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Stephanie Jordan at Southern University College of Business Gala on the Bluff
New Orleans jazz vocalist Stephanie Jordan is the featured performer for Southern University College of Business Gala on the Bluff. The Annual Fundraiser is one of the premier events of the Universitys homecoming celebration. This years Gala brings an impressive blend of jazz, funk, and rhythm and blues to the Sheraton Baton Rouge Convention Center Hotel, ...
Mama Africa:celebrating Miriam Makeba
Saturday 21 November 7.30pm Mama Africa: Celebrating Miriam Makeba Curated and presented by Angelique Kidjo Featuring special guests Baaba Maal, Asa, Vusi Mahlasela, Sayon Bamba, Dobet Gnahore & South African chorus Produced by the Barbican; part of London Jazz Festival in association with BBC Radio 3, Commissioned by Festival d'Ile ...
Boston Mayor Menino Proclaims Hot and Cool: 40 Years of Jazz at NEC Week
The proclamation honors the 40th Anniversary of New England Conservatory's first-in-the-nation Jazz Studies program, founded by visionary Conservatory President Gunther Schuller in 1969. The Mayor lauds the Conservatory: The world-class faculty of New England Conservatory's Jazz Studies Program has been recognized with 5 MacArthur Genius Grant awards and has included 4 National Endowment for ...
Calling All Drummers! Woodstick 2009
Our 7th annual Woodstick Big Beat Drum Event will be held on Sunday, November 1st, 2009 at the Juanita Field House in Kirkland WA. Hundreds of Northwest drummers will join drummers in 11 cities across North America for the largest gathering of drummers ever assembled. Register online at www.bennettdrums.com or at Donn Bennett Drum Studio in ...
Betty Bryant's Birthday Bash at Catalina's Jazz Club
Betty Bryant celebrates a milestone birthday and the release of her 6th CD, “No Regrets" at Catalina's Jazz Club on Sunday afternoon, November 8th, 2009. Doors open at 11:30. Showtime 1:00. No cover charge. Two drink and/or brunch order minimum. Special guests Diane Witherspoon, Mark Miller, more TBA. Call 323.466.2210 for reservations ...
Gary Giddins, Jazz Critic to Speak at SCCC on October 22, 2009
Gary Giddins, leading jazz critic and bestselling biographer of legendary musicians, will speak about his newly published history of jazz on Thursday, October 22, 2009 at 7:30 p.m. in the Carl B. Taylor Auditorium of Schenectady Community College, 78 Washington Ave., Schenectady. The event, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by SCCC's ...
Cynthia Basinet Petitions the United Nations
New York - Actress and singer, Cynthia Basinet petitions the United Nations Sixty-fourth General Assembly Fourth Committee on behalf of issues facing the Western Sahara. From the UN official site: CYNTHIA BASINET, singer and actress, said she was “but a small piece” of the larger delegation returning year after year to plead the case that the ...
The Farm Aid 2009 Music Concert Event of the Year
The Farm Aid 2009 music concert event of the year, presented by Horizon Organic, will be October 4 at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in St. Louis, Missouri. Farm Aid is the longest running benefit concert series in America, inspiring millions of Americans to support American farmers. Musicians already confirmed for the Farm Aid 2009 music concert ...
Rio Wins 2016 Olympics Bid
Rio de Janeiro is ecstatic as IOC chooses it for 2016 Summer Olympics. Decision gives Brazil a vote of confidence as an emerging global player. Despite a personal pitch by Obama, the IOC swiftly rejects Chicago in favor of giving South America its first Olympics. Brazilians celebrate at Copacabana beach following the announcement that Rio de ...
WBGO Champions of Jazz Benefit Honoring Paquito D’Rivera and Downbeat Magazine
NEWARK, NJ – WBGO celebrates 30 years with the annual Champions of Jazz Benefit concert honoring two true jazz champions: nine-time Grammy-Award winner and NEA Jazz Master, Paquito D'Rivera, and the venerable jazz industry authority, DownBeat Magazine, celebrating its 75th anniversary. The benefit is set for Tuesday, November 3, at 8:00 pm at Rose Theater in ...
