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2 hrs ago | The Press-Enterprise

San Jacinto: Veteran songstress performs Sunday, June 16

Linda Greilich, center, from Golden Era Productions, is singing Sunday, June 9, at Esplanade Arts Center in San Jacinto.

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Related Topix: San Jacinto, CA, Beaumont, CA, Ella Fitzgerald, Black Entertainment

7 hrs ago | CBC News

Ottawa jazz singer struck by lightning to perform Friday

Kellylee Evans is known for her smooth voice and songs that cover the likes of Nina Simone and other jazz greats.

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Related Topix: Nina Simone, Black Entertainment

8 hrs ago | Tri-State Defender

Juneteenth Jazz & JAZZ-A-F!RE celebrate

Jazz & Memphis' legacy of world-renowned African-American jazz artists will be celebrated Friday, June 21, 2013 at 7:00 pm at the Historic Daisy Theater on Beale Street.

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Related Topix: Jazz & Jazz, Frank Strozier, Charles Lloyd, George Coleman, Harold Mabern, Phineas Newborn

12 hrs ago | Daily Camera

CU regents to vote on $3.8M remodel of Glenn Miller Ballroom

Mahyar Mansurabadi explains his project to judge Suzanne Gallagher at the Boulder Valley School District's regional science fair in the Glenn Miller Ballroom in February.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Boulder, CO, Glenn Miller

16 hrs ago | All About Jazz

Top Italian Jazz at Birdland: New York, NY, June 4-9, 2013

Birdland is at 315 West 44th Street in Manhattan. Taxis can drop you at the door.

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Related Topix: Blue Note, Italy, World News, Dining

Mon Jun 17, 2013

North Texas e-News

Charlie Christian Jazz Festival held in Bonham

For a little while Friday night, Bonham was the jazz capitol of Texas, which is only fitting for the hometown of legendary jazz guitarist Charlie Christian.

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Related Topix: Bonham, TX, Charlie Christian, Barney Kessel, Kenny Burrell, Herb Ellis

WWOZ

Old Sun Ra Poster - Thanks Darcy

OK, we're all busy people as we rocket through time and space on this rock that we call Earth, so I'll make this quick: The annual Sun Ra Solstice show! At least 2 hours of nothing but Sun Ra and the Cosmo Arkestra, the Space Jazz Arkestra, Supersonic Jazz Arkestra, The Myth Science Arkestra, The Astro Infiinity Arkestra, His Solar Arkestra, Astro ... (more)

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Related Topix: New Orleans, New Orleans, LA

Evening Times

Jazz singer Carol Kidd on recovering from breast cancer

GLASGOW'S first lady of jazz Carol Kidd will fly back to Scotland this month for an emotional homecoming gig.

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Related Topix: Carol Kidd, Medicine, Health, Breast Cancer, Oncology, Tony Bennett, World News, Prince Charles

Where Toronto

Your Guide to the 2013 Toronto Jazz Festival

The life of a jazz musician must be a somewhat humbling one. On stage, improvising, you're living on the edge in a way that few other performers do.

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Related Topix: Inventions, Science / Technology, Black Entertainment, John Coltrane

Myrtle Beach Online

Reviews of new pop music releases

Guitarist Bill Frisell has created a sound all his own, fluid and languid at its core but capable of dissonant distortions and pointillistic precision, and he has flexible and eclectic tastes.

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Related Topix: Bill Frisell, Pop/Rock, John Lennon, Vinicius Cantuaria, John Zorn, Big Sur, CA

Examiner.com

Chez Soi presents Jazz Tuesdays

Looking for a way to start the week off on a high note and avoid the mid-week blues? Head to Metlox Plaza and the new Chez Soi Restaurant and Lounge for Jazz Tuesday every Tuesday night beginning at 7 p.m. A member of jazz-vocal group Manhattan Transfer for nearly two decades, Wayne has recorded several solo CDs and has performed worldwide with ... (more)

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Related Topix: The Manhattan Transfer, California

KFVS12

Miles Davis statue planned for downtown Alton

A larger-than-life bronzed sculpture of jazz great Miles Davis will be built in Alton's downtown entertainment district.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Miles Davis, East St. Louis, IL, Charlie Parker

All About Jazz

INTERVIEW/PROFILE: Jazz Musician of the Day: Tony Scott

Tony Scott, a distinguished jazz clarinetist who in the 1950s helped steer his instrument out of the swing era and into the sax-infested waters of bebop.

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Related Topix: Tony Scott, Buddy Defranco

Harwich and Manningtree Standard

Ace of bass Spike back on home soil for show

Spike used to live in Little Oakley and performed in Harwich, appearing with the late, great Humphrey Lyttelton at Dovercourt's Phoenix Hotel in the late Seventies.

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Related Topix: Humphrey Lyttelton

Sun Jun 16, 2013

Daily Star

Miley Cyrus reaches out to...

THE WANTED star NATHAN SYKES suffered an anxiety attack as he prepared to undergo vocal surgery in April , because he was so scared his career would be over at 20. Singer/actor HARRY CONNICK, JR.

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Related Topix: Harry Connick Jr., Newtown, CT, Mark Twain, Vocal, Billy Ray Cyrus, Country

Capital Weekly

every Sunday 8-10pm "The Vinyl Hour," with Kyle Swan. Only vinyl...

Tonight Kyle is calling his show, "Ladies Night," you'll hear music by Bonnie Raitt, Joan Armatrading & more.

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Related Topix: The Big Band

Daily Star

Jack Johnson dedicates...

Singer/actor HARRY CONNICK, JR. has written a touching new song to honour the memory of jazz musician JIMMY GREENE's daughter, who was tragically killed in the Newtown, Connecticut school massacre last year .

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Related Topix: Harry Connick Jr., Newtown, CT, Elton John, Pop/Rock, Celebrities

Ann Arbor.com

Preservation Hall bringing the traditional sound of New Orleans to Power Center

The irony is multi-layered, considering the object of Jaffe's efforts was the New Orleans landmark of traditional jazz, Preservation Hall .

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Related Topix: New Orleans, Music!, Drama Movies, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Ann Arbor, MI, Entertainment

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

Music Critic Jeff Spevak's jazz picks

The ponytailed, unassuming director of the Eastman School of Music's New Jazz Ensemble was Ryan Truesdell's right-hand man in developing Truesdell's Grammy-winning Gil Evans Centennial Project.

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Related Topix: Gil Evans, Ravi Coltrane, John Coltrane, Black Entertainment, Viktoria Tolstoy, New Orleans, Music!, Drama Movies, John Lennon, Pop/Rock

Gazetteandherald.co.uk

Marlborough town's jazz festival trumpets global bill

There's a buzz of excitement in the air now the line-up for the Marlborough International Jazz Festival has been finalised.

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Related Topix: Georgie Fame