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Jazz Unites The House As Yamaha Honor Britain's 2010 Jazz Scholars
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Bruce Lindsay
The hugely successful, high-powered and influential partnership between Yamaha in association with Jazzwise, PPL and the All Party Parliamentary Jazz Appreciation Group celebrated the fourth year of its Jazz Scholarship programme at the All Party Parliamentary Jazz Appreciation Group's annual 'Summer Jazz' event in association with Jazzwise and PPL in the House of Commons on Wednesday 14th July.
Six winners representing the cream of young British jazz talent put in an exceptional performance, after being nominated for special consideration by ...
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Jazz Unites Reprises The Genius Of Ellington Through The Performances Of Cleve Douglass And NIU's Ron Carter At 32nd Annual Tribute Concert
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All About Jazz
When Mercer Ellington heard Cleve Douglass sing his father's songs at Lincoln Center, he was so impressed that he called him the premiere vocal interpreter of Duke Ellingtons music. In addition, he presented Douglass with three of the composers songs that had never been recorded--songs that were being worked on when Duke Ellington died in 1974.
Three years after meeting Mercer, the transplanted New Yorker decided to make his debut album a tribute to Duke Ellington. Upon hearing Duke Ellington ...
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Jazz Unites, Inc To Leadoff Black History Month Celebrations With Annual Tribute to Marian Anderson & Mahalia Jackson
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All About Jazz
Jazz Unites, Inc. presents The 21st Annual Historical/Musical Tribute to Marian Anderson and Mahalia Jackson. This award-winning event returns to the acoustically superior Harris Theater with an exciting musical mix of gospel, classical and jazz artists---including soprano Jonita Lattimore, gospel artist Roberta Thomas, and Broadway performer Aisha de Haas, backed by pianist Thomas Jefferson and jazz bassist John Whitfield, with narration by WGN-TV personality Merri Dee. The Jazz Unites Benefit Reception follows the concert. Concert performers and other special guests ...
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Jazz Unites adds an Awards Gala to the famous JazzFest Heritage Music Weekend
Source:
All About Jazz
Chicago jazz lovers are marking their calendars for the annual JazzFest Heritage Music Weekend, on August 5, 6 and 7 at South Shore Cultural Center. For 24 Years, Jazz Unites has brought the world’s best jazz, blues and Latin jazz musicians to the South Side—free to the public. This year 50,000 are expected to attend the always relaxed and friendly outdoor event by the shore of Lake Michigan--an event which is loved by musicians as well as the fans. On ...
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