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Chico Freeman Quartet At Cecil

Source: All About Jazz
September 23, 2004

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Richie Hart Trio at McKeown's Thursday September 23rd at 9PM

Source: All About Jazz
September 23, 2004

Thursday September 23rd at 9PM and continuing every Thursday The Richie Hart Trio Featuring Richie Hart-guitar, Rick Petrone-bass, Joe Corsello drums at McKeown's 1303 3rd Avenue (btw E. 74th & 75th Sts.) Manhattan NY 10021-3367 (212) 452-2011

Celebrating the release of their new CD Blues in the Alley Zoho Music (Street Date Nov. 2, 2004)

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Adam Makowicz vs. Leszek Mozdzer at Carnegie Hall Saturday, September 25 - 2 shows, 2:30pm & 8pm

Source: All About Jazz
September 23, 2004

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Kenneth J. Knuckles September 23rd at The Jazz Museum In Harlem 6:30pm-8:00pm

Source: All About Jazz
September 23, 2004

The Jazz Museum in Harlem 104 East 126th Street New York, NY 10035 THE JAZZ MUSEUM IN HARLEM's Harlem Speaks SERIES SWINGS INTO THE FALL * Kenneth J. Knuckles (September 23) The Jazz Museum in Harlem's bi-weekly series, Harlem Speaks, continues on Thursday, September 23, 2004, featuring a discussion with long-time jazz supporter and CEO of the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone, Ken Knuckles. Long-time mainstay of the St. Nick's Pub in Harlem, ...

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Iridium Jazz Club Celebrating 10-Year Anniversary 1994-2004

Source: All About Jazz
September 23, 2004

The Iridium Jazz Club, one of the world's premier jazz venues and home to guitar legend and music icon Les Paul and jazz vocal legend Bob Dorough, along with The Mingus Big Band (starting Tuesday, November 9th) is pleased to announce its tenth anniversary celebration this fall.

The Iridium Jazz Club has been thrilling International jazz fans since 1994, first at their original location at Lincoln Center and now at 1650 Broadway at 51st, in the historic jazz neighborhood that ...

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As One's "Out of the Darkness" CD/DLP to be released 10/26

Source: All About Jazz
September 23, 2004

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Ian Hendrickson-Smith Releases "Still Smokin'" on Sharp Nine Records

Source: All About Jazz
September 23, 2004

Street Date September 21, 2004

Alto saxophonist Ian Hendrickson-Smith follows up his debut CD (Up in SMOKE! SHP 1025) with another live recording from NYC's SMOKE Jazz Club entitled Still Smokin'.

Hendrickson-Smith is rejoined by first-call pianist David Hazeltine and drummer Joe Strasser and has added New York heavyweights Peter Washington, Ryan Kisor and Peter Bernstein to the mix. Hendrickson-Smith's big, open, bluesy sound is reminiscent of alto masters Cannonball Adderley and Jackie McLean. The band's conception, in ...

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Jazz Patriarch Ellis Marsalis Sr. Dead at 96

Source: All About Jazz
September 22, 2004

Ellis Marsalis Sr, patriarch of the family of jazz greats that includes his grandsons Wynton and Branford, died over the weekend at the age of 96, a New Orleans funeral home said on Wednesday. Marsalis, who took an active role in the civil rights movement, died at an area hospital on Sunday. Marsalis was a poultry farmer who converted a barn along the Mississippi River into a motel in 1943.

The 40 room motel catered to African-Americans, who were not ...

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