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Satalla August 2005 Calendar Highlights

Source: All About Jazz
July 2, 2005

**CALENDAR CHANGE** Wednesday, July 13 at 7:00 PM Barbara Sfraga with special guests Mala Waldron Group Admission is $15 A vocalist of extraordinary passion and range with a penchant for free-spirited improvisation (she prefers the term voicist to jazz singer), Barbara Sfraga is also a savvy bandleader-composer-lyricist and gifted arranger who delights in putting a new spin on the familiar. On Under The Moon, her second release and a leader and debut ...

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Gary Frommer dead at 70

Source: All About Jazz
July 2, 2005

Gary Frommer, 70 Anchorage resident Gary Martin Frommer, 70, died May 6, 2005, at home. Mr. Frommer was born Feb. 23, 1935, in Los Angeles. He moved to Anchorage in 2000. Mr. Frommer was a member of Skyline Foursquare Church and did volunteer work at the Loussac Library. He was a professional jazz drummer. His family said: “Gary was an exciting and talented musician/master drummer. He performed with many of the world's jazz greats such as Barney Kessel, Stan Getz, ...

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Four Tops singer 'Obie' Benson dead at 69

Source: All About Jazz
July 2, 2005

DETROIT (AP) — Renaldo “Obie" Benson, a member of the legendary Motown singing group the Four Tops, died Friday. He was 69.

Benson died of lung cancer that was discovered when he had a leg amputated several weeks ago because of circulation problems, said his publicist, Matt Lee.

The Four Tops sold more than 50 million records and recorded hit songs such as “Baby I Need Your Loving,""Reach Out (I'll be There),""I Can't Help Myself" and “Standing in the Shadows ...

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Meet Saxophonist Greg Osby on the AAJ Bulletin Board

Source: All About Jazz
July 2, 2005

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JaZZ night at Starters & More

Source: All About Jazz
July 2, 2005

Starters & More has been featuring some great local as well as international JaZZ artistes on the first Wednesday of every month. Good food, great company, cool ambience and brilliant performances have made these JaZZ nights the most looked forward to live JaZZ event in Mumbai. On the 6th of July Starters & More proudly present the band that started it all at Starters & More: “JAZZ JUNCTION” This band has been fronted by quite a few internationally accomplished singers ...

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an die musik live..baltimore md.. fall programme 2005

Source: All About Jazz
July 1, 2005

AN DIE MUSIK LIVE 409 N.Charles St Baltimore 21201 tel 410 385 2638 www.andiemusiklive.com The series for fall is almost complete..confirmed so far SEPT 3 TRIFACTOR- Billy Bang Hamiet Bluiett Kahil El Zabar SEPT 10 JAMES BLOOD ULMER SEPT 17 MARILYN CRISPELL TRIO SEPT 25 PETER BROTZMANN & NASHEET WAITS OCT 8 BRUCE EISENBELL, PERRY ROBINSON , PETER EVENS ,HILL GREENE & KLAUS KUGEL OCT 22 PAUL SMOKER, MICHAEL McNEILL & PHIL HAYNES OCT 29 MARC RIBOT NOV 12 DAVE ...

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All About Jazz: New York - July 2005

Source: All About Jazz
July 1, 2005

Though jazz is a small part of the overall music market, it has and has had its obvious superstars. What has often made some of the best moments in its history are not the big names, but those players who may not get many accolades as they deserve. Our coverage this month is an attempt to remedy that in some small way.

Eddie Palmieri, Gary Bartz and Vijay Iyer are not the most famous players on their respective instruments. However, ...

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AAJ June 2005 Visitors: 500,133

Source: All About Jazz
July 1, 2005

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