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Baritone Milt Grayson Honored by Harlem Speaks on Thursday, April 21st 6:30PM
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All About Jazz
April 18, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Press Contact: JIM EIGO, [email protected] The Jazz Museum in Harlem 104 East 126th Street New York, NY 10035 www.jazzmuseuminharlem.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Baritone Milt Grayson Honored by Harlem Speaks on April 21st New York, NY (April 18, 2005) Harlem Speaks, the ongoing discussion series of the Jazz Museum in Harlem (held on Thursday evenings at 6:30 pm), which honors people whose lives and legacy keep jazz alive in Harlem, has featured ...
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This Week at Cornelia Street Cafe April 18-24
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All About Jazz
April 18, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Press Contact: JIM EIGO, [email protected] Cornelia Street Cafe 29 Cornelia Street Greenwich Village, NY 10014 Tel: 212-989-9319 Fax: 212-243-4207 Web: corneliastreetcafe.com “a culinary as well as a cultural landmark" Mayoral Proclamation, City of New York 1987 This Week at Cornelia Street Cafe Mon Apr 18 NYQ New York Quarterly, the venerable poetry journal, continues its quest for truth, beauty & perfect form 6:00PM Tue Apr 19 SOLAR CD RELEASE PARTY (Eli ...
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This Week at Iridium Wed., April 20 Ed Palermo Zappa Big Band/April 21-24 Candido's 84th Birthday Celebration
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All About Jazz
April 18, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Press Contact: JIM EIGO, [email protected] IRIDIUM JAZZ CLUB 1650 BROADWAY (Corner of 51st) NEW YORK, NY 10023 RESERVATIONS: 212-582-2121, www.iridiumjazzclub.com Sets at 8 & 10PM EVERY MONDAY LES PAUL AND HIS QUARTET EVERY TUESDAY THE MINGUS BIG BAND EVERY WEDNESDAY Scott Barbarino & The Cosmopolitans Variety Hour@7PM Every Sunday Starting at 11:00AM Gospel Jazz Brunch in NYC featuring BISHOP NATHANIEL TOWNSLEY, JR. AND THE GOSPEL JUBILEE This Week at Iridium... Wed., ...
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Neos Quintet releases debut record "Mackerel Sky"
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All About Jazz
What began as musical experimentation by five friends in an Eastman School of Music practice room four years ago finally came to fruition this Spring when the new ensemble Neos released its debut album, entitled Mackerel Sky. Neos features the pipe organ in an unusual role that exploits its lesser-used strengths as a part of a tightly woven chamber group. The ensemble’s repertoire is groove-based, internalizing influences from contemporary jazz, fusion, ethnic, and classical music. Neos is the brainchild of ...
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Legendary Jazz Master, Composer/Arranger Gerald Wilson Conducts Two Shows with the Chicago Jazz Ensemble and Artistic Director Jon Faddis
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All About Jazz
Six-time Grammy Nominated Composer/Arranger, Gerald Wilson conducts two shows with the Chicago Jazz Ensemble (CJE). The shows, Saturday, May 7 at 8:00 P.M. and Sunday, May 8 at 2:00 P.M., at the Field Museum’s James R. Simpson Theatre are the final performances of the CJE’s Sixth American Heritage Jazz Series. For more than fifty years, Gerald Wilson has been recognized as one of the premiere composers, arrangers and band leaders in modern jazz. Although not a household name, Gerald Wilson’s ...
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Montreal Chamber Music Festival: a vital part of Montreal’s tourism scene
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All About Jazz
Regional winner of the Grands Prix du tourisme québécois 2005, Denis Brott’s festival featuring Jazz Series artistic direction by Oliver Jones will represent Montreal at the province-wide gala in May. Montréal, Monday April 18, 2005 — The Montreal Chamber Music Festival has been named finalist in the Gala des Grands Prix du tourisme québécois 2005 contest, obtaining important recognition for the significance of its contribution to the growth of the Quebec economy and to the development of the province’s tourist ...
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Skip Heller joins the Dreambox Media Family of Artists
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Guitarist Skip Heller, whose release FAKEBOOK was one of the critics' favorite releases of 2004, has joined Dreambox Media’s roster of artists. “I like the way they do business,” says Heller, “because it’s really set up around the artist, not the retailer. The way they do things, I can make money at about two hundred copies. I mean actual profit, actual dollars in my hand.” The label, started by Philadelphia drummer Jim Miller over two decades ago, has long been ...
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