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John Richmond Quartet at Sweet Rhythm-Tomorrow-Wed 3-21-8PM and 10 PM

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
March 20, 2007

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Famed New York Rock Club Hosts Jazz Residency

Source: All About Jazz
March 20, 2007

WHAT: Jazz Residency at a famed small rock club by emerging composer/musician, Ryan Meagher and his group Atroefy. WHERE: Kenny's Castaways on Bleecker St and Thompson St in the West Village. WHEN: Every Tuesday Night from 11 pm to 2:30 am or later TICKETS: free Ryan Meagher's Atroefy, a New York City based ensemble, features the unique compositions of an emerging young musician who fuses “indie rock" sounds with the freedom of avant-garde jazz and the lush arrangements and improvisations ...

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Seamus Blake & the John Swana Quartet @ Chris' Jazz Cafe on March 23 & 24, 2007

Source: All About Jazz
March 20, 2007

Tenor saxophonist Seamus Blake joins the John Swana Quartet for two nights at Chris Jazz Cafe in Philadelphia.

SEAMUS BLAKE & THE JOHN SWANA QUARTET Seamus Blake - saxophone John Swana - trumpet Doug Hirlinger - drums Mike Boone - bass Neil Podgurski - piano

March 23 & 24, 2007 Sets @ 8 & 10 Chris' Jazz Cafe 1421 Sansom St

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The Great Bob Dorough at Sweet Rhythm Tonight! Tuesday, March 20th

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
March 20, 2007

"One of the last hipsters standing"--Gary Giddins, Village Voice

One of many Bebop emigres who flocked to NYC from all over the country, Bob hit the Apple in the summer of 1949 after receiving his Bachelor of Music degree from North Texas University. While taking more classes at Columbia, he practiced the new repertoire with his peers, and sometimes with the Masters. By 1952 he was through with the academic world and became a “pro," devoting his talent to piano/ ...

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Trio Da Paz Presented by the Harpur Jazz Project; Wednesday March 21st at Binghamton University

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
March 20, 2007

Trio Da Paz presented by the Harpur Jazz Project Wednesday March 21, 2007 8:00 p.m. Anderson Center Chamber Hall Binghamton University Binghamton, NY 13902

Tickets are $8 general public and $5 students with I.D. Box Office: 607-777-ARTS(2787)

Trio Da Paz latest CD is Somewhere on the Blue Toucan Music label

Trio Da Paz features three of Brazil's most in-demand musicians. Trio da Paz updates the infectious spirit of ...

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Sten Hostfalt Ghost Factor @ Monkeytown NYC March 22

Source: All About Jazz
March 20, 2007

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James Falzone to Celebrate New CD with Back-to-Back May Concerts in Chicago

Source: Improvised Communications
March 20, 2007

Clarinetist/composer James Falzone will perform back-to-back Chicago concerts in early May to celebrate the release of his new CD, The Sign And The Thing Signified (Allos Documents). Falzone, a Chicago native, will perform with his seven-piece ensemble, Allos Musica, at the Ossia Performance Space on May 5th at 8:00 p.m. and The Hungry Brain (presented by Umbrella Music) on May 6th at 10:00 p.m. Both concerts will feature Amy Cimini (viola), Katherine Young (bassoon), Karen Davis (cello), Krzysztof Pabian (bass), ...

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Pianist Onaje Allan Gumbs Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz
March 20, 2007

Pianist Onaje Allan Gumbs has been successful in a wide array of musical styles for more than thirty years, from arranging and performing pop and R&B tunes for Phyllis Hyman, Norman Connors and Noel Pointer, to blowing on top-notch straight-ahead stuff with Woody Shaw and Betty Carter, among others. And things in between. But it is songs like “Lament" and the title cut to the new CD that exemplify a big part of what is behind the work of the ...

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