges offer a tremendous opportunity to not only instill a new vibrancy into the art form, but also to establish a significantly more equitable financial environment for its artists. The centerpiece of his bold and ...

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Joe Locke - Moment to Moment: The Music of Henry Mancini at Dizzy's Club Coca Cola

Source: All About Jazz
March 10, 2008

Vibraphonist Joe Locke offers a fresh look at some of the most memorable and beautiful songs ever written: the music of Henry Mancini. He leads an all star band, which includes the superb talents of pianist Geoffrey Keezer, bassist George Mraz, drummer Clarence Penn and special guest vocalist Kenny Washington. Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola March 25-30, 2008 Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola Jazz at Lincoln Center Broadway at 60th Street 5th Floor 7:30pm and 9:30pm ...

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Ambrosia Restaurant Presents First Annual Wine Dinner with Special Guest Clos Lachance

Source: All About Jazz
March 10, 2008

The award-winning Ambrosia Restaurant is pleased to present their first annual Seasonal Wine Dinner with special guest Clos LaChance Winery. The evening features a 5-course meal paired with wines from winemaker Stephen Tebb. The special engagement dinner begins at 7 PM. The evening's entertainment will include a performance from award-winning jazz vocalist, Chris Williams. This 5-course feast celebrates the Spring Farmer's Market, highlighting the bounty of the season with the freshest fruit, vegetables and land & sea selections. The courses ...

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The Cal Massey Music Festival Podcast

Source: All About Jazz
March 10, 2008

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Dice of Dixie - Finest Brand in Dixieland CD - Avalable 04/15/08

Source: All About Jazz
March 10, 2008

3 CDs of incredible players taking on the Dixieland sound. Description: This Collector's Box features the legendary Dice Of Dixe, excellent musicians who are also at home in modern styles, but feel a longing for expressing their love for Dixieland. Their music is concert-orientated, intelligent and their contemporary approach is free from puristic constraints. Their program features Songs from Armstrong, Lennon/McCartney and W.C. Handy to Duke Ellington. 3 CDs of incredible playing in the Dixieland style. Track Listing/Features: ...

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This week on JazzPianoOnline.com

Source: All About Jazz
March 10, 2008

Improvising over Rhythm Changes Part 1 & Part 2 Except for the Blues, Rhythm Changes- the name given to the chord changes to the tune I Got Rhythm- is the most common chord progression in jazz. Written in 1930 by George Gershwin, the tune was immediately co-opted by musicians as a vehicle for new tunes which yielded countless contrafacts, Duke Ellington's Cottontail, Sonny Rollins' Oleo, Monk's Rhythm-a-ning and Charlie Parker's Anthropology, to name just a few. To be ...

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RWB and RBB Cook up an Alphabet Soup of Blues at the Kingfish Restaurant & Tiki Bar, Bay City, MI, March 14

Source: Just Roots PR
March 10, 2008

The Rusty Wright Blues (RWB) band will start things cooking when they take the stage of the Kingfish Restaurant & Tiki Bar, Bay City, MI, March 14. Heating the evening's activities up even more, Ronnie Baker Brooks (RBB) will then bring things to a rocking-rolling boil, in what promises to be an alphabet soup of Blues that will have everyone in the audience stirring in their seats, and mixing on the dance floor

What: Rusty Wright Blues and Ronnie Baker ...

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