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Unassuming Tenor Saxophonist with an Original Voice

Source: All About Jazz

Harold Land was an original voice in the crowded field of bop-inspired tenor saxophonists. He chose to spend most of his career in Los Angeles, where his sharp, hard-edged sound went against the perceived norm of the so-called cool sound associated with the west coast. He will be remembered particularly for his two year spell with the great band co-led by Clifford Brown and Max Roach, one of the seminal jazz groups of the mid-1950s, and his own classic albums, ...

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SPECIAL PACKAGE MAKES TRAVEL EASY TO THE LARGEST FREE JAZZ FESTIVAL ON THE PLANET

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IAJE Set For 29th Annual Conference World's Largest Jazz Gathering Returns To West Coast

Source: All About Jazz

The International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE) will hold its 29th Annual Conference in Long Beach, California, USA, January 9 -12, 2002. The Long Beach Convention Center and Hyatt Regency Hotel will host the world's largest jazz gathering, with over 7,000 educators, musicians, and industry representatives from 35 countries expected to attend. As a follow-up to the success of the 2001 Conference, held this past January in New York City, the IAJE Conference in Long Beach will offer a record ...

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JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ANNOUNCES BRUCE MacCOMBIE

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LINCOLN CENTER JAZZ ORCHESTRA WITH WYNTON MARSALIS LAUNCHES 46-CITY UNITED IN SWING TOUR IN 2001-02 SEASON

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JAZZ EXPO - Tunes Up Your ABC's of Jazz

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Jazz Expo is the 2nd Canadian International Jazz Convention which takes place in Toronto, Canada Nov. 2 -4 at the Queen Elizabeth Complex at the CNE grounds. Website access is www.jazzconvention.com

Jazz Expo is a celebration of music which brings together children, students, educators, festival directors, media personalities, musicians, record labels, film makers, composers, talent buyers, agents, managers, producers, TV executives, music camps, schools, and industry leaders from Canada, the USA and the UK.

Whether you are an executive secretly ...

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Harold Land, tenor saxophonist, dead at 73

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22nd Annual Ford Detroit International Jazz Festival

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Celebrates Esteemed Motor City Jazz Masters Tommy Flanagan, James Carter, Bennie Maupin and Marcus Belgrave

Detroit's rich jazz heritage will be celebrated at this year's 22nd Annual Ford Detroit International Jazz Festival over Labor Day weekend, August 31-September 3. Native jazz luminaries Tommy Flanagan, James Carter, Marcus Belgrave and Bennie Maupin will be joined by Freddy Cole, Claude “Fiddler" Williams, Jimmy Smith, Toshiko Akiyoshi & Lew Tabackin, Herbie Mann & Dave Valentin, The Jazz Crusaders, and The Sun Ra Arkestra ...

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