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Mark O'Connor's Hot Swing

Source: All About Jazz
October 21, 2005

State Theatre Presents Mark O’Connor’s Hot Swing Saturday, October 29, 2005, 8pm; $45, $38, $32, $25 Box Office: 732-246-SHOW (7469) New Brunswick, NJ (September 29, 2005)—The State Theatre presents Mark O'Connor's Hot Swing on Saturday, October 29, 2005 at 8pm. Fiddling phenom, Mark O’Connor, and friends pay tribute to his great friend and mentor, the legendary French jazz master, Stephane Grappelli. Tickets range from $25-$45 (group, college student, and senior discounts available). In June 2001, Mark O'Connor released Hot Swing!, ...

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Argentine vocalist Sofia Koutsovitis' Group @ Cornelia Street Cafe, 10/27!

Source: All About Jazz
October 21, 2005

Sofia Koutsovitis Group @ Cornelia Street Cafe Thursday, October 27, 2005 10 PM (Gretchen Parlato appears at 8:30) ONE NIGHT ONLY!

featuring: Sofia Koutsovitis, vocals; Dan Blake, soprano and tenor sax; Adam Schneit, alto sax /clarinet; Eric Bloom, trumpet; Leo Genovese, piano; Jorge Roeder, bass; Richie Barshay, drums; Jorge Perez Albela, percussion “Sofia Koutsovitis is a remarkable singer. Her rich, warm alto is equally at home with quick latin rhythms and sensuous ballads.

Her ...

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Gene Ess "Sandbox & Sanctum" Quartet @ Kavehaz Club - Oct 21, 2005 9:30PM

Source: All About Jazz
October 21, 2005

Gene Ess Quartet featuring Harvie S, John O'Gallagher, and Take Toriyama @ Kavehaz - Oct 21st, 2005 9:30PM Guitarist, Gene Ess, draws the traits that identify his style with firm brush strokes. On the one hand, we have his jazz streak, and on the other hand, his exquisite sensitivity with the guitar, and as a final complement, his taste for sophisticated rhythms. On October 21st, Ess will present his “Sandbox and Sanctum” quartet which includes the great Harvie S on ...

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New Tommy Dorsey Biography Highlight of November Events Celebrating Dorsey Centennial

Source: All About Jazz
October 21, 2005

Peter Levinson's new biography of Tommy Dorsey will be published by Da Capo Press this fall. Peter, author of the previous Trumpet King: A Life of Harry James, reveals the parallels between the Big Band rock star-like excesses and the current pop music world, showing that the industry which we complain of now had its antecedents in the Swing era.

Levinson's Tommy Dorsey: Living in a Great Big Way, A Biography is the first biography of the musician and bandleader ...

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Celebrities and Community Unite Against Poverty

Source: All About Jazz
October 21, 2005

“Cooperation Leads to Cultural Benefits" “One of the world’s greatest jazz vocalist.” – Blues and Soul Magazine “We didn’t do it, the community did it. It’s really the individuals that make these programs work.” - Gloria Taylor, Executive Director, Community Women Against Hardship What: 17th Annual Charity Benefit: Community Women Against Hardship “Notes from Home Concert Series” When: Sunday, November 13th, 4:30 p.m. Auction, 7:30 p.m. Concert Where: Sheldon Concert Hall, 3648 ...

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Earshot Jazz Festival plays on but without concerts at On the Boards

Source: All About Jazz
October 21, 2005

During its 2 1/2-week run, the 17th annual Earshot Jazz Festival will offer more than 50 concerts in nearly a dozen locations -- but not at one of its most popular venues of recent years, On the Boards. As an active presenter without a home venue, Earshot is in a continual process of forging and finessing relationships with potential venues. As a result, the festival landscape is always evolving. This will be the first year since 1998 that On the ...

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The Ed Cherry Group @ The Blue Note -Sat .Oct. 22,2005

Source: All About Jazz
October 21, 2005

The Ed Cherry group will be performing following the “Dizzy Gillespie Alumni Band" at the Bluet Note on sat. Oct.22nd. 1am-3am(late night grooves) adm.10$ w/todd coolman-bass jay collins-sax/flute diego voglino-drums ed cherry-guitar see bio below: Ed Cherry Instrument | Guitar Biography I've been playing the guitar since the age of 12. Rock and soul music at first (Jimi Hendrix, James Brown, Kool and the Gang, Jeff Beck, Wilson Pickett). After high school, in 1972, I spent 4 months at Berklee ...

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Jim Self with Strings "InnerPlay" (Basset Hound Records) featuring Gary Foster, Pete Christlieb and Dan Higgins

Source: All About Jazz
October 20, 2005

October 20, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Press Contact: JIM EIGO, [email protected] Jim Self with Strings “InnerPlay" What the critics are saying about Jim Self's new CD “InnerPlay" (Basset Hound Records) featuring Gary Foster, Pete Christlieb and Dan Higgins. Awesome sound of Jazz Tuba and Strings! (You will never again think of the tuba as an “oompah" instrument--in Jim Self's hands it is gorgeou sand fluid--as melodic as Gerry Mulligan or Bob Brookmeyer) Brad Dechter's arrangements are special! ...

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