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Liesl Schoenberger: America's Hot Musician Announces Winner

October 26, 2008

Washington, DC- Saturday, October 25, 2008- America's Hot Musician announced this week that Liesl Schoenberger is America's Hot Musician 2008. Schoenberger, 24, is a violinist from Cape Girardeau, Missouri and graduated from the University of Indiana School of Music this past May. The show also awarded individual instrumental winners: Bobby McManus, 21 - guitar, Detroit, MI; ...

Enter the Nina Simone "To Be Free: The Nina Simone Story" Deluxe 3-CD+DVD Box Set Giveaway

October 25, 2008

All About Jazz readers are invited to enter the Nina Simone To Be Free: The Nina Simone Story Deluxe 3-CD+DVD Box Set Giveaway starting today. We'll select one lucky winner at the conclusion of the contest on November 25th. Click here to enter the contest All contestants will join the Nina Simone @ AAJ fan network ...

Mose Allison at Roller's Flying Fish in Philadelphia, November 7-8

October 25, 2008

Friday, November 7 Saturday, November 8 Time: 8:00pm Price: $35-$55 215-247-0707 Call for reservations For those of you who couldn't believe it, yes, Mose Allison really appeared at a special event at Roller's @ Flying Fish in 2007 and has agreed to return this year. As a special courtesy to ...

Clifford Brown Honored on Philadelphia's Walk of Fame

October 25, 2008

On Thursday, October 23, 2008, a long overdue plaque honoring the great trumpet player Clifford Brown was dedicated on Philadelphia's fabled “Walk of Fame," a series of “stars” laid in the pavement on either side of South Broad Street (the Avenue of the Arts), surrounded by the Academy of Music, the Kimmel Center, the Merriam Theater, ...

Screening of Bob Perkins "Charlie Parker and His Philly Roots" at the Philly Clef Club on November 15th

October 25, 2008

For jazz fans in the Philadelphia region, the following event may be of significant interest. On November 15, 2008, from 3pm to 8pm, the Philadelphia Clef Club at Broad and Fitzwater Streets will offer Jazz Up, Down, and Around: Taking Jazz in All Directions, a feast of musical performances, a talk by WRTI radio host Bob ...

Mosaic Select: Toshiko Akiyoshi/Lew Tabackin Big Band

October 25, 2008

One Of The Most Exciting & Original Big Bands In Jazz “Greatness is greatness, whether on the East Coast, the West Coast, in Tokyo, or anywhere else in the world. I think you will find it in this magnificently variegated, consistently exciting example of one of outstanding jazz orchestras of our time." --Leonard Feather, original liner ...

Ljova and the Kontraband Release Their Debut CD, "Mnemosyne"

October 25, 2008

MNEMOSYNE is the debut release of LJOVA AND THE KONTRABAND, a new ensemble project dedicated to original music that washes away distinguishing lines between chamber music, jazz, contemporary global folk music. The ensemble was founded by violist and composer, Lev 'Ljova' Zhurbin, an active collaborator of Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble, the Kronos Quartet, ...

Underyourskin Interviews: Will Calhoun and Corey Glover

October 25, 2008

Star Keyboardist Merl Saunders Dies

October 25, 2008

SAN FRANCISCO -- Keyboardist Merl Saunders, the gentle lion of the San Francisco music scene best known as co-captain of guitarist Jerry Garcia's solo excursions outside the Grateful Dead, died Friday at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center after fighting infections. The 74-year-old musician suffered a debilitating stroke 6 1/2 years ago and, although he lost the ability ...

Michelle Walker Live @ Bar Next Door Monday October 27th 8PM-11PM

October 25, 2008

Michelle Walker Performs Live @ THE BAR NEXT DOOR MONDAY October 27, 2008 On Monday October 27th, Vocalist Michelle Walker returns to one of her favorite performance rooms, the Bar Next Door for an intimate evening of live jazz vocals. The Bar Next Door is one of the smaller and most ...