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Blues Music Assoc. Holds Town Hall Meeting on State of the Blues in Memphis, 5/25

Source: All About Jazz

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BLUES MUSIC ASSOCIATION TO HOLD TOWN HALL MEETING DURING HANDY AWARDS WEEKEND ON THE STATE OF THE BLUES BUSINESS

Offers Opportunity for Blues Professionals to Enter Dialogue on Expanding the Marketplace for the Blues

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- May 17, 2001 -- The Blues Music Association (BMA), an organization of blues professionals dedicated to advancing the business of the blues, will sponsor a public Town Hall Meeting to discuss the state of the blues industry during the 2001 ...

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"Blonde" Soundtrack- Playboy Jazz Debut

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Ishk Bashad al Festival Ville e Castella 17 giugno 2001

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Turiya Mareya performs Latin Jazz at Mambo's

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Conference Devoted to the Memory and Art of Miles Davis

Source: All About Jazz

Washington University, the Missouri Historical Society and the Whitaker Foundation are hosting a conference devoted to the memory and art of Miles Davis. The event is free and open to the public, registration by phone, mail or at the conference is preferred, to assure enough seating. Call 314-935-7428 to register.

Schedule for the Miles Davis Conference: American Culture IV Missouri History Thursday May 24, 2001: 4pm Museum Keynote Address: Lee Auditorium John Hasse, Curator of American Music, ...

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GOV'T MULE FEATURES JAZZ SAXOPHONIST GREG OSBY AT PHILADELPHIA'S ELECTRIC FACTORY

Source: All About Jazz

Last night jazz saxophonist Greg Osby performed at the Electric Factory in Philadelphia with GOV'T MULE. Joining Warren Haynes' newly revitalized Mule for a good chunk of their second set, Osby chimed in on Les McCann's “Compared To What" sung by keyboardist Chuck Leavell (the Rolling Stones pianist for the last ten years, formerly w/ the Allman Bros and Sea Level), an extended exploration of Traffic's 60s classic “Low Spark of High Heeled Boys" and “Mule" one of the band's ...

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Tom Harrell's PARADISE will be released on June 5th

Source: All About Jazz

Tom Harrell's PARADISE will be released on Bluebird (a subsidiary of RCA Victor Group) on June 5th. Harrell's vision of uniting and extending the boundaries of jazz, world, and classical music, is brought to fruition by two chamber ensembles that perform together in varying combinations; an octet comprising trumpet, tenor sax, guitar, harp, piano, bass, viola and two celli.

“Music is the most expressive of all the arts," says Harrell, “it makes the most direct contact with our feelings, and ...

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Billy Higgins: Master Drummer of Modern Jazz

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Billy Higgins will always be ranked high on any list of the greatest drummers in jazz. He emerged to widespread attention when Ornette Coleman's ground-breaking quartet arrived in New York from California in 1959, and proceeded to create a schism in the jazz world which has echoes to this day. Higgins went on to build one of the most diverse careers in modern jazz, and added his own particular magic to any setting in which he featured.

His activities as ...

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