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Barbara Lynn Tribute Set for Antone's in Austin, 9/21

Western Swing Legend Johnny Bush To Release Pair Of CDs

Stanley Turrentine Dies at 66

NEW YORK (AP) - Stanley Turrentine, a jazz saxophonist whose hit “Sugar" established him in the popular mainstream and influenced musicians in many other genres, died Tuesday. He was 66. Turrentine died at a New York hospital two days after suffering a stroke, said his agent, Robin Burgess. He lived in Fort Washington, Md., outside Washington, ...

Steve Griggs New Release and Chicago Gigs

Greetings! Seattle Saxophonist Steve Griggs is going to Chicago to promote the release of his new Hip City Music release, “The Steve Griggs Quintet: Live!" Recorded by Jim Wilke at Seattle's Jazz Alley, this disk features 10 originals played by Steve Griggs, Jay Thomas (trumpet, sax), Milo Petersen (guitar), Phil Sparks (bass), and Jeff Stitely (drums). ...

Philadelphia Concerts - High Zero Prep Festival, Jim Black, Vandermark 5, Fonda/Stevens, Khan Jamal/Matthew Shipp/Odean Pope - from Sweetnighter Productions

Sweetnighter Productions - Upcoming Concerts Sweetnighter Productions dedicated to bringing cutting edge jazz to Philadelphia High Zero Preparation Festival featuring two unique quartets with some of the country's most exciting improvisers Wednesday, September 20th, 2000 - 9:30 pm - $12 ...

Michael Weiss Wins BMI/Monk Insitute's Composition Competition

Pianist Michael Weiss has been selected as the grand prize winner of the 8th annual Thelonious Monk International Composers Competition, sponsored by BMI. At the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., Weiss performed his winning composition, El Camino during the Hand Drum Competition finals on September 10. Weiss was presented the $10,000 grand prize award by BMI ...

Stanley Turrentine: Tenor Titan With His Own Big Sound

by Kenny Mathieson Stanley Turrentine had already established his credentials as a lyrical and inventive bop and soul jazz saxophonist by the time his music found a much wider audience in the wake of his crossover hit with his own composition “Sugar” in 1970. Turrentine went on to enjoy several more such hits in a pop-jazz ...

Branford Marsalis, Jane Monheit guest on Jazz After Hours (PRI)

Branford Marsalis is currently on tour with his quartet - Joey Calderazzo, Eric Revis and Jeff “Tain" Watts. The quartet is in Seattle at Jazz Alley through Saturday night and he came by our studio for a visit on Thursday. He was very expansive, talking about the quartet and his development as an improvising musician. He's ...

Etta Jones/Houston Person at Columbia University's Miller Theatre - Saturday 10/7/00 at 8:00 p.m.

Third Ear Music Guide Series Breaks into Bebop