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by Elliott Simon
Though Lionel is a notable exception, jazz is not the first thing that comes to mind when thinking of The Hamptons. With its jazz age a thing of the past, America's Summer Playground these days engenders visions of white sandy beeches, superior wines and elegant summer parties.
LUMA (Life, Unity, Music, Amplified), however, is doing its best to change that perception. The trio, comprised of frontman and multi-saxophonist Dan Lauter, bassist Jeff Marshall and drummer Claes Brondal, reveals a potpourri ...
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Michael Ricci
There has been no shortage of live Bjork documentation in recent seasons. So lets file Voltaic, released by Nonesuch a couple of weeks ago, under the category of Things We Didnt Think We Needed.
Available in five configurations, from a single CD to a multiple CD-DVD-LP set, it chronicles a typical frenzy of activity following the release of Bjorks 2007 album, Volta. The principal CD, recorded in one pass at a studio in London, features live versions of the songs ...
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Poetry and Jazz During the Petaluma Poetry Walk
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Listen & Be Heard
The Petaluma Poetry Walk is an annual event in its 13th year. This year it will take place on September 21 from 10am-7pm. Each hour there is a different stop along the walk in downtown Petaluma, and a poetry reading. The Poet Laureate of California, Al Young, is scheduled to read at 3pm. At 4pm at the Phoenix Theatre, Martha and Tony Mims, of Listen & Be Heard fame, will be the featured act, accompanied by Paul Neal on upright ...
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