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BossaBrasil Festival: "From Ipanema to New York," April 15 - 19

Source: All About Jazz
March 4, 2008

BOSSABRASIL Festival With Legends CESAR CAMARGO MARIANO and JOAO BOSCO Special Guest HARRY ALLEN “From Ipanema to New York," April 15 - 19

The sounds of Brasil are returning to Birdland with the BossaBrasil Festival, launched in '07 to great success, produced by Pat Philips and Ettore Stratta who have a long history of working with Brazilian music.

This year features Grammy Award winning master Pianist/Composer/ Producer, CESAR CAMARGO MARIANO with his Trio and renowned Vocalist/Guitarist/Composer, ...

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Lee Konitz & Roy Haynes Quartet Headline 2008 Reno Jazz Festival, April 24-26

Source: All About Jazz
March 4, 2008

The best jazz musicians in the world travel to the University of Nevada, Reno each spring to perform and teach at the Reno Jazz Festival. This year, legendary saxophonist Lee Konitz and acclaimed Roy Haynes Quartet share their talent and expertise with the festival's more than 10,000 attendees.

In addition to evening concerts by guest artists, the Reno Jazz Festival offers daytime competitions, workshops and clinics by scores of professional jazz artists and adjudicators for more than 9,000 young jazz ...

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Jacob Fred Jazz Odysssey Announce Tour Dates / "Lil Tae Rides Again" out April 8

Source: All About Jazz
March 4, 2008

Brooklyn, NY - Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey have announced new tour dates in support of their upcoming release, Lil Tae Rides Again, available April 8 on HYENA Records. The 20-date run begins in the trio's hometown, Tulsa, Oklahoma, stretches up the West Coast to Seattle and wraps with a string of shows around New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. This will be the first West Coast tour for drummer Josh Raymer who joined JFJO's Brian Haas and Reed Mathis late ...

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2008 Brubeck Festival Celebrates 50 Years of the "Real" Ambassadors

Source: All About Jazz
March 4, 2008

2008 Brubeck Festival Celebrates 50 Years of the “Real" Ambassadors Stockton, Calif., March 31 - April 5 Washington, D.C., April 8 - 13

Stockton, CA - Fifty years ago, four rising jazz musicians led by Dave Brubeck boarded a DC-6 on behalf of the U.S. State Department. Their Cold War mission was to play jazz concerts behind the Iron Curtain and in the Middle East and Asia. This “Cultural Ambassador Tour" had a profound effect on ...

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AAJ February 2008 Website Traffic

Source: All About Jazz
March 3, 2008

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Delmark Records New Spring Releases: Dave Specter, Mississippi Heat, Jason Ajemian, Wally Rose

Source: All About Jazz
March 3, 2008

Delmark New Releases Street Date: April 22, 2008

DAVE SPECTER Live In Chicago (Delmark DVD 1794 / CD DE 794)

Blues guitarist Dave Specter is never prone to grandstanding. He communicates an inherent sense of style and form, subtlety and swing, keeping his magnetic needle always fixed on a steady, unalterable course. Recorded live at Buddy Guy's Legends and Rosa's Blues Lounge, Live In Chicago features special guests Jimmy Johnson, Tad Robinson ...

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Drew Gress Featured on NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross and in the NY Times!

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
March 3, 2008

Bassist/Composer Drew Gress ON TOUR In Support + Celebration of The Irrational Numbers, His Third Album for Premonition “Much as Gress likes aggressive playing, he doesn't deny his love of good melody. On The Irrational Numbers, the way he plays those tendencies off each other may be one more way he defeats expectations. But it's not like musicians have to choose. Why not have it all?" - Kevin Whitehead on NPR's Fresh Air “If there's still any line in the ...

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12th Annual Jazz on 4th St, Berkeley, CA Line-up Announced May 18, 2008

Source: Marshall Lamm Promotions & Public Relations
March 3, 2008

12TH ANNUAL JAZZ ON 4TH STREET FESTIVAL BENEFIT FOR BERKELEY HIGH SCHOOL JAZZ PROGRAMS Sunday, May 18, Noon - 5:00pm On 4th Street in Berkeley, between Hearst & Virginia, FREE! MUSICAL PERFORMANCES BY E.C. SCOTT KHALIL SHAHEED QUINTET JOHN SANTOS QUARTET & THE AWARD-WINNING BERKELEY HIGH JAZZ ORCHESTRA & COMBOS (Berkeley, CA) -- Presented ...

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