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Seeger Birthday Bash Review: Review
Pete Seeger celebrates 90th with musician pals Bruce Springsteen, Dave Matthews, Emmylou Harris and more join in the festivities at Madison Square Garden. For a 90th birthday, it felt more like a political revival, an old-fashioned revival meeting. And as he stood in the wings Sunday, watching a parade of folk and pop music royalty sing ...
LNAC Fundraiser on Sunday, May 10 to Benefit Music Education Program
Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center (LNAC) is hosting a special fundraising event next Sunday, May 10, to benefit a new music education program called “Orchestrating Diversity." As the name implies, “A Chocolate and Champagne Evening" will feature refreshments such as champagne, gourmet coffee and chocolate desserts, as well as music, supplied by a chamber ensemble ...
A Night of Jazz at the New Black Hawk Fundraiser Event
Saturday May 9, 2009 at 7:30 pm The North of Market/Tenderloin Community Benefit District is hosting a special ONE NIGHT performance event with legendary Jazz performers: Eddie Duran, guitar Dean Reilly, bass Vince Lateano, drums John Handy, saxophone In addition to these musical icons, the venue will be redesigned to ...
Madison Square Garden 90th Birthday Tribute to Folk Music Legend Pete Seeger on Sunday
Many of the top names in American music, including Bruce Springsteen, Eddie Vedder, Dave Matthews, John Mellencamp, Joan Baez, Emmylou Harris, Kris Kristofferson and literally dozens more will be performing at the Madison Square Garden 90th birthday tribute to folk music legend Pete Seeger on Sunday. While the show is a fund-raising benefit for Clearwater, an ...
Taking Subway Directions, Literally, from a Song of the City
“Somebody said they want us to do ‘A Train’ again,” Paul Mercer Ellington, the musical director of the Duke Ellington Orchestra, reported just before 11 a.m. on Wednesday. And why not? A full 27 minutes had passed since the orchestra’s last performance of his grandfather’s signature song, a song some Ellington fans cannot hear too often. ...
For Randy Weston, Harlem Speaks African Rhythms
World-renowned pianist and NEA Jazz Masters Award recipient Randy Weston sat down with National Jazz Museum in Harlem, New York Co-Director Christian McBride before a full house at the museum's Visitor's Center, as the featured guest speaker of its Harlem Speaks interview series on April 16, 2009. Engaged in a one-on-one forum with McBride, Weston discussed ...
Legendary Jazz Club Baker's Celebrates 75 Years
4 days of special programming to highlight Baker's anniversary The owner of Baker's Keyboard Lounge, Detroit's legendary jazz club on the brink of its 75th anniversary, pauses as he considers the question: What's your most memorable night at the club? Advertisement A big smile spreads across John Colbert's face and he reaches for scrapbook photos of ...
Catch the Original 1939 'A' Train
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has declared April 29 Duke Ellington Day in honor of the 110th anniversary of the jazz legend's birth. To commemorate his life, The Islands Of The Bahamas are sponsoring a special run of the last surviving 1939 'A' Train, made famous by Duke Ellington's signature tune Take the A Train. Paul Ellington, ...
Denise Brigham Releases "Hotel Lafayette"
Denise Brigham officially released her new standards album Hotel Lafayette on Monday, April 27th. It features eleven classic songs all done with sparkling modern arrangements by Carey Deadman. It was recorded in Chicago with a 70 piece all professional orchestra and mixed and mastered by Chris Steinmetz at the multimillion-dollar Chicago Recording Company. The songs range ...
Opening in NYC of Afro-Peruvian Jazz Club & Restaurant Tutuma Social Club Postponed Until 5/12/09
New Venue In Midtown Manhattan Featuring Afro-Peruvian Jazz & Cuisine To Present Pianist Andy Milne, Vocalists Sofia Rei Koutsovitis & Pilar de la Hoz, Gabriel Alegra Afro- Peruvian Sextet & Others May 12-31, 2009 Due to construction delays the opening of Tutuma Social Club, a new restaurant/music venue in New York City combining the best in ...
