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Lake Tahoe Jazz Festival Signs Royal Crown Revue as Friday Night Headliner Performance

April 2, 2005

NORTH LAKE TAHOE – International jazz phenomenon Royal Crown Revue, considered the founding fathers of the neo-swing movement, will join more than 10 other national jazz bands for a weekend of lakeside performances at the 2nd annual Lake Tahoe Jazz Festival, May 20 to 22, 2005. Royal Crown Revue will kick off the weekend festivities on ...

Artists Announced for Tribute to Carlos Santana at BMI Latin Awards in Las Vegas

April 2, 2005

NEW YORK, Wednesday, March 28, 2005: Manas Sergio Vallin, Conjunto Primaveras Tony Melendez and the LA-based band Ozomatli are scheduled to perform in honor of Carlos Santana when the songwriter/artist is honored as an Icon by performing rights organization BMI. The presentation and performance will take place during the 12th annual BMI Latin Awards April 21 ...

NEC Celebrates Ran Blake 70th Birthday

April 2, 2005

New England Conservatory Celebrates Ran Blake’s 70th Birthday in Special Concert, April 18 at NEC’s Jordan Hall Friends, Special Guests Pay Tribute to “Noir" Master and Head of Contemporary Improvisation Department “The deeper emotional and spiritual aspects of music can be absorbed by the soul of the musician if we can validate music’s chief sensory organ ...

2005-2006 Performing Arts Series Pre-Season Ticket Sale Starts at the University of Nevada, Reno

April 2, 2005

The 2005-2006 Performing Arts Series presented by the University of Nevada, Reno has yet another stellar season planned at a down-to-earth price. Featuring a diverse selection and the crème de la crème of performing artists from across the country, the Performing Arts Series is offering pre-season ticket discounts for its package of five performances, for savings ...

Alex Blake at The Lenox Lounge - Zebra Room

April 2, 2005

The Alex Blake Quartet Friday April 15th & Saturday April 16, 2005 The Lenox Lounge - Zebra Room Jazz Club - Bar - Restaurant Alex Blake has performed and recorded with Manhattan Transfer, Stan Getz, Pharoah Sanders and several other notables in Jazz. Currently Alex has a successful album “Now is the Time," featuring Pharoah Sanders, ...

Complete April & May Freestyle Jazz Schedule

April 2, 2005

April 2, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES deepop presents: FREESTYLE EVENINGS Post Bop, Avant Jazz & Other Hardcore Creativity CBGB'S LOUNGE 313 BOWERY • 212-677-0455 • www.cbgb.com Now EVERY Sunday AND WEDNESDAY! Shows start @ 7pm All shows $10 for entire evening SUNDAY APRIL 3 7pm - Reuben Radding, Sayuri Goto, Federico Ughi, Daniel ...

Send NEIL SEDAKA to the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame !

April 2, 2005

British Government to give $75,000,000 a Year to Jazz

April 1, 2005

In what has been hailed as a revolutionary development in arts funding, Prime Minister Tony Blair's government has announced that it is to give $75,000,000 to British jazz musicians during 2005/06. Announcing the grant, Tessa Jowell, Secretary of State for Arts & Culture, also pledged that the grant would rise to $100,000,000 a year “within the ...

Jazzscientia at AAJ: Where Jazz and Science Meet

April 1, 2005

All About Jazz is introducing Jazzscientia --a pioneering series of scientific analyses of jazz-- under the direction of geneticist Nils Jacobson and chemist Michael Holman. As its Managing Editor, AAJ readers already know Jacobson. Holman, on the other hand, is a more recent contributor. Both, however, have established scientific credentials, with their corresponding postgraduate degrees and ...

Madonna Launches Bid for Blue Note

April 1, 2005

Kabbalah devotee and freelance media whore Madonna has announced her intention to purchase Blue Note Records, a Capitol subsidiary and one of the most storied labels in jazz history. The pop megalith and failed actress today announced her proposed €2.1 billion ($18.74) buyout attempt at a press conference in London with her pet husband, Guy Ritchie, ...