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Windsor Jazz Series Runs Through June
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Sinan Bakir
Sinan Bakir, the young, Turkish-born guitarist/composer who embraced Hartford as his hometown, has established himself as a much-respected, expressive and independent- minded player on the talent-laden local scene. Now virtually a brand name for quality as a sideman or leader, he's worked in numerous local venues, including his regular, long-running Wednesday night gig at Cuvee, a restaurant in West Hartford Center, and at festivals and clubs in Connecticut and New York. With an encore album on its way, the native ...
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Premiere: Audio Documentary: John Coltrane: A Great North Carolina Jazz Intellectual On Sunday Night Jazz With Larry Reni Thomas On WCOM-FM
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Larry Reni Thomas
Listen to WCOM-FM,Chapel Hill-Carrboro, North Carolina for the premiere, the first airing of the audio documentary “John Coltrane: A Great North Carolina Jazz Intellectual," September 23, 2012, during The John Coltrane Birthday Special, on Sunday Night Jazz with Larry Reni Thomas, from 9pm-12m. The recently completed profile includes music and commentary from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Jazz Studies Director, trumpeter Jim Ketch, and bassist and retired Rutgers University Jazz Studies professor, Larry Ridley. “John Coltrane: A ...
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Trumpeter Tatum Greenblatt And His Quintet To Perform At Smalls Jazz Club August 30th
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Jennifer Kramer
Tatum Greenblatt Quintet August 30 at Smalls Jazz Club, NYC 9:30pm – Midnight | $20 cover featuring Tatum Greenblatt, trumpet Geoff Vidal, tenor sax Adam Birnbaum, piano Sam Minaie, bass Ulysses Owens, drums For his Smalls Jazz Club debut, Tatum and his band will perform selections from his latest 2012 release, Imprints as well as favorites from his two previous recordings and new compositions. His third recording as a leader, ...
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Santana Trumpeter Bill Ortiz Celebrates Consciousness With Hip-Hop LP “Highest Wish” Featuring Casual, The Grouch And Zumbi
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
San Francisco, CA - A longstanding member of the Santana band, Bill Ortiz is proud to present his new full-length release titled Highest Wish. A follow up to his “Winter in America” EP released earlier this year, this new album project features conscious emcees such as Casual, The Grouch, Zumbi (of Zion I) and K-Maxx, as well as fellow Santana member (and 11 time Grammy® Award Winner) Tony Lindsey, and iconic poet/vocalist Linda Tillery, featured with a spoken word performance ...
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Four Powerhouse Voices Come Together At The Jazz Gallery On September 8
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Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
To Celebrate Trombonist/Composer JOE FIEDLER's New Recording BIG SACKBUT Available on the Yellow Sound Label on September 18, 2012 Big Sackbut is the self titled debut recording from this group, Featuring Joe Fiedler, Josh Roseman, Ryan Keberle & Marcus Rojas CD Release Celebration at The Jazz Gallery Saturday, September 8 Big Sackbut, featuring Joe Fiedler, Ryan Keberle, Josh Roseman (trombones) & Marcus Rojas (tuba) 212 242 1063, 290 Hudson St, NYC, http://www.jazzgallery.org “Fiedler's among the most impressive trombonists to emerge ...
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Jazz Legend Chico Hamilton Continues Drom Concert Series Oct - Dec
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AMT Public Relations
LEGENDARY DRUMMER CHICO HAMILTON CONTINUES MONTHLY CONCERT SERIES AT NEW YORK CITY’S DROM Sundays this Fall: 10.14 + 11.11 + 12.09 NEA JAZZ MASTER CHICO HAMILTON @ DROM As evidenced on his latest recording Revelation (Joyous Shout!), 90 year-old drummer/leader Forestorn “Chico” Hamilton is still creating vivid, positive, uplifting, and relevant music. Saluted by the Kennedy Center as a “Living Jazz Legend", and appointed to the President’s Council on the Arts, this NEA Jazz Master is considered one of the ...
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Jazz Bridge 2012-2013 Concert Schedule
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Michael Ricci
The 2012-2013 Jazz Bridge concert schedule promises to be among the most exciting in its history, with 40 events in five venues, featuring almost 200 world-class jazz instrumentalists, vocalists, composers and arrangers, with an emphasis on original music. At the Collingwood Community Center, 30 Collings Avenue in Collingwood, New Jersey: Saxophonist/flutist/arranger/scat singer Denis DiBlasio on October 4th, bassist Andy Lalasis November1st, saxophonist Sam Reed on December 5th, trumpeter Fred Adams and the Philadelphia Heritage Art Ensemble on February 7th, saxophonist ...
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