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Kansas City Jazz ALIVE Hosts 'Scarcity vs Abundance Mentality' Panel Discussion on March 10th
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Michael Ricci
Join us for lunch Friday, March 10th! Scarcity Mentality vs Abundance Mentality in Jazz Wrapping It All Up! Moving the Kansas City jazz scene into a tangible model 12pm-1:15pm at Westport Coffeehouse Scarcity Mentality is the zero-sum paradigm of life. People with a Scarcity Mentality have a very difficult time sharing recognition and credit, power or profit—even with those who help in the production. They also have a very hard time being genuinely happy for the successes ...
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Percussionist Sasha Berliner Wins Seven-City Jazz Festival Tour
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Tony Franquiz
The jazz scene has a new rising star, and she’s a vibraphonist. Sasha Berliner, a 20-year-old musician, composer, producer and bandleader from jny: San Francisco, won the LetterOne RISING STARS Jazz Award, an annual competition that offers up-and-coming jazz musicians an opportunity to make a name for themselves. “We were very impressed by the quality of the group of artists who were in the final round of voting and it was not easy to come to a decision about the ...
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Great Tastes Meet Good Taste At Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City Jazz Brunch Every Sunday
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Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
Promoting both individual and communal expression, Jazz is a particularly American art form. Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City, in association with Jazz producer Joe Donofrio, have prepared a full-spectrum Jazz brunch experience; where contemporary and classic Jazz will mingle with the sounds of culinary satisfaction at the hotel’s brand new Hard Rock Cafe for the Jazz brunch series serving from 11:00AM until 3:00PM every Sunday. The Hard Rock jazz brunch will combine delectable dining with world-class musicianship, delivering ...
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Jazz this week: Tony Bennett, two Miles Davis tributes, U City Jazz Festival, and more
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week's calendar of live jazz and creative music in St. Louis includes the return of a legendary vocalist; two different events paying tribute to this city's most influential jazz musician ever; several free outdoor events featuring live jazz, and more. Let's go to the highlights... Wednesday, June 7 Singer Tony Bennett, who remarkably is still touring regularly as a nonagenarian, returns to perform at the Fox Theatre. Some tickets are still available as of this writing; for details, visit ...
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Mexico City Jazz Tours with Jorge Canavati Announced
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Jorge Canavati
Jorge Canavati, host of the “Jazz de Mexico” radio show featured on 91.7FM KRTU Trinity University Radio in jny: San Antonio has announced the Mexico City Jazz Tours project. An unprecedented and innovative culture and jazz tour of Mexico City, a top jazz center. The tour is a three day and two-night visit to jny: Mexico City which includes visiting two jazz venues. Visitors will have ample time to set up satellite tours and shopping during the day. “This is ...
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Jazz this week: New Orleans Suspects, U City Jazz Festival, Miles Davis at 90, and more
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week's lineup of jazz and creative music in St. Louis features a bit of New Orleans, a bit of Las Vegas, an appearance by an original member of a seminal jazz/fusion band, plus tributes to George Clinton and Miles Davis, and much more. Wednesday, June 8 Trumpeter Jim Manley and Wild, Cool and Swingin' will play their signature Vegas-style swing in a free concert at the Alton Senior High School Performing Arts Center, and guitarist Vincent Varvel performs at ...
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Jazz this week: Chris Botti, JazzU with Stefon Harris, Don Cunningham, U City Jazz Festival, Daniel Bennett, and more
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week's lineup of jazz and creative music performances in St. Louis encompasses musicians with a vast range of experience, from young teenage players getting their first chances onstage at a showcase club to an elder statesman who got his start more than a half-century ago in the fabled Gaslight Square entertainment district. Let's go to the highlights... Wednesday, June 3 Billed as the “New York Jazz Ensemble," bassist Tom Kennedy, saxophonists George Garzone and Steve Wirts, guitarist Joe Cohn ...
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Iowa City Jazz Festival Celebrates 25 in 2015
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JazzINK by Andrea Canter
Over the past 12 or more years, I've made it to most of the Iowa City Jazz Festivals. And each time I did not attend, I kicked myself for weeks. It only takes me five hours to drive south from jny: Minneapolis to jny: Iowa City. My 90+ year-old-parents still live there so I have free accommodations (and an excuse to visit). Why have I failed to go every year? I recall once I skipped the festival because I was ...
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Angel City Jazz Festival Kicks Off 2 Weeks Of Music
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Chuck Koton
This weekend the 7th Annual Angel City Jazz Festival opens in jny: Los Angeles. Rocco Somazzi founded the festival in order to present non-commercial jazz to an LA audience which had scant exposure to music from the more adventurous end of the jazz spectrum. Back in 2008, 13 different bands, highlighted by the inimitable alto saxophonist, Arthur Blythe, performed on 2 stages, all in one day. The following year, Jeff Gauthier, founder of Cryptogramophone Records, violinist extraordinaire and leader of ...
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Jazz This Week: Thumbscrew, U City Jazz Festival, Funeral Bonsai Wedding, and More
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
There's lots going on this week with jazz and creative music in St. Louis, as two concert series offer their first shows of the season; a free fall festival returns; and other stages around town will be filled with even more improvised music influenced by everything from funk to flamenco. Let's go to the highlights... Tonight, the Jazz at Holmes series at Washington University begins the fall semester with a free concert reuniting the jazz-fusion trio Tracer, with pianist Ptah ...
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