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A summit of Chicago jazz for NATO weekend
Chicago Tribune
This week's NATO meeting may have put a chill on attendance Thursday night at the Jazz Showcase, but it didn't turn down the temperature on the music making a bit. So even if the all-star group of Chicago musicians played to a smallish audience, ...
Jazz on a NATO Summit weekend (part 2)Examiner.com

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Bob James Jazz Festival begins with Master Class
The Marshall Democrat-News
MCC President Eric Crump introduces Bob James at the Bob James Jazz Festival Master Class. Music blared from Bob James' fingers nearly as readily as he recalled his journey to his career as a jazz pianist. After decades of musical success, ...



Making musical ends meet
Jerusalem Post
By BARRY DAVIS Jazz oboist Yoram Lachish opted off the beaten path of classical music, and the results bears witness to a constant search for unbridled expression. These days, straddling musical genres is hardly a revolutionary idea, but Yoram Lachish ...



Southport and Lampkin Music Group Presents "The Art of the Song"
Jazzcorner
Southport Records and Lampkin Music Group will present a mix of artists from the label and LMG rosters, featuring jazz, cabaret, poetry, avant garde, classical, world and new music. The co-host of this event, Katerina's, has evolved into a unique ...



The Hindu

Jiving to Jazz
The Hindu
Ghosts past and present float around in Cape Town, where the 13th edition of the Cape Town International Jazz Festival is taking place. Miriam Makeba, or “Mama Afrika”, that legend of South African music, looms large three years after she passed away, ...



Jazz it up Calgary
Calgary Herald
Welcome to No Jazz City. It's a tag and perception that has, thanks in great part to the high-profile failure of two jazz fest incarnations, been one that has stuck with and tainted the musical reputation of this town. And the recent news that, ...

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Jazz Listings for May 18-24
New York Times
Jazz Full reviews of recent jazz performances: nytimes.com/jazz. Darcy James Argue's Secret Society (Tuesday) This ambitious ensemble has announced plans for its second album, “Brooklyn Babylon,” featuring music composed for a recent multimedia ...



Arbroath Herald

Summer's Pop and Jazz Festivals Load Their Lineups
New York Times
Additionally, the earliest incarnations introduced a charitable dimension to major music events; a good amount of the nonprofit organization's proceeds are invested back into jazz education. This year, of the 500 artists commanding the eight stages, ...
Rocking The OutdoorsSki Channel
Jazz breaking news: Kurt Elling, Jim Hall & the Kenny Wheeler Big Band and ...Jazzwise magazine

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International Jazz Summer School & Music Festival, Sligo, Ireland. 24th-29th ...
MarketWatch (press release)
SLIGO, Ireland, May 18, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- One of the worlds most unique music festivals, Sligo Jazz Project (SJP) has announced a stellar 16-strong summer school faculty and jazz festival line up for its 2012 main event, which runs from ...

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Voice of America (blog)

David Benoit's Conversation Is Colorful
Voice of America (blog)
American pianist, composer extraordinaire and conductor David Benoit is releasing a new album, a kind of musical conversation between two trios, a classical piano trio and a jazz trio. “Colorful” is just one of the words you can use to describe this ...


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