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Monday Jazz at the Turning Point Cafe, Piermont, NY - December Schedule

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
January 7, 2008

MONDAY JAZZ at the Turning Point Cafe Great atmosphere, menu, and prices Jazz Every Monday 8pm-11pm Monday January 7, 2008 Saxophonist John Richmond Quartet John Hart, guitar, Bill Moring, bass, Tim Horner, drums Monday January 14, 2008 Saxophonist Tim Armacost Quartet Matt Wilson, drums Mike McGuirk, bass Matt Shulman, trumpet Mondays January 21 and 28 Saxophonist John Richmond Quartet Monday February 4 ...

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Denny Zeitlin: Solo Piano at IAJE Convention

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
January 7, 2008

IAJE: Internationally acclaimed jazz pianist-composer-psychiatrist Denny Zeitlin will perform solo at the International Association for Jazz Education Convention in Toronto, in the Concert Hall of the Fairmont Royal York Hotel, 5 PM, Friday, January 11. The concert will feature original compositions, and jazz and American song book standards as springboards into improvisation. The New York Times hailed his solo performance as “riveting," and The San Diego Union remarked: “ Denny Zeitlin stretches jazz piano beyond any hitherto defined limits." He ...

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An Evening with Dianne Reeves

Source: All About Jazz
January 7, 2008

On Valentines Day, spend a romantic evening at the Apollo Theater.

Considered to be one of the most important vocalists of our time, Dianne Reeves possesses, without a question, one of the finest Voices in jazz-simultaneously powerful, intimate and full of Emotion. Dianne Reeves is a contemporary Jazz legend who squeezes every ounce of passion out of every song.

This evening of new and old standards will place Reeves right where she belongs -in the pantheon of Apollo Theater greats ...

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Gongzilla's NAMM Jam

Source: All About Jazz
January 7, 2008

GZ at the Troubadour! Friday January 18, 2008

Gongzilla's 1st NAMM Jam will be held at the legendary Troubadour club in West Hollywood! GZ will be taking advantage of the NAMM music convention to have a little get together in LA with some of their friends. Delta Nove will kick things off with a slammin' drum set of world-funk.

And then we're jammin'...

Don Preston (Zappa) Jim Loughlin (moe.) Jeff Pevar (Phil Lesh, Crosby Stills & ...

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Celebration of Life for Earl May

Source: Janice Miller
January 7, 2008

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Funeral Services for Irene Reid & Earl May

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
January 7, 2008

Irene Reid Funeral Services: This Thursday: January 10th, 2008 The Greater Zion Hill Baptist Church at 127th and 8th Avenue Time: Viewing from 2-6:30 Services from 6:30 on at the church

Earl May Thursday, January 10, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. BETHANY BAPTIST CHURCH 275 Market Street Newark, NJ

Irene Reid The last of a ...

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Jan Leder Trio Returns for Fourth Season at Rudy's Beau Rivage

Source: All About Jazz
January 7, 2008

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Legendary Bassist Miroslav Vitous Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz
January 7, 2008

You can't ask for a more interesting interview subject than Miroslav Vitous, but anyone in search of self-deprecation or false modesty would be best advised to seek elsewhere. Simply put, Miroslav Vitous believes in Miroslav Vitous; he believes--no, knows--that his work is important, and he will not waste a moment pretending otherwise.

In addition to being a founding member of fusion supergroup Weather Report, alongside Joe Zawinul and Wayne Shorter, Vitous produced some marvelous recordings under his own name throughout ...

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