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Black History Month Programming on BET Jazz

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Press Release Black History Month Programming on BET Jazz

Black History Month is the story of Jazz and what a better place to see that tale unfold than BET Jazz The Jazz Channel! What glorious tale we tell! What a cast of characters we have … a story … only The Jazz Channel can tell all Black History Month long!

Harry Belafonte leads the cast with a trip down The Long Road To Freedom tune into BET Jazz every Sunday ...

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Harry Belafonte's Long Road To Freedom Show on BET Jazz

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Discover the treasure of Harry Belafonte's Grammy nominated CD set, Anthology Of Black Music , The Long Road To Freedom. The show is an exclusive look into Belafonte's personal journey in creating this CD masterpiece. The Long Road to Freedom: An Anthology of Black Music is Harry Belafonte's 10-year labor of love and was released this past September by Buddha Records.

Recorded between 1961 and 1971 this extraordinary set of music portrays the music of Black Americans from the early ...

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A winner John Lennon Songwriting Contest (Jazz) available

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The John Lennon Songwriting Contest announced Jan. 15 the winners of the 2001 competition. See http://www.jlsc.com/winner2001.html#12

A prize winner in the Jazz category as selected from thousands of entries is the Latin / Jazz instrumental “Yes I Would" composed and produced by Alan Gruskoff of Pasadena CA. Being a winner in this prestigious contest is considered quite an honor.

This prize winning song is one of many from the recording group “A little space" who performs jazz/funk/latin flavored pop in ...

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J@LC: Acclaimed Duets On The Hudson Series Continues: February 7-9

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Jazz at Lincoln Center (J@LC) continues to pair up some of the world's greatest jazz musicians in the acclaimed Duets on the Hudson series, which continues its 2001-02 season on Thursday & Friday, February 7 & 8, 2001 at 8pm and Saturday, February 9 at 9pm in the Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse.

The first set of the concert will feature the duet of tenor saxophonist CHRIS POTTER (who replaces alto saxophonist Donald Harrison) and cellist AKUA DIXON, who will perform ...

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GRP Records To Release David Benoit’s Fuzzy Logic

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First Annual Florida Jazz Festival Coming to Seaside

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Jazz By the Sea at the First Florida Jazz Festival

Mark you calendar and plan a trip to Seaside April 19-21, 2002. The first annual Florida Jazz Festival promises a weekend of great times, great memories, and great music.

Come April 19, the waterfront communities of Seaside and WaterColor will be hopping to the sounds of an array of the world’s leading jazz musicians during the first annual Florida Jazz Festival to Benefit the Seaside Institute. The three-day festivities start ...

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Neumann KMS 105 Goes Live With Jazz Pianist And Singer Jon Regen

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KMS 105 Goes Live With Jazz Pianist And Singer Jon Regen

NEW YORK, NEW YORK: After tireless touring around the globe for nearly three years, renowned jazz pianist and vocalist Jon Regen is familiar with the “hit-or-miss" nature of sound systems. Many are excellent, but many more are lacking in some respect or another. It doesn't matter if he's in Colorado or Japan or just a few doors down the street in New York ...

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