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Technology

Booker T. Williams, Jr. Blends Music And Graphics

Source: All About Jazz
November 5, 2006

Radio

Lennie Tristano Festival on WKCR FM NY

Source: All About Jazz
November 5, 2006

WKCR 89.9 FM NY PRESENTS THE LENNIE TRISTANO FESTIVAL 11/7/2006 12:00 PM - 11/11/2006 12:00 PM WKCR is proud to announce a four-day festival broadcast celebrating the musical legacy of Lennie Tristano, airing continuously from 12:00 PM Tuesday November 7th until 12:00 PM Saturday November 11th, A pivotal and often overlooked figure in jazz, Lennie Tristano was a virtuosic pianist whose singular achievements in performance, composition and teaching continue to resonate in today's world. Born in 1919 in ...

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Performance / Tour

Gino Sitson 4 @ Jazz Standard / November 20 @ 7:30pm & 9:30pm

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
November 5, 2006

Recording

"Commander Stride" album by OMNIUM available at iTunes

Source: All About Jazz
November 5, 2006

Award / Grant

George Wein Gives and Receives at Four Arts Celebrations This Fall

Source: Carolyn McClair Public Relations
November 4, 2006

World-renowned jazz impresario and philanthropist George Wein continues his life-long support of and dedication to the arts this fall at celebrations and ceremonies hosted by The Studio Museum in Harlem, the Alliance of New York State Arts Organizations, WBGO-FM and the Romare Bearden Foundation. In memory of his wife, who passed away in August 2005, George Wein established the Joyce Alexander Wein Artist Prize, which was presented to Lorna Simpson at The Studio Museum in Harlem on Monday, October 30. ...

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Performance / Tour

John Richmond Quartet The Turning Point (11/19) + Trumpet's (12/17)

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
November 4, 2006

John Richmond Quartet Eliot Zigmund, drums; Bill Moring, bass; Keith Saunders, piano; John Richmond tenor, soprano saxophones. The Turning Point Cafe Jazz Series Sunday November 19, 2006 sets 8pm and 9:30pm cover $10 http://www.turningpointcafe.com 468 Piermont Ave. Piermont, N.Y. 10968 845-359-1089 Trumpet's Jazz Club Sunday December 17, 2006 7:30pm-11:30pm http://www.trumpetsjazz.com 6 Depot Square Montclair, NJ 07042 ...

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Recording

Gigi MacKenzie Soars with Skylark

Source: Cheryl Hughey Promotions
November 4, 2006

Los Angeles, CA - Gigi MacKenzie, daughter of famous television and recording artist Gisele MacKenzie, releases debut CD on Morpheus Music label after tragic fire. This CD literally came up from the ashes of disaster, said Gigi MacKenzie. After having recorded the entire CD, Gigi received a call one night that the studio, which contained all of the masters for the CD and all her instruments, had been destroyed by a fire. The whole record was gone said the vocalist. ...

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Performance / Tour