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Ken Fowser Quintet @ Philadelphia's Chris' Jazz Cafe on December 20, 2006

Source: All About Jazz
December 14, 2006

Ken Fowser, a tough, hard-bopping tenor saxophonist is joined by some of Philadelphia's finest musicians, as he plays Chris' Jazz Cafe on December 20, 2006.

KEN FOWSER QUINTET Ken Fowser - saxophone John Swana - trumpet Chris Beck - drums Sid Simmons - piano Madison Rast - bass

December 20, 2006 Starts @ 9 pm Chris' Jazz Cafe 1421 Sansom St

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Clarinetist Kenny Davern Dies At 71

Source: All About Jazz
December 14, 2006

By Steve Voce John Kenneth Davern, clarinetist and saxophonist: born Huntington, New York 7 January 1935; married 1970 Elsa Lass (one stepson, one stepdaughter); died Sandia Park, New Mexico 12 December 2006. “Louis Armstrong can say something with one note, but then there are others who take an hour to rev up and wind up with a fart in a bathtub." Although Kenny Davern became one of the most effective jazz clarinettists of the last 50 years, he always regarded ...

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Sayuri Goto Trio Dec.12th-16th at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola After Hours

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
December 14, 2006

Sayuri Goto Upcoming Appearances Dec.12th-16th at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola After Hours Sayuri Goto Trio Sayuri Goto(p), Essiet Essiet(b), Gene Jackson(ds) Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola Frederick P. Rose Hall Jazz at Lincoln Center Broadway at 60th Street 5th Floor 212 258-9595 Dec.22nd & 23rd at Cecil's NJ Benny Powell Quintet Benny Powell(tb), TK Blue(as,ss,fl), ...

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Benny Powell Quintet at Cecil's Dec.22nd & 23rd

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
December 14, 2006

Benny Powell Quintet Benny Powell(tb), TK Blue(as,ss,fl), Sayuri Goto(p), Ivan Taylor(b), Ulysess Owens(ds) Dec. 22nd & 23rd at Cecil's NJ Cecil's Jazz Club & Restaurant 364 Valley Road West Orange, NJ (973) 736-4800 from 9pm to 1:30am music cover $15 http://www.cecilsjazzclub.com/ Read The Cover Story About Benny Powell in the December Issue of Jazz Journal International ...

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John Richmond Quartet at Trumpet's Sunday, December 17 7:30pm-11:30pm

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
December 14, 2006

John Richmond Quartet Eliot Zigmund, drums , Bill Moring, bass Keith Saunders, piano John Richmond tenor, soprano saxophones Trumpet's Jazz Club Sunday December 17, 2006 7:30pm-11:30pm http://www.trumpetsjazz.com 6 Depot Square Montclair, New Jersey 07042 Montclair, NJ 1-973-744-2600 http://www.johnrichmondjazz.com Upcoming Appearance Sunday, January ...

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Highnote Records To Release New CDs By Saxophonist David "Fathead" Newman, Trumpeter Russell Gunn, and Pianist Larry Willis On January 30th

Source: MFA - Mitchell Feldman Associates
December 14, 2006

(New York, NY - December 14, 2006) New CDs by saxophonist David “Fathead" Newman, trumpeter Russell Gunn and pianist Larry Willis are set for January 30, 2007 release on HighNote Records the label announced today. Newman's “Life" (HighNote HCD 7166) -- a tribute to his close friend and colleague, the late pianist John Hicks -- features Steve Nelson on vibes, Peter Bernstein on guitar, David Leonhardt on piano, John Menegon on bass and Yoron Israel on drums. The CD presents ...

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Evan Tate: Saxophone Mastery on the Web

Source: All About Jazz
December 14, 2006

The New Yorker Saxophonist Evan Tate has presented his “Way To Mastery" Saxophone Workshop over the World-Wide-Web as a Podcast for over a year now with an ever-growing fan base. For more than a decade Saxophonist/Composer Evan Tate has been an in-demand session Musician featured with such formations as the “Munich Saxophone Family", “The New Doug Hammond Trio", “Legacy" and the “Manhattan Symphony Orchestra". Evan has also led his own projects “Spherical" and “Hittin' Hard". Evan Tate has also made ...

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New Mark Egan Interview at Abstract Logix

Source: All About Jazz
December 14, 2006

By Souvik Dutta

One of the premier electric bassists of contemporary jazz, Mark Egan has distinguished himself as an in-demand session player, valued sideman and respected leader in his own right. His distinctive fretless bass sound has graced countless jazz and pop albums as well as award winning movie and television soundtracks. A charter member of the Pat Metheny Group, he has played on multi platinum-selling recordings by Sting, Arcadia and Joan Osborne and has also recorded with the likes ...

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