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Orange: In the Midst of Chaos
by Clifford Allen
Jazz and improvised music have long held a certain appeal for fans of underground and outside art. Those who cut their teeth on the Fugs and protest music of the '60s found similar yelps offered among the jewels of the ESP-Disk catalog, and post-riot French students found solidarity (if briefly) with the Art Ensemble of Chicago. The do-it-yourself aesthetic of creative music is an easy thing to latch onto for followers of punk music and aesthetics, from privately pressed LPs ...
read more2023 Annual West Orange Jazz Festival Returns To OSPAC on October 7
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Gregory Burrus
The Annual West Orange Jazz Festival is almost here! Saturday, October 7, 2023 1-8 pm at the Oskar Schindler Performing Arts Center located at 4 Boland Drive in West Orange NJ. We welcome you to enjoy world-class entertainment. We will be featuring 18-year-old “Jazz House” kid, star on the rise and recent recipient of the James Moody Scholarship, drummer Mecadon McCune, 98-year-old New Orleans native son and unsung hero in the annals of jazz, guitarist Warren Battiste, Grammy nominated pianist ...
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Annual West Orange Jazzfest At OSPAC Set for October 7, 2023
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Gregory Burrus
2023 Annual West Orange JazzFest Saturday, October 7, 2023 2:00-9:00 PM Doors open at 1:30 PM The Annual West Orange Jazz Festival is almost here! Saturday, October 7, 2-9 pm at the Oskar Schindler Performing Arts Center located at 4 Boland Drive in West Orange New Jersey. Jazz lovers!—jazz jazz and more jazz! We welcome you to enjoy a day of world-class entertainment. Meet Your Hosts: Greg Burrus and Lynette Sheard Your hosts for the evening ...
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Outlook Great For Orange County (CA) Jazz Fans For Upcoming 2013-14 Season
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Larry Taylor
In Southern California, Orange County’s jazz fans have a lot to look forward to in the upcoming 2013-14 season. Events begin September 17 at Segerstom Concert Hall in Costa Mesa with Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club showcasing the magical music of Cuba. The club presents some of Cuba’s finest jazz artists: singer–Omara Portuondo, guitarist Eliades Ochoa, lutenist Barbarito Torres and pianist Roberto Fonseca. As well, Sept. 27 through 29, Soka Performing Arts Center, in Aliso Viejo, begins its jazz series ...
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South Orange Performing Arts Center Announces Jazz Line-up For Nov 2012 to May 2013
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AMT Public Relations
South Orange Performing Arts Center is located at One SOPAC Way, South Orange, NJ, 07079. All artists and prices are subject to change at the time of this release. For more details on the upcoming season, including a complete schedule and ticket information, visit SOPACnow.org, or contact the SOPAC Box Office at 973.313.2787 (ARTS) SUN 11/4 @ 7:00PM: JAZZ IN THE LOFT: MIKE LEE FAMILY $15 Cover, Cash Bar, No Drink Minimum As part of SOPAC’s “IN THE ...
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Segerstrom Center, Orange County, Announces 2012-13 Jazz & Cabaret Series
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Larry Taylor
COSTA MESA, CA: Jane Monheit and John Pizzarelli, two of today’s most exciting vocalists, will join forces for an unforgettable evening of the Great American Songbook on Oct. 5 as part of the Segerstrom Center for the Arts 2012-2013 Jazz and Cabaret. Both artists bring finesse to their interpretations of classic standards, making each fresh and deeply personal. As Orange County’s largest non-profit arts organization, Segerstrom Center for the Arts owns and operates the 3,000-seat Segerstrom Hall and the 2,000-seat ...
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Luna Stage Fusion Festival in West Orange, NJ -- July 28 & 29
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Monifa Brown
West Orange, NJ: Luna Stage initiates a new tradition in the Valley Arts District when it brings electric jazz and big band rock to its stages for the last weekend in July. Fans of arena rock, bebop, big bands and jam bands are all welcome to join some of New York’s busiest studio musicians, composers, and teachers for two days of futuristic nostalgia. Afternoon events are free and each evening event is $20 for adults, $15 for students with ID. ...
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South Orange Performing Arts Center (SOPAC) Announces January-May 2012 Jazz Concert Line-Up
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AMT Public Relations
Monthly Jazz + Blues In The Loft" Concert Series A Tribute to Sarah Vaughan Kyle Eastwood Band Jane Monheit and more... South Orange Performing Arts Center is located at One SOPAC Way, South Orange, NJ, 07079. All artists and prices are subject to change at the time of this release. For more details on the upcoming season, including a complete schedule and ticket information, visit SOPACnow.org, or contact the SOPAC Box Office ...
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Segerstrom Center, Orange County, CA, Announces 2011-12 Jazz Schedule
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Larry Taylor
The 2011-12 jazz season for Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Orange County, California, kicks off Sept. 25 with the appearance of tenor sax great Sonny Rollins. Appearing here with his quintet, Rollins is one of the few pillars from the golden era of jazz 60 years ago. Following, Oct. 21 and 22, at the center will be the Miles Davis Experience, 1949-1959, a collaboration with Blue Note Records, featuring the Ambrose Akinmusire Quintet. They will appear in Segerstrom's intimate ...
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GPS2: "Orange Afternoons" - Dave Douglas, Ravi Coltrane, Vijay Iyer, Linda Oh, Marcus Gilmore
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Dave Douglas / Greenleaf Music
New music for a special quintet, GPS2: Orange Afternoons with Dave Douglas, Ravi Coltrane, Vijay Iyer, Linda Oh, and Marcus Gilmore. Tracklist:
The Gulf 9:01Valori Bollati 7:22Solato 8:18Orologi 11:38Orange Afternoons 8:24Frontier Justice 4:13
Orange Afternoons is the second volume in the Greenleaf Portable Series. The GPS is a nod to the shorter, more informal sessions that were for many years the backbone of jazz recording. The series also explores new formats for music to be released and distributed, as well ...
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Jazz This Week: The Langston Hughes Project; Julian Lage; Hamiet Bluiett's Big Orchestra Band, Youth Division; Orange CD Release; and More
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week's jazz and creative music offerings in St. Louis are a varied lot, from a multimedia project with an historical focus to a concert featuring a 50-piece band of students playing the compositions of one of St. Louis' greatest living jazz musicians, plus lots more. Let's go to the highlights... Tonight, trumpeter Ron McCurdy brings his multimedia presentation The Langston Hughes Project to SIUE's Meridian Ballroom. For much more about this musical look at the jazz-influenced poet, author and ...
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