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Kuumbwa Jazz Celebrates International Jazz Day With Monterey Jazz Festival On Tour
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Bennett Jackson
Santa Cruz, CA: Kuumbwa Jazz will proudly join in the International Jazz Day celebrations taking place all over the world on April 30, 2013 by presenting an encore performance of Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour featuring Dee Dee Bridgewater, Christian McBride, Benny Green, Lewis Nash, Chris Potter & Ambrose Akinmusire. “What better way to celebrate the history and impact of jazz, than spending International Jazz Day with the Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour band,” says Monterey Jazz Festival Board Member ...
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Michele Rosewoman and New Yor-Uba Perform At The Painted Bride, April 13, 2013
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Seton Hawkins
Michele Rosewoman and New Yor-Uba celebrate the ensemble's 30th anniversary, and the successful funding of its debut CD via a Kickstarter campaign, with a performance at The Painted Bride in Philadelphia on Saturday, April 13, 2013. Over the past three decades, under Rosewoman's direction, New Yor-Uba's repertoire has deepened and evolved. New Yor-Uba premiered at Joseph Papp's Public Theatre in 1983, featuring the brilliant master folklorist Orlando 'Puntilla' Rios, and has since performed to delighted and sold-out crowds throughout Europe ...
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Chihiro Yamanaka Trio At Dizzy's In San Diego, March 30
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SF Media
The Chihiro Yamanaka Trio will perform March 30 at Dizzy’s in San Diego, CA. The concert marks the San Diego debut by Chihiro, a Universal Music recording artist and influential jazz pianist and composer. The concert has the additional distinction of being part of Chihiro’s first multi-city west coast tour as a leader. The tour also includes concerts at Yoshi’s San Francisco (March 27) and Kuumbwa Jazz Center in Santa Cruz, CA (March 28). The Chihiro Yamanaka Trio also will ...
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The Naniki Caribbean Jazz Safari Blazing Through The Islands
Source:
Reed Hadley
“Caribbean Jazz Shines Brighter” Initially conceiving the idea some twenty years ago Barbados Businessman/promoter Tom Hinds saw his vision of more than 20 years become a reality last month at the debut of the first of a series of Caribbean music festivals titled The Naniki Caribbean Jazz Safari. His concept was to take a simple plan that worked for many years at his Naniki Amphitheater/Resort and expand it throughout the Caribbean islands, particularly those islands that have not hosted music ...
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Time Travel Pifa Pop Up Parade Takes Over Philadelphia Today!
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Michael Ricci
TIME TRAVEL POP UP PARADE To celebrate the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts and its 2013 theme of Time Travel, PIFA Characters will take over Philadelphia on Friday, March 22nd. Prepare to travel through decades in the blink of an eye... a historical Pop Up PIFA Parade will take you through time, and some of Philadelphia’s history, in one amazing visual spectacle! The PIFA Parade begins at approximately 11:15am with a cast of over 50 characters representing different moments ...
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Not Your Classic - Out April 6, Is The Latest Album From Carlos Redman
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Carlos Redman
Rising trumpeter star Carlos Redman is going back to his signature edgy improv style. The musician will release “Not Your Classic," a new album of refreshed standards and originals, April 6 on Redman's Brown Eyes Records. The collection was produced by multiple Grammy Award winner Alessandro Perrotta and marks the debut release for his quintet Chemistry. “N.Y.C." is comprised of 8 songs, including “Love Letter," “Cold Duck Time" and “September Song," which Redman recorded at Breeding Ground Studios of New ...
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Roland Vazquez Band At The Falcon - April 15 & Shapeshifter Lab - April 19!
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Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
Featuring: Luis Perdomo, Adam Kolker, Jon Owens, Tony Kadleck, Alex Norris, Alan Ferber, Ryan Keberle, Quinsin Nachoff, Cliff Almond and many other special guests! To know Roland Vazquez is to know his music, and vice versa. Like many true artists, his work is inseparable from the essence of his character. One can hear in the music of Vazquez the powerful optimism, wisdom, love, humor and joy that exudes so effortlessly from the man. Nowhere has this been more prevalent than ...
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Michele Rosewoman And New Yor-Uba Perform At Roulette, April 5, 2013
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Seton Hawkins
Michele Rosewoman and New Yor-Uba celebrate the ensemble's 30th anniversary, and the successful funding of its debut CD via a Kickstarter campaign, with a performance at Roulette in Brooklyn on Friday, April 5, 2013. Over the past three decades, under Rosewoman's direction, New Yor-Uba's repertoire has deepened and evolved. New Yor-Uba premiered at Joseph Papp's Public Theatre in 1983, featuring the brilliant master folklorist Orlando 'Puntilla' Rios, and has since performed to delighted and sold-out crowds throughout Europe and the ...
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