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Bob Cunningham Trio / Cynthia Holiday at Baton Rouge New York!

Source: All About Jazz
May 26, 2007

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ASCAP to Add Six Music Greats to Jazz Wall of Fame at Jazz at Lincoln Center

Source: All About Jazz
May 26, 2007

NEW GROUP OF INDUCTEES INCLUDES THREE JAZZ GIANTS OF THE PAST AND LIVING LEGENDS LOUIE BELLSON, DAVE FRISHBERG, AND TERRY GIBBS

WYCLIFFE GORDON TO BE RECOGNIZED WITH THE ASCAP FOUNDATION VANGUARD AWARD

Event Will Also Celebrate Recipients of the 2007 ASCAP Foundation Young Jazz Composer Awards, Sponsored by The Gibson Foundation

New York, NY - ASCAP President and Chairman Marilyn Bergman has announced that ASCAP will add six music greats to the ASCAP Jazz Wall of Fame on Friday, June ...

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Ayana Lowe Presents,"Free, Black & 51 @ 55bar, Sat. June 2 6-9P.M.

Source: All About Jazz
May 26, 2007

AYANA LOWE JAZZ COMBO Presents: “I am Free, Black and Fifty-one Life for me has just begun!..." An evening of cool, offbeat, and sexy fun with a sprinkle oftruth mixed in.! Up-tempos, R&B, Sambas, originals, Gospel and the blues!!!! JUNE2 - Saturday 55 BAR - 55 Christopher St ( btwn 6& 7th ave take 1/9 train to Christopher) 6 - 9 p.m. (2 sets 6 & 7:45) No cover! 2 drink min. ...

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Emme Kemp Trio - "Try a Little Tenderness" at Copeland's!

Source: All About Jazz
May 26, 2007

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Cornelia Street Cafe: First Week of June Music Schedule

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
May 26, 2007

CORNELIA STREET CAFE 29 Cornelia Street, NYC, New York, 212-989-9319 http://www.corneliastreetcafe.com between West 4th and Bleecker Sts, Greenwich Village 1 Subway to Sheridan Square; A, C, E, B, D, V, F to West 4th St. First Week of June Fri Jun 01 9:00PM & 10:30PM JASON RIGBY QUARTET (Jason Rigby, saxophones;Mike Holober, Rhodes;Cameron Brown, bass;Jeff Davis, drums) Cover $10 Sat Jun 02 9:00PM & 10:30PM GNU ...

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Trumpeter Stanton Davis Featured at Harlem Speaks Thursday, May 31 6:30PM-8:30PM.

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
May 26, 2007

The National Jazz Museum in Harlem 104 East 126th Street New York, NY 10035 212 348-8300 Trumpeter Stanton Davis Featured at Harlem Speaks Time: May 31, 2007 , 6:30pm-8:30pm. This discussion series is free to the public. Location: 104 East 126th Street, Suite 2D, New York, NY New York, NY - Stanton Davis, a New Orleans-born jazz, soul, R&B and Latin trumpeter/flugelhornist is the honored guest of the bi-weekly Harlem Speaks series of the ...

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Frank Hewitt's Entire Smalls Records Catalog Available at the AAJ Download Store

Source: All About Jazz
May 25, 2007

Pianist Frank Hewitt's four recordings on Smalls Records are now available for sale at the AAJ Download Store.

We Loved You Not Afraid to Live Four Hundred Saturdays Fresh from the Cooler

Sample all Frank Hewitt Releases

Frank Hewitt was a fixture on the New York jazz scene since the mid-fifties. Over the years he played regularly with Cecil Payne, Howard McGhee, Charles Davis, and the late saxophone legend Clarence “C" Sharpe. ...

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George Gee and the Jump, Jivin' Wailers Swing Orchestra CD Release Party at Swing 46 Tuesday 5/29

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
May 25, 2007

George Gee And The Jump, Jivin' Wailers Swing Orchestra CD Release Party at Swing 46 Tuesday 5/29 8:30PM -11:30PM Swing 46 349 W 46th St btw 8th & 9th Avs. New York, NY 10036 (212) 262-9554 GEORGE GEE/If Dreams Come True: So, 30 years ago, long before anyone was thinking about a swing revival, Gee decided he wanted to lead a big band, and he's been doing it through thick ...

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