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Willie King Partners with the Alabama Blues Project

September 27, 2007

The Alabama Blues Project (ABP) is partering with internationally renowned bluesman Willie King to present a six-week long Blues in the Schools Artist Residency at Aliceville Middle School in Pickens County, Alabama. Pickens County native Willie King has twice won the Living Blues Magazine “Blues Artist of the Year" award and is the recipient of an ...

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First Thursday Jazz in Collingswood, NJ

September 27, 2007

It's the Fifth Season of the First Thursday Jazz Concerts by Jazz Bridge and the town of Collingswood! Appearing at the Collingswood Community Center, 30 Collings Ave, in Collingswood, NJ, starting in October: October 4th: Saxophonist Sam Reed--Sam Reed was the house leader for the famous Uptown Theater shows in the 1960s. Working with Cannonball Adderly, ...

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Alabama Blues Project Featuring Debbie Bond and Caroline Shines Sept. 29

September 26, 2007

Saturday, September 29, The Alabama Kids' Club at the Alys Stephens Center in Birmingham will be hosting two interactive performances by the Alabama Blues Project featuring blues women Debbie Bond and Caroline Shines at 10am & 11:30am. These educational performances are open to the public. This program is a mixture of performance, lecture, and participation, through ...

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Big Bang Big Band at Swing 46 on Tuesday Nights!

September 25, 2007

This band is a blast to dance to! Tom Abbott leads the 10-piece big band in playing arrangements of Basie, Henderson and Ellington tunes. Classic swing played by enthusiastic young pros with a passion for the big band style. Check out recent live audio and video clips at bigbangbigband.com, and come see us this and every ...

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Young Scholars Charter School to Host Benefit Concert Featuring Wynton Marsalis

September 25, 2007

Philadelphia, PA -- Young Scholars Charter School (YSCS) today announced that it will host a benefit concert featuring legendary jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis on October 4, 2007. The concert will be held at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts and all proceeds will benefit the school. “This concert will give us an opportunity to expose ...

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Blue Shoe Mike Returns to TJ Lee Elementary School One-Decade Later to Share the Blues with the Next Generation

September 24, 2007

Irving, Texas -- Former Irving ISD student and co-founder of The Blue Shoe Project, Michael Dyson, 22, will return to his former school, T.J. Lee Elementary in the Irving Independent School District to share the blues with students on Monday, September 24th at 9:30 a.m. T.J. Lee is located at 1600 Carlisle Street, Irving , Texas ...

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American Music Icon and Blues Legend "Honeyboy" Edwards Performing for Students in Maryland October 4

September 23, 2007

National Endowment for the Arts Heritage Fellowship Recipient, blues legend, and one of the last surviving primal Delta blues icons, David “Honeyboy" Edwards, 92, is scheduled to make a historic performance for students in the Washington D.C. area. He will perform on Thursday, October 4, 2007 at 12:30 p.m. at Georgetown Preparatory School, located at 10900 ...

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A Celebration of Jazz & Joyce

September 22, 2007

"A Celebration of Jazz & Joyce" AN ALL-STAR BENEFIT CONCERT DIRECTED BY GEORGE WEIN Friday, September 28 at Symphony Hall, Boston Adds ESPERANZA SPALDING and JOEY CALDERAZZO TO PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED LINEUP WHICH INCLUDES: HERBIE HANCOCK, BRANFORD MARSALIS, LIZZ WRIGHT, ROY HAYNES, CLAUDIA ACUA, REGINA CARTER, JOE ...

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Ariel with "Take 3" Trio at Art-L in Jerusalem on September 25, 10PM

September 21, 2007

Ariel (piano), Jean Claude Jones (bass), Haim Peskoff (drums) appear as “Take 3" on September 25 at Art-L in Jerusalem (Heleni Hamalka 9). The program includes some of Ariel's latest tunes, jazz standards, and free improvisation. Admission is NIS 20 and it includes a recent Kadima Collective CD--your choice of JC's Hosting Myself or Ariel's Origami. ...

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Ornette Coleman, Cassandra Wilson and John Scofield Judging ISC 2007

September 21, 2007

One of the most impressive songwriting competitions in the world, The International Songwriting Competition (ISC) is now accepting entries for the 2007 competition. Offering better exposure, bigger prizes ($150,000 - including $25,000 cash) and the best judges for any songwriting competition in the world, ISC is looking for exceptional songs from Jazz musicians for this year's ...