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The Stryker / Slagle Band CD Release gig for "Live at the Jazz Standard" Sat and Sun. Oct. 8-9 (Zoho Music)

Source: All About Jazz
September 29, 2005

September 29, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Press Contact: JIM EIGO, [email protected] The Stryker / Slagle Band CD Release gig for “Live at the Jazz Standard" (Zoho) Sat and Sun. Oct. 8-9 at the Jazz Standard 116 E. 27th Street (btw Park & Lex) Reservations: 212-576-2232 http://www.jazzstandard.com sets at 7:30 / 9:30 and 11:30(sat. only) CD Release Event Live at the Jazz Standard (Zoho Music) The Stryker-Slagle Band Featuring Dave Stryker-guitar Steve Slagle-sax Victor Lewis-drums Dwayne Burno-bass “Live ...

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Serial Underground 2nd Monday of the month at Cornelia Street Cafe

Source: All About Jazz
September 29, 2005

September 29, 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. “a culinary as well as a cultural landmark" Mayoral Proclamation, City of New York 1987 Serial Underground brought to you by ComposersCollaborative inc. on the 2nd Monday ...

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Austin Jazz Workshop releases Big Boss Tenor CD

Source: All About Jazz
September 29, 2005

The Austin Jazz Workshop, a nonprofit group of professional musicians dedicated to jazz performance and education in central Texas public schools, is proud to announce the release of their fourth compact disc recording, Big Boss Tenor. This is the first disc by the AJW to exclusively feature original compositions written by band members, including Alex Coke, Glenn Rexach, Shawn Ellison, and Michael Melinger. The CD was recorded live at three performances between October 2004 and May 2005. Big Boss Tenor ...

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Cuban Percussionist Arturo Stable appearing at the Fat Cat

Source: All About Jazz
September 29, 2005

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 27, 2005. Cuban Percussionist/Composer Arturo Stable will be appearing at New York City’s Fat Cat Jazz club every Wednesday throughout the month of October (5th, 12th, 19th, & 26th). Performing two shows each night at 10:00 pm and 11:30 pm, he will be joined by talented jazz artists Anat Cohen, Elio Villafranca, Javier Vercher, and Jason Lindner among others. Mr. Stable will be performing, for the first time, numbers from his soon to be released sophomore ...

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Francina Connors Trio @ Mobay New York Tonight, Sept. 29, 8:30pm

Source: All About Jazz
September 29, 2005

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Paul Goldberg's new CD Whim of the Current

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September 29, 2005

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Saxophonist Steve Marcus dead at 66

Source: All About Jazz
September 28, 2005

NEW HOPE, Pa. (AP) - Steve Marcus, a jazz saxophonist who recorded and toured with Stan Kenton, Herbie Mann and Buddy Rich, died Sunday. He was 66.

Marcus died in his sleep at his home in New Hope, family members said.

He was a pioneer of the jazz fusion movement of the late 1960s, a musical movement that combined elements of rock 'n' roll and jazz.

Marcus had been touring lately with the quintet “Steve Smith and Buddy's Buddies," a ...

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Tony Adamo and the Groove Masters

Source: All About Jazz
September 28, 2005

Tony Adamo and the Groove Masters FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Franki LaMantia Groove masters James Gadson (drums) and “Ready” Freddy Washington (bass) laid down the rhythm and groove tracks on “No Strings” and “Up In It” for singer/songwriter, Tony Adamo’s new CD release (2006). This session pair extraordinaire's musical tracks were produced by Jerry Stucker. Gadson has appeared on multiple releases with Herbie Hancock and the Headhunters and has performed on over 300 gold records. That’s James Gadson that you hear ...

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