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Eric Revis CD Release Party @ Sweet Rhythm Thursday 8/12

Source: All About Jazz
August 4, 2004

Grammy Award Winning Bassist/Composer *ERIC REVIS* Celebrates His 11:11 Records Recording Debut Tales of The Stuttering Mime at Sweet Rhythm on Thursday, August 12, 2004 Featuring Eric Revis (bass); Orrin Evans (piano); Jeff “Tain" Watts (drums); JD Allen (tenor); Yosvany Terry (alto); Duane Eubanks (trumpet); Oz Noy (guitar)

“Life is a continuum. It must move forward..." (Eric Revis)

Critically acclaimed sideman who started his professional career with Betty Carter and for the past seven years has been a ...

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Remembering Jazz at the Brooklyn Paramount Friday, October 15, 2004

Source: All About Jazz
August 4, 2004

REMEMBERING JAZZ AT THE BROOKLYN PARAMOUNT

Conference on Friday, October 15, 2004 Brooklyn Campus of Long Island University, Home of the former Paramount Theater Dekalb and Flatbush Avenues www.brooklyn.liu.edu/rememberingjazz Call 718-780-4587

In partnership with the Office of Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz and the Brooklyn Historical Society.

An all-day, open-to-the-public at no charge Conference, featuring jazz writers and musicians discussing the lives and performances of the major jazz artists who played the ...

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School of the Arts at the University of Nevada, Reno, Debuts New Events Calendar For Fall 2004

Source: All About Jazz
August 4, 2004

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Free Jazz and Free Improvisation: An Encyclopedia by Todd S. Jenkins

Source: All About Jazz
August 4, 2004

The free jazz revolution that began in the mid-1950s represented an artistic and sociopolitical response to the economic, racial, and musical climate of jazz and the nation. In parallel with the American civil rights movement, free jazz exemplified an escape from the restrictive rules of musical performance with an emphasis on individual expression and musical democracy. A handful of major individual artists opened the gateway to intense personalization of performances through astonishing new techniques, and inner-city collectives were formed to ...

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AAJ Now Offers RSS Feeds

Source: All About Jazz
August 4, 2004

All About Jazz now offers RSS feeds for CD Reviews, Featured Articles and News. If you use an RSS reader, please subscribe to all three feeds.

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Jazz Aspen Snowmass Announces Sister Festival in the Majestic Sonoma Valley

Source: All About Jazz
August 3, 2004

New York, NY - August 3, 2004 - Organizers of Jazz Aspen Snowmass (JAS) festivals and education programs announced today they are joining forces with a new California-based not for profit organization to produce Sonoma Jazz + (SJ+), a four day world-class music, food and wine festival in the heart of California wine country scheduled to debut Memorial Day weekend of 2005 (May 26 - 29). SJ+ will also have as a central part of its mission the support of ...

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New England Conservatory Summer School Presents Mahalia Jackson's Music

Source: All About Jazz
August 3, 2004

Ran Blake, Chair of Contemporary Improvisation/Third Stream Department, Leads Appreciation Class on Gospel Great

August 11 - 19 (five meetings) W,F,M,T,Th: 5:30-8:30 p.m.

Mahalia Jackson, an icon of gospel music, continues to inspire musicians the world over. Ran Blake, chair of the NEC Contemporary Improvisation/Third Stream Department, will explore Jackson's musical world -- her position within gospel music, her unique relationship with pianist Mildred Falls, and her exquisite vocal timbre. He will use selected recordings, articles, films, and conversations with ...

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"Pachuco" Artist Don Tosti Dies At 81

Source: All About Jazz
August 3, 2004

Obituaries in the News Tuesday, August 3, 2004 Don Tosti PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) - Don Tosti, a musician and composer who blended elements of jazz, boogie and blues to create the Latin “Pachuco” sound of the 1940s-era Zoot Suit culture, died Monday in his home. He was 81. He was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer in May, according to his sister, Marylin Martinez Wood. Tosti began playing music as a boy and forged a career spanning several decades and ...

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