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Mahavishnu Project's Gregg Bendian Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz
March 5, 2007

Drummer Gregg Bendian knows all about adventurous music making; for over twenty years, this classically trained musician has led a number of stylistically diverse, forward-looking groups, whose leitmotif is controlled improvisation.

And if it is true what they say about the company you keep, then collaborations with saxophonist Ornette Coleman, pianist Cecil Taylor, saxophonist John Zorn, and guitarist Nels Cline and Derek Bailey speak volumes about Bendian's musical vision. This musical vision has driven Bendian over the last five years ...

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Numinous Presents Vipassana by Joseph C. Phillips Jr.

Source: All About Jazz
March 5, 2007

Numinous will present Joseph C. Phillips Jr.'s epic four-movement composition, Vipassana, on Tuesday, March 20, 2007 at 8:00 PM at Makor (www.makor.org) located at 35 West 67th Street. Tickets are $15 at the door.

In the Pali language of the early Buddhist texts, vipassana means “to see things as they really are." Vipassana is an epic four-movement, 70-minute composition that “stimulates the mind and refreshes the spirit." Featuring 25 classical and jazz instrumentalists and singers, Vipassana is partly inspired by ...

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Barbara Fasano's "Written in the Stars" 2007 Bistro Awards Outstanding Recording

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
March 5, 2007

BARBARA FASANO'S NEW CD WRITTEN IN THE STARS has been awarded the 2007 BACK STAGE BISTRO AWARD: OUTSTANDING RECORDING

MS. FASANO IS THE RECIPIENT OF 2 PREVIOUS BACK STAGE BISTRO AWARDS: OUTSTANDING RECORDING, OUTSTANDING VOCALIST

AWARDS WILL BE PRESENTED AT A GALA EVENT MONDAY, APRIL 9 @ GOTHAM COMEDY CLUB

“Barbara Fasano's musical forte is cabaret music, yet the album is fashioned with a jazz sensibility. The ensemble is led by pianist/ arranger John DiMartino, and ...

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Terence Blanchard to Perform in Camden, New Jersey, Saturday March 31, 2007 8 PM

Source: Graziella PR
March 5, 2007

Terence Blanchard, renowned trumpeter, composer and bandleader, will perform at the First Annual Gordon Theater Jazz Festival on Saturday, March 31, 2007 at 8 pm at the Gordon Theater, 3rd & Pearl, Street, Camden, New Jersey.

Tickets $22 & $26 - Reserved Seating. See www.gordontheater.com for more information. FREE PARKING. Box Office call 856-225-2700.

Terence Blanchard has blazed a unique trail through America's Music ever since attending Rutgers University on a music scholarship and taking Wynton Marsalis' seat in Art ...

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Rez Abbasi at Cornelia Street Cafe Sat. March 10th 9:00PM & 10:30PM

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
March 4, 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.

Sat Mar 10 9:00PM & 10:30PM Cover $10

Rez Abbasi- guitars Rudresh Mahanthappa - alto saxophone Carlo Derosa - bass Sunny Jain - drums

“Abbasi's ...

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My Favorite Things with Russ Neff for the Week of March 4, 2007

Source: All About Jazz
March 4, 2007

This week's music on My Favorite Things, the online jazz radio show produced & hosted by Russ Neff. Tangerine - Dr. John - Mercernary Everything I Love - Ray Brown Trio with Ralph Moore - Moore Makes 4 Jitterbug Waltz - BMR4 - Turning Point Limehouse Blues - Bob Wilber/Kenny Davern - Summit Reunion How High The Moon - Erroll Garner - Gemini Kermit's Second Line - Kermit Ruffins - Kermit Ruffins It's A Lazy Afternoon - Phil Kelly - ...

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Warren Vache and Jazz Band Classic Perform the Trumpet Blues at Symphony Space on March 14, 2007

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
March 3, 2007

JAZZ BAND CLASSIC

Warren Vache and Jazz Band Classic Perform the Trumpet Blues

Jazz Band Classic and Warren Vache, legendary cornetist of the Rosemary Clooney and Annie Ross ensembles, perform “Trumpet Blues: A Salute to the Great Trumpet-Playing Bandleaders" under the leadership of director Chris Winans. Now in its fifth season, the 16-member ensemble, specializing in swing band music of the post-war era, will honor legends Louis Armstrong, Bunny Berigan, and Harry James in the Leonard Nimoy Thalia Hall at ...

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AAJ's Live Calendar Service for Musicians and Venues

Source: All About Jazz
March 2, 2007

Musicians and venues can now experience the affordable, time-saving convenience of syndicating their performance dates with AAJ Live Calendar.

A subscription based service at an introductory price of $30/year (normally $45), AAJ Live Calendar allows you to enter your dates (once) at AAJ and syndicate them via a dynamically-updated calendar graphic that's placed at your website, on your MySpace page, at blogs, in newsletters, in newsgroup posts, etc..

Why AAJ Live Calendar?

Enter your dates IN ONE PLACE; post them ...

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