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Jerry Bergonzi (Kaufman, Gertz, & Bergonzi) Plays the Bennett Alliance Concert Series on April 13!

Source: Bennett Alliance
March 19, 2007

Mark your calenders Boston! The second installment of the Bennett Alliance Concert Series has arrived. On April 13, saxophone legend Jerry Bergonzi (KGB Trio) will play a unique triple-bill show with jazz performance art nuts the Quartet of Happiness, and avante-folk saxophonist Daniel Bennett. The concert is at the restored YMCA Theatre, located at 820 Massachusetts, Ave in Cambridge, MA. The show starts at 8pm (no advance tickets!). Admission is just $8! The KGB trio (Bob Kaufman, Bruce Gertz, & ...

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Art After 5 Presents a Range of Jazz and Dance Performances at the Philadelphia Museum of Art on Friday Nights

Source: All About Jazz
March 19, 2007

Friday nights at the Philadelphia Museum of Art are a mainstay for fans of live jazz and international music, and this spring's Art After 5 line-up continues to deliver the kinds of eclectic and exciting live performances that audiences have come to expect. The Spring 2007 Art After 5 program includes emerging talents like the dazzling Aaron Goldberg (May 11), who has been hailed by the London Guardian as “a wonderful young pianist"; as well as celebrated artists such as ...

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25,000+ Music Lovers Attend the 5th Skywards Dubai International Jazz Festival 2007

Source: Eric Kahi / Chillout Productions
March 19, 2007

Dubai is still reverberating with the soulful sounds. While Dubai's International Jazz Festival 2006 was proclaimed the best yet, this year's performances are almost certain to repeat if not better this record. The Skywards Dubai International Jazz Festival 2007 (S-DIJF) brought jazz fanatics who flocked to Dubai from all over the UAE, the GCC and from Europe, three spectacular nights of quality music and performances, complimented by a magical atmosphere and a stunning set-up, and has left people euphoric and ...

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The Jazz Session: Francis Jacob

Source: All About Jazz
March 19, 2007

On the new episode of The Jazz Session, Jason Crane interviews French guitarist Francis Jacob. Jacob's career has taken him around the world: France, Switzerland, Boston, Brazil, Paris and now New York. Along the way, he's picked up a gift for improvisation and a taste for West African music. On his new CD, Side By Side (2006), he combines his many influences and creates two albums in one -- the same tunes, played by two wonderfully different bands.

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Maria Schneider Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz
March 19, 2007

From a certain angle, it would almost appear that composer, arranger extraordinaire Maria Schneider is living in a fantasy world. Her music is highly acclaimed, her performances are killer. The commissions for compositions, conducting and arranging having come steadily, for other musical organizations as well as her own work. Her last recording not only won a Grammy, but is the first recording to do so while being entirely sold over the Internet, at her website, through her association with ArtistShare. ...

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Bassist Lisle Atkinson Featured in the Harlem Speaks Series Thursday, March 22nd 6:30PM-8:30PM This Discussion Series is Free to the Public

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
March 19, 2007

The Jazz Museum in Harlem 104 East 126th Street New York, NY 10035 212 348-8300 http://www.jazzmuseuminharlem.org/

Bassist Lisle Atkinson Featured in the Harlem Speaks series

Lisle Atkinson, Bassist: March 22, 2007

Time: 6:30pm-8:30pm. This discussion series is free to the public.

Lisle Atkinson, guest of Harlem Speaks on Thursday, March 22, 2007, began studying the violin at the age of four, and gave his first concert at the age of six. He ...

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Quinn Lemley Stars in the Heat is On! A Life in Concert Celebrating Rita Hayworth at Ruth Eckert Hall Weds March 21st at 1PM

Source: All About Jazz
March 19, 2007

THE HEAT IS ON! A life in Concert starring Quinn Lemley celebrating Rita Hayworth

Written and Directed by Carter Inskeep Wednesday March 21st at 2pm Ruth Eckert Hall, Clearwater, FL Saturday March 24 & 25th Kravis Center, West Palm, FL

See Quinn's Video from BB's on YouTube

UPCOMING PERFORMANCES: March 21 Ruth Eckert Hall Clearwater, FL Mar 24 & 25 ...

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Guitarist Mike Baggetta's Quartet at Bar 4 Tonight

Source: All About Jazz
March 18, 2007

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