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* '78 Stratocaster * Bonnie Raitt Stratocaster * Thinline Telecaster with muddy waters neck, and Lollar Charlie Christian pup in the neck Joe Barden Bridge and custom wound bridge pup. Rick Turner Renaissance Guitar nylon string. * Music Man amp 65watt 12rp* Seymour Duncan 84-50 2x10* Peavey Classic 20


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Live Review

Phoenix at Barclays Center

Read "Phoenix at Barclays Center" reviewed by Christine Connallon


Phoenix Barclays Center Brooklyn, NY October 2, 2013 On an early October evening that felt much more like summer than fall, the four man band from Versailles named Phoenix rolled into Brooklyn's upscale Barclays Center. An eclectic crowd milled around outside, soaking in the last rays of sunshine of the day, a demographic comprised of young and mature, parents and teens, native New Yorkers and fans sporting delightful accents, awash in neon ...

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Event

Phoenix Rising 100 Years Of Jazz - Benefit Concert For Ability360 on April 14

Phoenix Rising 100 Years Of Jazz - Benefit Concert For Ability360 on April 14

Source: Alan Lewine

Phoenix Rising 100 Years Of Jazz appears in concert Friday, April 14, 2023 at 7:30pm in the Piper Repertory Theater of the Mesa Arts Center at One Main Street in Mesa, AZ in the jny: Phoenix metro. Tickets are available at here for $15-49 with discounts for students, seniors and patrons with disabilities. Phoenix Rising 100 Years Of Jazz is the latest music project from internationally acclaimed jazz bassist Alan Lewine. Proceeds of this concert will benefit Ability360, Arizona's largest ...

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Job Posting

Jazz In Arizona/The Nash in Phoenix Announces A Search For Managing Director

Jazz In Arizona/The Nash in Phoenix Announces A Search For Managing Director

Source: Lorene Ely

Jazz in Arizona Inc., a 501(c)3 organization, is seeking a full-time Managing Director for its 4-year old venue. The Nash is a world-class performance venue and education center located in the heart of one of America’s most vibrant Arts Districts, Roosevelt Row, in Phoenix, AZ. The mission of The Nash is to celebrate the rich tradition and ongoing innovation of jazz by presenting quality live performances, providing unique educational programs and building a vibrant jazz community. The Managing Director will ...

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Jazz Appreciation Month At The Nash In Downtown Phoenix

Jazz Appreciation Month At The Nash In Downtown Phoenix

Source: Laura Schairer

APRIL INTERNATIONAL JAZZ APPRECIATION MONTH Jam Packed Calendar Includes Jazz Picnic & BBQ in Phoenix Civic Space, Bobby Broom & The Thelonious Monk Institute, and Centennial Celebration of the Legendary Billy Strayhorn Phoenix, AZ: April is Jazz Appreciation Month, and The Nash joins celebrations around the world with a jam packed calendar of events to showcase the best of America's original art form. Highlights include a free concert in the Phoenix Civic Space on April 12th, workshops, classes and student ...

Recording

Guitar Legend Steve Hillage To Release New Rovo And System 7 Rock-orientated Album Phoenix Rising

Guitar Legend Steve Hillage To Release New Rovo And System 7 Rock-orientated Album Phoenix Rising

Source: Glass Onyon PR - William James

London, UK – Much to the excitement of music fans worldwide, guitar legend Steve Hillage is releasing a new album in the US with Japanese progressive rock/jam band ROVO on October 8, 2013 on Cleopatra Records. Steve Hillage is widely considered a guitar innovator, and is associated with the Canterbury scene, working in experimental domains since the late 1960s. Besides his critically acclaimed solo recordings, Steve has been a member of the ensembles Khan and System 7. But, he first ...

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Freddy Cole Performs Two Concerts On May 31 In Phoenix, AZ

Freddy Cole Performs Two Concerts On May 31 In Phoenix, AZ

Source: Patricia Myers

The Freddy Cole Quartet will perform two shows on Thursday, May 31, 2012, at The Nash, the new Jazz in AZ education and performance venue in Phoenix, AZ. The concerts, fundraisers to benefit the programs of The Nash, are at 5:45 p.m. for wine-hors d’oeuvres preceding 6:30 concert is $75; the 8:30 p.m. concert is $30. The Nash is at 110 E. Roosevelt St., Phoenix. Tickets, a seating chart and details on sponsorships are online at jazzinaz.org or phone 602-279-9402. ...

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Recording

International Singer/Songwriter Amana Melome Channels Jazz Legacy with "Phoenix Rising"

International Singer/Songwriter Amana Melome Channels Jazz Legacy with "Phoenix Rising"

Source: Chris M. Slawecki

While maintaining her natural elegance, combined with her American and European heritage and cosmopolitan influences, Amana Melome's latest album Phoenix Rising is a refreshing voyage of world music, floating between neo-soul, funk, jazz, folk and reggae. The new album was available on iTunes May 21st. Amana Melome is an international singer and songwriter who was raised in Italy. Her sound is akin to such contemporary artists as Sade, Erykah Badu, Les Nubians and Esperanza Spalding. Growing up on a world ...

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JJA Jazz Awards: Phoenix Area Satellite Party June 14

JJA Jazz Awards: Phoenix Area Satellite Party June 14

Source: Michael Ricci

Are you a friend of jazz and live in the Phoenix area? Then you can follow the JJA Jazz Awards live and celebrate with other local jazz fans at a “satellite party"to be held in Scottsdale, Arizona on June 14 simultaneously with the Jazz Awards ceremony and reception in New York City.

The casual party starts at 12 noon local time and will be hosted by Michael, Jill and Mikayla Gilbreath in their Scottsdale home. Admission is free, and anyone ...

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Education

Beating the drum for Phoenix's Musical Instrument Museum

Beating the drum for Phoenix's Musical Instrument Museum

Source: Michael Ricci

Former Target CEO Robert Ulrich wants to represent the musical culture of every country on the planet.

What has more impact on people's lives day in and day out than music? Robert Ulrich

Not long before Robert Ulrich stepped down from his long-held job as CEO of Target Stores upon reaching the company's mandatory retirement age of 65, he was on a trip through Europe indulging one of his extracurricular passions as a museum junkie. On the trip ...

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Performance / Tour

Incus Records Presents the Phoenix Festival at Cafe Oto

Incus Records Presents the  Phoenix Festival at Cafe Oto

Source: All About Jazz

Following its return to active service this year with the reissue of Lot 74 and the stunning new Barcelona Chronicles trilogy, Incus Records has announced that another new release is imminent and that its launch will coincide with two days of live concerts presented by the label.

On Friday 18th and Saturday 19th September, at Cafe Oto in Dalston, London, a host of musicians who have long-standing associations with the label will play in a series of solo, duo and ...

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Performance / Tour

Tom Waits at the Orpheum in Phoenix, AZ

Tom Waits at the Orpheum in Phoenix, AZ

Source: All About Jazz

Tom Waits will be performing live at the Orpheum in Pheonix, Arizona on Tuesday, June 17 at 8:00 pm. He will play at the venue again the following night before moving on to El Paso, Texas at the Plaza Theater on Friday, June 20. Born on December 7, 1949, Thomas Alan Waits is an American Singer-songwriter, composer and actor. Known for his distinctive voice, he has been described by a critic as sounding “like it was soaked in a vat ...

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