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News: Performance / Tour

Mark Poniatowski CD Release Party at Acton Jazz Cafe on Marcxh 26th

March 23, 2010

Join composer/arranger/bassist Mark Poniatowski as he celebrates the release of his first CD: The Mark Poniatowski Situation. Friday, March 26, 2010 at 9:00pm at the ACTON JAZZ CAFE, 452 Great Road, Acton, MA. This concert event will feature: Joe Mulholland on piano, Kenny Hadley on drums, Jon Garniss on trombone, Doug Olsen on trumpet and Dino ...

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News: Festival

Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival to feature Gladys Knight, Al Jarreau

March 23, 2010

Gladys Knight, Al Jarreau & The George Duke Trio, Taj Mahal, Al Di Meola, Ramsey Lewis & Ahmad Jamal and Many Others Highlight This Year's Festival Saratoga Performing Arts Center has announced that the 33rd annual Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival will present a stellar 2010 lineup including the “Empress of Soul" Gladys Knight, jazz singer Al ...

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News: Recording

Christian Scott New Album Available Exclusively on iTunes

March 23, 2010

The anticipated new album from Concord Jazz star trumpeter Christian Scott is available now exclusively on iTunes, and available everywhere March 30th. Yesterday You Said Tomorrow was recorded at the renowned Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey by legendary engineer Rudy Van Gelder (John Coltrane, Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock). ...

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News: Social Gathering

Las Vegas: 10 Things to Do in 24 Hours

March 23, 2010

If you have to gamble, do it fast and do it social: craps, roulette, a sports bet, a 45-minute round of blackjack you set a timer to. I zen out at the poker tables for hours and miss out on too much. If you have to power nap, do it right before dinner. Otherwise, you should ...

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News: Obituary

Rick Abramson Industry's Legendary Music Promoter Dies

March 23, 2010

Rick Abramson, one of the record industry's legendary promotion men, died Thursday in Los Angeles. He was 65. The cause of death was lung cancer. Born in Queens, N.Y., Abramson was a regular at such places as Dan Tana's (where a memorial service was held Sunday), Mirabelle and the Palm; and such a fixture in West ...

News: Technology

Twitter and the Power of Keeping Things Simple

March 23, 2010

Sunday was Twitters fourth anniversary, according to a tweet from co-founder Jack Dorsey. Just four short years, and already Twitter has become a significant part of our lives. To the point where people increasingly learn about news events first via the social network, and if a celebrity doesn't have a Twitter account it seems unusual. The ...

News: Performance / Tour

Caetano Veloso Will Open the Greek Theatres 2010 Season

March 23, 2010

Caetano Veloso is one of the greatest songwriters of the century: a master melodist, a lyricist who merges surreal imagery with a sense of history and a sense of humor, a singer whose voice radiates tenderness and supple swing and a musician who connects to traditional music, pop and jazz from all over. The New York ...

News: Performance / Tour

Tiempo Libre to Perform in Miami Beach Saturday April 3

March 23, 2010

New Miami On Stage Series Continues With Tiempo Libre Performing Bach in Havana on Saturday April 3rd at the Byron Carlyle Theater The new Miami On Stage project, which features local performing artists on a regular basis in Miami Beach's North Beach neighborhood, continues on Saturday, April 3 with the great timba band Tiempo Libre at ...

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News: Award / Grant

Patti Smith to be Honored at 27th Annual ASCAP Pop Music Awards

March 23, 2010

Los Angeles / New York: ASCAP (the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) will honor rock icon Patti Smith at its 27th annual Pop Music Awards, taking place April 21, 2010 at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel in Los Angeles, CA. Smith will be presented with the prestigious ASCAP Founders Award and will perform with her ...

News: Festival

Newport Jazz Festival Announced

March 23, 2010

CareFusion, a leading, global medical device company,and festival producer George Wein, today announced the schedule for the CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival, which takes over the city August 6 - 8. “We are grateful to CareFusion for keeping the jazz festival legacy alive and making it possible for us to present another great event in Newport," said ...