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Tim Ries' Rolling Stones Project in Pittsburgh - April 13-14

April 6, 2007

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. ...

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Joe Lovano and the Bad Plus Live in Pittsburgh PA March 16-17

March 10, 2007

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 ...

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Nancy Wilson Performs Live in Pittsburgh Sunday March 4!

February 27, 2007

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 ...

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Dodo Marmarosa: Troubled Pianist Made Brief But Lasting Impact On Jazz

October 13, 2002

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 ...

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Michael "Dodo" Marmarosa: Legendary jazz pianist

September 20, 2002

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 ...

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