Legends Of Jazz News

 
Castellanos brings Legends of Jazz to Tango Del Rey, May 27
San Diego Reader (blog)
This Sunday, May 27, local trumpet master Gilbert Castellanos will be assembling a special cadre of the area's most illustrious musicians--all of them bandleaders in their own right, for a concert at Tango Del Rey celebrating San Diego Legends of Jazz.


 
NAACP to host jazz, blues concert during Long Beach meeting
Long Beach Press-Telegram
Morrison, who has performed with many of the legends of jazz and blues throughout her career, will share her story about diabetes and the loss of her leg. Dr. Tom Salerno, the new president and CEO of St. Mary Medical Center, will also be on hand to ...

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Voice of America (blog)
Abdullah Ibrahim, 'King of Jazz' in South Africa
Voice of America (blog)
In Switzerland, he met American jazz legend Duke Ellington through a young South African jazz singer, Sathima Bea Benjamin, who later married Ibrahim. “She [Sathima] was a young vocalist and somebody asked me if I could accompany her for a concert in ...

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Legends heat up Caribbean jazz scene
Boston.com (blog)
By Paul E. Kandarian, Globe Correspondent There are some pretty big names heating up the Caribbean music scene this month and in late summer, heavy hitters in the world of music in general, jazz in particular. Saint Lucia Jazz, now in its 21st year, ...

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Good Morning, Buffalo
Buffalo News
She'll do plenty of them when she appears in the "Legends of Jazz" series this evening in Williamsville East High School, 151 Paradise Road, East Amherst. There's a preconcert dinner at 5, followed by the concert at 7:30. Monheit will perform with the ...

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EITB
The Basque Country ready for Jazz legends this July
EITB
Jazz legends such as Wayne Shorter, Sonny Rollins, Gilberto Gil, Pat Metheny or Antony will perform in some of the summer jazz festivals of the Basque Country. Directors of the three summer Jazz festivals in the Basque Country and Isabel Muela.


 
MARS 4-tet set for Saturday at Stoltz
The Star Democrat
Together, the MARS 4-tet creates a sound that moves from classic jazz by music legends such as Horace Silver and Herbie Hancock to the jazz fusion of Weather Report to innovative interpretations of rock staples by The Beatles, Peter Gabriel and Led ...

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