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Performance / Tour

La Tropical at The Iridium

Source: All About Jazz

The Soul of Cuban Jazz Thursday October 24, 2002, Doors & dance floor open at 11:15PM, After Second Set Of Dee Dee Bridgewater! Showtimes: 11:30pm & 1am

Featuring the 10 piece Cuban jazz/son band...Jose Conde Y Ola Fresca Orchestra

DJ Elvira spinning between sets, kitchen open till 1am. $15 per person, $25 per couple. Table reservations available. For reservations and info call 212 582-2121 ...

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Performance / Tour

Judi Silvano Quintet Celebrates Release Of New CD "Riding A Zephyr"

Source: All About Jazz

Blue Note Jazz Club Monday, November 4

In Concert with Janice Friedman, Donny McCaslin, Scott Lee, Newman Taylor-Baker

Judi Silvano celebrates the release of “Riding a Zephyr," her new duo CD with Mal Waldron, in concert with her Quintet at the Blue Note Jazz Club, 131 West 3rd Street, NY, NY. Joining Silvano on this date, which will feature standards and modern songs as well as music from the album, will be Janice Friedman on piano, Donny McCaslin ...

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Performance / Tour

CNY Jazz Arts Foundation Announces 7th Season

Source: All About Jazz

Recording

Jazz Singer Pinky Winters Records With Richard Rodney Bennett

Source: All About Jazz

Writes the veteran jazz vocalist Carol Sloane in her liner notes for “Rain Sometimes":

“You may be unfamiliar with the work of Pinky Winters, but with resolute confidence in the exquisite music contained on this disc, I believe you will join the hundreds of musicians and others singers who have been her staunchest admirers for many years, in spite of the fact that so few of her precise interpretations have been heretofore readily available. This is a voice which will ...

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Award / Grant

Two Legends Honored By Jammin Foundation

Source: All About Jazz

Recording

Bassist Ray Brown Leads High-Profile Jazz Trio In His Final Recording

Source: All About Jazz

Pianist Monty Alexander and guitarist Russell Malone join the late jazz giant

Bassist Ray Brown, a pioneer in bebop whose associations included some of the most prominent names in modern jazz, was as hard working and prolific as he was talented. A contemporary of Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker and Bud Powell, his artistic credits ranged from the recording studio to the international jazz stage to television, and his half-century resume includes an impressive string of Grammys and other awards. He ...

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