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Tubby Hayes Quartet-Commonwealth Blues CD available now

Source: All About Jazz
June 28, 2005

The Tubby Hayes Quartet “Commonwealth Blues" (Art of Life AL1016-2 CD) Tubby Hayes: Tenor Saxophone, Flute, Vibes Gordon Beck: Piano Johnny Butts: Drums Jeff Clyne: Acoustic Bass The complete unedited and previously unreleased 1965 BBC transcription recordings. Recorded in the summer of 1965 at Kensington Studios in London, England by the BBC ...

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Andrew Rathbun Trio + Mystery Guest@ Cornelia Street Cafe Wed. June 29th @ 8:30 and 10:00pm

Source: All About Jazz
June 28, 2005

Andrew Rathbun Trio + MYSTERY GUEST @ Cornelia Street Cafe Wed. June 29th @ 8:30 and 10:00pm 29 Cornelia St btwn Bleecker & West 4th Info: 212-989-9318 www.corneliastreetcafe.com andrew.rathbun. saxophone scott lee. bass owen howard. drums SPECIAL MYSTERY GUEST John McNeil-trumpet Canadian born reedist Andrew Rathbun initially attracted attention with the complex, ambitious charts he documented on a string of fine records under his name. But the tunes Rathbun (and Scott Lee) penned for his forthcoming release THIS FALL afford ...

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JC Hopkins Biggish Band Thursday, June 30th (10pm - 1am) Special guest vocalist Syd Straw

Source: All About Jazz
June 28, 2005

Celebrate Queen Esther with the JC Hopkins Biggish Band this Thursday night at the world-famous Slipper Room!. Special guest vocalist Syd Straw will sit in on a couple of numbers http://www.sydstraw.com/sydstraw/ *THIS WEEK* Thursday, June 30th The Slipper Room, NYC (10pm - 1am) 167 Orchard St, @ Stanton (212) 253-7246 Special Price! / $5 http://www.slipperroom.com The NY Press says this: JC Hopkins Biggish Band There's definitely a retro feel about bandleader, pianist and songwriter JC Hopkins as he goes on ...

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Barbara Fasano's I Had a Love Once: Arlen Songs continues @ Danny's Wednesday, June 22 @ 9:15PM

Source: All About Jazz
June 28, 2005

Barbara Fasano's i had a love once: arlen songs Continues @ Danny's Wednesday, June 22 @ 9:15PM RECOMMENDED BY: TIME OUT NEW YORK THE VILLAGE VOICE CABARET SCENES MAGAZINE “if you want to understand what cabaret can be at its best ...catch barbara fasano's almost hypnotic, superb performance ...magic ... breathtaking ... perfection ..."-- peter leavy, cabaret scenes “about half-way through barbara's terrific tribute to harold arlen, i said to myself, 'this is why i still shlep all over town ...

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Chico O'Farrill Celebration - Free Concert and Street Corner Renaming on June 29, 2005 starting at 6:30 PM

Source: All About Jazz
June 28, 2005

A Celebration: Free Concert and Street Corner Renaming Event In Honor of Composer, Arranger and Band Leader Arturo “Chico" O'Farrill Wednesday, June 29, 2005 at 6:30 PM Riverside Park at Soldiers and Sailors Monument Between 88th and 89th Streets on Riverside Drive, New York, NY A Free Concert for the People of the City of New York Performed by The Chico O'Farrill Afro Cuban Jazz Orchestra conducted by Arturo O'Farrill with guest artist Wynton Marsalis Followed At 8 PM with ...

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WKCR-FM NY(89.9) Louis Armstrong Birthday Broadcast: Part One

Source: All About Jazz
June 28, 2005

Louis Armstrong is one of the most important performers of the twentieth century. ‘Pops,’ with his trumpet virtuosity, vocal stylings, and rhythmic mastery, is the progenitor of jazz. Armstrong codified the vocabulary of the jazz solo. He taught the world to swing; he taught the world to sing, and left his musical stamp forever embedded in the sound of both popular and art music. WKCR-FM begins its celebration of the great man’s 105th birth anniversary on Sunday, July 3 from ...

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A Tribute to Mahavishnu Orchestra available on AbstractLogix.com

Source: All About Jazz
June 28, 2005

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Legendary rock promoter Chet Helms dead at 62

Source: All About Jazz
June 27, 2005

SAN FRANCISCO -- Chet Helms, the revered father of the 1967 Summer of Love and a music promoter who launched the career of singer Janis Joplin, has died of complications from a stroke. He was 62.

Helms, who once stood at the center of the 1960s Bay Area music scene, died Saturday surrounded by friends and family at San Francisco's California Pacific Medical Center.

“It was a beautiful death," said his wife Judy Davis. “It was a goodbye party. We ...

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