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Jazz Legends on Central Avenue
Los Angeles - The 13th Annual Central Avenue Jazz Festival was held on July 26 and July 27 on historic Central Avenue. This year's festival, like the ones held in the past was a huge success. Everybody was raving about the new set-up for the festival which featured a huge canopy that covered the stage as ...
Jazz on the Plazz - Jazz Art by Riki R Nelson at Peabody Gallery
"Angel at the Bar, Jazz on the Plazz, - Bar Paintings & Jazz Art" - New Oil Paintings by contemporary realist Riki R. Nelson Champagne Artist Reception & Exhibition at Peabody Fine Art Gallery of Los Gatos. Riki R Nelson's biggest show and only reception of the year at Peabody Gallery. Come celebrate the unveiling of ...
Performers Announced for the 19th Annual Comcast San Jose Jazz Festival
SAN JOSE, CA - San Jose Jazz announced today the performing artists for the 19th Annual Comcast San Jose Jazz Festival, presented by Southwest Airlines. The festival is scheduled for Aug. 8-10 and will feature over one hundred bands comprising over 1,000 musicians on 10 stages in downtown San Jose. Headlining performers include David Sanborn, Big ...
Vocalist Chris Williams Performs for Special Engagement Steamers Event
Chris Williams, local award winning jazz vocalist, will be performing at the prestigious Steamers Jazz Caf on Friday, August 8 at 8 PM to record a new CD and DVD. The special engagement concert also celebrates Chris' 30th birthday. Seating for the performance is limited with a $10 cover charge and 2-item minimum. Canadian-born jazz vocalist ...
Jordon's Genius Closes out Jazz Fest
YOU CAN SAY what you want about other jazz artists. But the truth, the absolute truth, is there is nobody like Sheila Jordan. At age 79 (and a half, she meticulously observes), she can still hold a 500-plus audience in pin-drop thrall as she and bassist Cameron Brown did for 90 magical minutes Saturday night in ...
Guitarists Go Beyond Conventional Harmony & Chords with Modern Chord Melody
Jazz chord melody may very well be the most challenging of all guitar styles to truly master. Players must develop right-hand thumb and finger independence, a robust vocabulary of jazz voicings, a strong sense of melody and and arranger's feel for composition. And these are just the fundamentals. Once you have the “easy" stuff down, it's ...
You Sing Jazz (Vol. 1)/Downloadable Sing-a-Long Tracks
Finally a sing-a-long recording that provides not only a real jazz rhythm section, intros and endings, room to solo but six different singer friendly keys too! These tracks are recorded with chord changes only in the style of seven standard jazz tunes that every singer should know arranged in traditional settings that provide a realistic idea ...
Freddy Cole to Perform at the OC Pavilion on August 29
The OC Pavilion is pleased to welcome jazz great Freddy Cole on August 29 at 8 PM. Lionel Frederick Cole was born on October 15, 1931, the youngest of Edward and Paulina Nancy Cole's five children. His three elder brothers, Eddie, Ike and Nat (twelve years Freddy's senior) were all musicians. “I started playing piano at ...
Jazz Stars to Sail on First-Ever Playboy Jazz Cruise
The Playboy Jazz Festival will take to the high seas when it teams up with Jazz Cruises LLC to present the first-ever Playboy Jazz Cruise in celebration of the Festival's 30th anniversary. Renowned bassist Marcus Miller will serve as musical host for the cruise, which will feature 2008 Grammy winner Herbie Hancock as a special guest, ...
21st Annual Long Beach Jazz Festival Has Soul and R&B
Long Beach, CA - Southern California's premiere music festival presenting the best in Jazz and Rhythm & Blues for the 21st year. The Long Beach Jazz Festival takes place the weekend of August 8, 9, and 10, 2008. Once again, the festival venue is the breath-taking seaside setting of Rainbow Lagoon Park on Shoreline Drive in ...
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