NAACP to host jazz, blues concert during Long Beach meeting

Jazz and blues singer Barbara Morrison will be the special guest and performer at a community concert and monthly meeting of the Long Beach branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People on Sunday at McBride Park, 1550 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave., 3:30-5 p.m.

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Final Jazz Concert | Video

The Rolling Stones and Mandan High School don`t have much in common, until now.

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Final Jazz Concert | Video

Around The Jazz Internet: May 18, 2012

Ten albums for newbies, the hated Cabaret Card and composer/arranger Gil Evans' centennial.

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Around The Jazz Internet: May 18, 2012

The Harmonica-Playing Baron Of Belgium

Whistling guitarist and harmonica master Toots Thielemans has played in everything from Charlie Parker’s band to commercials for Old Spice.

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The Harmonica-Playing Baron Of Belgium

Jazz Tracs is Saturday at Lincoln

MANITOWOC Lincoln High Schools annual Jazz Tracs concert will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday in the schools auditorium, 1433 S. Eighth St.

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MCG Jazz to Stream Live Concert Tonight

The first live stream of an MCG Jazz concert, featuring the Amina Figarova Sextet and Tineke Postma Quartet, will take place tonight, May 18, at 8 p.m. at MCG Jazz

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EVENT: The Playboy Jazz Festival Presents Jazz-Fusion Keyboardist Jeff Lorber in Free Concert at Baldwin Hills …

94.7a€(TM)S THE WAVE RADIO PERSONALITY PAT PRESCOTT TO EMCEE Renowned jazz fusion keyboard trailblazer and recording artist Jeff Lorber brings his melodic funk and dynamic array of vibes to Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza for a free community concert, Sunday, May 27th. Presented by the Playboy Jazz Festival and Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza, the show will take place from 2:00 p.m.

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Arts Briefs: Jazz, Blues, Classical

Jazz Vocalist JANE MONHEIT MIXES CABARET, JAZZ The Smith Center's Cabaret Jazz lives up to its name this weekend with vocalist Jane Monheit, who navigates each territory with equal aplomb. After more than a decade winning applause in the jazz and cabaret

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Arts Briefs: Jazz, Blues, Classical

Why One Saxophonist Covered His Idol

Steve Lehman’s new album Dialect Fluorescent ends with a song called “Mr. E,” a composition written by jazz legend Jackie McLean. But the connections run deep between Lehman and the alto saxophonist he considers a personal hero.

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Why One Saxophonist Covered His Idol

Cecil Taylor: The Pianist Who’s Also An Orchestra

He broke all the rules of jazz and improvised music — and that was in the 1950s. Now 83 and idolized by musicians, the great improviser is celebrated for developing a unique language at the keyboard.

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Cecil Taylor: The Pianist Who’s Also An Orchestra