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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Paul Dunmall

May 6, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Paul Dunmall's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Paul DunmallAfter turning professional at seventeen and touring Europe for one year with progressive rock group Marsupilami he moved to America and lived there for three years playing with many musicians including Alice Coltrane and ...

News: Event

Groundbreaking Exhibit Celebrates Jazz Ambassadors: Gillespie, Armstrong, Brubeck, Ellington, Goodman at Jazz Heritage Center

May 5, 2009

Jazz Heritage Center to Unveil Groundbreaking Exhibit Jam Session: America's Jazz Ambassadors Embrace The World Only West Coast Stop Performances by the Brubeck Institute Jazz Quintet and a special celebration kick off exhibit on May 17 The Jazz Heritage Center today announced the unveiling of a groundbreaking new exhibit that chronicles a time when the U.S. ...

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News: Festival

Indoor Program of the 30th Edition of the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal

May 5, 2009

A program that comes straight from the heart! Tickets go on sale this Saturday at noon Montreal, Tuesday, May 5, 2009 - The 30th edition of the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal marks a genuine turning point in an already remarkable history! The world's #1 jazz event, presented by General Motors of Canada in collaboration ...

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News: Festival

Kingston Trio Added to L.A. Acoustic Music Festival, June 6-7, Santa Monica Pier

May 5, 2009

Also kicking off this new musical tradition are Nanci Griffith, Bruce Cockburn, Natalie MacMaster, Richard Thompson, David Lindley, David Bromberg & the Angel Band, Jimmy LaFave, Eliza Gilkyson, Slaid Cleaves, Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion, The Woody Guthrie Tribute (Ribbon of Highway, Endless Skyway), The Refugees and Stonehoney SANTA MONICA, Calif. — The Kingston Trio, ...

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News: Education

Richie Garcia Joins L.A. Music Academy Drum Department

May 5, 2009

Drummer, Percussionist and Clinician Richie Gajate Garcia Joins Los Angeles Music Academy's Drum Faculty “Percussion for Vocalists" Added to Curriculum Pasadena, CA -- LA Music Academy (http://www.lamusicacademy.edu), fully accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music, announced today that the renowned Richie Gajate Garcia will teach the school's hand percussion classes, effective immediately. Garcia was ...

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News: Festival

12th Annual Kettle Moraine Jazz Festival

May 5, 2009

MILWAUKEE, WI -- The 12th annual Kettle Moraine Jazz Festival will be held Friday September 11 Saturday September 12, 2009. The event will take place along the banks of the upper Milwaukee River at Riverside Park in West Bend, Wisconsin. The festival, expected to draw more than 5,000 jazz lovers from all over the country, particularly ...

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News: Music Industry

All Charges Dropped Against Drummer Charlie Rice!

May 5, 2009

It's a celebration! This Thursday, May 7th, at the Collingwood Community Center from 7-9PM, 30 Collings Ave, Collingswood, NJ. $10/$5 students. Free sodas and buffet. Ed Wise and his New Orleans Big Band will be appearing to celebrate Charlie Rice's victory! See Philadelphia Daily News Article below. Jazz drummer beats gas rap By JASON ...

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News: Recording

Sinatra: Top 10 Rock Swingers

May 5, 2009

On May 16, 1966, Frank Sinatra took his first stab at the modern rock idiom. Based on my research, the singer took the plunge with Downtown, the song that Petula Clark had made a hit a year earlier. Recorded by Sinatra at the tail end of the Strangers in the Night session, his reading was painfully ...

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News: Festival

Glendale Jazz Festival to Celebrate Tenth Year on Friday, May 22

May 5, 2009

Celebrating its tenth anniversary in 2009, the Glendale Jazz Festival will take place this year from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. on Friday, May 22 on the lower parking lot of the Glendale City Hall complex, 424 N. Sappington Rd.This year's event will feature music from traditional jazz band the St. Louis Stompers (pictured), ...

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News: Interview

Notes from the Net: Another Miles Davis Book; Riding the "A" Train with the Ellington Orchestra; Plus News, Reviews, Interviews, and More

May 5, 2009

Brought to you a day late, courtesy of this spring's proliferation of pollen and the deleterious effects of same on yr. humble editor's sinuses, here's this week's compilation of assorted news briefs and links related to jazz, improvisation, and creative music in St. Louis, including news of musicians originally from the Gateway City, recent visitors, and ...