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Education

Application Deadline for "Salsa Meets Jazz 2002" Seminar with Eddie Palmieri Orchestra extended to July 15! New York Daily News Scholarships Still Available!

Source: All About Jazz

PLAINFIELD, VT - Goddard College is proud to offer a truly unique educational event August 4-11: “SALSA MEETS JAZZ 2002": THE ONLY AFRO-CARIBBEAN JAZZ SEMINAR FOR HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE MUSIC STUDENTS, MUSIC EDUCATORS AND PROFESSIONAL MUSICIANS IN THE UNITED STATES. A week-long intensive musical experience with the members of the EDDIE PALMIERI ORCHESTRA, areas of instruction will include daily listening sessions with Eddie Palmieri, faculty-led combos, Afro-Cuban big bands, a rumba ensemble, instrumental and vocal master classes (piano, trombone, ...

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Recording

Justin Time Records Announces the Release of Spirituals & Dedications, a Collective Jazz Album in Celebration of the Traditional Hymn

Source: All About Jazz

Spirituals & Dedications reflects influences both temporal and cosmic. This leaderless, collective album unites the Toronto-based flutist-saxophonist, Jane Bunnett, with friends old and new: husband-producer Larry Cramer, on trumpet; the influential and underrated pianist Stanley Cowell; Dewey Redman, the legendary avant-garde saxophonist; the expressive vocalist Dean Bowman, who helped spark Bunnett's wonderful Ritmo + Soul album of 2000; Canadian bassist Kieran Owens, who has worked with Bunnett and Cramer off and on since 1990; and drummer Mark McLean, the newest ...

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Performance / Tour

Jazz Standard: July 2002 Schedule

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Music Industry

Foyles Sings a New Tune

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Event

Giancarlo Schiaffini's "Rhapsody For Billie" To Premiere Acclaimed Composer In First-Ever Los Angeles Performance

Source: All About Jazz

Westwood - On June 26 at 7:30 p.m., Italian “new jazz" composer and brass master, Giancarlo Schiaffini, will appear in his first-ever Los Angeles engagement at the Italian Cultural Institute for the local premiere of his haunting, original multimedia tribute to jazz legend Billie Holiday, “Rhapsody for Billie." The ensemble piece includes Schiaffini on trombone, tape, Silvia Schiavoni, voice, and Ilaria Schiaffini, images (multivision). The public is invited and attendance is free of charge, but seating is limited and reservations ...

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Festival

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Source: All About Jazz

Performance / Tour

Mahaba Jazz Artists Perform at Ksds Jazz Live

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Performance / Tour

Les Paul’s 87th Birthday Celebration At The Iridium Jazz Club Monday June 10th!

Source: All About Jazz

On June 10th, The Iridium Jazz Club will celebrate the 87th Birthday of the legendary Les Paul; Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, multiple Grammy Award winner, pioneer of the electric guitar and inventor of numerous recording techniques, such as reverb and multi-track recording and consummate musician. Les Paul, who has played at The Iridium Jazz Club every Monday night since April, 1995 was born June 9, 1915 in Wisconsin. Iridium will celebrate with special guests, birthday cake and an ...

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