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The Marcin Wasilewski Trio at Birdland, NYC
Pianist Marcin Wasilewski, bassist Slawomir Kurkiewicz, and drummer Michal Miskiewicz have been together since they were teenagers fifteen years ago.
All About Jazz |
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Ornette Coleman Town Hall, 1962
Ornette Coleman's theory of harmolodics set a standard for improvised music that is unrivaled. Coleman closed the synaptic gap between the conception and implementation of the musical idea so that spawning the music became a conjugation of the harmonic relationships that live within it.
All About Jazz |
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Then, Now & Again
The Central New York Jazz Orchestra (CNYJO) is a sixteen-piece big band led by Musical Director Bret Zvacek, providing year-round concerts to the general public and performing in schools within the entire Upstate New York region.
All About Jazz |
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New Vista grads go their own way
In a commencement ceremony as unique and individualistic as their school, New Vista High School graduates sang, danced and rocked their way across the stage Saturday morning at Chautauqua Auditorium.
Boulder Daily Camera |
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Principal keyboard player 'real asset' to philharmonicPeggy Payne %u2013mp- Backstage bug
As principal keyboard player of the Oklahoma City Philharmonic, Peggy Payne is routinely asked to play an incredible variety of musical styles, from complex piano parts in works from the symphonic repertoire to popular music arrangements that are featured on the orchestra's pops series. In a career that has spanned more than 30 years, Payne has learned to be prepared for anything. She has earned ...
The Oklahoman |
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OU School of Music to hold 33rd clarinet symposium
NORMAN — The University of Oklahoma School of Music will present the 2008 Clarinet Symposium from Thursday through Saturday at the Catlett Music Center, 500 W Boyd. The 33rd edition of the symposium will feature solo recitals, lectures, master classes and chamber music performances. David Etheridge, professor of clarinet at OU, is the symposium coordinator. Among the featured guests for this ...
The Oklahoman |
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SUNDAY ARTS CALENDAR
EVENTS Sports Card Show, sale of sports cards, comics and sports memorabilia, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. today, Northrock Bowling Center, 3232 N. Rock Road. Free admission. Information, 316-682-7902. Jack Willis, book-signing and reading by the author of "Saving Jack: A Man's Struggle With Breast Cancer," 2 p.m. today, Watermark Books, 4701 E. Douglas. Free. Information, 316-682-1181. "The History of ...
The Wichita Eagle |
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MTW reinvents the classics for summer season
It all began when Music Theatre of Wichita finally secured rights this season to mount its own production of the much-acclaimed, much-beloved "Les Miserables." That forced producing director Wayne Bryan to rethink his previously announced 2008 schedule, and to delay the MTW debut of "Miss Saigon" until a future season, because it is by the same composing team -- Claude-Michel Schonberg and ...
The Wichita Eagle |
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50 years of 'an incredible journey'
The Emerald Experience, a rock 'n' roll band, gathers at Chamberlain and Emerson avenues, where the city renamed the intersection in its honor. (Jim Anness/Special to the Herald News)
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Big changes, starting with a rocker's car
This story would sound nuts except that it's happening, in real time, in a car mechanic's garage, on East Douglas, this past week and for the foreseeable future. Neil Young -- the rock legend who tried to change the world with songs, who helped create '60s culture, who wrote an anti-war anthem in 1970 that galvanized opposition to the Vietnam war -- came to Wichita this past week, took a test ...
The Wichita Eagle |
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Multi-layered Petty plays to near-sellout crowd at the Palace
As a songwriter, Tom Petty writes three and four-chord wonders with obsessively catchy hooks and lyrics. It's a wildly underrated gift, much harder than it looks. Anyone can sing Petty songs around a campfire with nothing but an acoustic guitar, but who could write them?
Detroit News |
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Local calendar, June 1
TODAY LifeHouse Theater's new musical adaptation of "Jane Eyre," 2:15 p.m. at the theater at 1135 N. Church St., Redlands. Performances continue at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday, June 5 and 6, at 2:15 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 7, and 2:15 p.m. Sunday, June 8. The performances on Saturday, June 7, will feature interpretation for the hearing impaired. Advance tickets are $12 and $17 for ...
Redlands Daily Facts |
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Becker leads Utah Pride festivities on Friday
* Utah Pride kicks off its annual festival with a reception for Grand Marshal Ralph Becker Friday at 6 p.m. at the Hilton's Trofi restaurant, 255 S. West Temple, Salt Lake City.
The Salt Lake Tribune |
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Festival, parks and museums to go visit
Editor's note: Today we start a weekly series on day trips and weekend getaways within easy driving distance from Wichita. Feast on music, art and food at the Smoky Hill River Festival in Salina. Cruise to Lawrence for shopping, antiquing or some Civil War history. Or head west to Lake Scott State Park for water recreation and the only known Indian pueblo remains in Kansas. SALINA ...
The Wichita Eagle |
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Market growth: Scores of options for local wares
LAS CRUCES — Pick up produce, fresh from the fields. Or get started growing your own organic goodies by choosing pesticide-free fruit trees and plants.
Las Cruces Sun-News |
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I Do I Do I Do. Charlie Sheen ...
I Do I Do I Do. Charlie Sheen came closer to that ABBA song Friday night when he married for the third time. The bride is Brooke Mueller, a real-estate investor, says the Associated Press. Sheen's previous wives were Denise Richards (2002-2006), with whom he has shared a tabloid-feeding divorce, and first wife Donna Peele, whom he dumped about six months after the 1995 ''I do.''
Akron Beacon Journal |
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Nine Inch Nails pound it out
Trent Reznor apparently can't be stopped, even by himself. After taking as much as four years between albums for much of his nearly 20-year recording career, the clean, sober, buffed-up and record-label-free Reznor, who turned 43 two weeks ago, now seems unable and unwilling to stop the torrent of music spilling out of him and he wants everyone to listen.
Akron Beacon Journal |
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Stradivarius made proud
Violinist Augustin Hadelich plays with a sweet tone and winning command. His elegant and solidly musical rendering of the Dvorak Concerto with the Kansas City Symphony on Saturday was an unmitigated delight.
The Kansas City Star |
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Elks Rodeo Street Fair offers music, and more
A six-hour trip for Linda Ludwick of Los Angeles, and her friend Betty Lathrop of Victorville, paid off with the chance to pose for photos with members of the Drew Davis Band.
Santa Maria Times |
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Student begins '88 Keys' drive to raise money for piano at G-L
Glen Lake student Emma Cook has launched a month-long drive to raise funds to purchase a new piano for the music department at the school.
Leelanau Enterprise |
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Croce's three albums are slated for September reissue
NEW YORK: In tribute to the 35th anniversary of singer-songwriter Jim Croce's death, the artist's three studio albums will be reissued on CD in September.
Akron Beacon Journal |
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Bill Brosius Why did they come to America?
How did our ancestors fit into datelines with America's founding fathers? What prompted them to leave Europe's great architecture, giant cathedrals, fine music, sturdy houses and highly developed culture? Was it problems caused by the Little Ice Age? Constant wars?
The Frederick News-Post |
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Textile Band concert will be part music, part history lesson
The Greenville Textile Heritage Band will perform "Tunes and Tales" from a bygone era that is enjoying a revival at 3 p.m. today in the Peace Center's Wyche Pavilion.
The Greenville News |
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Ten Years of Unity
Long Beach community group celebrates anniversary with music, food and togetherness.
Long Beach Press-Telegram |
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As Arizona congresswoman watches, her husband heads into orbit
Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords will be thinking of her husband, Mark Kelly, who is now rocketing through space at 17,500 miles per hour.
The Arizona Republic |
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