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Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
November 28, 2007

World Culture Music Founder Kendrick Scott To be Featured on The Monterey Jazz Festival 50th Anniversary Tour MJF/50 All-Star Band Features Terence Blanchard, James Moody, Nnenna Freelon, Benny Green, Derrick Hodge & Kendrick Scott 54-Date Tour Kicks Off January 8th In Washington State, Continues Through 52 Cities In 22 States From January - March, 2008 “Kendrick Scott is a jazz drummer conversant in an ultramodern sense of propulsion." - The New York ...

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Trio Taq: Marcin Masecki, Garth Stevenson, Ziv Ravitz U.S. Tour

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
November 28, 2007

Marcin Masecki, the celebrated young jazz pianist who took the contemporary jazz world by storm when he won the 2005 Moscow International Jazz Piano Competition (its jury chaired by legendary Martial Solal), is being brought back by The Polish Cultural Institute on a U.S. tour with his long-time partners in Trio TAQ - Canadian bassist Garth Stevenson and Israeli drummer Ziv Ravitz - with concerts at the Lily Pad in Boston on Monday, December 17 at 7:30 PM; New York's ...

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Chanticleer, the World's Reigning Male Chorus, to Perform and Sign Autographs at J&r Music and Computer World

Source: All About Jazz
November 28, 2007

MONDAY, DECEMBER 3 AT 1:30 PM

Chanticleer, the world's reigning male chorus, will make a special appearance to kick off the holiday season at J&R Music and Computer World with a special performance and autograph signing on Monday, December 3 at 1:30PM. Chanticleer will perform songs from their newest Christmas CD, Let It Snow, which features the ensemble with the Chanticleer Holiday Orchestra performing such favorites as “Feliz Navidad" and “The Christmas Song."

Chanticleer - based in San ...

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Altanta's Soul/Jazz Band Groovproject Releases Sophomore Project

Source: All About Jazz
November 28, 2007

ATLANTA, GA - GroovProject, a Atlanta based soul-jazz band, has released their sophomore recording entitled, The Life, The Loss, The Love. The effort features 12 songs, six of which were written by the band's director and drummer, Donovan “Groov" Henderson. The Life, The Loss, The Love is available on CD the band's website, personal appearances by the band and online at CDBABY. The band appears frequently at Sunset Caf and throughout Atlanta area. GroovProject has been performing for over 2 ...

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Founder of Newport Jazz Festival Passes Away

Source: All About Jazz
November 28, 2007

Elaine Lorillard, the socialite who encouraged a club owner to start the Newport Jazz Festival, died this week of dementia, nursing home officials said. She was 93.

Lorillard died early Monday at the Heatherwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Newport, said Lori Curtin, director of quality assurance.

Lorillard is best remembered for inspiring jazz club owner George Wein to create the Newport Jazz Festival, the first such gathering in the United States and the model for hundreds of similar celebrations ...

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The Jeff "Siege" Siegel Quartet the Gillespie Auditorium at the New York Baha'i Center Tuesday, December 4th Sets at 8:00 and 9:30 P.M.

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
November 28, 2007

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4TH The Jeff “Siege" Siegel Quartet featuring: Erica Lindsay - tenor saxophone Francesca Tanksley - piano Jay Anderson - bass Jeff “Siege" Siegel - drums In an evening of exciting original music performing at: The Gillespie Auditorium at the New York Baha'i Center at 53 East 11th Street (between University Place & Broadway). There will be two shows ...

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Michael Camacho Upcoming Appearances

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
November 28, 2007

MICHAEL CAMACHO AT “VIBRATO" WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 12TH 9:30 TIL 10:30 FEATURING THE PAT SENATORE TRIO ON BASS, JEFF COLLELA ON PIANO (WAS WITH LOU RAWLS UNTIL THE LATE GREAT LOU RAWLS PASSED ON.) AND BOB ZIMMITI ON DRUMS TRIO STARTS AT 6:30-7:30 DAVEENA LIMONICK FROM 8:00-9:00 AND THEN MICHAEL CAMACHO AT 9:30 2930 BEVERLY GLEN CIRCLE BEL AIR, CA 90077 FOR DINNER RESERVATIONS: 310-474-9400 2 DRINK MINIMUM AT ...

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Universal Music Group CEO Says Record Industry is in Deep Trouble

Source: All About Jazz
November 28, 2007

It's Monday afternoon, and Doug Morris, chair and CEO of Universal Music Group, is eating lunch in his private dining room at the company's Manhattan headquarters. Morris hasn't been here much in recent months, though it's hard to imagine he misses the place. For one thing, workers have been renovating the building: To reach his corner suite, you need to take an elevator to the floor above, walk down a hallway covered with plastic sheeting, and then descend a flight ...

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