Jazz News

8th Annual MATA Festival Returns to New York City September 23-October 2nd

Source: All About Jazz
September 22, 2005

WHAT: Eighth Annual MATA Festival- “MATA Monster Composer Rally”

WHEN: Festival: Sept. 23-October 2, 2005 Performances: Friday, Sept. 23, Sat/Sun, Oct. 1 & 2. All concerts @ 8 pm.

WHERE: St. Peter’s Church 346 West 20th Street (between 8th and 9th), NYC. Train A/C/E to 23rd Street/8th Avenue.

HOW: $20 per person, $15 for students/seniors, $50 Festival Pass. To order tickets, visit www.matafestival.org or call 212.563.5124.

CONTACT: April Thibeault, AMT PR, [email protected], 212.861.0990. 8TH ANNUAL MATA FESTIVAL RETURNS TO NEW ...

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Jazz Gallery: Erica Lindsay with Oliver Lake/John Hicks Big Band

Source: All About Jazz
September 22, 2005

Erica Lindsay with Oliver Lake/John Hicks Big Band

'ASR Records artist, Erica Lindsay will be performing with Oliver Lake's Big Band this week at the Jazz Gallery in NYC. Ms. Lindsay, is a world-class tenor saxophonist, composer and recording artist who first debuted as a leader on the NYC jazz scene in the late 1980s. She can also be heard on the latest Oliver Lake Big Band recording, Cloth (Passin' Thru Records). Her quintet was first ...

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European Jazz Prize & Hans Koller Prize 2005

Source: All About Jazz
September 21, 2005

Hans Koller Prize 2005 / European Jazz Prize 2005:    Bojan Z  (Bosnia), piano ( EUR 14.500.-    sponsored by the City of Vienna & BA-CA)

It is fitting that pianist Bojan Zulfikarpasic, a Paris resident but born and raised in the former Yugoslavia, is this year’s winner of the European Jazz Prize. His playing exemplifies both the strength of the European jazz scene and its wonderful  diversity. As a performer, he is never less than absorbing and ...

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Kavehaz Presents Concert for the Gulf Coast Sunday, September 25th from 4:00 PM–12:00 AM

Source: All About Jazz
September 21, 2005

September 21, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Kavehaz Presents Concert for the Gulf Coast Sunday, September 25th from 4:00 PM–12:00 AM New York, NY-- Manhattan jazz club Kavehaz (Satalla's sister venue) presents the Concert for the Gulf Coast, a marathon concert event on Sunday, September 25 from 4:00 PM-12:00 AM to benefit the Red Cross in the wake of the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina. The concert, hosted by Big Ed Sullivan, will feature over two dozen blues, ...

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6th Annual Django Reinhardt NY Festival At Birdland – Nov. 8 – 13

Source: All About Jazz
September 21, 2005

September 21, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES STRATTA/PHILIPS PRODUCTIONS, Inc 520 E. 81 Street New York, New York 10028 Contact: Pat Philips [email protected] 212 744-8836 PRESS RELEASE Wild Turkey presents 6th Annual DJANGO REINHARDT NY FESTIVAL Featuring legendary DORADO SCHMITT Gypsy Jazz is Hotter than ever ! European Legends join American Greats At Birdland – Nov. 8 – 13 Birdland has been the official home of The Django Reinhardt Festival since its inception in 2000. People come from ...

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The Songwriter's Beat - Wed. Sept. 21 - 8:30pm at The Cornelia Street Cafe

Source: All About Jazz
September 21, 2005

September 21, 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 The Songwriter's Beat Wednesday September 21 8:30pm at The Cornelia Street Cafe ...

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Jazz Forum Arts Concert Updates

Source: All About Jazz
September 21, 2005

September 21, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES REMINDER: Jazz Forum Arts' Fall 2005 Concerts are already on Sale! The first concert in Jazz Forum Arts exciting Fall Concert Season features legendary flugelhornist Chuck Mangione & the Feels So Good Band at the Tarrytown Music Hall on Saturday October 22nd at 8PM. The Fall 2005 Concerts continue with: Pat Metheny Trio featuring Christian McBride, bass and Antonio Sanchez, drums PLUS Special Guest David Sánchez at the Tarrytown Music Hall ...

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Marcus Strickland TRINITY@Small's 3 Groups on 3 Wednesday's (Sept.21) Shows at10:00pm – 1:00am

Source: All About Jazz
September 21, 2005

September 21, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Press Contact: JIM EIGO, [email protected] “Marcus Strickland has started to turn heads in the most thriving but most competitive jazz scene on the planet... His improvisations come like a series of ascensions, releases of streaming ideas that accumulate until they plateau, gather themselves, then spout and spiral upward to the next plateau... to a degree rare in our current era, Strickland's quartet functions as a single ensemble entity." - Thomas Conrad ...

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