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Lage Lund Trio + 1 at Smalls wednesday september 28th

Source: All About Jazz
September 25, 2005

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Lefteris Christofis new CD "Nous Icons" by Blue Note Records

Source: All About Jazz
September 25, 2005

PRESS RELEASE New CD released by BLUE NOTE RECORDS (2005) LEFTERIS CHRISTOFIS NOUS ICONS Lefteris Christofis: electric, acoustic & synthesizer guitars, vocals Barbara Wertico: keyboards Vangelis Kontopoulos: electric, double electric basses Antonis Papoutsakis: congas, djembe Nikos Touliatos: marakes, gong, claves Paul Wertico: drums, percussion All compositions written by Lefteris Christofis (www.christofis.com) Produced by Lefteris Christofis & Paul Wertico (www.paulwertico.com) Press Report A consonant jazz fusion delight with mediterenean scents that gives life to an imaginary musical result from a remarkable ...

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The Jazz Expressions (TJE), Little Jimmy Scott’s Swinging Back-up Quartet, to Perform at St. Peter’s Jazz Vespers, Sun., Sept. 25, 5pm.

Source: All About Jazz
September 25, 2005

“I can’t say enough about the Jazz expressions. It would be hard to find more committed or more brilliant musicians. Their improvisations and progressive unions are flawless. For anyone who appreciates top-notch jazz symmetry, it doesn’t get much better.” ---John Hoglund/Backstage

With legendary singer Little Jimmy Scott’s blessing, The Jazz Expressions(TJE), his swinging hard-bop back-up quartet, will perform excerpts from their new instrumental only CD, “On The Road,” at Saint ...

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New Website Helps Independent Jazz Artists Sell Into Japan

Source: All About Jazz
September 24, 2005

Contact: Jeffrey Martin Web: www.cdjam.jp E-Mail: [email protected] 24 September 2005 (Fukuoka, Japan) – CDJam (http://www.cdjam.jp) is a new online CD shop based in Fukuoka, Japan catering to independent music makers eager to tap into the world’s second largest market for prerecorded music sales. Beginning this week independent recording artists will have the opportunity to sell their music in Japan, in Japanese, direct to Japanese music consumers. CDJam makes this possible by translating all marketing copy to Japanese, creating and maintaining ...

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From pizza maker to host of the Worlds longest jams.

Source: All About Jazz
September 24, 2005

From pizza to the worlds longest improvisation. 45 plus hours, not just a jam session. When pizza maker musician and songwriter Chris Boulet had an idea to take some of his friends and record an improvisational jam so he could use the recordings to produce a CD “Monkey with a Thumb” he had no idea it would lead to very successful jams of 14 hours, 33 1/3 hours and 45 hours all held in his town of Padua Italy and ...

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Loren Stillman Group's New CD Release

Source: All About Jazz
September 24, 2005

Loren Stillman, saxophonist and composer, will br playing his original music with his group consisting of Gary Versace on piano, Scott Lee on bass, and Jeff Hirshfield on drums. The CD is being distributed by Fresh Sounds Records. The sets are from 8:30-11PM with an $8 music charge. The cafe is located on Cornelia Street just above Bleecker in Greenwich Village. The A,C,E,B,D,F,AND V trains to West 4th Street and the 1 and 9 trains to Sheridan Square will put ...

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Loren Stillman Group at Bowery Poetry Club 10/4/2005

Source: All About Jazz
September 24, 2005

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Displaced New Orleans jazz musicians find place to play

Source: All About Jazz
September 24, 2005

By BETSY VERECKEY The Associated Press

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A quartet of musicians driven out of New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina plucked and huffed breath back into the Big Easy's sultry spirit with borrowed and donated instruments this weekend. Scattered by the hurricane's wrath, the four were forced to leave behind many of their belongings and flee to Houston. Then with Hurricane Rita bearing down, they were forced to evacuate again. But as they played in Louisville ...

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