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News: Award / Grant

Sony Holland: JPF Best Jazz Vocal Song & CD Awards

November 11, 2006

BEST JAZZ VOCAL CD: Sony Holland - On a San Francisco High BEST ORIGINAL JAZZ VOCAL SONG: - “Chestnut Street" In an awards presentation at the Galaxy Theatre in Los Angeles, SF based vocalist Sony Holland has picked up the BEST VOCAL JAZZ CD and BEST ORIGINAL JAZZ VOCAL SONG awards from Just Plain ...

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News: Event

Jazz at Pearl's to present Enrico's Reunion Night on November 15

November 9, 2006

All-star musical alumni of legendary North Beach jazz venue will appear; Mal Sharpe, Jules Broussard and Ned Boynton among featured performers. When Enrico's restaurant and jazz club in San Francisco's famed North Beach district closed its doors for the last time on Tuesday night, October 31, 2006, San Francisco lost ...

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News: Award / Grant

Kim Nalley's live Nina Simone tribute CD short-listed for Grammy Award

October 27, 2006

She Put A Spell On Me: Kim Nalley Sings Nina Simone up for Best Jazz Vocal Album Kim Nalley amd CE Jazz & Blues are thrilled to announce that their 2006 CD, She Put A Spell On Me: Kim Nalley Sings Nina Simone, has been shortlisted for Grammy Award consideration in the Best Jazz Vocal category. ...

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News: Event

Saxophone great John Handy plays Jazz at Pearl's, October 27-29

October 25, 2006

The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz calls John Handy “one of the finest saxophonists of his generation." In fact, Handy's soulful and explosive saxophone style is instantly recognizable to generations of jazz fans world-wide. For some, Handy is best known for his short but storied tenure in the Charles Mingus group in 1959, during which he ...

News: Music Industry

Vocalist Hale Baskin named to SFJAZZ All-Star High School Ensemble

October 15, 2006

Redwood City singer selected to prestigious program from among 75 auditioning musicians October 15, 2006 (Redwood City, CA) Hale Baskin, the stunningly accomplished 17-year-old jazz singer from Redwood City, recently added another accomplishment to her resume when she was named vocalist for the SFJAZZ All-Star High School Ensemble. The prestigious ensemble is comprised of students drawn ...

News: Performance / Tour

Saxophonist Marcia Miget to Perform with David Hardiman's SF Allstar Big Band

October 5, 2006

North Bay Saxophonist to perform at Fillmore Big Band Dance Festival On Sunday, October 8 at 1:15 PM multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer and educator, North Bay's Marcia Miget will perform with David Hardiman and the San Francisco Allstar Big Band featuring tenor player Charles McPherson at the Fillmore Big Band Dance Festival and BBQ Cookoff, Kimball Park ...

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News: Event

Jazz Piano Legend Junior Mance to play Jazz at Pearl's September 22-24

September 20, 2006

In 1947, when 19-year-old pianist Junior Mance left Roosevelt College in Chicago to join the band of soul/jazz tenor giant Gene Ammons, he was leaping into what would become a fabulous career amidst the greats of the bebop/hard bop universe, musicians with names like Young and Gillespie. In fact, Mance would soon attain all-star status himself, ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Linda Kosut Presents Tribute Show to Oscar Brown Jr.

September 14, 2006

LINDA KOSUT A musical tribute to the life, legacy & spirit of Oscar Brown, Jr. With the Max Perkoff Jazz Ensemble Linda Kosut begins her 2006 tour of “Long As You're Living," the songs of Oscar Brown, Jr., on October 7 at San Francisco's Piedmont Piano Company, October 20 at Anna's Jazz ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Linda Kosut Presents Tribute Show to Oscar Brown Jr.

September 7, 2006

LINDA KOSUT a tribute to the music & spirit of the late jazz legend, Oscar Brown Jr. with the Max Perkoff Jazz Ensemble July 2006 --- Linda Kosut begins her 2006 tour with “Long As You're Living," the songs of Oscar Brown, Jr. The show opens on October 7 at San Francisco's ...

News: Performance / Tour

Lovers of Jazz Vocals Get Bonanza at San Francisco's Jazz at Pearl's

August 25, 2006

San Francisco Bay Area fans of vocal jazz will be especially well served at Jazz at Pearl's for the next for next fortnight. This Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights, August 25-27, spirited vocalese hipster Giacomo Gates comes to Pearl's. Next Thursday night, it's cabaret chanteuse Terese Genecco setting up shop with a jazz version of her ...