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Drum&Bass Meeets Ambient Jazz as E.S.P.RIENS creates new Club Vibe--Free Sample

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New Free Live Music on Mp3.com by guitarist Laurent Medelgi

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San Francisco's First Annual Black History Month Celebration

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On Friday February 22, 2002, in honor of Black History Month, SF|NOIR, the Bay Area's black arts & culture organization, will host the first annual San Francisco Black History Month Celebration. The evening's program, which will take place at the beautiful Palace of Fine Arts Theatre in San Francisco, consists of theatre, dance, music, and spoken word performances and includes a screening of the documentary film “Street Soldiers: The Story of the Omega Boy's Club," narrated by Danny Glover. An ...

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Clare Teal album sells out on first day of website launch

Source: All About Jazz

The UK's hottest jazz singer Clare Teal was said to be “totally stunned" when she was told that all copies of her very first album “Nice Work" had sold out on the first day that she launched her website. www.clareteal.co.uk

Teal, who released her debut album “That's The Way It Is" for Candid Records last year, said:

“Nice Work" was an album I did ages ago, before I got signed to Candid. It didn't do very ...

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Veronica Nunn's New CD: "American Lullaby"

Source: All About Jazz

Veronica Nunn, a long-time professional jazz singer, is celebrating the debut of her first solo album, “American Lullaby."

For sample tracks, the singer's complete biography, upcoming performances and more, check out her new web site: www.veronicanunn.com

Veronica's career began in her native Little Rock, Arkansas, where she started singing jazz at age 9 for audiences including Bill Clinton (then Governor) at his public functions. After moving to New York more than 20 years ago, she was mentored by jazz legends ...

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Pat Metheny Group Releases "Speaking of Now" on Warner Bros.

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Over the course of more than 20 years as a recording artist, guitarist Pat Metheny has released album after album, each one brilliantly documenting another aspect of his unique and nearly uncategorizable musical journey. Exhibiting an insatiable creative energy, Metheny has participated in just about every avenue of modern music-making that the early 21st century might offer a musician. Seemingly bent on blurring and obliterating stylistic boundaries at every opportunity, he has created an expansively impressive body of work that ...

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Jose Feliciano comes to southern New Jersey May 17!

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Friday, May 17 at 8pm Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts home of the Gordon Theater 314 Linden Street, Camden, NJ 08102 GORDON THEATER's 2002 spring line up! Ticket prices: $35-$25 Meet the Artist post-show reception: $10 per person

Remember the smoldering Light My Fire and the holiday favorite Feliz Navidad? The winner of six Grammys, 45 Gold and Platinum Records, and Billboard Magazine’s Lifetime Achievement Award, the singer-guitarist has just released his 65th album, I’m Back, Jack. His guitar technique ...

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Jazz greats Diane Schuur & Maynard Ferguson, in concert!

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Jazz greats Diane Schuur & Maynard Ferguson, in concert! Saturday, April 6 at 8pm Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts home of the Gordon Theater 314 Linden Street, Camden, NJ 08102 GORDON THEATER's 2002 spring line up! Ticket prices: $35-$25 Meet the Artist post-show reception: $10 per person

Diane Schuur’s cathedral of a voice and pitch-perfect execution combined with Maynard Ferguson’s unmatched style and interpretation makes for a fabulous evening of jazz entertainment. Maynard as an instrumentalist and Diane as a ...

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