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Jazz Standard Announces Jan - May 2014 Schedule
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AMT Public Relations
JAZZ STANDARD PREVIEWS 2014 ALL SHOW TIMES: 7:30 & 9:30PM + 11:30PM ON FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS Jazz Standard is located at 116 E. 27th Street (between Lexington and Park) Train 6 to E. 28th Street NEVER A MINIMUM Student Discounts (restrictions apply) Enjoy “NYC’s Best Barbecue” (Time Out New York) from BLUE SMOKE And an extensive wine, beer and cocktail list For reservations call Jazz Standard at 212.576.2232 or visit ticketweb.com Artists and schedules are subject ...
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"When Swing Was The Thing" This Week On Riverwalk Jazz
Source:
Don Mopsick
This week on Riverwalk Jazz, we time-travel back to 1930s Manhattan to hear what the Swing Era was like from the perspective of a young fan, thanks to the teenage diaries of Bob Inman collected in his Swing Era Scrapbook published by Scarecrow Press. Special guest, San Francisco actor Darren Bridgett joins us with excerpts from Bob Inman’s diaries. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International, on Sirius/XM satellite radio and can be streamed on-demand from ...
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Newport Festivals Foundation To Expand 2014 Jazz Fest To 3 Days
Source:
Carolyn McClair Public Relations
Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc. Announces Plans to Expand 2014 Newport Jazz Festival to Three Days Grants from Rhode Island Foundation will help underwrite additional day to showcase for “emerging” performers NEWPORT, RI, December 4, 2013 – The Newport Festivals Foundation Inc. (NFF) announced today that it will add a third day of music featuring new and emerging artists at the 60th anniversary of the historic Newport Jazz Festival®. The additional concert, funded in part by a $40, 000 grant from ...
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Los Angeles Philharmonic Association To Present 2014 Playboy Jazz Festival
Source:
Muse Media
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION TO PRESENT 2014 PLAYBOY JAZZ FESTIVAL 36th Annual Playboy Jazz Festival June 14-15, 2014 at the Hollywood Bowl Hosted by George Lopez Los Angeles, CA – The Los Angeles Philharmonic Association will present the 36th annual Playboy Jazz Festival June 14-15, 2014, at the Hollywood Bowl. As always, the Festival will feature the emerging generation of jazz artists as well as superstars of the genre. George Lopez will host the event, marking the second year of ...
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In Roots We Trust Tour
Source:
Curtis Bergesen
Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad has just announced the IN ROOTS WE TRUST Tour with special guests The Simpkin Project and The Expanders. The west coast run includes six California dates, followed by stops in Portland and Seattle. PANDA! has four shows this week throughout the Northeast. The Rochester, NY-based quintet plans to release new music later this winter. Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad - Tour Dates Dec 4: Newmarket, NH - Stone Church Dec 5: Burlington, VT - ArtsRiot ...
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New England Conservatory’s Jazz Lab
Source:
Braithwaite & Katz Communications
One-Week Intensive Jazz Program for Students Ages 14 – 18 June 22 – 27, 2014 Special Guest Artist Grammy Award Winning Bassist Dave Holland plus NEC Jazz Studies Chair Ken Schaphorst headline the week holding masterclasses paired with evening concerts of their music Students ages 14 - 18 are invited to explore jazz at New England Conservatory during Jazz Lab, a one-week intensive program for students of all proficiency levels, from throughout the United States and abroad. Instrumentalists and vocalists ...
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Jazz Singer Cheryl Barnes To Release Debut CD, “Listen To This,” On February 18th
Source:
Muse Media
Album Features Remarkable Cast Of Players Including John Beasley, Rahn Coleman, Brandon Fields, John Hammond, Rickey Minor and More Los Angeles, California - “Listen To This,” the debut CD from eclectically-trained Jazz vocalist Cheryl Barnes, is set for release February 18, 2014, via Barnes & Cabasso Music. Highlighting twelve tracks steeped in Jazz and Blues, “Listen To This” was produced by music industry veteran Rahn Coleman, recorded at Mystic Knight Recording Studios in Los Angeles and features a stellar list ...
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SFJAZZ Appoints Donald Derheim As Chief Executive Officer
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Marshall Lamm Promotions & Public Relations
First-ever CEO will work in partnership with the organization’s Founder and Executive Artistic Director Randall Kline San Francisco, CA — SFJAZZ, the leading nonprofit jazz organization on the West Coast, announced today that Donald Derheim will assume the position of Chief Executive Officer beginning January 2, 2014. Mr. Derheim joins SFJAZZ as it enters its next phase of growth and celebrates the milestone first anniversary of its new home, the critically acclaimed SFJAZZ Center. An accomplished media executive, Mr. Derheim ...
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