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Performance / Tour

Chris' Potter Quartet At Chris' Jazz Cafe On February 22, 2013

Source: All About Jazz
February 15, 2013

Chris’ Jazz Cafe presents saxophonist Chris Potter and his quartet on Friday February 22, 2013. Potter is touring in support of his ECM label debut as a leader,The Sirens an album of mood and melody inspired by The Odyssey. Potter is considered one of the top saxophonist of his generation, has toured extensively with Dave Holland and recently joined the acclaimed Pat Metheny Unity Band. Performing with Potter at Chris' Jazz Cafe are, Craig Taborn on piano, Larry Grenadier on ...

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Performance / Tour

Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival Presents Stephanie Jordan In A Tribute To Lena Horne

Source: Sylvain Music Notes
February 15, 2013

Hilton Hotel * Rockville, Maryland * Sunday, February 17 @ 8:30 PM The Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival (MAJF) in Rockville, MD welcomes New Orleans jazz singer Stephanie Jordan in a tribute to the fabulous Lena Horne on Sunday, February 18, 2013 at 8:30pm on the Ronnie Wells Main Stage at the Hilton Hotel. The Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival, in the grand tradition of the East Coast Jazz Festival has become a mid-winter tradition in the Washington, DC metro region, attracting thousands of ...

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Website

Celebrate Valentines's Day with Two Free MP3s courtesy of All About Jazz

Source: All About Jazz
February 14, 2013

We're celebrating Valentine's Day with a download twofer! Share either one of these tracks with that special someone. For trombone led straight ahead fans, give the Nick Finzer track “Alternate Agenda“ a listen—and for funky smooth jazz fans, try Marion Meadows' “Black Pearl." Alternate Agenda (4:53) By Nick Finzer From: Exposition (Outside In Music) Black Pearl (04:05) By Marion Meadows From: Whisper (Shanachie Records) ...

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Radio

A Riverwalk Jazz Valentine This Week

Source: Don Mopsick
February 14, 2013

Valentine’s Day brings out our most sentimental feelings one moment and then inspires the goofiest humor the next. This week, Riverwalk Jazz explores both sides of the coin on our concert of love songs from the interwar years, interpreted by our stable of great performers sitting in with The Jim Cullum Jazz Band. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International, on Sirius/XM satellite radio and can be streamed on-demand from the Riverwalk Jazz website. You can ...

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Event

Jazz Arts Group Of Columbus & MojoFlo Join Forces For "Motor City Soul Revue," March 2 At Lincoln

Source: Scott Vezdos
February 14, 2013

Columbus, OH – The Jazz Arts Group's Inside Track series continues its 2012-13 season at the historic Lincoln Theatre with a tribute to the famed “Hitsville U.S.A." label and the artists and songs that exemplified “The Motown Sound." On Saturday, March 2, Columbus' favorite neo-funk band MojoFlo joins forces with members of the Columbus Jazz Orchestra and a cast of local music all-stars to present the “Motor City Soul Revue," an evening of classic hits from Motown's golden era! Jazz ...

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Performance / Tour

Mark Berman Power Trio Valentine Tonight At 78 Below New York 10 PM

Source: Miranda Callaway
February 14, 2013

Mark Berman, whose iconic montuno piano playing on the theme to “Sex and the City" assured his place in the pop culture pantheon, brings his hard- hitting power trio to 78 Below, 380 Columbus Avenue at 78th Street, tonight in a special Valentine's Day celebration from 10 pm 'til 1 am. Berman, whom Oscar host and Hollywood star Hugh Jackman (Les Misérables) calls “a rock of creativity" (the two have performed together live both in New York and Las Vegas), ...

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Career

Musicians: Find the One Key Metric That Matters for Your Career

Source: Michael Ricci
February 14, 2013

This blog post originally appeared on the music/technology blog Hypebot (@Hypebot) and is written by Hypebot Senior Contributor Clyde Smith (Twitter/App.net), who also maintains a writing hub at Flux Research. From time to time concepts and approaches from the world of tech startups have relevance to indie and DIY musicians. Recently the concept of “One Key Metric" has been making the rounds of Silicon Valley. Though not a new idea, the recent attention has resulted in some useful exploration. It's ...

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Performance / Tour

Lenore Raphael On Tour In California With Howard Alden

Source: Lenore Raphael
February 14, 2013

Pianist Lenore Raphael celebrates her recording Loverly with guitarist Howard Alden with a tour of Southern California. Starting on Thursday, February 21. they appear at The Merc for jazz adding bassist Jim De Julio to the performance. The Merc is located on Main Street, Temecula California. On Sunday, February 24th, the duo join the steady rhythm section at Vicky's of Sante Fe in Palm Springs. Vicky's is located at 45-100 Highway 111. Joining in with Larry Holloway on bass, Allen ...

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