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Rob Scheps with Marvin Bugaloo Smith & Bill O'Connell July 27 in Upstate New York

Source: All About Jazz
July 27, 2006

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Ike Turner "Risin' with the Blues" Zoho Roots 200611 Street Date: September 14, 2006

Source: All About Jazz
July 26, 2006

Zoho Roots Is Pleases To Announce Their Second Zoho Roots Release: Ike Turner Risin' with the Blues Zoho Roots 200611 Street Date: September 14, 2006 There is no denying Ike Turner's place in musical history. While the general public may know about his heyday with the Ike & Tina Turner Revue during the '60s (a meteroic rise to fame that peaked with their early '70 hits “Proud Mary" ...

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Robert Cray Band Readies 'Live From Across The Pond,' First Live Album in 30+ Year Career, Set for September 12 Release

Source: All About Jazz
July 26, 2006

Five-Time Grammy Award Winning Artist To Tour With Eric Clapton This Fall

The Robert Cray Band is famous for touring more than six months out of every year. Yet in their 30+-year career, there has never been a live album--until the imminent release of Live From Across The Pond, that is. The two-CD live set was recorded over the course of seven shows in May 2006 at London's Royal Albert Hall while Cray was on tour with Eric Clapton.

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Klezmer Comes To The Maverickvirtuoso Alicia Svigals Performs August 5

Source: All About Jazz
July 26, 2006

Alicia Svigals, Klezmer Violin Saturday, August 5, 8 pm Pete Rushefsky, Tsimbl WOODSTOCK, N.Y., July 24, 2006 -- Violin virtuoso and composer Alicia Svigals brings her klezmer magic to the Maverick concert hall on Saturday, August 5, at 8:00 p.m. She will be joined by Pete Rushefsky, tsimbl. A founder of the Klezmatics and of the all-women band Mikveh, Alicia Svigals is considered by many to be the world's foremost klezmer fiddler. During the past decade, ...

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Vocalist Nicole Henry Headlines the 17th Annual Nango Jazz Festival in Japan

Source: All About Jazz
July 26, 2006

Wednesday, July 26, 2006--Tokyo, JAPAN - On Saturday, July 22, Nicole Henry performed to thousands at the 17th Annual Nango Jazz Festival in northern Japan. As part of her 10-day tour, this was the third show after two Tokyo performances. Nicole will head to Nagoya and Mito today and tomorrow to complete her visit.

An independent artist, Nicole has created quite a name for herself in Japan and Korea since her debut CD release The Nearness of You earned her ...

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Patricia Lowe "Finally" Releases CD on Prestige Elite Records Ltd

Source: All About Jazz
July 26, 2006

"As a little girl I remember going to some London Clubs with my mother to listen to my Uncle Johnny playing saxophone with his jazz band. It was fantastic. The groove of the music stayed with me long after I had gone to bed at the end of the evening! I also recall watching on television singers like Cleo Laine, Cilla Black, Shirley Bassey, Dionne Warwick and thinking how do they what they do, with such ease but with vigor ...

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Roberto Magris Europlane in Los Angeles

Source: All About Jazz
July 26, 2006

PCAMI* is please to announce the performance of Roberto Magris Europlane feat. Dr. Art Davis at Catalina Bar and Grill in Hollywood, California October 11 & 12, 2006 and at The Jazz Bakery in Beverly Hills, California October 16, 2006.

This will be Roberto's first appearance at Los Angeles, California's most popular jazz venue and his first time in the United States after touring around the world for many years.

Dr. Davis is the former bassist for jazz legends Max ...

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Omar Sosa Internet Radio Broadcast August 2-3

Source: All About Jazz
July 26, 2006

Omar Sosa Internet Radio Broadcast Recorded Live at NDR in Hamburg

Tune-In to Omar Sosa Radio Broadcast Wednesday, August 2, 2006 10:05 PM in Europe 9:05 PM in U.K. 4:05 PM in New York 1:05 PM in California 9:05 AM in Sydney (August 3) 6:05 AM in Tokyo (August 3) Check out Omar Sosa's new project, Africanos, in a special radio broadcast from NDR in Hamburg, ...

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