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Jazz Live by the Sea Featuring Hammond Night

Source: All About Jazz
June 22, 2006

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Jazzoetry This Saturday, June 24, 5C Cafe, New York City

Source: All About Jazz
June 22, 2006

Join us for Brant Lyon's Jazzoetry series “Hydrogen Jukebox," this Saturday, June 24, 5 PM to 7 PM, at the 5C Cultural Center, 68 Ave. C, New York City. Cover charge is $5, no minimum.

Poet and musician Brant Lyon brings together some of the finest, most distinguished poets and vocal artists in New York to perform in the beat tradition accompanied by woodwinds, guitar and percussion.

The event also features an open mike for poets. Bring your original work ...

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John McNeil & East Coast Cool at Firehouse 12

Source: All About Jazz
June 22, 2006

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Vocalist Lynne Fiddmont's Debut CD "Flow" Takes Listener On A Jazzy Soulful Musical Journey

Source: All About Jazz
June 21, 2006

St. Louis native Lynne Fiddmont takes center stage with her first solo release, Flow, after years of being the music industry's “go-to girl" background vocalist for a long list of Grammy winners and hit- makers: Stevie Wonder, Phil Collins, Eric Clapton, Patti Austin, Madonna, Seal, Mariah Carey, Barbara Streisand, Gloria Estefan, Kenny “Babyface" Edmonds, Whitney Houston, Yolanda Adams, James Ingram, Frankie Beverly, Norman Brown, Bill Withers, and many others.

Flow does not merely mark the graduation of a woman who ...

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Don Byron with the Bang on a Can Allstars

Source: All About Jazz
June 21, 2006

Cantaloupe Music, the NYC-based art/indie label, announces the release of a promotional mp3 download from their latest release, Bang on a Can/Don Byron: A Ballad for Many.

Bang on a Can--part rock band, part chamber ensemble, has been pushing the boundaries of experiemental classical, world, and jazz music for 15 years. Their latest project--after years of live collaboration--is a full-length disc of clarinetist/composer Don Byron's compositions, the followup to Byron's Grammy-nominated Ivey-Divey. This disc A Ballad for Many showcases the ...

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Fri.6/23: DeeAnne Gorman Jazz Quartet Cole Porter Tribute at the Whaler Bar N.Y.C.

Source: All About Jazz
June 21, 2006

Join jazz vocalist DeeAnne Gorman with pianist Jack Glottman, drummer Dan Aran, & special guest bassist Jim Cammack (on an evening off from the Ahmad Jamal trio), as they serve up unique stylings of Cole Porter tunes.

Cole Porter Tribute Friday, 23 June 2006 sets @ 8:30 & 10:30pm

ENZO's JAZZ @ the WHALER BAR Jolly Hotel Madison Towers 22 E. 38th St. (@ Madison Ave.) - Murray Hill, N.Y.C. ...

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Roy Gerson With His Swingtet Two New Shows Every Sunday At The Iridium "Gerson Swings Disney" & "I Love Louie"

Source: All About Jazz
June 21, 2006

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

WHEN YOU SWING UPON A STAR Roy Gerson Plays the Disney Songbook

There's only one place where the magical innocence of the Disney Songbook comes together with the swinging sophistication of a jazz master: Iridium hosts the debut of a new show that will appeal to everyone from connoisseurs of jazz to the youngest fans of the latest Disney DVD. Roy Gerson leads his ...

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Andy Middleton's Middle East Jazz Project June 30, 2006

Source: All About Jazz
June 21, 2006

Jazz Meets Middle Eastern Music

Presentation of jazz adaptations of traditional Middle Eastern folk music and original compositions with my ensemble, the Middle East Jazz Project, featuring Brad Shepik on guitar, Todd Isler on percussion, and Andy Middleton on saxophones and flute.

8 PM on Friday, June 30, 2006 The Brooklyn Music School 126 Saint Felix Street Brooklyn, NY (718) 638-5660 $10, $5 students, children under 12 free

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