Jazz News

Berklee College Awards Scholarships Worth One Million Dollars to Urban Boston Youth

Source: All About Jazz
August 10, 2006

Ten young musicians from urban Boston neighborhoods accepted full scholarships to attend Berklee College of Music starting this fall at an emotional presentation at the Berklee Performance Center on Tuesday, August 8.

Berklee President Roger Brown and Assistant Vice President for Community and Governmental Affairs J. Curtis Warner, Jr., along with Boston Public Schools Senior Program Director for the Arts Kathy Tosolini, handed out Berklee City Music Continuing Scholarships to 10 students who have been participants in Berklee City Music ...

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Karen Oberlin "Like Love: The Popular Songs of Andre Previn" at The Metropolitan Room, September 14-17

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
August 10, 2006

Karen Oberlin Is Pleased To Announce Her Upcoming Appearance at The Metropolitan Room September 14-17

Show title: Like Love: The Popular Songs of Andre Previn

Dates:

Thursday, September 14 7pm Friday, September 15 7pm Saturday, September 16 7pm Sunday, September 17 4pm

Where:

The Metropolitan Room 34 West 22nd Street (Between 5th & 6th Avenues) NYC

Reservations: 212-206-0440

http://www.metropolitanroom.com/

COVER CHARGE: $20 2-drink minimum ...

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MOSS debuts August 18 on the West Coast

Source: All About Jazz
August 9, 2006

Coming together for their first West Coast appearance, MOSS (comprised of some of the most talented vocalists of their generation - Theo Bleckmann, Peter Eldridge, Lauren Kinhan and Kate McGarry) will be performing at Gianelli Square - a new, intimate listening room in Northridge, CA.

MOSS is a meeting of some of New York's most talented and diverse jazz singers - Theo Bleckmann, Peter Eldridge, Lauren Kinhan and Kate McGarry. They unite their creative ideas and talents; presenting their original ...

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MSN Video Brings the Sights and Sounds of the JVC Jazz Festival -- Newport, Rhode Island, to Jazz Aficionados

Source: All About Jazz
August 9, 2006

MSN creates exclusive online jam session with live performances. NEWPORT, R.I. -- Aug. 9, 2006 -- MSN Video is joining with the JVC Jazz Festival -- Newport R.I., to give jazz lovers the chance to catch this year's great lineup online starting Sunday, Aug. 13, at music.msn.com. Whether fans attend the festival and later want immediate access to their favorite performances again or can't make it to Newport's historic Fort Adams to experience the acts firsthand, MSN will offer them ...

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Fulton Street Beat Concert Series

Source: All About Jazz
August 9, 2006

FULTON STREET MALL PREMIERS FULTON STREET BEAT CONCERT SERIES -- Free, Outdoor Summer Concerts Celebrates Music & the Arts in Downtown Brooklyn -- BROOKLYN, N.Y. - August 19 and September 16 are the last two concerts for the 2006 Fulton Street Beat music festival at Albee Square, Downtown Brooklyn. Hosted by the Fulton Mall Improvement Association (FMIA), the free, outdoor concerts feature a stellar lineup, including New Orleans Jazz band, Victor Goines & Friends; Hard Bop Jazz band, The New ...

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Walter Bell & the L.J.U. Concert & Silent Auction to benefit the National Multiple Sclerosis Society

Source: All About Jazz
August 9, 2006

Jazz Flutist, Walter Bell, and the L. J. U. will perform a concert of warm and seductive Bossa Nova, Latin Jazz and straight-ahead jazz and selections from Mr. Bell's newly-released 10th CD, The Walter Bell Companion, Vol. 2 and other CDs on Saturday, September 9, 2006. The concert and silent auction will benefit the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. The silent auction will be held from 6 until 8 pm and the concert will begin at 8 pm. Classical and Flamenco ...

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Kansas City Music Blues & Jazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz
August 9, 2006

KANSAS CITY KNOWS ITS JAZZ! Blues & Jazz Fest Returns with Bo Diddley KANSAS CITY, KAN. - Hot Kansas City summers are giving way to cool jazz nights, as the 2006 Kansas City Music Blues & Jazz Festival takes shape. Show organizers have signed the legendary Bo Diddley to headline the popular Kansas City event, scheduled for Labor Day Weekend, Sept. 2-3 at The Woodlands, I-435 and Leavenworth Rd. in Kansas City, KS. In addition to Diddley, the ...

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Chestertown Jazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz
August 9, 2006

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