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Jazzfever Jam Every Saturday the Sugar Bar 8PM Hosted by 7x Award-Winning Jazz Singer Songwriter Lare

Source: All About Jazz
October 9, 2007

Ashford & Simpson & The Sugar Bar present

J a z z F e v e r Jam! Hosted by 7x award-winning Jazz Singer Songwriter LaRe!

Every Saturday 8pm-12am

NYC's most exciting Creative Educational Jazz Jam.

“One year in the making" and JazzFever has become a celebrity Jam session supported by some of the most sought out Jazz musicians in the world along with this wonderful atmosphere;candlelit Carribean Soul Cuisine & Feverish Drinks- Give-a-way! $10 Sugar Bar 72nd ...

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Highlife CD Release Show at Bar4 in Park Slope Brooklyn, October 15

Source: All About Jazz
October 9, 2007

BROOKLYN, NY - With roots in California, NY's Highlife celebrates their debut CD release at Bar4 in Park Slope Brooklyn Their Debut record (Crowart Records) was recorded and produced at Sound Farm in Vallejo California by Doug Chancellor and was produced by Rick Montgomery in July 2006. Crowart Records was founded by New York Times Best-Selling author John Lescroart. The album consists of 9 originals composed by all of the members of the band. ...

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Joe Chambers at Cachaca Fri. & Sat. October 12-13

Source: All About Jazz
October 9, 2007

Cachaa 35 West 8th St (bet. 5th & 6th Aves.) NYC * tel 212-388-9099 Oct. New Set Times: 9, 11 & 12:30 New prices beginning in October: Sun to Thur $10+15 min. Fri & Sat $20+15 New York City's Newest Jazz Hang In The Heart of Greenwich Village Fri.-Sat. October 12, 13 Joe Chambers, drums, vibraphone Misha Tsiganov, Piano Richie Goode, Bass ...

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Vampire Suit at Tea Lounge in New York on October 17th

Source: All About Jazz
October 9, 2007

Vampire Suit is excited to announce the imminent release of A New Song, a follow up to Gaze at Your Omphalos, its debut release from 2004. In support of the new release, Vampire Suit will perform at the Tea Lounge, 837 Union St., Brooklyn on October 17th at 9:00 pm. A New Song continues the concept that is at the heart of Vampire Suit's music - to forge musical materials from around the world into a new, unique whole - ...

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Jazz Cellist/Trombonist Dana Leong Launches New Album and Worldwide Tour

Source: AMT Public Relations
October 9, 2007

Jazz Cellist/Trombonist Dana Leong Launches New Album and Worldwide Tour with a Special Concert at The Knitting Factory “Top 10 Performances of the Year in New York City." --All About Jazz (2005) New York City--- Dana Leong, an international jazz artist known for his genius mastery of the cello and trombone, brings his signature style of rock-hop, nu-jazz and plain old funk music to The Knitting Factory (74 Leonard Street), Wednesday, November 14th @ 7:00pm. Premiering original multi-genre compositions off ...

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The Jazz Session #30: Brian Groder

Source: All About Jazz
October 9, 2007

On the new episode of The Jazz Session, Jason Crane interviews trumpeter, flugelhornist and composer Brian Groder. Groder's new album, Torque (Latham Records, 2006), features jazz master Sam Rivers on saxophone and flute, along with bassist Doug Mathews and drummer Anthony Cole. Groder has played with everyone from Cecil Taylor and Joanne Brackeen to Joe Cocker, Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis, Jr. In addition to his various projects with other musicians, Groder also writes music for multimedia pieces and dance ...

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Trombonist Steve Davis with the Sid Simmons Quartet at Ortlieb's Jazzhaus on October 12, 2007

Source: All About Jazz
October 9, 2007

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Jazz Pianist / Composer Ezra Weiss Celebrates New Album with Tour

Source: Braithwaite & Katz Communications
October 9, 2007

"Weiss proves himself as a confident composer and arranger in the progressive jazz mainstream." - Nate Chinen, New York Times

“Don't be fooled. He's only playing a few notes, but boy are they the right ones." - Neil Tesser, Listen Here!

Join jazz pianist/composer Ezra Weiss as he celebrates the release of his new CD Get Happy on tour October 12 - 30.

Weiss' piano playing evinces a distinctive expressiveness that is doubly impressive coming from ...

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