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Eddie Gomez with Mark Kramer introduces 3 Pianists of the Next Generation at the Iridium July 15, 16 and 17

Source: All About Jazz
July 7, 2005

July 7, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Press Contact: JIM EIGO, [email protected] July 15, 16 and 17 Eddie Gomez with Mark Kramer introduces 3 Pianists of the Next Generation at the IRIDIUM JAZZ CLUB 1650 BROADWAY (Corner of 51st) NEW YORK, NY 10023 RESERVATIONS: 212-582-2121 www.iridiumjazzclub.com 3 Sets on Fri & Sat 8pm, 10:00pm,11:30pm Sun. Sets 8 & 10PM Friday July 15 Set 1 Werner “Vana" Gierig – Chris Lightcap (b), Gene Jackson (d), Adriano Santos (Brazilian Percussion) ...

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Mozayik @ Kombit Restaurant, Brooklyn 7/9/05

Source: All About Jazz
July 7, 2005

July 7, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Press Contact: JIM EIGO, [email protected] Fresh from a week-long residency at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, (featured in a “Critic's Pick" write-up in Time Out NY magazine), MOZAYIK is back in Brooklyn for a one-night engagement. NYC's premier Afro-Haitian jazz quintet MOZAYIK will be performing at the Kombit restaurant in Brooklyn, NY on Saturday, July 9th at 9pm. Come enjoy the unique and uplifting sounds of Mozayik and partake ...

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Louise Rogers and Rick Strong Appearing At Lincoln Center Barnes and Noble (Thurs. July 14th) 7-8pm

Source: All About Jazz
July 7, 2005

July 7, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Press Contact: JIM EIGO, [email protected] Louise Rogers:voice Rick Strong: acoustic and electric bass “Rogers sings in her own skin, dropping the fetters of mere interpretation to tap a wellspring of emotion." - All About Jazz Join us on Thursday, July 14th at Lincoln Center Barnes and Noble 66th Street and Broadway Performance and signing time: 7-8 pm free third floor events room Other summer performances: Monday, Aug. 8th, Kavehaz 7 - ...

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AAJ Seattle June-July 2005 Issue Available Now

Source: All About Jazz
July 7, 2005

Check out seattle.allaboutjazz.com for the latest Seattle edition of AAJ. This month features: reviews and previews of Seattle icon Dave Peck and his new CD featuring Jeff Johnson and Joe La Barbera; bassist Jeff Johnson's reflections on Sam Rivers; master guitarist John Stowell talks about finding a unique voice; Bill Anschell shares the harrowing yet true story of a day in the life of a working musician - you'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll at times be very uncomfortable!; plus, more ...

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Dancing Dogs Kick Up A Restless Racket On 'Patience'

Source: All About Jazz
July 7, 2005

Don’t try to pigeonhole Dancing Dogs. It won’t work. Their instrumental mélange is an extraordinary feat of genre mashing that combines everything from fusion and be-bop to funk, R&B, Afro-cuban, and Latin jazz idioms. Think King Sunny Ade meets the Crusaders meets Chucho Valdes and you’d at least be on the right track. Throw in a little Neville Brothers and a battery of rock guitar licks and you’d be closer still. But the fact remains, there’s so much color in ...

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Bob Nell w. Jay Rosen & Michael Bisio @ An Die Musik Baltimore - sat july 9

Source: All About Jazz
July 6, 2005

AN DIE MUSIK LIVE! 409 N. Charles Street, Baltimore MD 21201 www.AndieMusikLIVE.com (410) 385-2638 SATURDAY, JULY 9@ 8 & 9:30 PM BOB NELL TRIO Bob Nell (piano), Michael Bisio (double bass), Jay Rosen (drums) Tickets $13/$10 seniors and students For nearly twenty-five years, Bob Nell has been recording and performing some of the most enriching piano based compositions of the last two decades. Winner of the prestigious Dewars Profiles Performance Arts Award for Jazz Piano, his work is all about ...

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Pianist 'Big' Al Downing dead at 65

Source: All About Jazz
July 6, 2005

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - “Big” Al Downing, a singer-songwriter and pianist who had success in country, rockabilly, rhythm and blues, rock ’n’ roll and even disco, died Monday after suffering from leukemia. He was 65.

Downing, of Leicester, Mass., was hospitalized last week and died in Massachusetts, his publicist Martha Moore said Tuesday.

He was one of the few successful black country artists.

Downing began his career as a keyboard player in rockabilly singer Wanda Jackson’s band, performing on Jackson’s biggest ...

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Jazz at Lincoln Center Fall Preview

Source: All About Jazz
July 6, 2005

Jazz at Lincoln Center has an exciting new season approaching. Entitled “Jazz from Coast to Coast,” the 2005-06 season features cities nationwide that have enriched jazz music. Cities being spotlighted include: Kansas City, New Orleans, Los Angeles, Detroit and Philadelphia. Here are some specific events: ***Diet Coke Women In Jazz Festival in Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola September 6, 2005-October 2, 2005 featuring some of the most influential women in jazz today from Nnennah Freelon to Marian McPartland. ***Kansas City Festival with ...

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