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Performance / Tour

Jazz at the Berrie Center at Ramapo College Presents the Great Barry Harris: Maestro's Choice Friday, February 9th at 8 P.M. Sharp Theater

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
February 6, 2007

Jazz at the Berrie Center at Ramapo College presents The Great Barry Harris: Maestro's Choice Friday, February 9 8 p.m. Sharp Theater Legendary pianist, composer and educator Barry Harris worked with Cannonball Adderly, Coleman Hawkins and Dexter Gordon. He returns to the Berrie Center with an all-star quintet, featuring former Count Basie greats Frank Wess and Joe Wilder on sax and trumpet respectively, as well as bassist Earl May and drummer Leroy ...

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Radio

New Gospel Jazz Internet Radio Station Available: WGJB

Source: All About Jazz
February 6, 2007

The grooves of Gospel Jazz have migrated to a new internet radio station, WGJB. The call letters stand for “World Gospel Jazz Broadcast" which enables listeners everywhere to hear Gospel Jazz all day everyday. The owner and operator of this station, Norvell Molex Jr. had this to say about the station: “God blessed me with the vision to start this station because there is so much music out there to glorify God but not enough venues or outlets for the ...

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Recording

Rudy Van Gelder Remasters Series: Fifth Edition in Stores Now

Source: On Target Media Group
February 6, 2007

Recording

Collectors' Choice Reissues the Town Criers, SF's Premiere Folk Group Featuring Marty Balin of Jefferson Airplane

Source: conqueroo
February 6, 2007

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- While mid-'60s Greenwich Village laid claim to the most vibrant folk scene in the nation, San Francisco sewed its pre-hippie seeds with clubs like the Drinking Gourd, Coffee 'n' Confusion, My Apartment and hungry i. It was on this circuit that the Town Criers cut their teeth. Perhaps best known as the first band of Marty Balin -- later of the Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship -- the Town Criers played the Bay Area circuit not ...

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Performance / Tour

Brazilian Jazz Artist Hendrik Meurkens to Perform at J&R Tuesday, February 20 at 12:30 PM

Source: All About Jazz
February 6, 2007

BRAZILIAN JAZZ ARTIST HENDRIK MEURKENS TO PERFORM SONGS FROM LATEST RELEASE NEW YORK SAMBA JAZZ QUINTET AND SIGN AUTOGRAPHS AT J&R MUSIC AND COMPUTER WORLD

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20 AT 12:30 PM Concert To Be Broadcast Live On WBGO Jazz 88.3 FM

Brazilian jazz artist Hendrik Meurkens will perform songs from his latest release, New York Samba Jazz Quintet and sign autographs at J&R Music and Computer World (23 Park Row) ...

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Festival

Please Touch Museum Presents 15th Annual Junior Jazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz
February 6, 2007

Small heads will be boppin' and tiny feet will be stompin' this February as Please Touch Museum celebrates the 15th Annual Junior Jazz Festival, the only area event to introduce young children to the wonderful world of jazz through live music, dance and theater performances. The Atrium will adopt a groovy jazz club atmosphere for a month's worth of concerts and special activities that focus on musical expression and the history of jazz. Children can dress up and pretend to ...

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Performance / Tour

Mingus Big Band Tuesday, February 6th Sets at 8:30 & 10:30PM

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
February 6, 2007

Mingus Big Band Tuesday, February 6, 2007 Sets at 8:30 & 10:30PM IRIDIUM JAZZ CLUB 1650 BROADWAY (Corner of 51st) NEW YORK, NY 10023 RESERVATIONS: 212-582-2121 http://www.iridiumjazzclub.com Featuring Trumpets Lew Soloff Jack Walrath Ryan Kisor Saxophones Wayne Escoffery Craig Handy Jaleel Shaw Abraham Burton Lauren Sevian Trombones Conrad Herwig

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Event

Eric Jackson Presents "Jazz in America" Lecture at the Wenham Museum on Tuesday, April 10

Source: All About Jazz
February 6, 2007

"Music in America" Lecture Series Jazz in America Eric Jackson Tuesday, April 10, 7 p.m. Eric Jackson, radio personality and host of the region's best-known jazz program, “Jazz with Eric in the Evening" on WGBH 89.7 FM, presents Jazz in America. Jazz aficionados and interested novices will enjoy learning about Boston's unique contribution to the world of Jazz from this noted jazz authority. In his enlightening lecture, Eric examines a variety of perspectives, exploring the 19th ...

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