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Fantasia Barrino Returns to Broadway
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All About Jazz
By John Wesley Reed Jr. Fantasia Barrino, American Idol winner, who went on to play the lead role in Broadway's The Color Purple, was among the rotating roster of guest stars in After Midnight, Broadway's hottest new musical, also featuring Dule' Hill, and The Jazz at Lincoln Center All-Stars. Presented by Wynton Marsalis, Artistic Director, and Scott Sanders Productions, the production appeared at Brooks Atkinson Theatre, 256 West 47th Street, New York, NY February 4 thru February 9, 2014.
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Jazz Arts Group Presents New Orleans Bluesman And Actor Chris Thomas King - Sat. Mar. 1
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Scott Vezdos
Columbus, OH – The Jazz Arts Group’s Inside Track series continues to heat up the Lincoln Theatre stage with Grammy and Country Music Award-winning blues guitarist, composer and actor Chris Thomas King on Saturday, March 1. Chris Thomas King came into his own while expanding on traditional musical horizons that were inherited from his late father, “Rockin’” Tabby Thomas (Jan. 5, 1929 – Jan. 1, 2014). Born and bred in the Delta tradition, King’s success as a bluesman was virtually ...
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Announcing The Archive Of Future Ancient Recordings By Ancient Future: Celebrating 35 Years Of World Fusion Music With New Fan Funded Tracks And Youtube Video
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Matthew Montfort
Ancient-Future.Com Records Presents: The Archive of Future Ancient Recordings (A.F.A.R.) Fan Supported Recording Series by Ancient Future Celebrating 35 Years of World Fusion Music Ancient Future performed its first concert on February 11, 1979, at the Sleeping Lady Cafe in Fairfax, California. Since then, the band has gone on to perform hundreds of concerts nationally and internationally and release seven full length recordings that have established Ancient Future as the trendsetting pioneers of world fusion music, a term coined by ...
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Marc Hoffman Quartet To Perform At Heart Gala
Source:
Marble Arch PR
Jazz pianist/vocalist returns to Rock Hill for 2nd Annual Celebration Rock Hill, SC – Jazz pianist/composer/vocalist Marc Hoffman will perform with his quartet Saturday, February 15, 2014 at The City Club of Rock Hill in Rock Hill, SC as part of the 2nd Annual Celebrate with Heart Gala for the Heart2Heart Foundation. Joining Marc will be trumpet player Jeremy Shaw, bassist Tim Hartis, and drummer Brent Deaton. Hoffman is well known throughout the Southeast US, having appeared at clubs, arenas, ...
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Darius Jones To World Premiere New Work, The Oversoul Manual, At Roulette, Brooklyn On March 6
Source:
Steven Joerg
On Thursday, March 6, composer-alto saxophonist Darius Jones will present the world premiere of The Oversoul Manual at Roulette in Brooklyn. An a cappella work crafted in and utilizing a heretofore unheard alien language, it will be performed by his all-female vocal quartet, The Elizabeth-Caroline Unit, featuring Amirtha Kidambi, Sarah Martin, Jean-Carla Rodea, Kristin Slipp. Introducing a new verse and set of characters in Jones' ongoing Man'ish Boy epic, The Oversoul Manual signifies both an elemental part of his mythology ...
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The Blue Note, Pictorial Jazz History Now Available
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Megan Keller
“The Blue Note takes me home to the heady days of Seattle’s jazz scene. It's a fine blend of rare photographs, first person accounts and scholarship. It also shines light on the path-breaking union musicians who played Seattle and ultimately brought about the merging of the black and white unions.” —Quincy Jones “The Blue Note gives us an entertaining and informative slice of Seattle’s black cultural history that every jazz fan should have.” —Steve Griggs, Earshot Jazz “Though subtitled 'A ...
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Vocalist Michelle Walker Sings A Pre-Valentine's Day Show At The Kitano Feb. 13th
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Michelle Walker
Jazz Vocalist Michelle Walker Performs @ Jazz at the Kitano on Thursday February 13, 2014 The Kitano Hotel Jazz Bar & Lounge 66 Park Avenue @ 38th Street (Grand Central Station) New York NY 10016 Tel: (212) 885-7000 8:00 pm and 10:00 pm Sets $15 Cover, $15 Min. RESERVATIONS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED Joining Michelle will be: TORU DODO, Piano MICHAEL O'BRIEN, Bass WILLARD ...
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New England Conservatory Jazz Studies Student Andrew Schiller And Alumni Jeff Schneider And Christopher Zuar
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Braithwaite & Katz Communications
Receive 2014 Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Awards New England Conservatory Jazz Studies student Andrew Schiller and alumni Jeff Schneider and Christopher Zuar have been selected to receive 2014 Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Awards. Schiller is a jazz bassist and composer working toward his Master of Music degree at NEC. Schneider is a composer and multi-instrumentalist who earned his Bachelor of Music degree in Jazz Performance from NEC in 2009; this is his third Young Jazz Composers Award. Zuar, ...
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