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Jazz in the Garden 2006 Milner Garden & Woodland Qualicum Beach BC

Source: All About Jazz
July 8, 2006

Milner Gardens and Woodland 2179 West Island Highway Qualicum Beach, B.C. V9K 1G1

On Sunday August 20, 2006 Malaspina's Milner Gardens and Woodland, in Qualicum Beach, will proudly host the 3rd annual Jazz in the Garden festival. The gates will open at noon. The series of four performances between 12:30 and 5:00 p.m. is sure to please. The event will showcase unbelievable talent in a variety of classic and contemporary jazz styles.

The afternoon ...

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Concord Celebrates Milestone Records 40th Anniversary

Source: All About Jazz
July 8, 2006

Concord Celebrates Milestone Records' 40th Anniversary With Outstanding Retrospectives of Five Jazz Masters In celebration of Milestone Records' 40th Anniversary, Concord proudly announces the release of retrospective collections by five of the venerable label's most extraordinary artists - Sonny Rollins, McCoy Tyner, Joe Henderson, Jimmy Smith and Jimmy Scott. When legendary producer Orrin Keepnews founded Milestone in 1966 - with the assistance of pianist/producer Dick Katz - the fledgling label valiantly forged against the currents of a rapidly changing environment ...

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Chicago's jazz radio gets the blues, bows to iPod

Source: All About Jazz
July 8, 2006

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The iPod and a growing need for local news have done the unthinkable: They have cost Chicago, one of America's great jazz cities, its last major source for jazz programming on local radio. WBEZ, Chicago's National Public Radio (NPR) member station and among the oldest public radio outlets in the United States, has decided to scrap scheduled music programming -- the bulk of which was nightly jazz -- and move to a 24-hour news and public affairs ...

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Lynne Fiddmont's Record Release Party Honors Breast Cancer Survivors Through "Hats Off To Survivors" Donations On July 11

Source: All About Jazz
July 7, 2006

Lynne Fiddmont's July 11 “Record Release Party" in Los Angeles will not only celebrate the debut of her new solo CD, Flow, but it will also urge all guests make donations to The Denise Roberts Breast Cancer Foundation's “H.O.T.S." (Hats Off To Survivors) Campaign.

Fiddmont, whose has been involved with The Denise Roberts Breast Cancer Foundation (TDRBCF) for the last few years, requests donations of hats, scarves and/or wigs from all invited guests. As part of this special evening, she ...

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Jazz Camp Teaches Musicians of All Ages

Source: All About Jazz
July 7, 2006

Jazz Camp Teaches Musicians of All Ages

Who: Beginner to advanced music students age 13 and older -including adults- with a minimum of one year of study on their instrument What: University of Missouri - St. Louis College of Fine Arts & Communication Presents 4th Annual Jazz Combo / Improv / Jazz Vocal Camp When: Sunday, July 16 - Friday, July 21 Where: University ...

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Sun 9 July @ Zeitgeist : Aaron Ali Ahaikh / Leland Scott Davis + Bert-Brzytwa Duo

Source: All About Jazz
July 7, 2006

s u b c o n s c i o u s c a f @ ZEITGEIST / SPACE 186 186 Hampshire St. Inman Sq. Cambridge, Mass. 02139 617.876.6060 ~ ALL AGES ~ www. zeitgeist-gallery.org

Friday, 9 July 2006 / 8:00 - 11:30 / $12 or b/o

rob chalfen & subconsciouscafe new chamber music presents

AARON ALI AHAIKH / LELAND SCOTT DAVIS + BERT-BRZYTWA DUO Aaron Ali Ahaikh / Leland Scott Davis ...

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3rd annual Canadian Guitar Festival

Source: All About Jazz
July 6, 2006

3rd annual Canadian Guitar Festival July 21st-23rd The Odessa Fair Grounds (11 kms west of Kingston near Highway 401) Tickets on sale now www.canadianguitarfestival.com

The 3rd annual Canadian Guitar Festival once again takes to the stage with many homegrown and international guitarists. Some performers include 2005 Juno Award winner and three-time nominee Robert Michaels; East Coast Music Award winner J.P. Cormier; Artist of the Year 2000 and 2002 from the ...

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Trombonist Don Lusher Passed Away Wednesday, 5th July

Source: All About Jazz
July 6, 2006

Don Lusher, the jazz and big band trombonist best known for leading the Ted Heath Jazz Band, passed away on Wednesday afternoon, his wife said. He was 82 years old.

In a career spanning more than 60 years, he played with a number of groups and was twice president of the British Trombone Society.

Lusher was honoured in the 2002 New Year's Honours list with an OBE for services to the music industry. Born in Peterborough in 1923, he joined ...

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