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BUSKERS IN THE STRIP 2117 PENN Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15222 Great jazz live on Saturdays in January on the 5th, 12th, 19th, and 26th. DON ALIQUO saxophone/flute Hip art and tapas menu available. Specialty martinis …
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LAST MINUTE NEW YEARS EVE "Swing-Jazz" Hot BLUES & Jazz BAND 20's 30's 40's BLUES AND JAZZ NEW YEARS EVE December 31, 2001 - January 1, 2002 SWING-JAZZ PATRICK POLADIAN, pianist and French vocalist will entertain just like he did at the Eiffel Tower in Paris with songs and Harlem Gospel tunes. CASSANDRA KASSELL, vocalist thespian is a delightful storyteller whose songs are filled with humor and history. GORDON LEINWAND, swing cornet will evoke the s …
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Sal Mosca, the unique, talented and expressive jazz pianist often associated with the Tristano school, is becoming productive again after a recent illness. Moving into this new age, Sal mosca now has a website to give his fans and friends a place to see how Sal is doing, listen to sample music files he has posted there, check his discography, buy his CD's and get the latest news on the life and work of the man who may be the finest living improvisational jazz pianist alive today. There are a …
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Keyboardist-composer Thomas Barth is one of those rare individuals who actually got to realize his dream in this lifetime. Seven Worlds is proof of that. Consider the long odds: Barth was living in Austria at the time he conceived of this project. As a classically trained pianist from Vienna who had also taken master classes with jazz greats Herbie Hancock and Joe Zawinul, he was more than up to the task musically. Plus, his understanding of marketing gave him an added tool …
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Children's National Medical Center is pleased to announce Jeff Skunk Baxter as honorary chairman of their annual fund raising event, Jazzmatazz. As honorary chairman, Jeff will play an important role in organizing the culminating event of Jazzmatazz 2002 led by event headliners Gerald Albright and B.B. King. An evening full of sensational jazz performances by world-class artists, will take place Friday, May 3, 2002 at the fourth annual Jazzmatazz. This year's Jazzmatazz was hailed by the pres …
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Joyce Jeffrey is one the most requested singers in the San Francisco-Bay Area. She is a very talented singer who sings jazz. She's also a great blues singer. Joyce is the great great grand niece of famous piano composer Scott Joplin.Joplin is better known for his famous piano compostions,the Maple Leaf Rag and the Entertainer. Joyce has her own record label, LaJoy Music Productions. She has produced to CDs. The albums are Joyce Jeffrey Sings and Joyce Jeffrey-Pure Inspirations. Music fans wil …
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As a preferred customer of The Iridium Jazz Club, we invite you to celebrate New Years Eve with us and The Legendary Les Paul and His Trio for either set on December 31st and receive $50.00 off admission for either show!First Set at 8:00 PM, Doors Open at 6:45 PM: 3 Course Dinner, Champagne, LES PAUL and His Trio at 8:00 PMYour Special Price: $125.00 less $50.00 or $75.00 per person!To purchase Tickets, go to our web site, www.iridiumjazzclub.com and enter Promotional Cod …
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All For You CD is certified Gold Diana Krall has been named one of People Magazine's 25 Most Intriguing People of 2001 in the year-end issue which will be on newsstands Monday, December 24th, 2001. The vocalist, whose new album, The Look of Love (Verve Records) debuted in the Top 10 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart, was chosen along with such with such notables as Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Madonna, Barry Bonds, and Nicole Kidman. This is just another great achievement for the vocalist/pian …
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For all of New York Lonely Souls on Xmas Night , Laurent Medelgi Trio will be performing at 55 Bar, 55 Christopher St off 7th Avenue, Show starts at 9pm. No Cover. Laurent will perform original material as well as select standards. A special Xmas night to make everyone feel special, enjoying some Live Hip Jazz Guitar... For info email Laurent …
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Starting Saturday January 26th, 2002 Entertainment Marketing Concepts(EMC) will host Mo Better Saturdays, a Jazz mixer for urban professionals. Located at the Burning Leaf Cigar lounge in Old Town Pasadena. Come mix, mingle, and network at a NY style lounge while listening to live Jazz and R&B. The Darryl Spencer Quintet will be performing on Jan 26th. A jazz guitarist Darryl Spencer has toured with Gerald Albright and has opened for Jeffrey Osborne. Mo Better Saturdays is a great place to start …
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Melba Liston, a jazz trombonist, composer and arranger who worked with bands led by Dizzy Gillespie and Quincy Jones, died Friday after suffering a series of strokes. She was 73. The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz called Ms. Liston "one of the most accomplished trombonists of her generation." Ms. Liston was forced to stop trombone playing in 1985 after a stroke left her partially paralyzed, but she continued to arrange music with her longtime friend, pianist Randy Weston. …
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When the smoke cleared and the judges had made a most difficult decision, it was 64 year old Teri Thornton who emerged victorious. The Detroit native had captured first place in the 1998 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Vocals Competition. Along with this distinction came a $20,000 prize. In second place was 20 year old Jane Monheit from New York and third place went to Roberta Gambarini from Italy. They were awarded $10,000 and $5,000 respectively. From a field of well over 200 applica …
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This year the ticketed concert series number a baker's dozen. Three at 6pm: Les Grands Concerts in Theatre Maisonneuve in the Place des Arts complex; Les Couleurs at the Spectrum and Guitar - Solo in Salle Gesu. Two at 7:00: Les Voix du Monde at Club Soda and the annual Invitation Series at the Monument National; Pleins Faux is an 8:30 series in Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, the largest hall in Place Des Arts, there are three series with a 9:00 starting time, Jazz Beat at the Spectrum, Rythmes at Met …
