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Poncho Sanchez And Stanley Clarke / George Duke At High Point Festival Park
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Alex Gomez
The Friends of John Coltrane will present the 2nd Annual John Coltrane International Jazz & Blues Festival on Saturday, September 1, 2012. The Premiere Jazz Event of the Triad will feature the reunion of two venerable jazz artists with Stanley Clarke, George Duke and the Clarke/Duke Project; a giant of Latin Jazz, Poncho Sanchez and Shemekia Copeland, an artist who takes the mantle from the blues legend, KoKo Taylor. The 2012 Festival will also boast a performance by an up ...
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Sixth Annual Waukesha BluesFest This Weekend
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Chris M. Slawecki
The entertainment line-up for Waukesha BluesFest, August 10 & 11 at Naga-Waukee Park in Delafield, Wisconsin, features 14 national, regional and local blues acts, an art show and an exceptional dining experience from local restaurants. “The Waukesha Rotary Club is thrilled with the music line-ups we have put together for the sixth annual Waukesha BluesFest,” said Bob Mittnacht, who manages the entertainment for Waukesha BluesFest. “We have a number of exciting nationally acclaimed musicians performing this year, topped off by ...
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"Tranceformation In Concert”: October 9 Release By Connie Crothers / Ken Filiano / Andrea Wolper
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Michael Bloom Media Relations
TranceFormation, the improvising trio of Connie Crothers (piano), Ken Filiano (bass), and Andrea Wolper (voice), subverts expectation on several counts. From the first moment, this seemingly traditional bass-vocal-piano formation leaves tradition behind: there are no assumed or assigned roles, no leader, no side players. Instead, three strongly individual “voices" join to make music cooperatively as they weave in, out, and among one another, extending, bending, and experimenting with the sonic capabilities of their respective instruments. The music and words are ...
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Bob Mover / Emilie Mover "Family Business" At The Kitano New York, August 9
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SF Media
Bob Mover / Emilie Mover “Family Business" will appear August 9, 2012 at The Kitano New York, in the band's debut performance. Jazz saxophonist/vocalist/composer Bob Mover has joined forces with his daughter, vocalist/composer Emilie Mover, along with guitarist Joe Cohn, bassist Bob Cranshaw and drummer Jimmy Wormworth to form this new quintet. The Kitano is at 66 Park Ave. at 38th St. in New York City. The band will play two sets, at 8 PM and 10 PM. There is ...
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Feinstein's At Loews Regency Presents An Evening With Internationally Acclaimed Entertainer Deana Martin Celebrating Her Father Dean Martin In Her Acclaimed Show “Deana Sings Dino”
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Miller Wright & Associates
FEINSTEIN’S AT LOEWS REGENCY, the nightclub proclaimed “Best of New York” by New York Magazine and “an invaluable New York institution” by The New York Post will continue its Summer 2012 season with the return of internationally acclaimed entertainer, DEANA MARTIN. Deana Martin takes the audience on a musical journey, honoring her legendary father Dean Martin and other great performers who shaped American music and popular culture for over four decades such as Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., and Judy ...
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Master-Jam Fest - International Festival Invites Jazz Improvisers!
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Mazur
The International Festival-Contest of Jazz Improvisation Skills “Master-Jam Fest" from Odessa ("a jazz capital" of Ukraine, cultural & touristic center near Black Sea) has started an online preselection of jazz musicians, improvisers. It was founded by Mikhail Freidlin, the well-known author and producer of the legendary “Jazz Carnival in Odessa" in Ukraine and abroad. Master Jam Fest is a conceptually new festival-competition of jazz improvisation skills, based on the principles of a jam session! Final of this enchanting holiday will ...
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"Speak" - New Fred Hess Big Band Album
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Fred Hess
SAXOPHONIST/COMPOSER FRED HESS RELEASES 3rd BIG BAND CD AS A LEADER: “SPEAK” (ALISON RECORDS 117), ON AUGUST 6th Big Band features John Fedchock, Ron Miles, John Gunther, Marc Sabatella, Peter Sommer, and Matt Wilson. “Highly original! Jazz entertainment at its best! This is an excellent CD collection of what contemporary big band music is doing, and its incredibly imaginative —Lee Prosser, JazzReview.com “All too often, we get so hung up on labels that we forget to listen to the music. ...
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The Blue Room Weekly Line Up For August 6th-august 11th
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C. L. Burnett, American Jazz Museum
Kansas City, Mo: The Blue Room, one of Down Beat Magazine’s top ranked jazz clubs, has another week of great performances lined up. The Blue Monday Jam on the 6th will be hosted by Gerald Dunn and his group the Jazz Disciples. Dunn is the Director of Entertainment here at the museum and a talented saxophonist. So come jam with the “King of the Blue Room.” Thursday August 9th will feature a Blue Room favorite, Shades of Jade. Shades of ...
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