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Evan Parker and Peter Br

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Evan Parker and Susie Ibarra Duo

April 10, Houston Texas Hamman Hall - Rice University Presented by Diverse Works http://www.diverseworks.org for tickets and reservations (713)335-3445

Evan Parker and Susie Ibarra Duo

April 11, Austin Texas Ceremony Hall (4100 Red River) presented by Epistrophy Arts http://www.epistrophyarts.org for tickets call (512)302-5233

Sponsored in part by Revenant Sound Laboratories and the City of Austin under the auspices of the arts commission and the Texas commission on the Arts.

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Jelly Roll Morton's Manager's Documents to Be Auctioned on Ebay

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Jazz legend Jelly Roll Morton, who claims to have invented jazz, allegedly had a manager named Harrison Smith. Smith, also a music publisher, claims to have had ownership of a number of tunes that Jelly Roll composed.

The owner of these historical documents is a lawyer who represented Smith in various copyright infringement actions brought against ASCAP, BMI, The Harry Fox Agency, record companies and music publishers.

These documents will be auctioned off on Ebay, beginning Monday, February 12th.

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Local rapper facing felony gun charges.

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February 6, 2001 St. Joseph, MO

Local rapper Cheese was arraigned today on felony weapons charges. He is accused of carrying a concealed weapon and faces a maximum sentence of up to five years in the state pennitentiary. He was arressted on February 3, just after announcing the release of his first project, Beats For Bass Heads. He was held at the Buchanan County Jail for three days, until he was bailed out after his arraignment on the sixth. He ...

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Carla Helmbrecht's voice is captivating and Ernie Watts is great!

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BOBBY COLE CD AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY AT WWW.JAZZMANRECORDS.COM

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UI To Launch Lionel Hampton Center Project

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Feb.16, 2001 Media Contacts: Kathy Barnard, University Communications and Marketing, (208) 885-6291, [email protected] or Nancy Hilliard, University Communications and Marketing, (208) 885-6567, [email protected]; for electronic graphic of the proposed facility, see www.uidaho.edu/lhampcenter (by Tuesday, Feb. 21), or contact Shauna Woods, (208) 885-6921, [email protected]; to pick up news conference clips via satellite, tune into Telestar 6/transponder 4 at 1:15 p.m. PST or contact Jeff Olson, (208) 885-8934, [email protected] UI To Launch Lionel Hampton Center Project Of national note is a Feb. ...

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Carl Michel Group (+) New CD Release

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Play On Records is proud to present a new release, “The Carl Michel Group (+)." “The Carl Michel Group (+)" delivers nine flawlessly executed compositions, featuring a jazz octet, that covers the wide spectrums of jazz and its influences. According to Detroit's Metro Times reviewer George Tysh, it will “have fans reaching for comparisons with the Gil Evans and Charles Mingus bands." Starting off with a nod to pianist Les McCann is the funky “Les Can." The music then continues ...

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BRAZILIAN COMPOSER MARCELO ZARVOS SCORES OSCAR-NOMINATED FILM

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