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Festival

Wayne Shorter Celebrates 80th Birthday In Newport At Festival & Gala

Source: Carolyn McClair Public Relations
April 29, 2013

Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc. Continues Six-Decade Tradition Of Presenting Once-In-A-Lifetime Jazz Celebrations, This Year Featuring Wayne Shorter’s 80th Birthday Tribute NEWPORT, RI: Legendary tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter will celebrate his 80th birthday year at the annual Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc. fundraising benefit, which will be held at Rosecliff, one of Newport’s historic mansions, on Saturday, August 3, at 7:30 pm. Joining Shorter for this exciting occasion will be fellow Miles Davis alumnus, Herbie Hancock, and jazz’s rising star Esperanza Spalding. ...

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Event

Poncho Sanchez And His Latin Jazz Band In San Diego on May 31st

Source: Joe Horger
April 29, 2013

Poncho Sanchez and his Latin Jazz Band will appear live on Friday, May 31st at the Bob Guess Theater for Performing Arts. This is a one night only performance brouht to you by the Grossmont Union High School District Band Directors and the Parent Music Advocacy Group. The theater is located on the West Hills High School campus at 8756 Mast Blvd, Santee, CA. Tickets are $20/general admission/all ages and are available at www.pmagsd.org. Profit from the event will go ...

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Jeremy Pelt Added To Trumpet Fanfare For New York City International Jazz Day Event Tomorrow April 30

Source: Claudia Artzer
April 29, 2013

At 2PM on Tuesday, April 30—International Jazz Day—the Jazz Journalists Association of New York City will showcase a fanfare by New York City trumpet stars including trumpeter Jeremy Pelt who was just added. Trumpeter/composer/performance artist Stephanie Richards has composed an original fanfare dedicated to Armstrong and International Jazz Day, which she will perform at the event with fellow trumpeters Pelt, David Weiss and Igmar Thomas. Also featured at the free-to-the-public International Jazz Day party co-hosted by the Louis Armstrong House ...

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Event

The Columbus Jazz Orchestra Goes Wild In Eighth Season Of JazZoo!

Source: Scott Vezdos
April 29, 2013

Columbus, OH – This summer, the Jazz Arts Group will take jazz to a wilder place as the Columbus Jazz Orchestra takes center stage at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium for the eighth season of JazZoo! The four-concert series returns to the Water's Edge Events Park at the Columbus Zoo providing a beautiful waterfront setting along the O'Shaughnessy Reservoir. Gates open at 6:30 PM with concerts beginning at 8 PM. July 12, 8 PM: “Soul Classics" featuring Chris Pierce Special ...

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Recording

Turntables on Las Rambles

Source: FlipswitchPR, LLC
April 29, 2013

When Nickodemus and Mariano started the Turntables on the Hudson (TOTH) parties in 1998 it was one of the first late night outdoor events in NYC. With the addition of Groove Collective founding member Nappy G on percussion, the party became an adventurous, young, free-spirited community known worldwide for its eclectic musical blend. In the past ten years TOTH took their beats from parking garages, lofts & boats to residencies at renowned NY clubs and venues like The Frying Pan, ...

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Recording

Lenny White Dips Into Archives for "Lenny White Live"

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
April 29, 2013

Grammy Award-winning artist Lenny White, an influential drummer and longtime member of the fusion supergroup Return To Forever as well as a prolific producer, has delved deep into his own past and come up with another gem in Lenny White Live. A document of a tour of Japan in 1997, this powerful funk-fusion outing features an all-star lineup including fellow Miles Davis alumnus Foley on lead bass along with former Weather Reporter Victor Bailey on low-end bass, former Herbie Hancock ...

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Education

Usdan Center, with expanded Jazz Program, Holds 5/19 Final Open House For 2013 Season

Source: Reva Cooper
April 29, 2013

Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts, the nationally renowned Long Island summer arts day camp, will hold its final, free Open House for its 46th, 2013 season on Sunday May 19 from 11 AM to 2 PM. Families may obtain information on the Center’s programs and tour the 200-acre woodland campus, at 185 Colonial Springs Road in Wheatley Heights (Huntington). For Open House information, contact the Center at (631) 643-7900, or (212) 772-6060, visit usdan.com http://www.usdan.com , or ...

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Education

New York Jazz Workshop Set For Annual Summer Sessions

Source: Marco Chelo
April 28, 2013

NEW YORK, NY: More than beach and barbeques, for jazz musicians around the world summer is the time to take their playing to the next level in the world capital of jazz, as the New York Jazz Workshop School of Music (NYJW) will again offer focused four-day workshops, July 25 through August 18, with sessions for all ages. Expertly led by leading jazz educators and performers, the Summer Summit Series for adults includes workshops on improvisation, jazz guitar, singing, rhythm, ...

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