Jazz News

Keys 4 Kids To Provide Jensen Academy With Musical Instruments

Source: All About Jazz
March 23, 2005

On Tuesday April 5th, Keys 4 Kids will provide Chicago Elementary School Jensen Academy with nearly $5000 worth of Musical Instruments, including a full drum line, trumpets, trombones, clarinets, and flutes. Keys 4 Kids is a Chicago based non-profit organization that aims to transform music education in Chicago by providing music educators with the tools and support needed to teach and inspire students. The funds to purchase instruments and materials are raised by hosting and co-promoting a series of music ...

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Weather Outpost 12 releases new CD to rave reviews and for a wide audience

Source: All About Jazz
March 23, 2005

OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE - WEATHER OUTPOST 12 - more than just a band! DEBUT CD “The Legend of Chico Shanghai" AVAILABLE NOW! Weather Outpost 12 is a genius amalgam of intelligent, broad-based music inspired from around the globe. Experimentation with form, interpretation, and verbal imagery ensures massive appeal. Their multicultural and multi-instrumental talents provide vibrancy. A hybrid of Blues, Intelligent Techno, Brazilian, Latin, African, Worldbeat, Rock, and More, the Outpost are composer's composers. Weather Outpost 12 is emerging as not ...

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The Seventh Annual Performance of "Harlem Renaissance Revisited with Boston Flavor" Coming in May!

Source: All About Jazz
March 23, 2005

Location:  Roxbury Community College: Media and Performing Arts Center 1234 Tremont Street,Roxbury, MA When: NIGHTLY: Thursday, May 26 through Saturday May 28, 2005 7:00pm From the Company that brought you “FROM GOSPEL TO HIP-HOP & ALL IN BETWEEN" and the critically acclaimed story of “COOTA AND THE MAGIC QUILT" comes... THE NEW AND IMPROVED “HARLEM RENAISSANCE REVISITED WITH BOSTON FLAVOR!" For the seventh consecutive year, HARLEM RENAISSANCE REVISITED WITH BOSTON FLAVOR will take the stage. An exquisite musical written and produced ...

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Grady Tate featured at Harlem Speaks Thursday March 24 at The Jazz Museum in Harlem 6:30pm-8:00pm

Source: All About Jazz
March 23, 2005

March 23, 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 http://www.jazzmuseuminharlem.org/ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Grady Tate featured at Harlem Speaks Grady Tate (March 24) New York, NY (March 23, 2005) Harlem Speaks, the ongoing discussion series of the Jazz Museum in Harlem (held on Thursday evenings at 6:30 p.m.) which gives overdue tribute to people whose lives and legacy keep jazz alive in ...

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AAJ Fund Drive 2005 Update

Source: All About Jazz
March 23, 2005

All About Jazz launched its first ever fund drive on March 18th and we're off to a great start. Thanks to reader support, we're on course to reach our goal by early June.

If you have not contributed yet, please do so. We're very excited about the future plans for the site and the potential it has to serve jazz, but we need your financial support if we're to take the next step.

Unlike other fund drives, AAJ is only ...

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Jay Collins Band @ Pianos (NYC) April 18th

Source: All About Jazz
March 23, 2005

Jay Collins is a player-in-demand. His dynamic style on sax, flute and vocals has taken him around the world, touring with the Allman Brothers Band and on recordings with jazz greats like Andrew Hill. Now fronting his own band, the Jay Collins Band, he will be appearing for one set only on Monday, April 18th, at Piano’s in New York City.

The Jay Collins Band is a five-member combo that uses New Orleans-style funk, classic jazz, poetry, and blues in ...

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Newport Jazz Festival 50th Anniversary Celebration - PBS Television Special

Source: All About Jazz
March 23, 2005

WHO: Dave Brubeck Harry Connick, Jr. Jamie Cullum Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra Branford Marsalis Herbie Hancock And many more jazz all-stars! WHAT: The illustrious Newport Jazz Festival 50th Anniversary Celebration - PBS Television Special WHERE: On local PBS stations across the country! WHEN: March 22 – 10:00pm Los Angeles KVCR April 2 – 8:00pm Denver KRMA April 4 – 10:00pm NJ/Philadelphia WNJN April 17 – 7:00pm Tampa WUSF May 1 – 4:00pm New York WLIW If you couldn’t make it ...

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First Comprehensive Book on the Business of Jazz Has Been Published

Source: All About Jazz
March 23, 2005

Straight Ahead: A Comprehensive Guide to the Business of Jazz (Without Sacrificing Dignity or Artistic Integrity) is the first book of its kind – dedicated to enlightening musicians, students and professionals about the business, with a strong emphasis on self-empowerment. Written by Marty Khan – noted manager, producer, strategist, non-profit specialist and passionately committed advocate, this 400+ page book is an indispensable aid to a successful career in Jazz. Published by Outward Visions Books, it’s available at www.outwardvisions.com “It took ...

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