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Will Sellenraad Trio Tonight, September 29, at Detour

Source: All About Jazz
September 29, 2006

Will Sellenraad TRIO

Kiyoshi Kitagawa- bass Victor Lewis- drums Will Sellenraad- guitar

Friday, September 29th 10:00pm-1:00am Detour 349 East 13th Street @ 1st Ave. NYC 212.533.6212

Hey peoples, please join us for a very special fall engagement at our favorite spot in NYC!

Catch Will at his final Detour appearance. Sadly, Detour will be closing their doors on Sunday, October 15th, so this will ...

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Torben Waldorff's new CD/download Brilliance available at ArtistShare

Source: All About Jazz
September 29, 2006

A project for new times, jazz guitarist and composer Torben Waldorff's new CD Brilliance, recorded live at 55 Bar, NYC, is available at ArtistShare. It features Donny McCaslin, Jon Wikan and Matt Clohesy. It's part of his new relationship with web-exclusive ArtistShare, where he will be joining prominent major jazz artists Maria Schneider, Chris Potter, Jim Hall, Danilo Perez, Ingrid Jensen and more.

The Brilliance project is an exciting undertaking. There are a many ways to participate. You can obtain ...

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Tony Bennett Celebrates The Orange Counter Center's 20th Anniversary Today

Source: All About Jazz
September 29, 2006

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Aydin Esen's new CD Light Years out on Extinction

Source: All About Jazz
September 29, 2006

Extinction, a new label devoted to music of our time, is honored to announce the release of Light Years. This two-volume recording presents astonishing, never-before-heard works of composer Aydin Esen.

Though Mr. Esen has long been recognized in jazz circles as one of the of the most staggeringly gifted improvising artists of the past hundred years, his through-composed works have, until now, been a closely guarded secret, heard by a handful of close friends.

Those who may be familiar with ...

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Search for Free MP3 Downloads at the AAJ Download Center

Source: All About Jazz
September 28, 2006

You can now search the All About Jazz database of over 500 free full-length MP3 tracks at the AAJ Download Center.

Search for Richie Cole and turn up four (soon to be five) tracks. You can find two stellar tracks by Italian pianist Roberto Magris, and you have eight more days to download Charles Mingus' “Don't Let It Happen Here", a 10-minute track from the new Sunnyside release, Music Written For Monterey 1965 Not Heard...Played in its Entirety at UCLA. ...

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Hal Galper Releases "Agents Of Change" on Fabola Records - Free Download Available at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz
September 28, 2006

With fellow bandmates Billy Mintz on drums and Tony Marino on bass, Veteran jazz pianist Hal Galper's latest recording Agents Of Change is a startling departure from his previous recordings.

Disbanding his trio in 2000 after ten years touring internationally Hal spent the following six years “in the shed" studying, practicing and developing his uniquely personal style of playing. He and his trio have fashioned an ultra-modern musical approach that embodies the qualities of surprise, unpredictably, shifting textures, group improvisation ...

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Helio Alves Trio Oct 11th at Sweet Rhythm

Source: All About Jazz
September 28, 2006

Helio Alves Trio

Helio Alves: Piano Santi Debriano: Bass Anthony Pinciotti: Drums

Oct 11th at Sweet Rhythm 88 Seventh Ave. (at Bleecker St.) (212) 255 3626 http://www.sweetrhythmny.com/ 2 Sets at 8 and 10 PM P

laying songs from Helio's CD Portrait in Black and White

“Brazilian pianist Helio Alves lets things rip with his samba-laced, straight-ahead Portrait in Black and White ... Alves' work melds a percussive edge ...

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Remembrance Day Concert: Three Blind Mice at Humber College Auditoreum, Nov. 11

Source: All About Jazz
September 28, 2006

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