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News: Festival

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

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

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

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

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

Berkeley's Jazzschool Announces Winter 2010 Classes and Programs

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

SFJazz Announces 11th Annual Spring Season Lineup

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

Ben Goldberg Announces Release of Go Home CD on New Label

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

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

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

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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News: Performance / Tour

Rachel Efron at Yoshi's Oakland

Rachel Efron  at Yoshi's Oakland

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, ...

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News: Event

Santana's Supernatural Trumpeter, Bill Ortiz, Announces CD Release Party a Diverse Musical Journey Comes to Yoshi's Oakland, September 28, 2009

Santana's Supernatural Trumpeter, Bill Ortiz, Announces CD Release Party  a Diverse Musical Journey Comes to Yoshi's Oakland, September 28, 2009

Santana’s Supernatural Trumpeter, Bill Ortiz, Announces CD Release Party A Diverse Musical Journey Comes to Yoshi’s Oakland, September 28, 2009 September 3, 2009 – SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Bill Ortiz, a legendary name synonymous to San Francisco’s music scene, who has been receiving nothing but accolades for his debut CD, From Where I Stand since it ...

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News: Recording

Derek Smith Unites Steel Pan and Vibraphone in an Album That Captures the Musical Expression of Latin Jazz Masters

Derek Smith Unites Steel Pan and Vibraphone in an Album That Captures the Musical Expression of Latin Jazz Masters

In his second album, Derek Smith pays tribute to legendary musicians who developed the infectious rhythms and sounds that have come to define Latin jazz. The spirit of this genre is innovation, and Smith exemplifies that spirit in Latin Expression by uniting the melodic brightness of the steel drum with the soulful resonance of the vibraphone. ...


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