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Roy Gerson With His Swingtet Sunday At The Iridium

Source: All About Jazz
July 30, 2006

IRIDIUM JAZZ CLUB 1650 BROADWAY (Corner of 51st) NEW YORK, NY 10023 RESERVATIONS: 212-582-2121 www.iridiumjazzclub.com

ROY GERSON WITH HIS SWINGTET

TWO SHOWS SUNDAY AUGUST 30TH 2006

3:30 PM SHOW “GERSON SWINGS DISNEY" DISNEY CLASSICS PAST AND PRESENT INTERPRETED WITH A SWINGING PERSPECTIVE.

A SWINGING NEW TAKE ON DISNEY CLASSICS, PAST AND PRESENT

There's only one place where the magical innocence of the Disney Songbook comes together with the swinging sophistication of a ...

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"My Favorite Things" with Russ Neff For The Week of July 30, 2006

Source: All About Jazz
July 30, 2006

A new recording from the Chris Walden Big Band headlines this edition of My Favorite Things.

We also listen to new music from the Joe Locke/Geoffrey Keezer Group and from pianist Jessica Williams.

Join us for this week's edition of My Favorite Things.

This week's tunes:

Nice Work If You Can Get It - Bill Charlap - Plays George Gershwin

People Will Say We're In Love - Chris Walden Big Band - No Bounds

Fractured - Joe Locke Geoffrey Keezer ...

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Upcoming New Phil Kelly Big Band CD on Origin: "My Museum"

Source: All About Jazz
July 30, 2006

Having just gotten the reference dub from my new CD , I feel it's time to start giving out the Details on my new CD My Museum, now slated for mid-September release on Origin Records.

MY MUSEUM Phil Kelly and the Southwest Santa Ana Winds (this is to set it apart from my other band, the Northwest Prevailing Winds, although many of the key players are common to both groups)

JEANNINE 6:11 (Bob Summers tpt, Andy ...

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Charles Lloyd Celebrates the 40th Anniversary of "Forest Flower"

Source: All About Jazz
July 29, 2006

Legendary Jazz Saxophonist Charles Lloyd Celebrates The 40th Anniversary of His Groundbreaking Hit Forest Flower At Monterey Jazz Festival Sept. 16 Capping A Banner Year The audience at the Monterey Jazz Festival in 1966 had no idea they were witnessing one of the most historic recording sessions in the annals of jazz. The recording of the set that day by The Charles Lloyd Quartet would soon become one of the biggest jazz hits of the era. The resulting release, Forest ...

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Tarik Shah Update: July 2006

Source: All About Jazz
July 29, 2006

As a brief reminder, American-born Harlem bassist Tarik Shah, an African-American jazz musician of Muslim faith who has played and recorded with Abbey Lincoln, Betty Carter, Ahmad Jamal, and countless others, has been accused of “conspiracy" to abet terrorism and has been held in solitary confinement for more than 14 months as of now -- without trial, without having been convicted of anything, without any criminal record. For a full background on this tragic case, please see http://tariksfriends.faithweb.com.

Yesterday I ...

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Jazz Artist Mellani Day works with MusicDish Network to Promote "Mostly True"

Source: All About Jazz
July 29, 2006

"Mostly True," co-produced by renowned jazz pianist Eric Gunnison and featuring her band Dazed, consists of original jazz vocal-centric tunes that range from smooth jazz & blues to reggae & calypso. MusicDish, an Internet music magazine publisher and artist marketing/development firm, is proud to announce the addition of Jazz singer Mellani Day to the MusicDish Network roster. Combining a variety of online viral marketing strategies, the MusicDish Network will be coordinating a broad campaign in support of her debut full-length ...

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Victor Goines performs at Churchill Grounds, August 4 and 5th

Source: All About Jazz
July 29, 2006

Victor Goines Quartet featuring Gary Motley, piano; Leon Anderson, Jr., drums and Rodney Jordan, bass Friday, August 4 - 8:30 PM and 10:30 PM Saturday, August 5 - 8:30 PM and 10:30 PM Churchill Grounds Jazz Cafe 660 Peachtree Street, NE Atlanta, GA 30308 404.876.3030 $15 cover charge/doors open at 8PM A member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (formally known as the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra) ...

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New Anton Schwartz CD features Peter Bernstein, Taylor Eigsti...

Source: All About Jazz
July 28, 2006

Radiant Blue [Antonjazz AJ-1004] Anton Schwartz (tenor sax, composer) Peter Bernstein (guitar) Taylor Eigsti (piano) John Shifflett (bass) Tim Bulkley (drums) On August 8, 2006, Tenor saxophonist & composer Anton Schwartz proudly releases his fourth CD as a leader, Radiant Blue--the latest in a series of compelling, highly enjoyable offerings (including When Music Calls, The Slow Lane and Holiday Time) from the New York born and raised, and Oakland based, artist. Radiant ...

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