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Jerry Tachoir - Florida clinic tour

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Jon Regen Appears at St. Paul's Famed Dakota Bar & Grill!

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Clarinetist Tale Ognenovski performed in Carnegie Hall, 1956. His music can be heard on his album entitled, "Jazz, Macedonian Folk Dances and Classical Music"

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The words “remarkable music on both orthodox and unorthodox instruments - a raucous and unforgettable pipe," written by John Martin, and appeared in The New York Times on Januuary 28, 1956, are related to the Tale Ognenovski's performances in Carnegie Hall as virtuoso reed pipe and clarinet soloist with the Macedonian ensemble of Folk Dances and Songs “Tanec" on January 27, 1956. Today, forty-six years later the music performed by him, can be heard again on his first album.

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Peggy Lee: Cool and Sultry Star of Jazz and Pop

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Peggy Lee was best known for her massive hits with ‘Fever’ and ‘Is That All There Is?’, which won her a Grammy award in 1969. Her cool, sultry vocal style lent itself equally well to both pop and jazz settings, and she said in interviews over the years that she considered herself to be an interpreter of songs rather than a jazz singer. She emerged to wide notice with the Benny Goodman Big Band in 1941, ...

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Avishai Cohen & The International Vamp Band to appear at Birdland

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Global Jazz Community Convenes at IAJE Annual Conference

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Toronto, Canada Will Host in 2003

The International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE) held its 29th Annual Conference in Long Beach, California, USA, from January 9 -12, 2002 at the Long Beach Convention Center and Hyatt Regency Hotel. Recognized as the world's largest jazz gathering, upwards of 7,000 educators, musicians, industry executives, exhibitors, media and jazz enthusiasts attended the conference. The IAJE Conference in Long Beach offered a record number of concerts, seminars, showcases, and exhibits. In 2003, the conference ...

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Verve Records To Release Thievery Corporation’s Sounds From The Verve Hi-Fi

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DL Media Announces 2002 GRAMMY Nominations and Broadcast Update

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DL Media is pleased again to announce the following GRAMMY nominations from their roster for the 44th Annual GRAMMY Awards. The ceremony will be held on Wednesday, February 27, at the Staples Center Arena in Los Angeles and will be broadcast at 8pm ET/PT on CBS television.

And the nominees are:

Best Contemporary Jazz Album Ethnomusicology, Vol. 2 Russell Gunn (Justin Time)

Best Jazz Vocal Album The Mose Chronicles - Live In London, Vol. I Mose ...

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