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JAZZ VOCALIST KENDRA SHANK RELEASES NEW CD REFLECTIONS - FOLLOWUP TO 5-STAR WISH

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SFJAZZ Announces Lineup of 18th annual San Francisco Jazz Festival presented by Infiniti

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Upcoming Live Jazz in West Michigan as reported by Blue Lake Public Radio, WBLV FM 90.3 / WBLU FM 88.9

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Friday, September 15, 8 p.m. a rare U.S. duo concert appearance by trumpeter/composer and ECM recording artist Kenny Wheeler (London, England) with bassist/vibraphonist/pianist Don Thompson (Toronto, Canada) at Grand Valley State University's Louis Armstrong Theater, Allendale, Michigan. Tickets are $10 each for reserved seating. Call 616-895-3484 for reservations. Master classes: 11 a.m. and 12 p.m., Friday, September 15, Performing Arts Center, Grand Valley State University, Allendale.

Sunday, September 17, 3 p.m., straight-ahead jazz guitarist Mark Whitfield, who is also studied ...

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Mark Whitecage Quartet on Tour in Portugal October 2000

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Ellery Eskelin - Upcoming West Coast Tour Dates...

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tenor saxophonist ELLERY ESKELIN w/ANDREA PARKINS (accordion & sampler) & JIM BLACK (drums) United States West Coast Tour 2000 October 30th - Seattle, WA/Earshot Festival 8pm at “On the Boards" 100 West Roy D J Spooky in duo collaboration with Wayne Horvitz sharing the bill with Eskelin, Parkins and Black. Tickets will be on sale September 11th through Earshot Jazz and all ...

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First Web Chat on Jazz at Lincoln Center Website with LCJO Trombonist Wycliffe Gordon - September 21, 7-8pm EST

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Chat previews Jazz at Lincoln Center 2000-01 Season Opening Night Body and Soul

Jazz From Lincoln Center - the weekly Jazz at Lincoln Center (J@LC) radio program - is pleased to welcome Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra (LCJO) trombonist, composer, and arranger Wycliffe Gordon to its first-ever web chat on Thursday, September 21, 2000 from 7-8pm Eastern Standard Time at www.jazzatlincolncenter.org.

Mr. Gordon is the composer of a new score for the classic 1925 silent film Body and Soul, commissioned by ...

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Jazz Magnet Records To Release 2 CD / Book David X. Young's Jazz Loft 1954 - 1965

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Jazz Magnet is pleased to announce the release of David X. Young's Jazz Loft 1954 - 1965 (Jazz Magnet JAM-2002) a unique document of a special time in the history of jazz.

For over a decade, David X. Young's artist's loft in New York City's Flower District flourished as the legendary after hours Mecca for some of the greatest jazz musicians of all time. Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, Stan Getz, Zoot Sims, Miles Davis and Bill Evans were among the ...

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Somewhere In France "Live" In 1993 Ray Bryant On Solo Piano Laid Down "Take The A-Train," "Slow Freight," "Good Morning Heartache" and More

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In Stores September 26th on Label M.

One of the first calls Joel Dorn made when forming Label M was to his old friend, the great jazz pianist, Ray Bryant. He was looking for any old concert tapes Ray might have had of himself. Within a week Ray arrived with a garbage bag full of cassettes he found in an old china closet. It was from that stash that this gem of a concert was discovered. Ray was given the ...

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