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Mark Crooks joins The Clare Teal Band

Source: All About Jazz

Mark Crooks joins the Clare Teal Band

Following the departure of regular reeds player Trevor Whiting to join The Chris Barber Band, we are proud to announce that top Sax and Clarinet player Mark Crooks has joined The Clare Teal Band as a full member. Mark has taken up the post already and can be seen live with Clare as she tours the country. Mark will also be featuring heavily on Clare’s third album for Candid Records that is to ...

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Kenny Garrett Quartet at the Iridium April 8-13

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April 8-13 Kenny Garrett Quartet Ronald Brunner-Drums, Vicente Archer-Bass, Vernell Brown-Piano Warner Bros. Record Release Standard of Language

New Show Times Nightly At 8:00, 10:00, Third Set Fri. And Sat. At 11:30

Renowned for his expressiveness and imagination, saxophonist Kenny Garrett, has topped readers polls, hot lists, garnered four star reviews and has performed and recorded with such legends as Miles Davis, Art Blakey, Freddie Hubbard, Woody Shaw and The Duke Ellington ...

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Verve To Release "Salt", The Exciting Debut Recording From Vocalist/Songwriter Lizz Wright On May 13, 2003

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Throughout its existence, Verve has particularly excelled in recording most of the fiercest chanteuses on the planet. Billie, Ella, Sarah, Dinah, Nina, Betty, Abbey, Shirley, Dee Dee, Cassandra, Diana - so off-the-iconoclastic-genius-meter that we refer to them on a strictly first-name basis. These are the true chanteuses; the rare ones who could sing anything (jazz to blues to pop) and who owned everything they sang.

It's 2003 and fierce young chanteuses are hard to find. Fittingly, Verve has signed 23-year-old ...

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Richard Galliano & Friends: MAY 1- 3

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Phenomenal accordionist Richard Galliano, who regularly plays to enthusiastic European audiences, will make a rare New York appearance with bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Clarence Penn. Galliano is one of the most influential composers of modern works for accordion performing today. On Thursday, Friday and Saturday, May 1, 2 & 3, 2003 at 8pm in the Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse, Galliano will present a revitalized musical tradition of European folk with a jazz sensibility. He succeeds in expanding the emotional ...

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Roland Guerin Quintet @ The Blue Note -- TONIGHT (4/7)

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Monday, April 7, 2003 - 8:00pm & 10:30pm

Roland Guerin Quintet Featuring: Roland Guerin (bass); Mike Morano (guitar); John Ellis (tenor); Aaron Goldberg (piano); James Alsanders (drums)

Bassist, composer and arranger, Roland Guerin has already made a formidable contribution to the world of jazz. From providing unique and melodic bass lines, to dazzling audiences worldwide with his mastered slap bass technique. In addition to being the leader on three recordings of his own (a fourth to ...

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AAJ RADIO: Jazz Excursion Playlist New Adds for Week of April 7, 2003

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Soul Comes Home for Stax Museum of American Soul Music Grand Opening

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Memphis, TN, April 2, 2003 - For music lovers the Soul place to be in 2003 is the grand opening of The Stax Museum of American Soul Music. Slated for April 29, 30 & May 1 the celebration will appropriately take place in America's music mecca -- Soulsville, USA, Home of the Blues and the Birthplace of Rock n' Roll - Memphis, Tennessee.

“Soul Comes Home" is the theme for the international celebration that will include concerts, artist tributes and ...

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The Jazz and Contemporary Classical Overlap

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The four-part spring “Jazz Matters" panel discussions, sponsored by the Jazz Journalists Association continues at the New School, 55 West 13th St. on Wednesday, April 16 from 6-8PM with “The Jazz and Contemporary Classical Overlap: How the Musics Intersect for Musicians, Journalists, and Listeners." The Music Critics Association of North America joins the JJA for this presentation about junctures of the genres, featuring distinguished representatives from the press and recording industry. The “hows" and “wheres" of the intersections between jazz, ...

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