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Jazz Journalists Association Presents Jazz Matters:" The Art of the Interview" Wed., Mar. 23,6-8 pm @New School

Source: All About Jazz
March 21, 2005

March 21, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Jazz Journalists Association Presents Jazz Matters: “The Art of the Interview" The Jazz Journalists Association, a non-profit organization, will present a panel of experts discussing interviewing techniques on Wednesday, March 23, from 6-8 pm at the New School Jazz Performance Space, 55 W. 13th St. in New York. The event is free and open to the public and is the second in a series of four presentations planned for Spring, 2005. ...

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This Week At Cornelia Street Cafe Mar 21 thg Mar 27

Source: All About Jazz
March 21, 2005

March 21, 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 First Monday of Every Month David Amram & Special Guests Second Monday of Every Month Jed Distler and Composes Collaborative Second Tuesday of Every Month Arturo O'Farrill y Riza Negra Second Wednesday of Every Month ...

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Blue Note Records Signs Pianist Robert Glasper

Source: All About Jazz
March 21, 2005

Debut Album Aimed For Fall 2005 Release

Blue Note Records has signed pianist Robert Glasper, marking the label’s first new Jazz artist signing in five years, and reaffirming their 66-year tradition of moving the music forward, a notable occurrence in a Jazz industry that has otherwise seen the major labels reduce the number of instrumentalists on their Jazz rosters, or dissolve those rosters altogether. Glasper will be entering the studio in May to record his major label debut, which will ...

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Cape May Jazz Honors Ray Charles, April 15-17, 2005

Source: All About Jazz
March 21, 2005

CAPE MAY JAZZ HONORS RAY CHARLES WITH DAVID FATHEAD NEWMAN TRIBUTE The 23rd Cape May Jazz Festival kicks off Friday, April 15, 2005 with a tribute to the late legend, Ray Charles. Tenor sax man David “Fathead” Newman, who met Ray when the two were teens on the touring circuit, will perform his rousing homage “I Remember Brother Ray”, joined by Marcus Belgrave, Howard Johnson and Cynthia Scott. Newman’s moving tribute to the man and the decades they played together ...

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Cabaret Singer Bobby Short Dies

Source: All About Jazz
March 21, 2005

By Larry McShane, Associated Press Writer NEW YORK -- Cabaret singer Bobby Short, the tuxedoed embodiment of New York style and sophistication who was a fixture at his piano in the Carlyle Hotel for more than 35 years, died Monday. He was 80. Short died of leukemia at New York Presbyterian Hospital, said Virginia Wicks, a Los Angeles-based publicist. The hospital did not immediately return a call seeking further detail. As times changed and popular music shifted from Sinatra to ...

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James Moody 80th Birthday Saxophone Spectacular!

Source: All About Jazz
March 21, 2005

James Moody JAM for Jazz Scholarships! The Performing Arts Center/ Purchase College 735 Anderson Hill Road, Purchase, NY 10577 Saturday, April 9, 2005 at 8 pm Tickets: $75, $50, $30 www.artscenter.org/special www.purchase.edu Join James Moody and friends in a celebration of Jazz and education! This evening's performance, for which Moody and his friends are contributing their time, will raise funds to establish the James Moody Scholarship for Jazz Studies at the Conservatory of Music at Purchase College. The all-star line-up ...

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Cephas & Wiggins to Perform in Trenton, NJ

Source: All About Jazz
March 20, 2005

"Remarkable guitar and harmonica duets. Their infectious rhythms and supple melodies combine tasteful fingerpicking with impassioned harmonica solos." — The Washington Post

Acclaimed acoustic blues duo Cephas & Wiggins, touring in support of their latest CD, Somebody Told the Truth, will perform live in Trenton. Somebody Told the Truth is a spirited and seamless mix of both original and classic material, shedding a bright light on the Piedmont blues that Cephas & Wiggins have been performing for almost 30 years. ...

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Jazz Camp West 2005 Announces the 2005 Line-Up!

Source: All About Jazz
March 19, 2005

JAZZCAMP WEST – June 25 thru July 2 C O N T E N T S [] WHAT'S NEW @ JAZZCAMP WEST [] JAZZCAMP ANNOUNCES THE 2005 FACULTY! [] DRUM NEWS [] SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS NOW AVAILABLE [] ENROLL ONLINE [] THE BROCHURE IS ON IT'S WAY We're anticipating another amazing year at camp. We have put together a fantastic line-up and we are all gearing up to bring you the most incredible (and of course our most favorite!) week of ...

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