Jazz News

Seattle Women's Jazz Orchestra Announces Benefit w/special guest Kelley Johnson

Source: All About Jazz
April 10, 2005

Ah, spring is in the air... And that means it's time to announce the Third-annual Seattle Women’s Jazz Orchestra (SWOJO) Benefit Concert & Silent Auction! This year’s event, comprised of a special SWOJO concert performance featuring jazz vocalist Kelley Johnson, silent auction, hors d'oeuvres, and wine, will be held at a new location: the Mount Baker Community Club in Seattle, Washington.

SWOJO Benefit Concert & Silent Auction May 13, 2005 7:30p-10:30p Mount Baker Community ...

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Brian Trainor / Steve Marcus Quartet

Source: All About Jazz
April 9, 2005

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from the front porch -the hottest new music/jazz show to hit New York City

Source: All About Jazz
April 9, 2005

For Immediate Release: Contact: Marianna Hernandez 347-374-4229 Renee Flemings 917 693-2957 New York, March 22---From the Front Porch was originally performed at the Spotlight On Halloween Festival, at the Greenwich Street Theatre. Written & performed by Renee' Flemings, a life-long playwright, director, and actor, and 2004 finalist of O’Neill Playwright’s Conference. Flemings, who has written and performed at the Neighborhood Playhouse and has had several short plays presented as part of “Mortality” on stage, co-produces and writes for the IFFM ...

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Ken Watters Group / Churchill Grounds

Source: All About Jazz
April 9, 2005

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Barbara Fasano & Eric Comstock Sing Alec Wilder Saturday, April 9th @ 2:00pm Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre

Source: All About Jazz
April 9, 2005

April 9, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Press Contact: JIM EIGO, [email protected] SATURDAY, APRIL 9TH @ 2:00PM THE FRIENDS OF ALEC WILDER PRESENT THE 20TH ANNUAL ALEC WILDER CONCERT LEONARD NIMOY THALIA THEATRE SYMPHONY SPACE (95th Street, West of Broadway) ERIC COMSTOCK & BARBARA FASANO WILL SING RARITIES AS WELL AS STANDARDS SUCH AS “BLACKBERRY WINTER", “WHERE IS THE ONE?" & “WHO CAN I TURN TO?" FOLLOWING THEIR SET, RARE WILDER FILM MUSIC WILL BE PERFORMED. TICKETS: $20, ...

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10 All New Jazz Moods

Source: All About Jazz
April 8, 2005

Once again, Sony BMG Legacy has captured the dominant feelings of jazz in an encore series of Jazz Moods, featuring 10 of the most important improvising artists and vocalists of the past half century.

Under the banner of Cool, there are the plaintive trumpet sound and swooningly romantic vocals of Chet Baker, the timeless jazz and pop singing of Tony Bennett, and the soulful tenor saxophone of Stanley Turrentine.

Representing jazz's Hot side -- from the 1920s to the 1990s ...

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Philadelphia Music Project Awards Grants to 20 Local Music Organizations; $960,000 to result in 167 music events, including 32 world premiere performances

Source: All About Jazz
April 8, 2005

For Immediate Release April 7, 2005 Contact:Matthew Levy 215-893-0140 [email protected] Philadelphia Music Project Awards Grants to 20 Local Music Organizations $960,395 to result in 167 music events, including 32 world premiere performances (Philadelphia, Pa.) Music lovers throughout the Philadelphia region will soon enjoy some of the areas most ambitious and artistically significant programming to date, as the Philadelphia Music Project announces its 2005 grant recipients. The awards to 20 local music organizations range from $12,140 to the Doylestown School of ...

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The Spirit Of Django Reinhardt 2005 Hot Swing Jazz Returns to Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall July 27 – 7 pm

Source: All About Jazz
April 8, 2005

April 8, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Contact: Pat Philips [email protected] 212-744-8836 STRATTA/PHILIPS PRODUCTIONS 520 East 81st Street New York, NY 10028 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: The GRAND MARNIER FOUNDATION presents “The SPIRIT OF DJANGO REINHARDT" 2005 - HOT SWING JAZZ - ! Returns to Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall July 27 – 7 pm DORADO SCHMITT, Legendary Guitarist, a Favorite, Returns !!! FLORIN NICULESCU, Major Swing Violinist from Rumania Arrives !!! The young Virtuoso JOSCHO STEPHAN and Trio ...

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