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Sathima Bea Benjamin at Sweet Rhythm May 25th Sets at 8:00 and 10:00 pm

Source: All About Jazz
May 21, 2006

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Tour Update: CINC (featuring Vandermark, Lytton & Wachsmann)

Source: All About Jazz
May 20, 2006

Two Toronto performances added on June 16th Philadelphia venue change for June 13th performance CINC sets out on a short North American jaunt to the east coast and Canada, beginning mid-June 2006 and concluding with the Suoni Per Il Popolo Music Festival in Montreal. These rare appearances are a 'must-see' for anyone who truly appreciates the raw-spirit, element of surprise and subtlety in the art of improvisational music. For this tour, Okkadisk is releasing a limited ...

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The Stew Cutler Trio At 55 Bar- 9:30pm - Sunday May 21,2006

Source: All About Jazz
May 20, 2006

Stew Cutler - Guitarist At 55 Bar Jazz, Soul, Blues, R&B, Roots & Funk, Guitarist, Composer Stew Cutler is a New Yorker, born & raised, his personality is smooth, just like his guitar playing. No muss no fuss just Stew, always accommodating, music flows from Stew Cutler. Becoming interested in the Guitar at an early age he began playing professionally in 1973. Since then, Stew has been a sideman, Bandleader, session musician, and composer. As a sideman Cutler ...

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Sten Hostfalt With Marko Djordjevic's Sveti @ Village MA NYC, May 22 2006

Source: All About Jazz
May 20, 2006

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Album ALKIMIA release by Franc O'Shea on 06/06/06

Source: All About Jazz
May 20, 2006

Title: Alkimia Artist: Franc O'Shea Release: 06/06/06 Catalogue number: AZFO 001 Label: Azulah

Alkimia is a finely honed collection of compositions. Featuring the writing talents of Franc O'Shea, it reveals a plethora of world percussion instruments including cajons, tinajas, talking drums and tablas, set in the mystical world of Flameco, Arabic scales and Moorish melodies. Being an almost fully acoustic album, O'Shea sets out to show that the fretless bass ...

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Jazz Vespers Series with the CNY Jazz Arts Foundation

Source: All About Jazz
May 20, 2006

The CNY Jazz Arts Foundation and Pebble Hill Presbyterian Church collaborate to produce the season's finale of their annual Jazz Vespers Series, free public concerts that celebrate the spiritual side of jazz. This final Jazz Vespers concert of season takes place on Sunday, June 4th at 7PM at the church, located at 5299 Jamesville Rd, DeWitt. The event will feature Cookie Coogan, well-known area vocalist, and director of Vocal Jazz Studies at Ithaca College. She will be accompanied by a ...

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Roger Kellaway Trio with special guest Stefon Harris At the Jazz Standard May 25-28 / Live Interview w/Michael Bourne-WBGO Mon., May 22 at 2PM

Source: All About Jazz
May 20, 2006

Live Interview w/Michael Bourne-WBGO Mon., May 22 at 2PM 88.3FM www.WBGO.org May 25-28 Roger Kellaway Trio with special guest Stefon Harris Roger Kellaway - piano Russell Malone - guitar Jay Leonhart - bass Stefon Harris - vibraphone At the Jazz Standard 116 East 27th Street (btw. Park and Lex.) 212-576-2232 http://www.jazzstandard.net Music charge: $25 / $30 Friday & ...

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Pianist Joel Holmes Releases "Eternal Vision"

Source: All About Jazz
May 19, 2006

Baltimore, MD -- Joel Holmes, a traditional jazz pianist from Baltimore, MD, has released his brand new album Eternal Vision. The CD contains 13 tracks of inspirational music that soothes the soul, taking the listener on an unforgettable journey through jazz standards, arrangements and originals. “This debut by Baltimore pianist Joel Holmes is without question a serious jazz album full of tightly executed ideas and strong chops," Eliot Caroom of the Baltimore Jazz Alliance writes.

Joel was born in Arizona ...

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