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Kit McClure Band wins Small Business Award from Mayor Bloomberg
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All About Jazz
Kit McClure states “...my band and I won the NYC Mayor's Small Business Award." (Awarded 03/03/05) May I respectfully point out that the educational outreach that Kit McClure and her band have done not only is worthy of the recognition of this award, but additionally, Kit has already committed to become a “FUNdraising" partner with A Better Community For All (ABC4All). Here you will find info about the award including and the press release As such, her work will be ...
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Jazz Camp West 2005 Line-Up!
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All About Jazz
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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Two nights of turntablist guitar, electro-acoustic poetry and beat based abandon
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All About Jazz
March 15th, 2005 @ 10PM, Galapagos Art Space,, NYC, 70 North 6th St., http://www.galapagorartspace.com and March 16th, 2005 @ 9PM, CB'S 313 Gallery, 313 Bowery, NYC, http://www.cbgb.com/gallery.html CB's 313 Gallery and Galapagos Art Space present two evenings of dynamic musical surprises in three acts featuring Triphazard, Sarge and a rare east coast appearance of guitarist Andre LaFosse. Using nothing but an electric guitar, an Echoplex digital looper, and a standard tube guitar amp, Andre LaFosse ( http://altruistmusic.com ) creates rhythmically-intense, ...
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Fred Hersch and Kenny Garrett Headline 2005 Reno Jazz Festival, April 21 - 23
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All About Jazz
The best jazz musicians in the world travel to the University of Nevada, Reno each spring to perform and teach at the Reno Jazz Festival. This year, world-renowned and critically acclaimed alto/soprano saxophonist Kenny Garrett and pianist and composer Fred Hersch share their talent and expertise with the festival’s more than 10,000 attendees. In addition to guest artist concerts, the Reno Jazz Festival offers competitions, workshops and clinics by dozens of professional jazz musicians and adjudicators for more than 9,000 ...
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JMP Announces The Deep Forbidden Lake
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All About Jazz
In a surprising shift of gears from the Jazz Mandolin Project's last album, “Jungle Tango" (2003), (laden with jungle grooves and improvisation), Jamie Masefield heads in a fresh, acoustic direction in his next upcoming relase. “The Deep Forbidden Lake" is a friendly collection of 12 of Masefield's favorite songs written by some of his favorite musicians. Is it a jazz album? Well, it does include songs by Django Reinhart, Billy Strayhorn and Ornette Coleman. Is it a rock album? Well, ...
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