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Sanofi-Aventis JazzFest 2005 June 10-11-12 Fairleigh Dickinson University

Source: All About Jazz
April 20, 2005

April 20, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Press Contact: JIM EIGO, [email protected] Sanofi-Aventis JazzFest 2005 A Special Tribute to Harold Arlen Featuring More Than 75 Great Musicians Presented by The New Jersey Jazz Society On The Beautiful Madison, New Jersey Campus Of Fairleigh Dickinson University Three great stages! JazzMart Tent for hard-to-find CDs and more! Food vendors available or bring your own picnic. www.njjs.org Friday, June 10 from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM The Ray Bryant Trio Featuring ...

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Highlights In Jazz Presents "Keepers of the Flame" with Dick Hyman, Vince Giordano, Marcus Belgrave and special guest Peter Cincotti

Source: All About Jazz
April 20, 2005

To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Press Contact: JIM EIGO, [email protected] “HIGHLIGHTS IN JAZZ" PRESENTS Thursday, May 12, 2005 8PM Keepers of the Flame Dick Hyman Vince Giordano and his Nighthawks Marcus Belgrave Salute To Doc Cheatham With Randy Sandke, Theodore Cheatham Croker, Chuck Folds and others Special Guest Peter Cincotti April 19, 2005 Jack Kleinsinger's “Highlights in Jazz," New York's longest running jazz series is pleased to present Keepers of the Flame featuring Dick Hyman, Vince Giordano and his ...

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The Jazz Mandolin Project - Releases The Deep Forbidden Lake

Source: All About Jazz
April 20, 2005

The Jazz Mandolin Project, Featuring Jamie Masefield Releases 6th Studio Album, THE DEEP FORBIDDEN LAKE

In a surprising shift of gears from the Jazz Mandolin Project's last album, Jungle Tango (2003), (laden with jungle grooves and improvisation), Jamie Masefield heads in a fresh, acoustic direction in his next upcoming release. The Deep Forbidden Lake is a friendly collection of 12 of some of Masefield's favorite songs written by some of his favorite musicians.

Is it a jazz album? ...

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Anita Baker, Kevin Eubanks, Ron Carter Will Get Music Degrees

Source: All About Jazz
April 20, 2005

BOSTON, MA, April 20, 2005 – Grammy-winning R&B vocalist Anita Baker, legendary jazz bassist Ron Carter, and Kevin Eubanks, music director of Jay Leno’s Tonight Show Band, will receive Honorary Doctor of Music degrees at Berklee College of Music’s Commencement on Saturday, May 7, 10:00 a.m. at Northeastern University’s Matthews Arena. Commencement speaker Ron Carter will address approximately 700 graduates and their invited guests at the 5,000-seat venue. This year’s Honorary Doctorate recipients - Baker, Carter, and Eubanks - are ...

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TD Canada Trust Ottawa International Jazz Festival Announces 2005 Line-up

Source: All About Jazz
April 20, 2005

OTTAWA – The TD Canada Trust Ottawa International Jazz Festival (OIJF) is pleased to announce the concert line-up for this year’s 25th Anniversary summer festival taking place from June 23 – July 3, 2005.

This summer, the OIJF opens up its ten-day concert line-up with multi-Grammy award winner Harry Connick, Jr. This superstar will join the National Arts Centre Orchestra under the direction of Jack Everly to open the 25th anniversary celebrations on June 23 in Confederation Park.

Following on ...

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Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen: First-call Danish Bassist

Source: All About Jazz
April 20, 2005

Born: May 27, 1946 in Osted, Denmark Died: April 19, 2005 in Copenhagen, Denmark

Danish bassist Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, who began his professional career as a teenager and performed with many of the greatest jazz musicians of all time, died of a heart attack on April 19, 2005. He was 58 years old.

NHØP, as he was commonly known, originally studied the piano but moved to the bass at the age of fourteen, at which time he had ...

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The Masters of Jazz Series @ Caton Castle with The Houston Person Quartet

Source: All About Jazz
April 19, 2005

Baltimore ~ Caton Castle Jazz Club in association with New Jazz Audience Multi-Media Entertainment Group presents The Masters of Jazz Series: 2 evenings of JAZZ POWER in BALTIMORE with HighNote Records artist HOUSTON PERSON, a recipient of a song list of jazz awards. Tenor saxophonist, Houston Person began his solo career in 1961 and has recorded upward to 75 albums under his own name. Appearing as a guest artist on the recordings of Etta Jones, Lena Horne, Lou Rawles, Dakota ...

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All About Jazz Under Construction

Source: All About Jazz
April 19, 2005

AAJ is in the process of updating our website.

The new look is a hybrid design--part current layout, part future layout. Most of the content sections and objects are in the same location, though we've moved the Cover Story up and have set a fixed width on each page (as opposed to stretching it from one end of your screen to the other).

Please bear with us as we update the site over the next few days.

Thank you,

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