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Sep 30, 2009 | All About Jazz

FESTIVAL/CRUISE: Jazzfest Berlin 09 USA, South Africa, and the Far North

SOURCE: All About Jazz Publicity From November 4th to 8th, Berlin will once again be the reigning capital of jazz.

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Related Topix: Nils Landgren, Jazz, Terence Blanchard, Blue Note, The Big Band

Fri Sep 25, 2009

Manila Bulletin

Fil-Am jazz sensation brings - Jazzipino' home

Though she's hardly a household name around these parts, Fil-Am Charmaine Clamor has already made a mark abroad with her new style of music called "Jazzipino." The chanteuse's inimitable style has even caught the ears of American jazz critic Don Heckman of the Los Angeles Times who wrote "her debut album, announced the arrival of an impressive new ...

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Aretha Franklin, Soul, Jazz

Sun Sep 20, 2009

All About Jazz

PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Ellen Johnson Sings the Vocal Music of Charles Mingus in Concert

Called 'superior jazz singing by an artist of the highest quality" by Jazz Journal International, Ellen Johnson will be sharing her unique style and repertoire of jazz vocals joined by San Diego jazz artists, pianist Rick Helzer and bassist Rob Thorsen.

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Related Topix: Charles Mingus, Jazz, San Diego, CA

Wed Aug 12, 2009

All About Jazz

PERFORMANCE/TOUR: The Valerie Capers Quintet at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola September 21 and 22

SOURCE: Kim Smith Public Relations "Others grew by inches 'Trane grew by yards. I use that as an example." Dr.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Dizzy Gillespie, Jazz, Max Roach, Slide Hampton, Ray Brown, Paquito d'rivera

Sun Aug 09, 2009

All About Jazz

PERFORMANCE/TOUR: The Valerie Capers Quintet at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola September 21 and 22

SOURCE: Kim Smith Public Relations "Others grew by inches 'Trane grew by yards. I use that as an example." Dr.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Dizzy Gillespie, Jazz, Max Roach, Slide Hampton, Ray Brown, Paquito d'rivera

Tue Aug 04, 2009

All About Jazz

Steve Kuhn: Life's Backward Glances

Pianist Steve Kuhn recently explored the beginnings of his musical career on Mostly Coltrane .

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Related Topix: Steve Kuhn, Jazz, Bill Evans, Paul Bley

Sun Jul 05, 2009

All About Jazz

PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Sheila Jordan Jazz Voice Finds a Mellower Range

WHEN the jazz singer Sheila Jordan is in Manhattan, she has ready access to the musicians, clubs and urban energy she has cherished since she moved there nearly 60 years ago to immerse herself in the music she loved.

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Related Topix: Jazz, Middleburgh, NY

Thu Jun 11, 2009

Detroit Free Press

Local musicians announced for Detroit jazz festival

Trumpeter Marcus Belgrave, pianist Johnny O'Neal, bluesman Johnnie Bassett and multi-reedman Wendell Harrison's Swing Ensemble head the roster of Detroit-based musicians performing at the 2009 Detroit International Jazz Festival.

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Related Topix: Detroit Metro, Detroit, MI, Jazz, Pontiac, MI

Thu Jun 04, 2009

Langley Times

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Anyone who's had a chance to hear Laura Crema perform at the Langley Jazz Festival in past years will no doubt instantly recognize the Vancouver singer's unmistakable deep and sultry tones when she hits the stage once again in Douglas Park at noon on June 6. Or, then again, perhaps they will have heard her somewhere else.

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Related Topix: Jazz

Fri May 29, 2009

All About Jazz

Cameron Brown: Here and How! Volume 2

Bassist Cameron Brown has had a long and illustrious career as a sideman. He has appeared on around 100 recordings, providing an anchor for luminaries such as Archie Shepp , Roswell Rudd and Beaver Harris , as well as the celebrated Don Pullen / George Adams Quartet.

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Related Topix: Archie Shepp, Jazz, Roswell Rudd, Don Pullen, Dewey Redman

Sat May 23, 2009

All About Jazz

Venissa Santi: Bienvenida

The high art of Bienvenida is no accident. This is because its principal performer is the miracle behind it all.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Abbey Lincoln, Billie Holiday, Jazz, Flora Purim

Thu May 21, 2009

Detroit Free Press

Mark Stryker: Singer Sheila Jordan heads to the Firefly Club

At 80, Sheila Jordan, the Detroit-reared bebop singer, is a marvel. She phrases like a butterfly riding a gust of wind, and her spontaneity and swing are undiminished.

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Related Topix: Detroit Metro, Detroit, MI, Jazz, Ann Arbor, MI, Symphony, Arts

Sat May 02, 2009

NPR

Sheila Jordan: A Unique Voice At 80

Weekend Edition Sunday , May 3, 2009 - This year marks the 70th anniversary of Blue Note Records, with its historic roster that once included jazz heavyweights Thelonious Monk , Art Blakey and Horace Silver .

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Related Topix: Jazz, Blue Note Records, Thelonious Monk, Horace Silver, Art Blakey, George Russell

Thu Apr 30, 2009

New York Times

Lessons and Tales for Friends

The pianist Barry Harris rolls on. A performer and a teacher at the same time - one task is not distinguishable from the other - he has come back this week to the Village Vanguard for his more or less annual visit, with the drummer Leroy Williams and the bassist Ray Drummond.

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Related Topix: Jazz, Arts, Music, Entertainment

Wed Apr 22, 2009

The Providence Phoenix

Frank Carlberg | The American Dream

Other jazz musicians have set the poetry of Robert Creeley to music a ' Steve Lacy with singer Irene Aebi and, on the 1979 ECM album Home , Steve Swallow with Sheila Jordan.

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Related Topix: Arts, Poetry, Steve Lacy, Jazz, Steve Swallow, Music, Entertainment

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