Jazz News

"Tootin Through the Roof": 4/16/05 Duke Ellington Society Concert

Source: All About Jazz
April 15, 2005

April 15, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Press Contact: Lynne Mueller The Duke Ellington Society (TDES, Inc.) mailto:[email protected] For Immediate Release 'Tootin' Through the Roof – “The Evolution of the Trumpet Sound of the Ellington Orchestra" The Duke Ellington Annual Birthday Anniversary Celebration Concert Presented by the Duke Ellington Society (TDES, Inc.) Saturday, April 16, 2005 at 8 PM featuring Randy Sandke – Trumpet Joe Wilder – Trumpet Jumaane Smith – Trumpet Scott Robinson – Multi reeds Don ...

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George Gee Big Band in Concert - 4/26/05

Source: All About Jazz
April 15, 2005

We hope you will join The George Gee Big Band for a night of swingin’ big band jazz from their CD “Settin’ The Pace" (featuring the music of Frank Foster) on Tuesday, April 26th, 2005 in the Gillespie Auditorium at the New York City Baha'i Center at 53 East 11th Street (between University Place & Broadway). There will be two shows: 8:00 and 10:00 p.m. The George Gee Big Band - a well-known musical entity in the international and domestic ...

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THAD and MEL and the VJO

Source: All About Jazz
April 14, 2005

April 14, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Press Contact: JIM EIGO, [email protected] THE VANGUARD JAZZ ORCHESTRA THAD JONES/MEL LEWIS 40 YEARS AFTER A week-long tribute to Thad Jones and Mel Lewis at the Village Vanguard. Special guests will include Slide Hampton, Jon Faddis and Tom Harrell. The week will also include premiers of new music, archival finds and a preview of the new VJO/Jim McNeely CD. Monday May 9, 2005 THE DEFINITIVE THAD JONES An All Thad Jones ...

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Jazz Matters in NY Wednesday, April 20 6-8pm at The New School

Source: All About Jazz
April 14, 2005

April 13, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Jazz Matters in NY Wednesday, April 20 6-8pm The New School 55 West 13th St 5th Floor FREE and open to the public Jazz Future New York, the Purveyor's Perspective This promises to be a most interesting and eclectic gathering and discussion with a panel of diverse presenters and purveyors to discuss the future of New York jazz from their POV. Panelists will be Melissa Stewart has been a principal of ...

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Dekel Bor Trio at Marrie's, NYC

Source: All About Jazz
April 14, 2005

The Dekel Bor Trio Will be playing tonight at Marrie's Jazz Club 51 W46th st. (bet. th and 6th ave.) NYC 7:30-11pm $5 “Dekel Bor and his band are the future of jazz" (Yossi Harsonsky,Maariv) “Dekel Bor and his trio make some of the finest jazz that I have ever heard" ( Neil Feldman, publisher- NOB Magazine ) The Dekel Bor trio is a New York City based modern jazz group that is both dynamic and expressive. A diverse cultural ...

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Pianist Johnnie Johnson dies at 80

Source: All About Jazz
April 13, 2005

ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Johnnie Johnson, a rock 'n' roll pioneer who teamed with Chuck Berry for hits like “Roll Over Beethoven" and “No Particular Place to Go," died Wednesday. He was 80.

Johnson died at his St. Louis home. The cause of death was not immediately known, said publicist Margo Lewis. He had been hospitalized a month ago with pneumonia and was on dialysis for a kidney ailment, said John May, a friend and fellow musician.

Though he was ...

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Arturo O'Farrill Live WBGO Broadcast and Performance at J&R Music World Saturday April 16th at 4 PM

Source: All About Jazz
April 13, 2005

April 13, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Press Contact: JIM EIGO, [email protected] Arturo O'Farrill CD Release Party Live Broadcast - April 16th at 4pm You're invited to J&R Music World Jazz Store (at Park Row opp. City Hall Park), Saturday April 16 at 4p.m. for a CD Release Party with pianist Arturo O'Farrill and trumpeter Jim Seeley as they perform live to celebrate their latest CD -- The Jim Seeley/Arturo O'Farrill Quintet on the Zoho Music label (www.zohomusic.com). ...

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Jazz & Poetry Marathon at Flushing Town Hall this weekend

Source: All About Jazz
April 13, 2005

April 13, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES OTHER WORDS/OTHER WORLDS Jazz & Poetry Marathon at Flushing Town Hall In celebration of National Jazz and Poetry Month April 16-17, 2005 Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd., Flushing, NY 11354 (one block east of Main Street in Downtown Flushing, at the corner of Linden Pl.) Subway: 7-train to Main Street/Flushing Phone: (718) 463-7700 x222 Web: www.flushingtownhall.org/jazzandpoetry.html Marathon is free and open to the public. Beginning on April 16 and ending ...

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