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CooperOwen will be holding a Vintage Instruments and Music auction on the 1st June 2002 which contains several jazz-related items. Please see below for further information. Commission bids can be placed online now at http://www.cooperowen.com and the auction will culminate with a live event at the Mandalay Bay Hotel, Las Vegas on the 1st June 2002 at 20:30 PDT. Thank you for your time, and if you have any further queries, please do not hesitate to let me know. Kind regards, Kaz Simmons Catalogue …
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On June 10th, The Iridium Jazz Club will celebrate the 87th Birthday of the legendary Les Paul; Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, multiple Grammy Award winner, pioneer of the electric guitar and inventor of numerous recording techniques, such as reverb and multi-track recording and consummate musician. Les Paul, who has played at The Iridium Jazz Club every Monday night since April, 1995 was born June 9, 1915 in Wisconsin. Iridium will celebrate with special guests, birthday cake and an official Les …
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Marcus Miller's debut recording for Telarc won a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album. An influential musician, producer and composer, Miller has just announced plans for a June tour across North America on the following dates:June 15 Playboy Jazz Festival, Los Angeles, CA June 20 Berklee Performance Center, Boston, MA June 21 Meyer Amphitheatre, West Palm Beach, FL June 22 Wilmington Jazz Festival, Wilmington, DE June 24 Ramshead Inn, Annapolis, MD June 25&26 Vil …
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New York, N.Y. - The Arkadia Music Center announces Flute Day and Guitar Day III, the two latest installments in an exciting series of instructional musical events for the musician who wants to step up to the next level. Flute Day, offers a 2-hour intensive flute master class with a prominent recording artist, and a 90min concert where students will be invited to participate. Guitar Days feature two 1 ½-hour Master Classes by top-flight professionals, followed by a special musical concert pe …
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Yes its true, DJ Spooky has joined forces with Thirsty Ear's innovative Blue Series unleashing "Optometry" on July 9, 2002. Continuing in the spirit of the series that prides itself on breakthroughs, this record seamlessly brings together one of the masters of DJ culture with real musicians and the results are staggering. Joining Spooky are Matthew Shipp, William Parker, Joe McPhee, Guillermo E Brown and additional guest artists. These "all stars" of the Blue Series provide the inspirati …
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The Loescher Trio's last trip was an eventful one. They had a surprise guest. About half way through their first set at the Jazz Oasis, a jazz club on the north end of Milwaukee, a limo pulls up. Accompanied by his road manager and a bodyguard, George Benson strolls in. After finding a seat close to the stage and listening to the rest of the set, he asks if he can sit in with the trio. Calling "Straight, No Chaser", Benson and the trio wowed the audience and kept it going to jazz the night away. …
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Catch the sounds of saxophonist/flutist Bobby Ramirez performing at Las Olas Riverfront situated in downtown Fort Lauderdale on the banks of the New River, on Sunday, June 2nd, 2002 starting at 10 AM. Free admission. For information call: 305-408-5357 or log on to www.bobbyramirez.com Performing with Bobby will be: JC Johnny Conga on congas/percussion, Daniel Zaremba on keyboards, Ruben "Tutti" Jimenez on drums, and Renyel Rivero on bass. The band will be performing selections from the reper …
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CULLOWHEE, N.C. - Tickets are on sale now for hot jazz in the cool Smoky Mountains this June as Western Carolina University hosts the CulloWHEE! ArtsFest, a summer celebration of live music and fine art featuring national recording artists The Manhattan Transfer, David Sanborn, Joe Sample and Bio Ritmo. The new outdoor festival, set for Friday, June 14, and Saturday, June 15, will be held on the campus of Western Carolina on intramural sports fields near the Ramsey Regional Activity Center. …
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This month singer, actor and politician Ruben Blades releases Mundo(Sony Music 2002) his more inventive record to date, in Mundo blades explores Hindu, Celtic, Afrocaribean Sound with musicians of Brazil - Boca Livbre, Ireland - Eric Righer and Costa Rica - Editus. The title Mundo means a world without racism because everybody had the same backgrounds. Mundo features a cover of Pat Metheny First Circle in Blades style and a interpretation of Oriente of Gilberto Gil renamed Consideration and a Ir …
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Joseph Diamond has signed an exclusive distribution deal with Sumthing distribution for the release in the USA of his second CD, Island Garden this summer.Sumthing Distribution is a full-service distribution company with an account base that encompasses all major national and regional accounts, both retail and wholesale and the company is owned by Nile Rodgers. The CD will be released at the end of June or early July and will be worked at Radio by a soon to be determined radio promoter. For more …
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Down Beat's Student Music Awards are 25 years old. That's more than one-fourth the time that jazz has been tickling eardrums. For 25 years the awards have honored and acknowledged the students and teachers that have cultivated and nurtured the growth of jazz education. For the first time, a student at Woodside School has been honored with this prestigious award for her jazz vocals. Seventh grader Haley (Hale) Baskin has not been singing jazz for years as one might expect. This 12 year old onl …
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Women in Jazz presents Austin singers Kellye Gray, Denice Brooks and Pamela Hart on June 29, 2002 at the intimate State Theater, 719 Congress, Austin, TX at 7:30 PM One show only. These three great singers in one spectacular evening will perform classic jazz, contemporary jazz and smooth R&B vocals. If you have ever attended any Women in Jazz Concert, you know you are in for an outstanding evening. Women in Jazz is the same organization that brought you Dianne Reeves and Nancy Wilson! T …
