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Benevento/Russo Duo Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz
November 27, 2006

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San Francisco Hammond Quartet Release Debut Disc

Source: All About Jazz
November 27, 2006

Released nationwide on Tuesday, 11/14/06, Hammondbeat Records proudly presents the first long-playing record from the Nick Rossi Set. On The Outset features 7 original, instrumental compositions performed by Nick's working group. NRS has long been known as San Franciso's premier purveyors of hard groove-based soul-jazz. To say their CD has been long-awaited is a minor understatement. Recorded live, no overdubs, in the studio; this disc not only takes it musical cues from the the classic era of Blue Note and ...

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My Favorite Things with Russ Neff for the week of November 26, 2006

Source: All About Jazz
November 27, 2006

This week's music on “My Favorite Things“ the online jazz radio show produced & hosted by Russ Neff. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes/All The Things You Are - Roberta Gambarini - Easy To Love Cherokee - Christian Tamburr - Arrivals Mr. Day - Wayne Wallace - Dedication Lazybird - James Williams - Meet The Magical Trio Bluelonius - Phil Kelly - My Museum Avalon - Gary Burton/Eddie Daniels - Benny Rides Again Isfahan - Duke Ellington Orchestra - The Far ...

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Ron Affif Jazz Clinic and Concert Series @ Long Island University's Brooklyn Campus Tuesday, November 28, 4:00 - 6:00 PM

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
November 27, 2006

Jazz Clinic and Concert Series @ Long Island University's Brooklyn Campus (Free and open to the public)

Tuesday, November 28, 4:00 - 6:00 PM Jazz guitarist and composer Ron Affif will lead a jazz seminar as part of Long Island University's Jazz Clinic Series. The series features musicians and music professionals with extraordinary links to jazz history in addition to being outstanding in their own right.

The clinics are free and open to the general public. They take place on ...

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Walter Booker: December 17, 1933 - November 24, 2006

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
November 25, 2006

It is with a sad heart that I announce the passing of my beloved husband, bassist Walter Booker, on Friday, November 24, 2006. As soon as I finalize the details, I will advise you of when the celebration of his life will be held at St Peters Church 53rd and Lexington. --Bertha Hope

Walter Booker was born in Prairie View, Texas in 1933 and moved with his family to Washington, D.C. in the mid 1940s. It wasn't until 1959, at ...

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Jazz Vocalist Marilyn Scott Releases New Single, "The Wilderness," for Environmental Awareness

Source: All About Jazz
November 25, 2006

Marilyn Scott wants to make a difference in the world we live in. The jazz vocalist has moving and inspirational music to offer and an important message is inside her compositions. Her new release Innocent of Nothing is a testament to her commitment to developing outstanding music that everyone will enjoy and along the way, the hope is that her messages will get through on her latest single “The Wilderness."

“Music has a way of touching people's lives and 'The ...

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Dunmall/Rogers/Levin - US Tour - Dec 2006

Source: All About Jazz
November 25, 2006

PAUL DUNMALL - saxophones,bagpipes PAUL ROGERS - double bass TONY LEVIN - drums

This critically acclaimed trio featuring three of the UK and Europe's finest jazz improvisers embark on their first U.S tour. They will be joined along the way by some of the leading players on the American Jazz scene.

FRIDAY DEC 1st thru SUNDAY DEC 3rd THE STONE - NEW YORK CITY, NY

Friday - Dunmall/Rogers/Levin Saturday - Dunmall/Rogers/Levin with ...

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Four New Releases from ESP-DISK

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
November 25, 2006

ESP-DISK has returned to the scene with 4 new releases this week, including a previously unissued festival appearance at MOERS by the Frank Wright Quartet, Philadelphia's Elliott Levin and his quartet, Hans Tammen, electronic guitarist and his quartet, and the only live recording of Yma Sumac, a 1961 concert in Bucharest... ESP is reissuing more of its most famous recordings, and preparing to launch previously unissued work by Bud Powell, Albert Ayler, Sun Ra and many others, both famous and ...

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