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Performance / Tour

Paul Nash Jazz Cycles Wednesday, January 23rd at the Iridium Jazz Club Sets at 8:30 & 10:30PM

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
January 15, 2008

Paul Nash Jazz Cycles Wednesday, January 23rd At IRIDIUM JAZZ CLUB 1650 BROADWAY (Corner of 51st) NEW YORK, NY 10023 RESERVATIONS: 212-582-2121 Sets At 8:30 & 10:30PM Featuring Kenny Rampton (trumpet) Bruce Williamson (soprano & alto sax) Tim Ries (tenor sax) Mick Rossi (piano) Vic Juris (guitar) Jeff Carney (bass) Grisha Alexiev (drums)

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Performance / Tour

Mingus Orchestra Tonight January 15th Sets at 8:30 & 10:30PM

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
January 15, 2008

IRIDIUM JAZZ CLUB 1650 BROADWAY (Corner of 51st) NEW YORK, NY 10023 RESERVATIONS: 212-582-2121 Sets At 8:30 & 10:30PM This Tuesday January 15th Mingus Orchestra Alto Saxophone/clarinet/flute/soprano - Craig Handy Tenor Saxophone/soprano - Wayne Escoffery Trombone - Conrad Herwig Trumpet - Kenny Rampton Drums - Donald Edward Bass - Boris Kozlov Bassoon - Michael Rabinowitz

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Performance / Tour

Walt Weiskopf Quartet Wed Jan 16 at 46 Lounge

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
January 15, 2008

Performance / Tour

George Benson - "A Tribute to Nat King Cole" - February 15

Source: All About Jazz
January 15, 2008

Education

Frogstory Music Announces the Release of Thoth Music Learning Software Version 2.3

Source: All About Jazz
January 15, 2008

THoTH Music Learning Software is a program that helps guitar teachers and students with scales, arpeggios, chord voicings, and other musical elements by applying them to the chord progressions of standard and jazz songs. Version 2.3, with new features and new lessons, is now available for download. The program comes with thirty lessons written by the program's author, Steve Carter, who taught guitar at Berklee College of Music for twenty-five years. Each lesson is related to a particular song, and ...

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Recording

Stan Harrison Praised by Critics in JazzTimes

Source: Seth Cohen PR
January 15, 2008

"He Has a Hefty Tone that Sometimes Barks in Raspiness with a Rhythm-and-Blues Soulfulness" “The Rare Artist Who Still Knows How to Serve the Song Rather Than...the Showboating and Overplaying that Plague so Many Instrumentalists" Harrison to Perform with THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS at The Beacon in New York, 2/2/08 Critics continue to weigh in on 'The Optimist', by rock/jazz saxophonist Stan Harrison. Soon to be seen in JAZZTIMES Magazine, Harrison has performed with and/or appeared on albums by some ...

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Music Industry

Utopia Records is Proud to Introduce to the World New Sultry & Soulful Smooth Jazz Flautist Shana Kaye

Source: All About Jazz
January 15, 2008

Shana Kaye - New on the Smooth Jazz scene Flautist/Vocalist. Shana is currently in the studio working on her much anticipated debut Smooth Jazz CD, Shana Kaye has created a unique style soon to be felt and heard. Her impressive musical feel & technique can be heard on two tracks from Alfonzo Blackwell's (alfonzoblackwell.com) latest CD “Dance To This" where she is featured on “Take A Look" and “Inside My Heart". The mood for this track embodies a combination of ...

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Performance / Tour

Jazz Legend Chico Hamilton Expands Borders Bookstores Tour into 2008

Source: AMT Public Relations
January 15, 2008

Jazz Legend Chico Hamilton Debuts Compilation Album Hamiltonia at Monthly BORDERS Concerts & Album Signings WHAT: Free, In-Store Performances & Hamiltonia Album Signings at Local BORDERS Bookstores WHO: NEA Jazz Master Chico Hamilton with his sextet Euphoria WHERE: BORDERS Bookstores: Westbury, New York 1260 Old Country Road (516.683.8700) Lutherville, Maryland 170 W. Ridgely Road (410.453.0727) Albany, New York 59 Wolf Road (518.482.5800) Washington, DC 1801 K Street NW (202.466.4999) Providence, Rhode Island ...

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