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Taylor Ho Bynum & SpiderMonkey Strings on 482 Music

September 16, 2005

AVON, CT (USA) -- On October 25th, 482 Music will release Other Stories [Three Suites], the debut CD from Brooklyn-based cornetist/composer Taylor Ho Bynum's SpiderMonkey Strings. Named after two mythic tricksters, Anansi the Spider of West Africa and the Monkey King of China, this eclectic ensemble brings a genre-defying spirit and sense of humor to Bynum's ...

Nouveau African Jazz & Soul Vocalist SOMI at Joe's Pub!! (Mon. Oct.3rd, 2005)

September 16, 2005

"...one of the most distinctive voices of New York's progressive Soul Movement." - Village Voice On Monday, October 3rd, 2005, SOMI will return to Joe's Pub to exhale a belly full of stories on life, love, and liberation. Originally from Uganda and Rwanda, SOMI's music gives voice to the post-colonial African experience in the Diaspora with ...

The Father of Finnish Tango Turns 90

September 16, 2005

A new album pays tribute to Toivo Kärki New York/Helsinki Songwriter icon Toivo Kärki of Finland (1915-1992), often called the ‘father of Finnish tango’, would have celebrated his 90th birthday this fall. Pianist, composer, and New York resident Mika Pohjola has produced an album, A Lark in a Snowstorm, to honor Mr. Kärki’s life ...

New Africa Suite now at iTunes

September 16, 2005

University of Pittsburgh Announces Lineup for 35th Annual Pitt Jazz Seminar and Concert

September 16, 2005

University of Pittsburgh Announces Lineup for 35th-Annual Pitt Jazz Seminar and Concert Profits from concert ticket sales earmarked for hurricane victims PITTSBURGH — Legendary jazz musicians from around the world will perform and participate in lectures and demonstrations at the University of Pittsburgh Nov. 1 - 5 as part of the 35th-Annual Pitt Jazz Seminar and ...

John Scofield and Victor Wooten to play in Toronto

September 15, 2005

Toronto Downtown Jazz and GMP Productions present influential bassist Victor Wooten and a rare Toronto appearance by legendary guitarist John Scofield will be playing in Toronto in October. Scofield’s latest album, That’s What I Say, reinterprets the music of Ray Charles while Wooten’s Vanguard Record debut, Soul Circus, can only be described as a high-wire act ...

Sterling Dorwin Weed: Oldest U.S. big band leader dies at 104

September 15, 2005

ST. ALBANS, Vt. --Sterling Dorwin Weed, the nation's oldest known active bandleader, whose Weed's Imperial Orchestra played dates from the early 1930s to this summer, has died. He was 104. “It was age, and he was just worn out, really," Derby said. Weed studied piano as a youth, but said in an Associated Press interview in ...

Benoit Delbecq / Tanya Kalmanovitch duo performance (Sun.9/25) in New York!

September 15, 2005

"Sundays at 5“ PRESENTS ... BENOÎT DELBECQ (piano, prepared piano) TANYA KALMANOVITCH (violist/violinist) September 25th at 5pm at Hudson View Gardens “Lounge" 116 Pinehurst Avenue, Washington Heights $12 French Canadian pianist/composer BENOÎT DELBECQ and Canadian, now ...

Paula Lammers Appears at the Harvest Festival in Lakeville, Minnesota

September 15, 2005

PAULA LAMMERS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September, 2005 *Premier Minnesota Jazz Vocalist, Paula Lammers Blankets You with Seduction* GOING FOR ARTIST PREVIEW/CD REVIEW Paula Lammers, currently embarked on a National press campaign to bring awareness to her debut release “Blanket of Blue.” Lammers is a classically trained vocalist that found her niche in jazz. Her ...

Moutin Reunion Quartet Wednesday September 28, 2005 at The Rudyard Kipling

September 15, 2005

September 15, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: Jazz Promo Services Press Contact: Jim Eigo, [email protected] Jazz Promo Services September 15, 2005 Wednesday September 28, 2005 Moutin Reunion Quartet Appearing at the The Rudyard Kipling - Louisville 422 West Oak Street in Louisville, Kentucky 40203 Call 502-636-1311(after 6:30 pm) or call 812-949-1895 (daytime) http://www.therudyardkipling.com The Moutin Reunion Quartet ...