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441 Records' Ian Shaw Wins BBC Jazz Vocalist of the Year

Source: All About Jazz
July 29, 2004

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Yellowjackets ArtsCONNECT Tour Sponsored by Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation

Source: All About Jazz
July 29, 2004

Boston, MA The Yellowjackets will appear in September and October 2004 as part of an eight-city tour supported by funding from the Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation ArtsCONNECT Program. The purpose of the ArtsCONNECT Program is to strengthen the presentation of performing artists by supporting artist/presenter collaborations and partnerships anchored in the states and jurisdictions of the mid-Atlantic region.

The tour will visit both urban and rural communities in the states of Pennsylvania, Maryland and West Virginia, and includes eight full-length concert ...

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Prominent Jazz Composers Awarded 2004 New York Foundation for the Arts Music Composition Fellowships

Source: All About Jazz
July 29, 2004

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Hiromi at the Iridium Jazz Club Tuesday - Wednesday, August 10 - 11

Source: All About Jazz
July 28, 2004

IRIDIUM JAZZ CLUB 1650 BROADWAY (Corner of 51st) NEW YORK, NY 10023 RESERVATIONS: 212-582-2121, www.iridiumjazzclub.com

Sets At 8:00 & 10:00 PM Tuesday - Wednesday, August 10 - 11 Telarc Release Week

The Iridium Jazz Club is pleased to present Japanese jazz pianist Hiromi in her second visit to the club.

This 25-year-old “youngblood" started playing piano at age 6. She studied at the Yamaha School of Music as well as ...

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Don Byron Music For Six Musicians At Iridium Jazz ClubThursday-Sunday,August 12-15

Source: All About Jazz
July 28, 2004

IRIDIUM JAZZ CLUB 1650 BROADWAY (Corner of 51st) NEW YORK, NY 10023 RESERVATIONS: 212-582-2121, www.iridiumjazzclub.com

Sets At 8:00 & 10:00 PM

Thursday - Sunday, August 12 - 15 DON BYRON MUSIC FOR SIX MUSICIANS

“Calling Don Byron a jazz musician is like calling the Pacific wet -- it just doesn't begin to describe it," wrote Daniel Okrent in Time magazine. “Though he made his bones as a jazz clarinetist, over ...

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A musical manifestation of the Mars Vs. Venus debate

Source: All About Jazz
July 28, 2004

Boy-Girl Band serves up intriguing improvised music on Drop Your Leotards

Can men and women really get along? And can the vastly differing artistic perspectives of the opposite sexes be bridged and in the process lead to the creation of a unified musical vision?

For the Colorado-based quartet Boy-Girl Band, the answers can be heard on Drop Your Leotards, the group's debut recording on Synergy Music (SMCD 80019). The band's free improvisations on this eclectic, experimental and whimsically enigmatic CD ...

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Jazz Journey to Sedona

Source: All About Jazz
July 27, 2004

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Legendary Vocal Week at the Iridium Thurs - Fri, Aug. 5 - 6 Chris Connor & Sat - Sun Aug. 7 - 8 Anita O'Day

Source: All About Jazz
July 27, 2004

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