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News: Festival

53rd Annual Monterey Jazz Festival Presented by Verizon

March 31, 2010

53rd Annual Monterey Jazz Festival Presented By Verizon Features Legendary Jazz Icons, Visionary New Artists, Classic Collaborations, International Array of Multi-Cultural Performances, September 17-19, 2010 Headliners Include Harry Connick, Jr., Dianne Reeves, Freedom Band with Chick Corea, Kenny Garrett, Christian McBride, and Roy Haynes; Ahmad Jamal, Angelique Kidjo, Les Nubians, Roy Hargrove Big Band, Billy Childs ...

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53rd Annual Monterey Jazz Festival Artist Background Information and Festival Overview

March 31, 2010

53rd Annual Monterey Jazz Festival Presented by Verizon, September 17 - 19, 2010 Artist-In-Residence: Dianne Reeves Showcase Artist: Roy Haynes Commission Artist: Billy Childs ARENA ARTISTS Friday, September 17 Septeto Nacional de Cuba; Les Nubians; Roy Hargrove Big Band Saturday, September 18 Delbert McClinton ...

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15th Annual Jazz on Fourth Street Festival, Berkeley, CA

March 30, 2010

Presented by the Fourth Street Merchants and KCSM/Jazz 91, the 15th Annual Jazz on Fourth Street Festival will take place Sunday, May 16, from Noon - 5:00pm in Berkeley, CA on Fourth Street between Hearst and Virginia. The City of Berkeley has named May 16 “Berkeley High School Jazz Day." For more information, visit fourthstreet.com or ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Myra Melford Presents Two Benefit Events for U.C. Berkeley Jazz and Improvised Music Fund

March 25, 2010

The Department of Music at The University of California, Berkeley, today announced two special fundraiser events for the Jazz and Improvised Music Fund (JIM). The first event on Friday, April 23 at UC Berkeley's Hertz Hall will feature The Contemporary Improvisation Ensemble (CIE) comprised of UC Berkeley students, alumni and guests directed by Myra Melford followed ...

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News: Education

Berkeley's Jazzschool Announces Winter 2010 Classes and Programs

January 7, 2010

As the Jazzschool's Winter 2010 Quarter commences on Monday, January 11, students in the Jazzschool Institute's brand-new four-year Bachelor of Music degree program in Jazz Studies return for their Spring 2010 semester on January 19. “We have a wonderful group of instrumentalists and vocalists in our entering class," says Founder and Director Susan Muscarella. “They are ...

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News: Festival

SFJazz Announces 11th Annual Spring Season Lineup

December 14, 2009

Randall Kline, the Executive Artistic Director of SFJAZZ--the leading nonprofit jazz organization on the West Coast and the presenter of the San Francisco Jazz Festival-- today announced the complete artist lineup for the 11th Annual SFJAZZ Spring Season. The unique and spectacular five-month-long concert series begins on February 19 and continues through June 12. The season ...

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News: Recording

Ben Goldberg Announces Release of Go Home CD on New Label

November 10, 2009

Debut CD by Go Home Ben Goldberg - Charlie Hunter - Scott Amendola - Ron Miles BAG Production BAG 001 “The band creates music that is cozy and spacious, pungent and perfumed, virtuosic, sophisticated and pleasingly raw." -- The Boston Globe “A searching ensemble that welcomes lyrical improvisation while embracing the groove." --The New Yorker “Go ...

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News: Education

Monterey Jazz Festival's Next Generation Festival Now Accepting Applications from Student Big Bands, Combos, Vocal Ensembles, Composers, Individual Musicians

October 27, 2009

Monterey Jazz Festivals Next Generation Festival Now Accepting Applications From Student Big Bands, Combos, Vocal Ensembles, Composers, Individual Musicians Next Generation Festival Jazz Competition Open To Middle School, High School, Conglomerate School, And College Level Musicians And Vocalists Country's Top Young Players Compete For Performance Opportunities At 53rd Annual Monterey Jazz Festival, September 17 - 19, ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Damon Smith Mini East Coast Tour Oct. 23, 25, 27

October 19, 2009

OVER-NITE SENSATION: Autumn Edition Venue: Plays and Players Theater, 3rd Floor 1714 Delancey Place Philadelphia, PA presented with Plays and Players Friday, October 23, 8pm Damon Smith - solo double bass + many other short sets Lucky Old Souls Sunday, October 25, 2009

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Rachel Efron at Yoshi's Oakland

October 5, 2009

Berkeley singer/songwriter/pianist Rachel Efron will appear at Yoshi's Oakland on Wednesday, November 4, in support of her new album, 4AM, which was just released in August by Efron's Whisper Track Records. The shows, at 8:00 and 10:00 pm, are part of a national tour that has included stops in Cambridge, New York City, Portland, ME, Philadelphia, ...