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Root Doctor Celebrates Release of New CD, Change Our Ways!

Source: Just Roots PR
November 17, 2007

Root Doctor Celebrates Release of New CD, Change Our Ways!

Root Doctor Celebrates Release Of Its CD, Change Our Ways with an official CD Release Blow-Out Party in the DeVille Room at the Cadillac Club, Lansing

The Cadillac Club in Lansing presents the musical event of the year on Friday, November 23rd. The internationally renowned and locally adored Soul, Blues, and R&B group Root Doctor will celebrate the release of its brand new CD, Change Our Ways with an official ...

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The Book of Nations Pays Tribute to Jazz Singers and Musicians, and World's Prominent Achievers.

Source: All About Jazz
November 17, 2007

THE BOOK OF NATIONS PAYS TRIBUTE TO JAZZ SINGERS AND MUSICIANS, AND WORLD'S PROMINENT ACHIEVERS. New York-NY. Amazon.com Company has just published - The Book Of Nations: Leaders, Stars, Celebrities, Lifestyles and Entertainment - written by Maximillien de Lafayette. The book is a joint publication of Amazon, Times Square Press, and the Federation of American Musicians, Singers and Performing Artists (FAMSPA). It is a huge tome of 738 pages analyzing major issues and listing the top 100 people and ideas ...

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Holiday Jazz on 34th Street, Featuring New York's Onaje Allan Gumbs and South Africa's Hotep Idris Galeta

Source: All About Jazz
November 17, 2007

New York and South Africa unite for the Holidays as Bronx-based pianist Onaje Allan Gumbs and South African pianist Hotep Idris Galeta pair up for three unique duo concerts December 13-15 at Shutters Cafe in New York, melding the American and South African jazz traditions in a one-of-a-kind series, presented by Inja Yami Production and Rose Petal Entertainment with support from A.C. Pianocraft.

On Thursday, December 13, the two pianists perform together without accompaniment, presenting their own highly original brands ...

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290 New Additions to AAJ Upcoming Jazz Release Center

Source: All About Jazz
November 16, 2007

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Guitarist Les Paul Receives 2007 National Medal of Arts

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
November 16, 2007

Guitarist Les Paul Receives 2007 National Medal of Arts by Staff. Yesterday, President George W. Bush announced that guitar pioneer Les Paul is among the ten 2007 National Medal of Arts recipients who will be honored today at a presentation ceremony in the East Room of the White House. According to an official White House statement, First Lady Laura Bush, Mrs. Lynne Cheney, Dana Gioia, Chairperson, National Endowment for the Arts, and Dr. Bruce Cole, Chairperson, National Endowment for the ...

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Bush Awards University of Idaho Jazz Festival Top Arts Honor

Source: All About Jazz
November 16, 2007

BOISE, Idaho -- A jazz festival that began 40 years ago in a small northern Idaho college town, but has grown into a four-day event drawing top musicians from around the globe, will receive one of the nation's most prestigious arts honors. In a ceremony at the White House Thursday, President Bush will award the National Medal of Arts to The University of Idaho Lionel Hampton International Jazz Festival. “It means the highest level of national recognition for our artistic ...

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Breaking Bread Together: The Spirit of Thanksgiving in Song

Source: All About Jazz
November 16, 2007

How do spirituals fit into a life filled with jazz? For a generation of jazzmen, they were their first introduction to a love of music. From childhood days in church to grandparents singing favorites on long-ago Sunday mornings, this sacred music inspired their work as jazzmen. Legends of American music--trumpeters Clark Terry and “Sweets" Edison, and bass-baritone William Warfield--perform with the band and share family stories, both heartfelt and humorous, about what the music has meant to them. In this ...

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Eric Mintel Quartet Presents the Music of Vince Guaraldi at the Hayes Center in Blowing Rock, NC

Source: All About Jazz
November 16, 2007

Pianist and composer Vince Guaraldi has never been given the credit that he deserves for introducing an entire generation of music lovers to the joys of jazz music. Jazz purists probably hate to think about the huge number of listeners who first got hooked on jazz while watching Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Linus and Lucy dancing merrily by a sad little Christmas tree...but it's true. 42 years after the television debut of the holiday special A Charlie Brown Christmas, Vince Guaraldi's ...

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