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Jazz Open House at Lucy Moses School!

Source: All About Jazz

The Kaufman Center announces the 50th Anniversary of the Lucy Moses School, which was founded in 1952 as the Hebrew Art School for Music and Dance. In five decades, the School has grown to be one of the largest of its kind in the country, serving nearly 3,000 students annually and offering a comprehensive curriculum of classes with an award-winning faculty. A leader in providing high-quality arts education, the Lucy Moses School is one of the three unique divisions of ...

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Violinist Christian Howes Makes NYC Debut With Group At 55 Bar

Source: All About Jazz

Christian Howes makes his NYC debut as a leader August 18th, 10 p.m. at the 55 Bar (55 Christopher St.). The globetrotting jazz violinist from Columbus, Ohio isn't a stranger to NYC venues, having performed as a featured guest with jazz luminaries from the traditional to the avant-garde, including Greg Osby, Steve Turre, Akua Dixon's Quartette Indigo, D.D. Jackson, Rez Abbasi and Les Paul. In the past year, Howes has performed over 90 concerts as leader in Europe in addition ...

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Iridium Jazz Club Schedule: Aug to Dec 2002

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Vermont Jazz Center Summer Workshop Concerts

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As part of their Twenty Seventh annual workshop, the Vermont Jazz Center will hold two concerts: a Faculty Gala on Thursday August 15th and a Student Extravaganza on Friday August 16th, at the Loft at Cotton Mill Hill, in Brattleboro, Vermont.

FACULTY GALA: 8/15/02 at 8:00 PM at The Loft

The Summer Jazz Workshop Faculty Gala will take place on Thursday at 8:00 PM; the impressive roster of players performing in the concert includes Sheila Jordan, Jay Clayton, Valery Ponomarev, ...

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Ahmad Jamal Trio at the Iridium August 13-18

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Upcoming Performances at Zanzibar Blue in Philadelphia, PA

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Zanzibar Blue, Philadelphia Broad and Walnut St.

August 16th and 17th, 2002 Allan Harris, Jazz vocalist “one of the leading male singers of his generation with a rich, velvety voice and gentle stage manner that caresses you in the warmth of Tony Bennett, the bite and rhythmic sense of Sinatra, and the sly elegance of Nat “King" Cole." $15 Performances at 9pm and 11pm

August 23rd, 2002 ELLAS Y AMIGOS ...

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The 3rd Annual "Jazz In The Valley" Concert with Randy Weston, Stefon Harris And Jann Parker

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SUNDAY, AUGUST 25, 2002 Gates Open @ 12 noon ~ Performances @ 1:30 pm SHARP! WEST PARK WINERY ~ Hudson Valley, NY

Concert Tickets are $35 ($40 at the gate) Advance tickets are $30, if purchased by July 31

For additional information on JAZZ IN THE VALLEY, please call (845) 384-6350 or visit our website at www.transartinc.org

Randy Weston is one of the most original, prolific and influential pianist-composers in jazz. To his credit, ...

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Takashi Buhaina Blakey, Son of Legendary Jazz Drummer, Appointed Administrator of The Estate of Art Blakey

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