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The Alex Blake Quartet at Central Park's Harlem Meer on Sunday, June 18, 2006

Source: All About Jazz
June 16, 2006

Harlem Meer Performance Festival Presents THE ALEX BLAKE GROUP Sunday, June 18, 2006, 4:00pm to 6:00pm

The Harlem Meer is located inside Central Park at 110th Street between Fifth and Lenox Avenues

Alex Blakde is one of the most popular and original bassists on the New York jazz scene. Blake has toured and recorded with jazz greats including Dizzy Gillespie, Art Blakey, and The Manhattan Transfer-- just the tip of a very long list. He's also known for his role ...

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The Gourds in Philly on 6/18

Source: All About Jazz
June 16, 2006

THE GOURDS GO BACK TO ANALOG ON EIGHTH ALBUM, HEAVY ORNAMENTALS

AUSTIN, TX -- The Gourds, who according to the Village Voice “are all about wrapping the traditional in the eccentric and unexpected," have completed their eighth album. The CD, titled Heavy Ornamentals, which hit the streets on January 24, 2006 on Eleven Thirty Records through Redeye Distribution. In a day of digital everything, the band recorded the album in glorious analog, with singer / bassist / songscribe Jimmy Smith ...

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Barre Phillips Duo at Firehouse 12

Source: All About Jazz
June 16, 2006

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Rob Scheps at NYC's Iridium Sun. June 18th

Source: All About Jazz
June 16, 2006

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The Spirit Of Django Reinhardt Concert 2006 August 1st, 8 PM at the Rose Theater (Tickets go on sale on 6/15)

Source: All About Jazz
June 15, 2006

THE SPIRIT OF DJANGO REINHARDT CONCERT 2006

AUGUST 1ST, 8 PM

Moves to Rose Theater Frederick P. Rose Hall Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center

Presented by The Grand Marnier Foundation

Starring legendary Gypsy guitarist TCHAVOLO SCHMITT, Gypsy guitar star DORADO SCHMITT, virtuoso violinist FLORIN NICULESCU, accordion great LUDOVIC BEIER, young guitar dynamo SAMSON SCHMITT, top Dutch jazz pianist PETER BEETS, U.S. saxophone great JOEL FRAHM and musical director/bassist BRIAN TORFF.

The SPIRIT OF DJANGO REINHARDT ...

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John Scofield's Shades of Jazz at the Katonah Museum of Art

Source: All About Jazz
June 15, 2006

John Scofield presents Shades of Jazz this Summer at the Katonah Museum of Art

Wednesday June 21, July 26 and August 16, 2006 at 6 PM

John Scofield, renowned jazz guitarist and Katonah resident, inaugurates an exciting three-part Shades of Jazz series that will be held in the Katonah Museum of Art's Sculpture Garden this summer. Each evening will feature performances by first-rate, engaging musicians selected by Scofield who will be on hand to host and sit in with each ...

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Jazz Mentors Program July 11th-14th with Lew Tabackin, Phil Woods, Maynard Ferguson, the Woody Herman Orchestra

Source: All About Jazz
June 15, 2006

Is this Carnegie Hall?

No. But it could be, due to the illustrious and legendary jazz greats that The Jazz Mentors Program continues to bring to the area, in order to pass the torch to our kids, and to those young at heart.

Legends in Jazz--Maynard Ferguson, Phil Woods, John Coates Jr., Lew Tabackin, The Woody Herman Orchestra under the direction of Frank Tiberi, Billy Hart, and the Rutgers Music professors Mike Richmond and Stanley Cowell--are all headed to the ...

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35th Annual Jazz Record Collectors' Bash Friday & Saturday, July 14 & 15 Holiday Inn South Plainfield, NJ

Source: All About Jazz
June 15, 2006

June 15, 2006 To: Listings/Critics/Features 35th Annual Jazz Record Collectors' Bash Friday & Saturday - July 14 & 15

at Holiday Inn 4701 Stelton Road South Plainfield, NJ 07080 Phone/Fax: 908-753-5500 Email: [email protected]

Easy access off Route I-287, exit 5. Go south on Stelton Rd and turn left on Hadley Rd, then left to back entrance of Holiday Inn. If heading north on Stelton Rd from south of Hadley Rd, ...

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