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Jazz Revelation Records Kendall Square Concert Series

Source: All About Jazz
July 5, 2006

Thursdays, Noon - 2:00 p.m. Through August 31

Kendall Square, 300 Athenaeum St., Cambridge, MA, 02142

For more information please visit www.jrrecords.com or call 617-577-7354, or visit http://www.berklee.edu/news/2006/06/0614.html

Kendall Square Concert Series Schedule:

July 6, Akira Ishiguro

Guitarist Akira Ishiguro was born in Fukushima, Japan, and moved to the U.S. at the age of 10. Ishiguro began lessons in guitar, trumpet, and piano while attending school in Menomonee Falls, WI. In 2002, Ishiguro came to Berklee on a scholarship. While ...

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Dekel Bor Trio featuring Donny McCaslin Tonight at Sweet Rhythm

Source: Michael Ricci
July 5, 2006

July 5th the DEKEL BOR TRIO will be joining forces with Saxophonist Donny McCaslin—one of the most exciting musicians in the jazz world right now. The group will be playing music from their upcoming debut Emuna, produced by Robert Sadin (Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Gilberto Gil) as well as new songs. The Dekel Bor Trio with special guest Donny McCaslin Wednesday July 5th Sweet Rhythm 88 Seventh Ave. South New ...

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The Grande Mothers To Play Canada

Source: All About Jazz
July 5, 2006

The Grande Mothers To Play Canada

seminal music group The Grande Mothers, featuring former members of Frank Zappa's Mothers Of Invention, are alive and well and playing a series of selected concerts in Canada in July 2006. The Grande Mothers performed to wildly enthusiastic audiences in Norway and Los Angeles this past April and plan to bring their special blend of musical mayhem to the Canadian shores.

The Grande Mothers, showcasing the talents of Zappa alumni, Napoleon Murphy Brock (lead ...

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Linn Records Summer Showcase 2006

Source: All About Jazz
July 5, 2006

Summer's here at last and Linn Records is delighted to announce our hot four night residency at Pizza Express Jazz Club, 10 Dean Street, Soho, London, W1V 5RL.

Thursday 6 July: haftor medbe group in perpetuity Live London debut This spellbinding and international group have already supported The Bad Plus, Bill Frisell and EST with their truly unique blend of jazz and technology. Featured guest is recent BBC Jazz Line-Up performer Konrad Wiszniewski.

Friday 7 July: ...

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Katherine Whalen (ex-Squirrel Nut Zippers) New CD Dirty Little Secret

Source: All About Jazz
July 5, 2006

RALEIGH, NC - Katharine Whalen, former frontperson in the roaring nineties swing band Squirrel Nut Zippers, is planning her return to music following a short hiatus with her first solo album in seven years, Dirty Little Secret. The album is slated to hit the streets June 6 on M.C. Records.

Squirrel Nut Zippers met with worldwide success with their second album, Hot, which sold more than a million albums on the strength of the hit single “Hell." Riding high on ...

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Eric Spiegel: 1946-2006

Source: All About Jazz
July 4, 2006

By Skip Heller

On July 3, Philadelphia pianist/vocalist Eric Spiegel, sometimes known as Eric Shaw, passed away after years of generally horrible health brought on by a drunken car accident about fifteen years ago.

If anyone were to write Eric's life story, it would read like an implausible version of Art Pepper's autobiography Straight Life. Eric was not as fortunate as was Pepper--the car accident that took him off the front lines was his own fault. Drunk on his way ...

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16th Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival to be Held July 20-23 in Trumansburg, NY

Source: All About Jazz
July 4, 2006

Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival of Music & Dance July 20-23, 2006 Trumansburg Fair Grounds, Trumansburg NY Tickets on Sale Now. www.grassrootsfest.org Information & Tickets: 607-387-5098 16th Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival to be Held July 20-23 in Trumansburg, NY The 16th Annual Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival of Music and Dance will be held from July 20-23 at the Trumansburg Fairgrounds in Trumansburg, NY. ...

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Michael Marcus Quartet "Live" at the BlueNote N.Y.C. July 4th, 2006

Source: All About Jazz
July 4, 2006

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