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Good Morning America Extends Invitation to IAJE Attendees

Source: All About Jazz
December 12, 2005

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Les Paul (Tonight)Mingus Big Band (Tue.) Dec. 14-18 Cecil Taylor Presents Aha at The Iridium Jazz Club

Source: All About Jazz
December 12, 2005

To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Press Contact: JIM EIGO, [email protected] IRIDIUM JAZZ CLUB 1650 BROADWAY (Corner of 51st) NEW YORK, NY 10023 RESERVATIONS: 212-582-2121, www.iridiumjazzclub.com Sets at 8 & 10PM EVERY MONDAY LES PAUL AND HIS TRIO EVERY TUESDAY THE MINGUS BIG BAND This Week at The Iridium Dec. 14-18 CECIL TAYLOR PRESENTS AHA CECIL TAYLOR-PIANO JACKSON KRALL-DRUMS ALBEY BALGOCHIAN-BASS SABIR MATEEN-TENOR ELLIOT LEVIN-TENOR JD PARRAN-SAX BILL LOWE-TUBA STEVE SWELL-TROMBONE AMIR-TRUMPET TAYLOR HO BYNUM-TRUMPET TOBIAS NETTA-TRUMPET JEFF HOYER-TROMBONE STEPHEN ...

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Composers Collaborative (Mon.) Morrison Motel(Tue.) Po' Jazz (Thurs.) & More This Week at Cornelia St. Cafe

Source: All About Jazz
December 12, 2005

To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Press Contact: JIM EIGO, [email protected] Cornelia Street Cafe 29 Cornelia Street Greenwich Village, NY 10014 Tel: 212-989-9319 Fax: 212-243-4207 Web: corneliastreetcafe.com between West 4th and Bleecker Sts, Greenwich Village 1,9 Subway to Sheridan Square; A, C, E, B, D, F to West 4th St. This Week at Cornelia Street Cafe Dec 12 - Dec 18 Monday Dec 12 6:00PM EROTICA Polly Frost, host Polly Frost presents an evening of erotic poetry and prose. It's ...

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Gary Lucas NYC Double Hit This Week

Source: All About Jazz
December 12, 2005

To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Press Contact: JIM EIGO, [email protected] Longtime New Yorker GARY LUCAS returns from a tour of Australia to play 2 Manhattan shows this week: On Tuesday Dec. 13th, Gary Lucas plays solo acoustic as part of the new Epistrophy Cafe's “What If...? Festival" on a double bill with Andy Statman. The Epistrophy Cafe is located at 200 Mott Street (between Spring and Kenmare), and Gary plays at 9pm,. Tickets are $15, seating is imited so ...

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AAJ Introduces "TOP 50 Downloads" Page

Source: All About Jazz
December 12, 2005

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Grammy Nomination for Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra on Palmetto Records

Source: All About Jazz
December 12, 2005

For Immediate Release: December 9, 2005 For more information: Lindsay Brust, Director of Publicity Palmetto Records, (800) 725-6237 or [email protected] “There was no mistaking the expressive grandeur of this ensemble or the brilliance of its soloists..." -Howard Reich, Chicago Tribune GRAMMY NOMINATION FOR AFRO LATIN JAZZ ORCHESTRA WITH ARTURO O'FARRILL ON PALMETTO RECORDS New York, NY - The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra with Arturo O'Farrill has been nominated for a GRAMMY Award for its debut recording Una Noche Inolvidable (An ...

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Vandermark 5: The Color of Memory Tour

Source: All About Jazz
December 12, 2005

Ken Vandermark's quintet, Vandermark 5 are hitting the road January and February to support their latest Atavistic double-cd release, The Color of Memory (released Fall 2005).

This will mark the North American debut tour of new line up, which now includes cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm who joined the band after Jeb Bishop's departure last fall. They'll be performing reconstructed compositions from their double-cd release The Color of Memory as well as new pieces written in preparation for their November European tour. ...

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Jazz at Lincoln Center and ASCAP's "Month of Mondays"

Source: All About Jazz
December 12, 2005

Jazz at Lincoln Center and ASCAP's Month of Mondays: A showcase series featuring winners of the annual ASCAP Foundation Young Jazz Composer Awards

7:30 pm & 9:30 pm at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola Club at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City

UPCOMING SHOWS:

Monday, December 12, 2005: Jason Goldman Jason Goldman is the featured arranger for Warner Bros / Reprise recording artist Michael Bubl. His debut album The Jason Goldman Nonet - The Definitive Standard, featuring Goldman's ...

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