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Mongo Santamar

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George Duke & Stanley Clarke to have FirstEnergy Berks Jazz Fest Swinging

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READING, PA -- The FirstEnergy Berks Jazz Fest, presented by the Berks Arts Council, has been graced over the years by the presence of multiple marquee performing artists who have created memorable and magical moments in the Reading and Berks County area.

The 13th edition of the FirstEnergy Berks Jazz Fest, which runs March 21-30, may have its grandest night of all in store on Saturday, March 29, at 7 p.m. at the Sovereign Performing Arts Center, 136 N. 6th ...

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Jay Collins Band @ The Jazz Gallery on January 31, 9pm and 10:30pm

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JAY COLLINS BAND ph/fax 718 596 3428 202 Front St. #2 Brooklyn, NY, 11201 http:www.interjazz.com/jaycollins

This music is best described as roots, blues, poetry and modern jazz all at once. The band has been gigging around NYC at museums, bars and performance spaces -- attracting a growing audience. Led by Jay Collins at vocals, tenor & soprano saxes, flute & bansuri, the group features Dred Scott at piano, Diego Voglino on drums ...

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Jason Lindner - New Small Group This Weekend @ Nublu!

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Samm Bennett's Return To New York With Marc Ribot And Ned Rothenberg

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A live performance at LOCATION ONE Friday, February 7, 2003 8 PM Admission: $15, Members Free No Reservations (Doors open at 7pm) Location One is located at 26 Greene Street NYC 10013, between Grand and Canal Streets. Subway: Canal Street (N, R, 6, A, C, E, J, M, Z) (212) 334-3347 www.location1.org

A mainstay of the “downtown" creative music scene in the '80s and early '90s, Samm Bennett ...

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Sunnyside Releases Roswell Rudd's & Toumani Diabate's MALIcool

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In the late 20th century, jazz artists like Herbie Hancock, Jean-Luc Ponty, Hank Jones and Randy Weston have performed and recorded with West African musicians. Now, at the dawn of the 21st century, the legendary jazz trombonist Roswell Rudd joins forces with the great Malian kora master, Toumani Diabate on their groundbreaking new CD, MALIcool.

The project was recorded in Mali's bustling, Afro-Islamic capital, Bamako in 2001, after a successful concert in the city's French Cultural Center. Rudd's robust trombone ...

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Tony Purrone Trio @ Isabels, 2/8

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The Tony Purrone Trio with... Tony Purrone, guitar Dave Anderson, bass Thierry Arpino, drums

@ ISABEL'S CAFE Saturday, February 8th 9:00PM to 12:30AM - 2 sets 61 Main Street, Tarrytown, N 914-631-9819 www.isabels-cafe.com

A monster guitarist who's criminally under-recognized --Bill Milkowski

Tony Purrone is a guitarist capable of blindingly fast single-note displays. But before you dismiss him out of hand as just ...

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John Tchicai Reunites with the Either/Orchestra

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Legendary Afro-Danish composer/saxophonist John Tchicai and Boston's always-evolving ten-piece Either/Orchestra will be collaborating on concerts in Boston and NYC

February 1, Boston: the Institute of Contemporary Art's ICA Theater is at 955 Boylston Street.

Advance tickets are available through Twisted Village at 12 Eliot Street in Harvard Square, Cambridge MA 02138, or (617) 354-6898. Show is at 8 pm. Tickets are $16, $12 for students and seniors.

February 2, New York: Tonic is at 107 Norfolk St. Shows are at ...

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