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Performance / Tour

Santana Legend Gregg Rolie To Play "Sandstock" Virginia Beach Music Festival - June 22, 2013

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
June 5, 2013

Houston, TX: Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Gregg Rolie, best known for his vocals and keyboard work with legendary music groups Santana and Journey, will be performing at 'Sandstock' Virginia Beach Music Festival on June 22, 2013. The Gregg Rolie Band will be playing electrifying versions of several Santana classics such as “Evil Ways", “Black Magic Woman", “Soul Sacrifice", “Jingo" and “No One To Depend On" as well as tracks from Rolie's previous studio effort 'Roots', along with ...

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Performance / Tour

WBGO Travel Series Makes Stops In Montreal, Newport, Orvieto, Mohonk

Source: Carolyn McClair Public Relations
June 5, 2013

WBGO Jazz 88.3 FM Launches WBGO Travel: A Musical Journey Around the World with Stops in Montreal, Newport, Mohonk and Orvieto Newark, NJ: WBGO Jazz 88.3 loves its home base in Newark, NJ, but when it comes to enjoying jazz at some of the world’s most beautiful destinations, the station’s travel team has its bags packed and is ready to roll. WBGO Travel designs first-class packages for visits to amazing domestic and international locations for world-famous jazz festivals and deluxe ...

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Recording

Mike MacArthur: Moving Away From The Kids' Table

Source: Great Scott P.R.oductions
June 5, 2013

In the company of prominent friends, saxophonist Mike MacArthur releases a sterling jazz album, “Feels Like Home,” his first major release as a frontman. Tampa, FL: In the midst of graduation season, it seems like the ideal time for the release of long-time sideman Mike MacArthur’s first major recording on center stage. The saxophonist’s 10-song “Feels Like Home” was released today by Paradise Point Music. On the collection produced by Grammy-nominee Brian Bromberg, MacArthur graduates surrounded by his scholarly musician ...

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Performance / Tour

Coming Up At The Cornelia Street Cafe - Lederer, Musette Explosion, Stillman, Eisenstadt, Hebert & Much More!

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
June 5, 2013

The Cornelia Street Café is open seven days a week, serving breakfast, lunch, dinner, and weekend brunch. It serves Thanksgiving Dinner, Christmas Dinner, New Year's Eve Dinner, Valentine's Day dinner - and presents more than seven hundred cultural events a year!! Coming Up at The Cafe, June 5-12: Wednesday, June 5, 8:30 PM JEFF LEDERER DOUBLE CD RELEASE PARTY: REINCARNATION Mary LaRose, voice; Jesse Mills, violin; Felicia Wilson, violin; Nicole Federici, viola; Chris Lightcap, bass Wednesday, ...

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Radio

Wbgo To Air "The Governors Summit” on June 6 at 6:30 PM with Five Former NJ Governors

Source: Carolyn McClair Public Relations
June 4, 2013

WBGO JAZZ 88.3 FM Presents “The Governors Summit,” Panel Discussion with Five Former New Jersey Governors, Thursday, June 6, 6:30 pm Newark, NJ: Tune in to WBGO Jazz 88.3 FM or wbgo.org on Thursday, June 6, at 6:30 pm for “The Governors Summit,” a panel discussion with five former New Jersey Governors including Brendan Byrne, Thomas H. Kean, James Florio, Christine Todd Whitman and James McGreevey. NJ Spotlight's John Mooney serves as moderator for this rare inside look at the ...

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Performance / Tour

Gregory Porter Serves Spoleto Splendidly

Source: Larry Reni Thomas
June 4, 2013

By Larry Reni Thomas CHARLESTON, SC: “How does it feel to be the hottest cat out here, Gregory Porter? I mean you are working all over the place. You are here in Charleston for two nights (May 24 and 25) at Spoleto Festival. You are going to be at The Playboy Jazz Festival, Montreal Jazz Festival, Newport Jazz Festival, Monterey Jazz Festival and the other biggies. You just back from Europe and Brazil. You hot, man! You hot!" “Hey, man, ...

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Recording

Marianne Trudel’s "Trifolia" Project - New Recording: "Le Refuge" & Summer Tour 2013

Source: Vivo Musique Internationale
June 4, 2013

MARIANNE TRUDEL'S ‘TRIFOLIA’ PROJECT TO RELEASE NEW RECORDING “LE REFUGE” ON JULY 2nd, 2013. SUMMER TOUR CANADA, 2013 WITH ‘TRIFOLIA’: FOURTEEN CITIES, SEVEN PROVINCES. CD RELEASE CONCERT: THE MONTREAL INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL, JULY 4th, 2013. SOLO PIANO CONCERT - USA DEBUT: XEROX ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL, JUNE 29th, 2103 “Marianne is one of our great Canadian pianistic talents and more people need to hear her music.” —Ken Pickering, Artistic Director, Vancouver International Jazz Festival Montreal: Montreal pianist, composer, improviser and ...

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Festival

Phil Perry Performs Despite Pacemaker Operation

Source: Dee Dee McNeil
June 4, 2013

Phil Perry performed Saturday, May 25th at the San Diego Jazz Festival with the Kim Waters band. It's questionable if anyone in the crowd had the faintest idea that Phil Perry had gone into the hospital just three days prior to the festival and had his heart Pacemaker replaced and a new one installed along with a Defibulator. Perry sang with the same exuberance and high tenor musicality that his fans expected. Later, in his hotel room, he shyly displayed ...

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