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Allan Harris to Perform at Pittsburgh Steelers 75th Season Celebration Gala
Vocalist asked to entertain fans and guests with his Nat “King" Cole tribute on November 4th Vocalist Allan Harris will perform at the Pittsburgh Steelers' 75th Season Celebration Gala, taking place at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center on Sunday, November 4, 2007. Harris was invited to sing the music of his Nat “King" Cole tribute ...
Randy Napoleon Trio to Play Cefalo's Jazzclub
Internationally acclaimed jazz guitarist Randy Napoleon, who has been compared to Wes Montgomery and Joe Pass, will bring a trio to Carnegie PA later this month. Bassist Mike Karn and drummer Pete VanNostrand join Napoleon to perform originals and standards from his recent release, Between Friends, including These Foolish Things, the classic ballad popularized by Billie ...
A Night of Guitars with Earl Klugh and Bill Frisell - Pittsburgh - May 3-6
May 3-6 - A Night of Guitars, presented by Earl Klugh, featuring Bill Frisell and more Presented in collaboration with the Guitar Society of Fine Arts Earl Klugh debuted the lighthearted, easy funk style that would become his trademark in the late 1970s and it continued over thirty albums, making him ...
Bob James and the Angels of Shanghai - In Pittsburgh - May 1 and 2
May 1-2: The Angels of Shanghai Project presented by Bob James Created by jazz legend Bob James after a 2003 trip to China, “Angels of Shanghai" is comprised of 5 talented students from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. James leads this phenomenal group in playing a beautiful and haunting mix of American Jazz and Chinese traditional ...
Earl Klugh's "Night of Guitars" Features Bill Frisell and Russell Malone
PITTSBURGH, PA - April 17, 2007 - GRAMMY Award Winning Guitarist Earl Klugh introduces a unique concert series for guitar, jazz and music enthusiasts alike. “Night of Guitars" features a trio of world-renowned guitarists performing their signature styles of music, from Jazz to Brazilian Rhythms, acoustic sounds to electric, and everything in between. Audiences are treated ...
Tim Ries' Rolling Stones Project in Pittsburgh - April 13-14
The Rolling Stones and Jazz music aren't two terms one usually expects to see in the same sentence. But Tim Ries does more than introduce audiences to the idea of rock and jazz mingling: he showcases his talent at melding the two in new and interesting ways, proving that good music always makes boundary lines irrelevant. ...
Joe Lovano and the Bad Plus Live in Pittsburgh PA March 16-17
Marrch 16-17 - Joe Lovano / The Bad Plus In this exceptional double bill, two contemporary groups, Joe Lovano Quartet and The Bad Plus, make their first appearance together at MCG. Tenor saxophonist and Downbeat “Jazz Album of the Year" award winner Joe Lovano is a well-established, Grammy Award winning artist in the jazz community. Lovano ...
Nancy Wilson Performs Live in Pittsburgh Sunday March 4!
Nancy Wilson with the Clayton Hamilton Jazz Orchestra Live March 4th at the Benedum Center for Performing Arts Presented in collaboration with the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Nancy Wilson makes a special appearance one night only to perform with the U.S.s favorite big band, The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra. Nancy Wilson has explored nearly ...
Dodo Marmarosa: Troubled Pianist Made Brief But Lasting Impact On Jazz
Michael “Dodo" Marmarosa was a reclusive personality who flitted in and out of jazz history after making an initial but lasting impact as one of the progenitors of bebop in the mid to late 1940s. He was said to have been a prodigiously gifted child at the piano in his native Pittsburgh, where his school mates ...
Michael "Dodo" Marmarosa: Legendary jazz pianist
Michael “Dodo" Marmarosa, a piano wunderkind who was for about a decade one of the most sought-after pianists in the history of jazz, died Tuesday of an apparent heart attack. He was 76. For the past few years, Mr. Marmarosa was a resident at the VA Medical Center in Lincoln Lemington, where he occasionally played piano ...
