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Miles Ahead and Porgy and Bess Presentation at Zankel Hall in NYC

Source: All About Jazz
February 19, 2008

MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC presents MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC JAZZ ORCHESTRA WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20 AT 7:30 PM IN ZANKEL HALL JUSTIN DI CIOCCIO, Conductor DAVE LIEBMAN, Saxophone, Guest Artist Program will include the Historic MILES DAVIS/GIL EVANS Collaborations of Miles Ahead and Porgy and Bess Concert is the culmination of a MILES DAVIS JAZZ SUMMIT taking place: Monday, February 18 at 7:30 p.m. Keynote Address and Panel Discussion with MARCUS MILLER, Moderator; ...

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Cyrus Chestnut Trio Debut Performance in Replacement of T.S. Monk Sextet at the Kimmel Center Friday, February 22

Source: Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
February 19, 2008

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Mingus Big Band Shares the Stage to Pay Tribute to Iconic Jazz Master Charles Mingus

“What makes Chestnut the best jazz pianist of his generation is a willingness to abandon notes and play space." -Josh Tyrangiel of TIME magazine, 2006

The Cyrus Chestnut Trio will make its Kimmel Center Presents debut performance in replacement of the T.S. Monk Sextet originally scheduled to perform on Friday, February 22, 2008 at 8pm in the ...

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Laurent Medelgi Trio Live at Vintage NYC February 25, 2008

Source: All About Jazz
February 19, 2008

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Arthur Lyman's Exotic Sounds Reissued on Collectors' Choice

Source: conqueroo
February 19, 2008

From Hawaiian sounds to Polynesian melodies, with side trips into jazz and Broadway, Lyman was one of three reigning kings of exotica

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Having learned his lessons in exotica while playing the vibraphone for Martin Denny, Arthur Lyman went on to become one of the Big Three (along with Denny and Les Baxter) in exotic lounge music during the '50s and '60s. He deftly grafted unusual tropically-inspired instrumentation and jazzy arrangements onto tunes ranging from Polynesian melodies ...

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Delmark Records 55th Anniversary All Star Tribute Concert- Buddy Guy's Legends

Source: All About Jazz
February 19, 2008

DELMARK IS HAVING A PARTY! 55th Anniversary All-Star Chicago Blues Tribute Concert at Buddy Guy's Legends - Friday, March 7, 2008 To celebrate Delmark and Bob Koester's 55th year in the music business, I am excited to announce that we're throwing a special all-star tribute concert with a who's who of Chicago Blues on Friday, March 7th at Buddy Guy's Legends. Delmark artists and friends Dave Specter, Byther Smith, Jimmy Dawkins, Tail Dragger, Jimmy and Syl Johnson, Little Arthur Duncan, ...

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Stan Harrison Hailed as "Devilishly Inventive Tenor"

Source: Seth Cohen PR
February 19, 2008

JazzTimes Raves: “A Devilishly Inventive Tenor;" “Not What You Might Expect;" “Heavenlike" “Somewhere in Between Jazz and Hard-Edged Pop" Harrison Soon to be Featured on Cover of Saxophone Journal Magazine Rock/jazz saxophonist Stan Harrison steps out of the shadows and into the national spotlight with his acclaimed CD, 'The Optimist'. In their March issue, JAZZTIMES Magazine praised Harrison as “a devilishly inventive tenor..." “Not what you might expect..." Critics have embraced the CD in recent months, and additional national coverage ...

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Radical Jewish Music Festival in Philadelphia - March 1-4 Presented by Ars Nova Workshop

Source: All About Jazz
February 19, 2008

ARS NOVA WORKSHOP PRESENTS THE FIRST RADICAL JEWISH MUSIC FESTIVAL IN PHILADELPHIA FEATURING THREE UNIQUE PROJECTS FROM LEGEND JOHN ZORN MARCH 1-4, 2008 RADICAL JEWISH MUSIC FESTIVAL Presented by Ars Nova Workshop Saturday, March 1, 8:30pm MASADA GUITARS with Jon Madof, acoustic guitar; and Tim Sparks, acoustic guitar Performing traditional and modern Jewish music as well as compositions from John Zorn's Masada songbook, Madof and Sparks will perform virtuosic solo and duo interpretations. Jon Madof's musical ...

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Drummer Barry Altschul Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz
February 19, 2008

Born in the Bronx on January 6, 1943, drummer Barry Altschul was quickly ensconced in the hard bop scene of the late 1950s, but it was a gig with pianist Paul Bley's trio that put him among the ranks in New York's burgeoning free-jazz scene of the next decade, one which resulted in tours of Europe and a slew of recordings with Bley.

Altschul also worked regularly with staunchly avant-garde reedmen Anthony Braxton and Sam Rivers throughout the 1970s, though ...

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