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Now in its 16th year, The Great Connecticut Jazz Fest 2002 will unite 15 bands from four continents playing Dixieland to Swing in a three-day weekend of continuous performances on the Guilford Fair Grounds, Exit 59 off Interstate 95 in Guilford, Connecticut. The festival starts at 6:00 p.m. on July 26 and concludes with a finale jam sessions at 5:30 p.m. on July 28.Proceeds from the Festival support the JazzFest's "Horns For Kids" music outreach programs, which provide scholarship aid, musica …
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In a rare appearance together, jazz guitar virtuoso John "Bucky" Pizzarelli will join his son, gutarist John Pizzarelli and his Trio, including younger brother Martin Pizzarelli on bass, in concert on July 25 at 7:00 p.m. on the Guilford Fair Grounds, Exit 59 off Interstate 95 in Guilford, Connecticut. Presented by The Great Connecticut JazzFest 2002, the performance benefits the JazzFest's "Horns For Kids" program, which supports music scholarships and private instruction for disadvantaged y …
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Following the success of the first BBC Radio Jazz Awards, BBC Radios 2 and 3 are jointly to stage the second annual BBC Radio Jazz Awards. This unique BBC Radio collaboration takes place on Wednesday July 31st at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London. Last year’s successful event, hosted by Humphrey Lyttelton and Jools Holland combined awards and performances from the complete spectrum of ‘jazz’. Popular awards included Rising Star for pianist Alex Wilson and the BBC Lifetime Achievement Award for …
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The coastal town of Southport, boasts the perfect location for a jazz festival with tree lined boulevards, over 200 restaurants, bars and cafes, top class hotels, the venue could hardly be more suited for such an event. It is also exclusively twinned with the Guiness Cork Jazz Festival (Ireland) Octber 2002 - www.corkjazzfestival.com This four day festival is a true celebration of all 'jazz' types. The venues play host to almost every conceivable type of jazz from Traditional to Big band, Be …
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Taking care of business at the very edge of the continent, three veteran West Coast musicians, each with roots back East, reunite a year after their live recording for a series of swinging evenings in December. Guitar virtuoso Al Viola, flute legend Sam Most, and bassist/producer Richard Simon get together on three consecutive Tuesdays--December 3, 10, and 17--at the Sheraton Four Points LAX, 9750 Airport Boulevard, from 7 to 11 pm. Creatively re-shaping familiar tunes, this trio manages to …
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Contemporary smooth jazz vocalist Tony Adamo. Caught a major break on John Beaudin's www.smoothjazzcanada.com's web site. This is Canada's most respected smooth jazz site. John is the drive time announcer at 103.1 the Breeze in Calgary,Canada. He referred to Adamo as "a refreshing new voice in smooth jazz." and requested an interview with Tony. The interview can be found on www.smoothjazzcanada.com. …
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In 2002, M2O celebrated the release of their third album, Epiphany. This is another step in their continuing quest to elevate their brand of jazz to a wider audience. This album is a great example of smooth jazz at it's best coming from one of this genre's newest voices. - By Bruce Pleasant, Freelance Writer, Jazz Critic and Jazz musician The Music If an art form does not evolve it dies...A purist will want to hear the native format. However, what M2O is doing is no different from what Cha …
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SANTA CRUZ, Calif., USA/ -- One thousand saxophonists will converge on the Great Wall of China, June 23, 2003, International Olympic Day. Pulitzer Prize-winning Gunther Schuller is master conductor; five-time Emmy Award-winner Mark Watters is music director. The event, featuring the internationally recognized Nuclear Whales Saxophone Orchestra, will be broadcast live throughout Asia by China Central Television and worldwide via the Internet. Saxophone players …
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Since the mid-70's, Hiroshima have established themselves as one of instrumental world music's most innovative and dynamic acts, and their new release promises to be a high point in their lengthy discography. "We're thrilled to be working with Hiroshima," commented Dave Love, President of Heads Up International. "Their distinctive East-meets-West approach to performance, composition and recording places them in the forefront of the contemporary music scene. Multi-instrumentalist Dan Kura …
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Talented and hip beyond her years the most exciting jazz star to soar to my attention in a decade Rex Reed The New York Observer Too Darn Hot! (Linn Records AKD 198) is Claire Martin’s ninth album for Linn Records. Claire makes a welcome return to her jazz roots with a "dream-team" line-up of UK jazz musicians. Visit http://www.linnrecords.com/ to download soundclips and find out more. This album features many songs from the Great American Song Book: Rogers and Hammerstei …
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Legendary New York born lyricist Fran Landesman augments her already impressive oevre with It's A Nice Thought, a new CD of songs recorded with vocalist Sarah Moule and pianist/arranger Simon Wallace for Scottish jazz label Linn Records (AKD 192 www.linnrecords.com). The jazz world's answer to Dorothy Parker, Fran Landesman's acid wit and penetrating insights first emerged in her 1950s collaborations with composer Tommy Wolf. Songs such as Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most …
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Joseph Diamond's new CD Island garden will open the Northwest Airline Jazz Show that will run on all Northwest Airlines starting January 2003. Island garden has been on the Jazz Week Smooth Jazz Charts for over 12 weeks http://www.jazzweek.com/chart/smoothchart.html The music is an eclectic blend of latin, smooth jazz and R&B. For more information on Joseph Diamond and to see where he will be performing in the upcoming weeks check his website. …
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