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Harlem Comes Alive For Jazz Organist Bernie Thompson's Memorial Service
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All About Jazz
Jazz Organist Bernie Thompson was born on March 9th, 1933 and died on July 18th, 2005. His body was cremated and a memorial service was held in Harlem at the Trans Figuration Lutheran Church located at 74 West 126th Street in Harlem, New York. The program was coordinated by Sando O' quenda (flutist) who worked with Bernie many times on gigs. Many top jazz artists and vocalists turned out to pay tribute to this great organist and personality Bernie Thompson. ...
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Chronicles of King Curtis available at Amazon and Barnes and Noble
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All About Jazz
New Dave Douglas Website up and running: WWW.GREENLEAFMUSIC.COM
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All About Jazz
KEYSTONE – DAVE DOUGLAS’ DualDisc HOMAGE TO ROSCOE ARBUCKLE TO BE RELEASED BY GREENLEAF MUSIC ***NEW WWW.GREENLEAFMUSIC.COM SITE IS UP AND RUNNING!!!*** ***Available exclusively at www.greenleafmusic.com on September 20, 2005*** ***Dave Douglas and Keystone will embark on an international tour on Saturday, October 1, 2005 at the Paramount Center for the Arts, Peekskill, NY*** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Greenleaf Music proudly announces the September 20, 2005 release of trumpeter/composer Dave Douglas’ new studio recording, Keystone, the follow up recording to the ...
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Poul Weis Quintet at Cornelia St. Cafe: August 2nd, 8:30pm
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All About Jazz
August 2, 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 Tuesday august 2nd 8:30p $5 poul weis quintet poul weis • trumpet ...
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Michaël Attias' Renku Coming Aug. 30th on Playscape
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All About Jazz
LONGMEADOW, MA -- On August 30th, Playscape Recordings will release Renku (PSR#080504), the debut recording from New York-based saxophonist/composer Michaël Attias' two-year old working trio of the same name, featuring bassist John Hebert and drummer Satoshi Takeishi. Named after a style of Japanese linked poetry, this trio documents an intense but intricate and diversely cultivated sound befitting both its name and the eclectic background of its leader, an Israeli-born son of Moroccan parents who was raised in Paris and the ...
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Grammy-Nominated Jazz Vocalist Nnenna Freelon releases tribute to
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All About Jazz
GRAMMY®-Nominated Jazz Vocalist Nnenna Freelon Pays Tribute to “Lady Day" on her 6th Concord release Blueprint of a Lady – Sketches of Billie Holiday in stores August 23 “No two people on earth are alike, and it’s got to be that way with music, or it’s not music." — Billie Holiday Traditional tribute albums normally feature one artist paying tribute to another in an attempt to evoke their legendary forebear. But when Nnenna Freelon set her vocal sights on songs ...
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Praise for LaGringa's U.S.D.A.*Blues
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All About Jazz
LaGringa from Weather Outpost 12 has been hearing some incredible feedback on her latest release “U.S.D.A.*Blues - it don't smell funny yet!" The lastest comes from BARRY MANILOW's drummer and percussionist, DAVID ROZENBLATT... “...will, on every level, stupefy any living breathing musician." Step aside Ewa Podels with your 5 octave range and make room for one of the most unique voices and remarkably captivating story tellers I have heard for a long, long time. Her feats of vocal virtuosity and ...
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Lalah Hathaway and Miguel Zenon, Berklee Performance Center/BeanTown Jazz Festival
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All About Jazz
BOSTON, July 26, 2005 -- Berklee College of Music and the BeanTown Jazz Festival - both of which create accessibility to great jazz for Boston audiences– are partnering to present the opening concert for the fifth-annual BeanTown Jazz Festival, September 23 – 24. On Friday, September 23, Berklee and BeanTown are bringing jazz and R&B vocalist Lalah Hathaway to the Berklee Performance Center for a special pre-festival concert. On Saturday, September 24, the pair brings alto saxophonist Miguel Zenon, with ...
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