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Performance / Tour

Jeff "Siege" Siegel Quartet European Tour Itinerary

Source: All About Jazz
October 12, 2005

NOVEMBER 10 - 19, 2005 featuring: Erica Lindsay - tenor saxophone [website] Francesca Tanksley - piano [website] Danton Boller - bass Jeff “Siege" Siegel - drums, composition ITINERARY: November 10 - Stockwerk, Graz, Austria November 11 - Musikkreis Feldkirch Pfortnerhaus, Feldkirch, Austria November 12 - Oho, ...

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Education

Congressman Rangel on Legacy and Jazz for 'Harlem Speaks' Thursday, October 20, 2005 6:30pm-8:00pm

Source: All About Jazz
October 12, 2005

Congressman Rangel on Legacy and Jazz for Harlem Speaks Congressman Charles Rangel, Thursday, October 20, 2005 New York, NY—Charles Rangel, the distinguished senior member of the House of Representatives and congressman from Harlem, will be the guest of Jazz Museum In Harlem Executive Director Loren Schoenberg in a wide-ranging discussion covering his life, politics, Harlem, and his love of jazz. Best known for having served as the Representative from the 15th Congressional District, comprising Harlem, the Upper West Side, and ...

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Website

AAJ Visual Arts Center Update

Source: All About Jazz
October 12, 2005

Interview

Gogol Bordello Singer Blasts Circus Cruelty in PETA2 Interview

Source: All About Jazz
October 11, 2005

Eugene Hütz Joins Effort to Help Pass Landmark Elephant-Protection Ordinance. Currently embarked on a dizzying 2-month international tour, Gypsy-punk band Gogol Bordello vocalist Eugene Hütz recently took time out of his busy schedule to sit down for an exclusive interview with peta2—PETA’s youth division—during which he shared his thoughts about everything from music to his new movie to animal abuse. “Part of my family is gypsies, and something my family used to do … was to trowel around with dancing ...

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Performance / Tour

Katie Bull Thursday Oct 27 at 55 Bar -- 7pm

Source: All About Jazz
October 11, 2005

October 11, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Press Contact: JIM EIGO, [email protected] THURSDAY OCT 27 GIG at 55BAR -- 7pm featuring Katie Bull - vocals Joe Fonda - bass Frank Kimbrough - piano Harvey Sorgen - drums Music from the recently released LOVE SPOOK album, and new originals. “...cutting edge..." JAZZWEEK Free spirited jazz vocalist Katie Bull expands the view of her distinctive talent on Love Spook, her second album for Corn Hill Indie (Street Date March 1, ...

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Book / Magazine

John McLaughlin - Improvisations (Guitar Scorebook/Transcriptions)

Source: All About Jazz
October 11, 2005

After the critically acclaimed release of his Guitar Instruction DVD, John McLaughlin releases his “Improvisations," a guitar scorebook especially created for advanced players. This score book comes with an introduction from John; contains a never published cover photo taken by his wife Ina; and even a cool sketch by his son Luke. There are 52 pages of transcriptions in this very limited pressing. “ This book contains transcriptions of my improvisations and the orchestrations I did for 5 acoustic guitars ...

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Performance / Tour

Jazz at the Rubin Museum of Art (Trio Tarana: the new work) Thursday, November 18 -7 PM

Source: All About Jazz
October 11, 2005

October 11, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Thursday, November 18 7 PM Trio Tarana: the new work With Jason Kao Hwang (violin), Ravish Momin (drums, percussion, tabla), Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz (oud, bass). When the Rubin Museum of Art premiered Trio Tarana's new album earlier this year Clifford Allen in All About Jazz wrote, “It is fair to say that Tarana is without precedent in the world of improvised music. A true synthesis of North African, South and East ...

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