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Oregon Festival of American Music presents its 11th annual 10-day summer festival Gershwin Transformations, August 1-10, 2002 in Eugene, Oregon. Gershwin Transformations will celebrate the lives, times and "fascinating rhythms" of George and Ira Gershwin and their impact on American music. During the two-week festival, we will explore the full range of the Gershwins’ works, from Tin Pan Alley, Broadway and Hollywood, to opera and the concert hall. OFAM Music Director and Conduct …
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Award Winning Jazz Vocalist Laurie Krauz & The Daryl Kojak Quartet are thrilled to announce their return appearance at the very glamorous Soul Cafe Thursday, June 6th -- 9pm - 11pm; 444 W. 42nd Street, New York City (Theatre Row -- between 9th & 10th); Reservations suggested (212) 244-7685; $10 cover, One Entreé Minimum (Per Person) At Tables; NO MINIMUM At Bar. Laurie & Daryl Continue Their "Duo Gig" At The 1050 Lounge Every Wednesday From 7pm - 10pm. Great food (nibbles or full meals) and, …
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Australian based jazz/fusion ensemble Logic? announces the release of its self-titled CD! The album is currently distributed throughout Australia by Vorticity Music who also carry such artists as Allan Holdsworth, Bob Berg, Dave Weckl and Chad Wackerman. Logic? features Glenn Cannon : guitar, Tim Wilson : saxophones, Darryn Farrugia : drums, and Craig Newman : bass. The group has performed at festivals throughout Australia, and supported international acts such as the Yellowjac …
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The CROSSROADS proudly presents the one and only STANLEY JORDAN live onstage on MAY 10, 2002. Special Guest: Will Calhoun TRYING TO DESCRIBE STANLEY JORDAN IN SIMPLE TERMS is like trying to explain Einstein's Theory of Relativity in ten words or less. No matter what you say, you'd be leaving a lot out. And yet, that is probably what you've already done if you haven't heard the whole story. Best known as a guitarist who has made major technical and musical contributions to his instrument, Sta …
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The Cambridge Center of Adult Education (www.ccae.org) and the Equinox Educational Outreach Program are teaming up on Thursday, July 25th to present a Listening Party of the Music of John Coltrane. Dr. Leonard Brown, musician, educator, ethnomusicologist and co-founder of the Annual John Coltrane Memorial Concert, which in 2002, celebrates its' 25th Anniversary, and is the featured event of the 2nd Annual Equinox Music Festival, will present this program. For more information, visit the Equinox …
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Look at American music and jazz stands out as our heart and soul, so when someone creates a union of jazz and sacred chorus and orchestra music, we should listen. Dave Brubeck brought his jazz quartet to Carnegie Hall on April 25, and gave us music of unbridled, soulful passion, with great and yet unrecognized genius. Mr. Brubeck has created a celebration of hope, showing us how eternal peace through the love of God, expressed in smooth jazz rhythms that seamlessly move flow through classica …
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Eric Ross is an accomplished composer and performer from Binghamton, New York. A multi-talented musician, he plays piano, guitar, synthesizers, and theremin. He has performed at such venues as the Lincoln Center, Newport Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland, and Berlin Jazz Festivals, Brussels Palais des Beaux Arts, Copenhagen New Music Festival, and Gilmore International Keyboard Festival. Ross' message is clear. He is paving the way to a new frontier by producing new, interesting, captivating …
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Album Launch: May 7th 8:30pm David Tughan has been a singer on the London Jazz Scene since Graduating from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 1997 performing at the 606 Club, the Dorchester, the Meridian Waldorf hotels and of course the inimitable Backstage Bar at the Spice of Life. His articulate and witty interpretation of Classic up-tempo numbers and Ballads from the Great American Songbook is at times uncannily akin to the young Chet Baker. Complemented with a smattering of co …
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Strings for Schools will pay tribute to jazz pianist, composer, and educator Dr. Billy Taylor, honoring him in the year of his 80th birthday, at the Kimmel Center on April 27, 2002 at 7:30 PM. Led by jazz violinist and Philadelphian, John Blake, Jr., the evening will feature jazz and conversation with members of Dr. Taylor’s Trio, Chip Jackson, and Winard Harper, who will be joined by the nationally recognized jazz talents of artists Geri Allen, Frank Wess and Jimmy Owens. Hosting the evening wi …
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We are broadcasting a live and interactive webcast from the Essential Festival which takes place this year on May 4th, 5th and 6th in Bristol (UK). The webcast will be completely Free and interactive, with multiple live channels, a chat facility, channel guide and live news from the event as well as competitions and live interactive interviews with some of the DJs and bands. The Essential Festival takes place over the May Bank Holiday weekend with Saturday playing host to Dance acts De La …
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The Tim Lyddon trio Appearing at the Deer Head Saturday, May 18, 2002 8 - 12 pm with bassist Steve LaSpina and drummer Eliot Zigmund Pianist/composer Tim Lyddon describes his approach to music as "uncompromised, what I feel from the heart, drawn from my life’s experiences." His extraordinary trio CD, I’ve Traveled So Far on Essence Jazz Records proves his point. "Tim Lyddon is a pianist who plays with extraordinary drive, impressive chops, good definition and a spirit which spreads nicel …
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On April 28, 2002 at 7PM Composer Todd Colburn is bringing to Sideshow Gallery The Mass Bass Choir. This is the second annual presentation of the event. The T.Colburn Sideshow Mass Bass Choir consists of sixteen acoustic bassists. They will perform the world premier of "A Sky of Basses". The composition is based on 24 sections that are non defined from absolute pitch, rhythm and tempo perspectives. Pitch, rhythm,tempo and the movement from section to section are defined through conduction by the …
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