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GIORGIO PRETTI AND BRAZILIAN BEAT BAND TO PERFORM BENEFIT OCTOBER 27TH, IN LOS ANGELES

Source: All About Jazz

Masquerade Charity Ball Saturday - October 27, 2001 8:00 p.m. - 2:00 a.m. The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel 7000 Hollywood Boulevard BUFFET DINNER - FULL BAR DANCING featuring G I O R G I O PR E T T I AND THE BRASILIAN BEAT ORCHESTRA Brasilian-Latin-International Music Advanced Purchase Admission $50.00 Admission at the Door $65.00 Checks -Visa - Mastercard For Reservations call Brasilian Beat Productions 818-784-2328 Reserved Tables for Parties of 6 to 12 Elegant Attire - Masks Encouraged Benefiting: ...

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Porterhouse Deepens the Funk with "Thumbs Up" to Tye North

Source: All About Jazz

BOULDER, Colo. (Oct. 15, 2001) -- In its ceaseless quest to deepen the already undeniable funk of his sizzling quartet, Porterhouse has recruited former Leftover Salmon bassist Tye North to co-anchor the rhythm section on tour the band's acclaimed Lauan Records debut, Thumbs Up, Little Buddy enters national release.

Since departing renowned “Polyethnic Cajun Slamgrass" favorites Leftover Salmon last year, North has been playing with Comotion (featuring members of String Cheese Incident and Leftover Salmon) and Theory of Everything while ...

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Tito Puente Tibute SALSA DANCE CONCERT

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SALSA DANCE CONCERT

TITO PUENTE'S legacy will live on through an historic musical international dance concert to benefit Latin music in a new generation.

A constellation of Latin Superstars will gather in San Francisco to perform the most loved SALSA, MAMBO & CHA CHA CHA songs of percussionist, vibist, pianist, arranger and bandleader Tito Puente.

TITO PUENTE TRIBUTE SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2001 8:00 P.M.

BILL GRAHAM CIVIC AUDITORIUM 99 GROVE STREET SAN FRANCISCO, CA USA

SPECIAL PERFORMANCES BY:

TITO PUENTE ...

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DREYFUS RECORDS PRESENTS: PIANO GREAT AHMAD JAMAL'S OLYMPIA 2000

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Miles Davis on Film Hosted by Biographer Quincy Troupe - October 24, 2001

Source: All About Jazz

Producer: Jazz at Lincoln Center (co-produced with The Film Society of Lincoln Center) Event: Jazz on Film: Miles Davis on Film Hosted by Davis biographer Quincy Troupe Date/Time: Wednesday, October 24, 2001, 8pm Place: Walter Reade Theater, Rose Building, 165 West 65th Street, Plaza Level Tickets: $15, available at the Alice Tully Hall and Walter Reade Theater box offices, by calling CenterCharge at (212) 721-6500, or via www.jazzatlincolncenter.org.

MILES DAVIS ON FILM ...

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"Descarga Palmieri" for Free

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Adelaide Hall Centenary October 20, 2001. Her first major biography to be published in March 2002.

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On October 20, 2001, it will be the centenary of the legendary American jazz vocalist ADELAIDE HALL. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Miss Hall's career spanned over 70 years. During the late Twenties and early Thirties she was regarded as an innovator and pioneer and America's foremost jazz vocalist. Her early recordings with Ellington, Art Tatum, Joe Turner and Fats Waller stand testimony to her remarkable talent.

Her starring role in Lew Leslie's Broadway revue “Blackbirds of 1928" made her ...

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JON REGEN - NEW CD OUT 10/16 ON HITONE/Q&W RECORDS

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