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News: Event

Sonny Rollins to Perform Benefit Concert for Pete Seeger's Clearwater Dec. 6

October 21, 2009

Tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins and his band will perform a special benefit concert for Hudson River Sloop Clearwater on Sunday, December 6, 2009 at the Tarrytown Music Hall in Tarrytown, NY. The concert will begin at 2:00 pm. Rollins's performance in Tarrytown on behalf of Pete Seeger's Clearwater will mark the first time the renowned environmental ...

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News: Interview

Progressive Jazz Pianist Elio Villafrana Was a Featured Guest on the Producer's Corner with Spud Too Tight

October 21, 2009

Minneapolis, The Producer's Corner with Spud Too Tight is a radio show format noted for its' unique and informative “Tech Talk" among A/B List music producers, composers, arrangers, and engineers hosted on www.spudtootightmusic.ning.com He has been interviewing some of the hottest guests yet to this sector of the industry. In the upcoming weeks, a diverse brand ...

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News: Festival

Jazzfest Berlin '09: Japanese Pianist Junko Onishi Replaces Robert Glasper

October 21, 2009

Japanese Pianist Junko Onishi replaces Robert Glasper: Robert Glasper forced to cancel his JazzFest Berlin '09 concert on short notice Blue Note pianist Robert Glasper has been obliged to cancel his concert at JazzFest Berlin '09 on short notice. Substituting for him is pianist Junko Onishi (Blue Note Japan), who will perform with bassist Ugonna Okegwo ...

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News: Festival

International Body Music Festival Returns December 1-6, 2009

October 21, 2009

Human Beatbox, Flamenco Palmas, Peruvian Footwork, & Cuban Vocal Sampling: Masters of Body Music Storm the San Francisco Bay Area 2nd International Body Music Festival Returns December 1-6, 2009 If you have ever gone on an obsessive search of a sound or song whose name and origin you didnt know, you might relate to Keith Terry, ...

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News: Obituary

Drummer Wilby Fletcher, Jr., Dead at 54

October 21, 2009

Wilbert B. Fletcher “Wilby" age 54, passed away suddenly, October 15, 2009, in Wilmington. Father of Jumbe, Jeffrey, Jermaine and Cheo Fletcher, Quinn Jackson, and Spencer Hill. Son of Betty Fletcher and the late Wilbert Fletcher. Brother of Anthony and Jamil Fletcher and Sharon Turner. He is also survived by 2 grandchildren, Laila and Camille Jackson; ...

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News: Performance / Tour

The Latin Connection - The Young Artists Series at Catalinas Bar and Grill

October 21, 2009

One of the great things about going to Barbara Brighton's Young Artist Jazz Series at Catalina's is discovering the up and coming jazz talent, before any of the other jazzbos in this town. Over the years I've seen so many musicians come on stage looking like babies in their slightly too large suits and cocktail dresses ...

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News: Festival

Jazz Icon Raises the Bar at Pittsfield CityJazz Festival

October 21, 2009

PITTSFIELD -- Now inscribed in the history books, the fifth Pittsfield CityJazz Festival will be remembered as the most engaging and successful of this series of annual events. That Dave Brubeck was the principal headliner certainly brought distinction to the festival, but beyond the welcome appearance of this icon of jazz, the presence of talented fresh ...

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News: Event

'Hot and Cool' Trumpets NEC's Jazz Odyssey

October 21, 2009

New England Conservatory has the party hat on for what Mayor Thomas M. Menino has dubbed Hot and Cool: 40 Years of Jazz at NEC Week. The shindig marks the anniversary of the first fully accredited jazz studies program at a music conservatory. Credit musician, historian, author and former NEC president Gunther Schuller for putting the ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Capital Culture: Obamas Big on White House Gigs

October 21, 2009

WASHINGTON - Michelle and Barack Obama sat one table over from J. Lo and Marc Anthony, and all four of them were rocking in their seats as Sheila E. shook the house -- well, really the tent. The latest installment of the White House music series was too big for the East Room, so a high-wattage ...

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News: Interview

Interview: Jimmy Heath (Part 2)

October 21, 2009

Up until 1952, Jimmy Heath's instrument was the alto saxophone. A fast study, Jimmy sounded almost identical to Charlie Parker, earning him the nickname “Little Bird." But the novelty of mimicking Parker soon wore thin, especially as the tenor saxophone emerged in the early 1950s as the more popular reed instrument. So Jimmy made the switch, ...