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Performance / Tour

Juilliard Jazz Orchestra Performs at Birdland

Source: All About Jazz

Performance / Tour

Herlin Riley Leads "Evolution of the Groove" - 3/20 & 3/21

Source: All About Jazz

Event

Jazz Train Journeys from New Orleans to Washington, D.C. in March 2003

Source: All About Jazz

Education

Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. at Berklee THURSDAY - Free and Open to the Public

Source: All About Jazz

On Thursday, February 13th, Harvard University's Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. will present the sixth annual Dr. Warrick L. Carter Lecture, entitled “Encarta Africana: W.E.B. Dubois to John Coltrane" at 1 p.m. in the David Friend Recital Hall, 921 Boylston Street, Boston. Part of Berklee College of Music's Black History Month Music Celebration 2003, the event is free and open to the public. For information, call 617-747-2261.

Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr., whose many honors include a MacArthur Foundation “genius ...

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Performance / Tour

The Fins at The Jazz Standard Tuesday, February 18, 2003

Source: All About Jazz

The Jazz Standard 116 East 27th St. (btw. Park & Lexington Avs.) Tuesday, February 18, 2003 212-576-2232 www.jazzstandard.net/

Sets AT 7:30PM & 9:30PM

The Fins, hailing from New Jersey, have brought together several particularly rich musical styles to form one powerful, hard driving sound. During their tenure they have been the vanguard of rhythm and blues. The Fins are credited with bringing big band blues to the east coast; and their blend ...

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Performance / Tour

The New Reed Quartet to Appear at Witches Brew on Sunday, March 2nd, 2003

Source: All About Jazz

Perry Robinson Clarinet, Sopranino clarinet, Ocarina Mark Whitecage Alto saxophone, Clarinet Rozanne Levine Clarinet, Alto clarinet, Bamboo flute Matt Snyder Clarinet, Bass clarinet

When: Sunday, March 2nd Where: Witches Brew, 311 Hempstead Turnpike, West Hempstead, NY Time: 6:00PM Suggested Donation: $15 For further information: telephone 516-489-WITCH A lso on the bill: Who Knows? with Perry Robinson, Mark Whitecage and Richie Nagan

The New Reed ...

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Event

Tribute to Jazz Pianist Weldon Irvine on February 21 At the LaGuardia Performing Arts Center

Source: All About Jazz

Festival

The Jazz Composers Collective Third Annual Festival @ The Jazz Standard

Source: All About Jazz

THE JAZZ STANDARD, NYC MARCH 11-16, 2003

The Jazz Composers Collective will present its third annual Festival @ the Jazz Standard from Tuesday, March 11 through Sunday, March 16 (116 E. 27th Street, NYC). Since its formation in 1992, the Collective has distinguished itself as a unique, musician-run, New York City-based organization dedicated to fostering the development, performance and documentation of new works. Under the artistic direction of bassist Ben Allison, the Collective and the Jazz Standard are ...

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