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Will Sellenraad & Root Down @ Detour Tonight feat... Eric McPherson

Source: All About Jazz
May 7, 2004

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Frank Sinatra Rare Memorabilia Exhibit and 7th annual

Source: All About Jazz
May 7, 2004

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Joe Gilman Wins 2004 Great American Jazz Piano Competition

Source: All About Jazz
May 7, 2004

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Spring Is Here - Vocalist June April In Concert

Source: All About Jazz
May 6, 2004

Spring is Here! Hanson Place Youth Ministries Presents In Concert Vocalist June April Releasing Her Debut CD, “Jazz Hymns" Featuring Saxophonist Courtney Fadlin and other Special Guests Sunday, May 16, 2004, 5:00 PM at the Hanson Place Seventh-day Adventist Church 88 Hanson Place (Corner of South Portland and Hanson Place) Brooklyn, NY ALL SEATS ARE FREE “June April Gardner's voice is sheerly beautiful; she has a wonderful freedom of voice and style. Neil Novelli, “The Post Standard." “'The Garden of ...

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Melba Joyce Honored at The Jazz Museum In Harlem Thurs. May 6th - 6:30pm-8:00pm

Source: All About Jazz
May 6, 2004

The Jazz Museum In Harlem Announces Special Series Honoring Harlem Heroes: Melba Joyce, Danny Mixon, Alvin Reed, Sr., Joe Gayles

New York, NY -- The Jazz Museum in Harlem proudly announces a new bi-weekly series, “HARLEM SPEAKS" beginning Thursday, May 6, 2004, with a tribute to the work of one of Harlem's treasures, Melba Joyce. Executive Director Loren Schoenberg is launching the series to honor persons keeping the flame of jazz alive in Harlem.

“Jazz lives and breathes in Harlem ...

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'On the Books: Using Jazz Archives and Libraries' Wednesday, May 19, 6-8pm at the New School

Source: All About Jazz
May 6, 2004

Please join us for the next installment of the Jazz Journalists Association's “Jazz Matters" series:

“On the Books: Using Jazz Archives and Libraries" Wednesday, May 19, 6-8pm New School jazz performance space (55 W. 13 St., 5th floor, New York, NY)

This panel might be more accurately titled “On the Books, Recordings, Sheet Music, Manuscripts, Memorabilia and the assorted other materials in jazz archives and libraries." At some point in their work, most jazz ...

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BBC TV series - A History of British Jazz

Source: All About Jazz
May 5, 2004

BBC TV are producing a major 3 part TV documentary series on the history of British jazz from WWII to the present day. Looking at the early influence of Be Bop on the founding fathers of British modern jazz like Ronnie Scott, John Dankworth, Tubby Hayes, Phil Seamen and Don Rendell through the revolution of the 1960's and the rise of distinctive British movements with the likes of Joe Harriott, Ian Carr, Michael Garrick and into the birth of electric ...

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A Salute to Barbara Carroll

Source: All About Jazz
May 4, 2004

Jack Kleinsinger's “Highlights in Jazz" will present “A Salute to Barbara Carroll" with guest of honor, Barbara Carroll, at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center) Manhattan Community College), 199 Chambers Street, Thursday, May 20 at 8 PM. Artists who will be saluting Ms. Carroll that night include Jackie Cain, Bill Charlap, Jay Leonhart, Houston Person, Daryl Sherman, Grady Tate, Kenny Washington and Kenny Washington. In 2003, Ms. Carroll received a Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Award for her contribution to ...

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