The Official CHRIS POTTER transcription eBook “Chris Potter Plays Acapella Standards” is now available from Eli Bennett Publishing.    The exciting new 136-page book features eleven inspiring acapella Potter solos over standards, including ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE, TUNE UP, I LOVE YOU, 26-2, HAVE YOU MET MISS JONES 1&2, JUST FRIENDS, IT COULD HAPPEN
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1957 jazz pianist Dean Fontessa experiences his first rockabilly dance in Gary Scott Beatty’s “Jazz: Rockabilly” fiction, featured in the free online magazine MuskegonOnline.NET this month only. The story, in Beatty’s modernist retro style, explores Dean’s take on the scene from his viewpoint as a cool jazz musician. “We all know rockabilly will lead to
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Saturday April 14, 2012 at 9:00pm This is a line up you have to hear. Come on out and hear some unbelievable musicians perform. We’ll touch on a little bit of everything so get there early. In fact, you might want to order your tickets in advance at www.thebakedpotato.com or  (818) 980-1615.   Hope to see you there. Jeff
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DETROIT  (March 20, 2012) – Today, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) unveiled one of the most ambitious seasons in recent years for the Paradise Jazz Series – a collection of one-night-only appearances hand-picked by the legendary jazz musician and composer Terence Blanchard.  Five-time Grammy Award-winning Blanchard will join the DSO as the Fred A. &
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The general public is invited to the  Les Brown Centennial Weekend in Tower City, PA on March 23 – 25.  This year we celebrate the 100th anniversary of Les’ birth. The Les Brown Dance is on Friday, March 23, 7:00 pm at Kevin’s Place in Lykens.  It features 2 hours of swing dance music by
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Liner notes for STRIKE UP THE BAND CDby Tom ChesekDeep in the heart of New Jersey, just 30 miles from Times Square and a shell’s throw from the Atlantic Ocean, there’s a happening little town called Red Bank. A destination town; where folks flock to the many shops, restaurants, bars, parks and theaters that have
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2nd – 7th May May 2012 sees the return of the ever-popular and ground-breaking Cheltenham Jazz Festival, one of the country’s most celebrated musical events and an absolute highlight of the arts calendar for spring this year. Always a hit with both audiences and artists, the Cheltenham Jazz Festival prides itself on offering a wonderful
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PAMELA ANDERSON TO HOST FRANK SINATRA’S BIRTHDAY EXTRAVAGANZA BENEFITING THE ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCIATION Three unique event experiences to honor the Chairman of the Board PALM SPRINGS, CALIF. – Hosted by Pamela Anderson, A Swingin Affair gala, benefiting the Alzheimer’s Association, which takes place Sunday, December 11, 2011 at the Riviera Palm Springs, celebrates Frank Sinatra¹s birthday
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Famed New York area jazz station WBGO Jazz 88.3 FM/wbgo.org, NPR, and Berklee College of Music are teaming up to present the first ever NPR concert series showcasing Berklee alumni. The Checkout – Live at Berklee will bring critically acclaimed, New York-based Berklee alumni back to Boston for a series of homecoming concerts at Berklee’s Cafe 939.
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  A Guitar Channel exclusive. After 40 Years The Mahavishnu Orchestra Looks Back. November of 2011 marks the 40th anniversary of the start of the original Mahavishnu Orchestra’s phenomenal ascent to become the most heralded of all jazz-rock bands. It was in that month of 1971 that the band released its debut album, The Inner
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