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AllAboutJazz.com Update #64 - Discussion Forums are Back!

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Polish Trumpet Virtuoso Tomasz Stanko at Merkin Hall

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Performance / Tour

Children on the Corner in Los Angeles

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Sonance Shortest Press Release

PRESS RELEASE

Philadelphia, PA -- September 20, 2002

SONANCE RECORDS is pleased to announce that CHILDREN ON THE CORNER, featuring original members of the Miles Davis Band's “Electric Years" (1969-75):

Michael Henderson - bass Michael Wolff - piano and keys Sonny Fortune - sax Ndugu Chancler - drums Badal Roy - tablas

will be making their Los Angeles debut at B.B. King's on Universal Walk.

There will be four ...

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Award / Grant

Berklee College of Music and the Monterey Jazz Festival Name Richmond's Carlin Muccular Seventh Jimmy Lyons Scholar

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Presentation to be made by Albert “Tootie" Heath, 2 pm Sunday

Monterey and Boston, Sept. 20, 2002-- Berklee College of Music and the Monterey Jazz Festival announced today that Carlin Muccular of Richmond, CA is the seventh recipient of the Jimmy Lyons Scholarship at Berklee, a major jazz education prize. The scholarship is named in honor of the festival's late founder, James L. (Jimmy) Lyons, who began the festival more than 40 years ago with jazz education at its core. ...

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Recording

Hidden Treasures From Jobim's Song Catalogue

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A New Collaboration Of Pianist Ryuichi Sakamoto With Brazil's Jaques & Paula Morelenbaum

Recorded In The Atmospheric Rio De Janeiro Home Of Composer Antonio Carlos Jobim, Sony Classical's Casa Introduces Morelenbaum2/Sakamoto

Casa Includes First Recording Of Hidden Treasures From Jobim's Song Catalogue And Music Never Before Recorded

Morelenbaum2/Sakamoto To Tour U.S. September 5-13

New York NY - Recorded in the bewitching atmosphere of Antonio Carlos Jobim's home overlooking Rio de Janeiro, Sony Classical's Casa introduces an exciting new collaboration ...

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Recording

Robert W. Getz/Elliott Levin Duo Releases "Sassafras Hello"

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9-20-2002

Pianist Robert W. Getz and saxophonist Elliott Levin team up for a collection of completely improvised compositions on Sassafras Hello, the latest release from Idyll Hands Recordings and the first collaboration by these Philadelphia natives.

The CD, recorded at Philadelphia's Turtle Studios in July, features Levin switching between flute, and soprano and tenor saxophones, while Getz further refines the exploratory sounds heard on his previous two releases, Wooden Box: Piano Improvisations Vol. 1 and Live At The Knitting Factory: ...

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Performance / Tour

Travis Laplante Trio to perform at the VJC on September 28th at 8:00 PM

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The Vermont Jazz Center will present a trio led by saxophonist, Travis LaPlante on September 28th, at 8:00. A trio concert in itself is not surprising, but one at the Vermont Jazz Center with a hard core, New York rhythm section, led by twenty-ish, Travis LaPlante might seem a bit unexpected. Travis has been a regular jam session attendee at the VJC since he was fourteen. He has progressed from a gawky, teen-aged wiz kid to a thoughtful, musical and ...

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