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Frank Wess dies at 91; key player in major jazz ensembles
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Michael Ricci
Though the saxophonist never became as famous as other musicians of his time, he was a force in making the flute a jazz instrument. Long before jazz pianist Billy Taylor became world-famous, he planned in high school to switch to saxophone. But then he heard the new kid in school—Frank Wess—play the horn. “He's the reason I don't play the tenor saxophone," Taylor said in a 2008 Washington Post interview. “Even in his teens, he was really a remarkable player." ...
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Kate McGarry, The Yellowjackets Headline Lawrence University's 33rd Jazz Celebration Weekend
Source:
Rick Peterson
APPLETON, WIS. — Both ends of the jazz spectrum will be represented Nov. 8-9 when Lawrence University hosts its 33rd Jazz Celebration Weekend. Grammy Award-nominated vocalist Kate McGarry, a four-time “Rising Star" honoree by Downbeat magazine, kicks off the weekend Friday while the legendary fusion quartet the Yellowjackets close the weekend Saturday evening. Both concerts begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Lawrence Memorial Chapel. Tickets, at $22-20 for adults, $19-17 for seniors and $17-15 for students, are available through the ...
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Russ Lorenson Celebrates Eight Years Of Christmas In San Francisco
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RL Productions
For the eighth year, singer and recording artist Russ Lorenson comes home for the holidays with his annual show, Christmas in San Francisco, for two performances only at 7:30pm on December 13 & 14 at Pa’ina Lounge & Restaurant, 1865 Post Street in San Francisco. The guest artists for this year’s show are San Francisco jazz legends Wesla Whitfield, Mike Greensill and Veronica Klaus. Tickets are $25-$45 and available online at ChristmasInSF.com or by calling (415) 674-3863. Crooner Russ Lorenson ...
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French New Wave (5-CD Box Set) Released On Jazz On Film Records
Source:
Selwyn Harris
“Jazz was an integral part of the artistic scene that centred around the St-Germain-des-Pres. So it was only logical that the young, new wave directors made films by day using the same music they heard in the clubs at night.” Marcel Romano supervisor at Miles Davis’ Lift to the Scaffold studio recording, Dec. 1957) Jazzwise magazine Jazz on Film writer Selwyn Harris presents French New Wave produced, compiled, annotated by Harris and digitally remastered by the same engineer that produced ...
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Joni Mitchell Tribute Concert - Marianne Matheny-Katz
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The Phillips Agency
Award winning Baltimore jazz vocalist Marianne Matheny-Katz presents an evening of Joni Mitchell tunes at The Carlyle Club on Thursday, November 7. The event marks the 70th birthday for Mitchell who began her career as a solo folk singer/songwriter and grew into an internationally respected jazz and pop musician and composer. For this show many tunes are re-worked as straight ahead jazz arrangements, but with enough of the original melody intact to please nostalgic Joni Mitchell fans. Among the show ...
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Bibi Ferreira Debuts Legendary Edith Piaf Show In NYC on November 13
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Cindy Byram PR
BIBI FERREIRA RETURNS TO NEW YORK CITY WITH U.S. DEBUT OF “BIBI SINGS PIAF” BRAZILIAN STAR CELEBRATES 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF HER LEGENDARY SHOW, HAS RECEIVED FRANCE’S HIGHEST ARTISTIC HONORS SEEN BY OVER 5 MILLION PEOPLE IN BRAZIL, PORTUGAL AND FRANCE, PIAF SHOW DEBUTS IN NEW YORK ON NOVEMBER 13TH AT THE TOWN HALL “...with her mercurial character, charisma and larger-than-life quality, Bibi is the foremost interpreter of Edith Piaf...” —HUGUES VASSAL [French photographer, chronicler of Piaf’s final years] “She’s been ...
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Eric Clapton Unplugged Gets Amplified With 2-CD/DVD Collection
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1888 Media
Expanded And Remastered Version Of Eric Clapton’s Multi-Grammy Winning, Diamond-Certified Album Features Unreleased Music And Previously Unseen Rehearsal Footage 2-CD/DVD Collection Available October 15 LOS ANGELES, CA – Eric Clapton was already an acknowledged master of the electric guitar in January 1992 when he traded his signature Stratocaster for an acoustic Martin to record Unplugged. The live album captured the legendary guitarist, backed by a small band, performing acoustic versions of his own songs and several blues standards. Released later ...
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Enter The Jersey Jazz Noteworthy Poetry Contest
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Fradley Garner
AN OPEN INVITATION TO THE JERSEY JAZZ POETRY CONTEST This is to invite you and anyone you know who loves jazz, to enter the JERSEY JAZZ Noteworthy Poetry Contest. Your entry shouldn’t be longer than the first one below. It need not rhyme or be a list of names. Garrison Keillor, host of the NPR flagship show “A Prairie Home Companion,” will judge entries and pick the winner. First prize is a one-year membership in the New Jersey Jazz Society ...
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