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Aliant Mobility Sounds Fantastic & TBS Present the Juno Award Winning Garrett Mason Band

Source: Just Roots PR
February 29, 2008

What: Garrett Mason Band Where:George's Roadhouse Mount Allison University Sackville, NB E4L 1G9 Phone: (506) 536 9000 When:Friday, March 7, 9PM Tickets: $10 in advance (at Ducky's 536-1344) and $12 at the door Special Student Price only at the door (ID required): $6

Garrett Mason is a true bluesman at heart. He was raised in Truro, Nova Scotia by his mother Pam, and father, Canadian blues legend Dutch Mason. Garrett's ...

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Wolter Wierbos Solo United States Tour 2008

Source: All About Jazz
February 28, 2008

Dutch trombone master Wolter Wierbos will be touring the United States in support of his most recent solo CD. He will perform solo and with local improvisors at a venue near you. March 3, 2008: Solo, Bop Shop, Village Gate Square, 274 N. Goodman St., Rochester (NY) (8 pm). March 5, 2008: Workshop, University of Indiana, 107 S. Indiana Ave., Bloomington (Ind.) (12.15 pm). March 5, 2008: Solo, Cinemat, 123 S. North Walnut St., Bloomington (9 pm). March 6, 2008: ...

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Saxman Lerman is Back on the Prowl with "Meow Baby"

Source: Great Scott P.R.oductions
February 28, 2008

Album released to strong reviews as “No Ordinary Love" captures hearts at radio If cats have nine lives, perhaps soul-groove saxophonist Danny Lerman is on his third. Yesterday (February 26th) he released his third album, Meow Baby, on Sugar Whiskey Records, his record label distributed by Lightyear Entertainment/EMI. Lerman's mlange of accessible contemporary jazz, funk-da-fied R&B and shimmering pop melodies incorporates Latin, South African, Middle Eastern and World Music nuances that were inspired by his extensive travels and performances around ...

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Jeffrey Hayden Shurdut at the Whitney Museum of Art, NYC, Biennial 2008

Source: All About Jazz
February 28, 2008

JEFFREY HAYDEN SHURDUT presents “Pianos are instruments not furniture"

Live public performance and interview on Neighborhood Public Radio as part of The Whitney Museum of Art, NYC, Biennial 2008

March 8, Saturday, 3pm (FM frequency to be announced.)

“HEY MADISON AVE., PIANOS ARE INSTRUMENTS- NOT FURNITURE." Jeffrey Hayden Shurdut

I grew up in a society where music was considered an after school activity; a recreational babysitter.

25 years later I decided to walk the streets of ...

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The Voice, the Focal Point of the 15th Tarragona Dixieland Festival: From African Roots to Big Bands

Source: All About Jazz
February 28, 2008

The voice, the oldest musical instrument, will be the focal point of the 15th Dixieland Festival of Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. After an artistic selection where excellence has outweighed other considerations, the audience will have the opportunity to live and listen to the evolution of jazz throughout different ages. It will range from the deepest African roots, with the black diva Dee Dee Bridgewater, to the deepest and most religious feelings of gospel, with the Catalan singer Big Mama and the ...

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National Guitar Workshop 2008 Jazz Guest Artists

Source: All About Jazz
February 28, 2008

The National Guitar Workshop has confirmed the John Scofield Trio and Kenny Burrell as guest artists for 2008. The John Scofield Trio will appear at the New Milford, CT campus as part of the 2008 Jazz Summit. Kenny Burrell will appear in Tom Dempsey's Giants of Jazz Seminar at the Los Angeles Campus. The National Guitar Workshop is the largest summer music workshop program in the country, with locations in Connecticut, Washington, DC, Chicago, Nashville, Austin, Seattle, San Francisco and ...

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Kendrick Scott's World Culture Music Proudly Announces the Release of Trombonist/Composer Nick Vayenas' Debut Album, Synesthesia

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
February 28, 2008

Kendrick Scott's World Culture Music Proudly Announces The Release of Trombonist/Composer Nick Vayenas' Debut Album, Synesthesia In Stores and Online on February 26, 2008 Synesthesia |_sin_s__ zh _| ( Brit. synaesthesia) noun Physiology & Psychology o the production of a sense impression relating to one sense or part of the body by stimulation of another sense or part of the body. o the poetic description of a sense impression in terms of another sense, as in “a loud perfume" or ...

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World Culture Music Recording Artist Jazz Vocalist and Composer Julie Hardy to Perform at the Kitano

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
February 28, 2008

World Culture Music Recording Artist Jazz Vocalist and Composer JULIE HARDY to perform at the Kitano Thursday, February 28th, sets at 8 & 10PM “On her new album, The Wish, Ms. Hardy burnishes her growing reputation as a musically astute and thoughtfully modern jazz singer." - Nate Chinen, New York Times “Hardy never throws off a frivolous phrase or relies on a hackneyed standards approach. Hers is a serious art, based in songs of longing and reflection with arrangements that ...

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