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Performance / Tour

Gil Scott-Heron Tribute, "Roots of American Music" Performances by Aloe Blacc, Otis Clay, Lenny Williams, Swamp Dogg

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
August 9, 2012

It may be the final week of Lincoln Center Out of Doors, but the festival isn’t winding down when it comes to exciting performances. This week, Lincoln Center celebrates the 40th Anniversary of the landmark Soul at the Center, highlighted by Valerie Simpson’s first tribute to her late partner, Nick Ashford, since his passing. The pair that wrote such Motown hits as “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough,” “Reach Out and Touch (Somebody’s Hand),” and “I’m Every Woman,” made their performing ...

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Performance / Tour

Bombino & Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars Now Touring Across North America

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
August 9, 2012

Summer isn't over yet. Bombino and Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars are each touring now across the US & Canada and chances are one or both will be performing near you. Here's a guide to upcoming shows. Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars August 11: Pasadena, CA: Levitt Pavilion: FREE August 12: Tidewater, OR: Beloved Festival August 14: Seattle, WA: The Triple Door August 15: Seattle, WA: The Triple Door August ...

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Festival

9th Annual Wall Street Jazz Festival in Kingston, NY

Source: Peggy Stern
August 9, 2012

Labor Day weekend, August 31-September 1, Uptown Kingston, presenting this year's festival opens on Friday, August 31, at 8:00 p.m. with “The Art of the Duo." Held at BackStage Productions, a renovated nineteenth-century vaudeville house on Wall Street, this unique format will present four renowned jazz artists performing in various duo combinations. And at just $15 it has to be one of the top music bargains of this, or any, year. Known for her stellar work with composer-arranger Maria Schneider's ...

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Recording

New Release From Baritone Saxophonist Frank Basile

Source: Frank Basile
August 9, 2012

Baritone saxophonist Frank Basile has just released his third album as a leader: Modern Inventions.. The recording features a sextet of frequent collaborators including trumpeter Fabien Mary, tenor saxophonist Alex Hoffman, pianist Ehud Asherie, bassist David Wong, and drummer Pete Van Nostrand. Basile composed three original compositions for this date and penned all new arrangements specifically for this band. The recording was made right after a string of gigs the band did in New York City, and the music was ...

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Performance / Tour

The Rrazz Room Presents The Return Of Acclaimed San Francisco Chanteuse Veronica Klaus "The Peggy Lee Songbook”

Source: Miller Wright & Associates
August 9, 2012

FEATURING THE TAMMY HALL TRIO CELEBRATING HER NEW CD “SOMETHING COOL” TWO SHOWS ONLY, AUGUST 24 – 25 The RRazz Room, San Francisco’s premier nightclub, presents the return of San Francisco chanteuse VERONICA KLAUS with an encore of her critically acclaimed show featuring the music of Peggy Lee. The two shows, on August 24 and 25 at 10:00 PM, will help celebrate her new CD Something Cool. Veronica's keen sensibility and eclectic taste guarantee an evening of intriguing musical selections, ...

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Festival

The 24th Edition Of The Earshot Jazz Festival – "Seattle’s Most Important Annual Jazz Event” – Runs October 12 To November 4, 2012

Source: Earshot Jazz
August 9, 2012

Seattle’s annual Earshot Jazz Festival returns October 12 and continues through November 4 with more than 50 distinctive concert events in venues all around the city. Known for “adventurous, spot-on programming” (JazzTimes) and praised as “one of the best festivals in America” (Seattle Times), the Earshot Jazz Festival brings jazz greats from around the world into creative collaboration with area artists and audiences. Earshot also celebrates Seattle’s place in the world of jazz, with concerts by our award-winning high-school jazz ...

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Festival

Greg Osby And Cohort Of Rising Stars Present 4-Night International Jazz Festival In New York

Source: Evan Weiss
August 8, 2012

“Our artists endeavor towards producing works which will reveal the best that fearless and idealistic thinkers can achieve in art music.” —Greg Osby NEW YORK, New York: On September 12-14 and 16, Greg Osby’s independent record label, Inner Circle Music, will present eleven of its daring and forward-thinking artists in live performance in the form of a dynamic and highly varied music festival. Greg Osby himself will appear with his own band, along with a slew of established and up-and-coming ...

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Education

Kevin Hays NYC Workshop on Sunday, August 19th

Source: Damian Sim
August 8, 2012

Master pianist Kevin Hays will be conducting another in a series of workshops for pianists (and other instrumentalists interested in developing their harmony, line playing, improvisation, piano skills, etc.) on Sunday August 19th at the Church St School for Music & Art, NYC from 1-4:00pm. These are small, intimate classes (ten person max) with an opportunity to play, ask questions, problem solve at the piano and discuss whatever issues students wish to bring forward. Topics will include: Harmonic Development on ...

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