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Rochester International Jazz Festival - Day 4

Source: All About Jazz
June 12, 2007

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Oakland Public Conservatory of Music in Collaboration with Upsurge! Jazzpoetry Ensemble Presents an Alternative 4th of July Celebration

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
June 12, 2007

Oakland Public Conservatory of Music Marketing Department in collaboration with UpSurge! JazzPoetry Ensemble presents

AN ALTERNATIVE 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION

Commemorating Frederick Douglass' Independence Day Speech at the Rochester Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society, 1852

Tuesday, July 3, 2007 8:00 PM Concert, BBQ dinner starting at 6PM Oakland Public Conservatory of Music 1616 Franklin Street, downtown Oakland http://www.opcmusic.org/

Tickets: $20 concert admission. BBQ meal option additional $10.

OAKLAND, California--In commemoration of Frederick Douglass' speech, “What To ...

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Billy Joe Shaver Taps John Carter Cash on New Spiritual Album 'Everybody's Brother'

Source: conqueroo
June 12, 2007

Billy Joe Shaver's been thinking about making a spiritual album for a long time, but like everything in his life, he approaches spirituality on his own terms. “Somebody called this album 'honky tonk gospel,'" Shaver says chuckling. “I kinda like that." Shaver is describing Everybody's Brother, his August 7, 2007 release on Compadre Records, a division of Mathew Knowles' Music World Entertainment.

Producer John Carter Cash, son of Shaver's pal Johnny Cash, added his own studio polish to the project, ...

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Blue Note Records Signs Guitarist Lionel Loueke

Source: All About Jazz
June 11, 2007

Loueke To Be The Opening Performer At Blue Note Records' Somethin' Else Jazz Club At The 2007 Bonnaroo Music And Arts Festival Blue Note Records proudly announces the signing of guitarist Lionel Loueke, one of the brightest and most original young stars in Jazz today. Loueke will enter the studio in September to record his major label debut, which will be released in early 2008. On June 14, Loueke will be the opening performer at Blue Note Records' Somethin' Else ...

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Jazzreach Partners with JVC Jazz Festival on Excitong June 19 Double-Bill

Source: Impress Media - Jennifer Niederhoffer
June 11, 2007

THE JVC JAZZ FESTIVAL-NEW YORK CELEBRATES TWO OF TODAY'S MOST DYNAMIC ENSEMBLES IN JAZZ MATT WILSON'S ARTS & CRAFTS and JAZZREACH'S METTA QUINTET EXPLORE NEW ARTISTIC TERRITORY IN AN EXICITING EVENING OF ORIGINAL, ADVENTUROUS MUSIC INSPIRED BY THEMES OF TRANSIT AND TRAVEL AUDIENCES SAUGHT TO SHARE (AND ENJOY) THE RIDE New York, NY: The JVC Jazz Festival in association with JazzReach Performing Arts & Education Association, Inc. proudly present two of jazz music's most fast-emerging ensembles in an exciting evening ...

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Film Screening and Performance by Reggie Workman, James Spaulding, Roy Campbell, Michael Wimberly +special Guests at the Schomburg Center

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
June 11, 2007

A Special Evening at the Schomburg Center in Harlem: “REVOLUTION: Why It's Necessary, Why It's Possible, What It's All About" A Film of a Talk by Bob Avakian Film Screening and Performances by Reggie Workman, James Spaulding, Roy Campbell, Michael Wimberly + Def poet Staceyann Chin and comic Aladdin. June 12, Tuesday, 7-9:30pm Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 515 Malcolm X Boulevard & 135th St., Harlem Tickets $15 at www.revolutionbooksnyc.org or call 212-691-3345 Chuck D, Herb Boyd (Amsterdam ...

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Chick Corea & Bela Fleck at the Keswick Theatre on June 15, 2007

Source: All About Jazz
June 11, 2007

Venerated jazz pianist CHICK COREA and banjo virtuoso BELA FLECK join forces in a pairing that is both unexpected and captivating. Touring in support of their first-ever studio collaboration, The Enchantment (released May 22), they take the stage at Glenside's KESWICK THEATRE on Fri., June 15 @ 8 PM.

The Enchantment captures the astonishing interplay between these two master musicians. Immensely popular in their own musical spheres - combined, they have won an astounding 20 Grammy awards - they've forged ...

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2007 Bucks County Jazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz
June 11, 2007

Thursday, June 14

Gala Jazz and Wine Benefit Reception James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown 7-9 p.m. Join us for great music, art, wine and food. Proceeds to benefit the Delaware Valley Alzheimer's Association. $65 per person 7-9 p.m. Click here for Tickets or call 215-345-7683

Jazz After Hours

Puck, Doylestown 9 p.m. till closing The party leaves the Michener and moves to Doylestown's premier nightclub Puck for a night ...

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