Jazz News

A Season Full of Concerts, Performances, and Arts Events Through Summer 2005 Offered by University of Nevada, Reno

Source: All About Jazz
April 26, 2005

The University of Nevada, Reno Summer Session Office and the School of the Arts have a season full of free concerts, films, arts events and other world-class offerings planned through Summer 2005 on campus. Guest artists, faculty and student performers as well as gallery exhibits, The Work of Art project, the Reno Jazz Festival, and Nevada Repertory Company’s Summer Festival are all on tap from April-August 2005. Performances and exhibits are held at several locations on the university campus – ...

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Mavis Staples to Celebrate New Release With Live Performance in Elmer, NJ

Source: All About Jazz
April 26, 2005

"The most underrated diva of the century...she has an almost superhuman ability to implant the pure power of emotion." — Rolling Stone

Gospel / soul legend Mavis Staples, will celebrate the release of her Alligator Records debut CD Have a Little Faith with a live performance in Elmer. Mavis has recorded with a wide variety of musicians, from her close friend Bob Dylan (with whom she was nominated for a 2003 Grammy© Award in the “Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals" ...

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The Dom Minasi Trio -April 27,29 & 30th

Source: All About Jazz
April 26, 2005

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Jay Clayton / Jack Wilkins Duo at Cornelia Street Cafe Thurs. April 28 sets 8:30 & 10pm

Source: All About Jazz
April 26, 2005

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Jane Ira Bloom Like Silver, Like Song Launches on Artistshare

Source: All About Jazz
April 26, 2005

April 26, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Jane Ira Bloom Like Silver, Like Song Launches on Artistshare It's not just about the CD, it's a whole new imaginative vista... Soprano saxophonist Jane Ira Bloom has a bold new album and a bold new way of reaching listeners with her creativity. Jane's latest CD Like Silver, Like Song launches on the innovative Artistshare label on April 15th. Her elecktro-acoustic band with longtime bandmates Mark Dresser (bass), Bobby Previte (drums ...

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Mozayik's "Haitian Creole Jazz" cd release party events

Source: All About Jazz
April 26, 2005

April 26, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Press Contact: JIM EIGO, [email protected] Greetings, Spring is in the air, and the May 3rd release date for Mozayik's “Haitian Creole Jazz" cd on Zoho Music (ZM200506) is right around the corner. Come out and help us celebrate our new release --- pick up your copy of “Haitian Creole Jazz" and catch some live jazz music “with a Haitian flavor" courtesy of NYC's premier Afro-Haitian jazz quintet. Mozayik's “Haitian Creole Jazz" ...

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Stan Levey: Bebop/West Coast Drummer & Photographer

Source: All About Jazz
April 26, 2005

Born: April 5, 1926 in Philadelphia, PA Died: April 20, 2005 in Van Nuys, CA

Stan Levey was born in 1926 in Philadelphia. When he was sixteen he met Dizzy Gillespie and was hired for the trumpeter’s rhythm section. Not long thereafter he followed his boss to New York City, where the two men, along with Charlie Parker, Max Roach and others, helped formulate the bebop revolution. Bebop was largely seen as a black man’s music, a response ...

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Satalla May 2005 Calendar

Source: All About Jazz
April 26, 2005

Sunday, May 1 at 7:00 PM Geetanjali: An Evening of Kathak Dance & Music Admission is $20 Najma Ayashah and the Kalavant Center of Music & Dance reflect the rich soulful rhythms and melodies of the Jaipur tradition of music and dance through the Kathak dance artistry. Exciting tabla invovations by Ustad Kader Khan will be accompanied by Javed Khan (sitar), Imran Khan (tabla), and the vocal mastery of Gulam Khan will bring you into a world transcending all borders ...

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