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Interview: Benny Powell (Part 3)

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2008-12-03 08:16:32 by Marc Myers in JazzWax
...trombonist Benny Powell [pictured] was along for the entire ride. [Photo by J. Harlaar During his 12 years with Basie, Benny also recorded several important small-group albums, with Buck Clayton, Frank Wess, Osie Johnson, Donald Byrd and Gigi Gryce. Today, Benny continues to tour regularly with pianist Randy Weston and records with...
 
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Jazz Listings From The New York Times

2008-05-10 13:06:36 by Mike in Avant Music News
 
...trombonist Ray Anderson, improvisers with a similarly broadminded approach. At 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., with an 11:30 set on Friday and Saturday, Jazz Standard, 116 East 27th Street, Manhattan, (212) 576-2232, jazzstandard.net; cover, $30; $25 on Sunday. (Chinen FREESTYLE JAZZ (Sunday) In the first set of this avant-garde series the alto...
 
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Doug Beavers to lead all-star salsa outfit at Yoshis SF

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2008-07-11 08:10:13 by Jim in The Concert Blog
...trombonist passed on Davis and picked New York City as the launching pad for what has been a mighty impressive career. Fans can witness how electrical engineerings loss has become jazz musics gain when Beavers leads his all-star salsa outfit, Conjunto Rovira, in concert on Monday at Yoshis in San Francisco Beavers is only 31 a mere infant in...
 
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Benefits of aficionado-programmed fests

2008-08-30 18:36:29 by Jazz beyond Jazz in Jazz Beyond Jazz
 
...trombonist Julian Priester soloed throughout original repertoire written by local trombonist T.S. Galloway in honor of the fabled Du Sable High School band director Capt. Walter Dyett. This is not a schedule that could have been imagined by anyone but Chicagoans intimately aware of the Chicago Jazz Fest's 30-year history. Ms. Bridgewater all...
 
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Horny Reggae

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2008-10-05 13:26:37 by TOrr in World Music Central
...trombonist Vin Gordon. He was a pro at a very young age who earned the nickname Don Drummond Junior due to his expertise being on a par with the Skatalites legendary original trombonist Don Drummond. Through the course of more than 40 years in the business, Gordon played in the house bands at Clement Dodds Studio One as well as with a heap of...
 
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Year End Dance Party

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2007-12-31 08:32:00 by Happy In Bag in There Stands the Glass
...trombonist 8/10 Tony Wilson, 57, founder of Factory Records 8/11/07 Herb Pomeroy, 77, jazz trumpeter 8/13/07 Jerome "Jah Jerry" Haynes, 86, Jamaican guitarist 8/15/07 John Wallowitch, 81, cabaret artist 8/16/07 Max Roach, 83, drummer 8/18/07 Jon Lucien, 65, jazz vocalist 9/03/07 Janis Martin, 67, the female Elvis 9/05/07 Luciano...
 
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Jazz Listings From The New York Times

2008-01-11 14:22:03 by admin in Avant Music News
 
...trombonist Alan Ferber and the pianist Benny Lackner. (Through Jan. 19.) At 8 and 10 p.m. and midnight, Smalls, 183 West 10th Street, West Village; smallsjazzclub.com; brooklynjazz.org; cover, $20. (Chinen KONCEPTIONS AT BISCUIT (Tuesday) This left-leaning series begins with a trio led by the trumpeter Nate Wooley, with the bassist Reuben...
 
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Cuneiform Artist News: Part 1

2008-01-22 08:06:47 by Mike in Avant Music News
 
...trombonist Curtis Hasselbring (Golem), and tubist Ron Caswell (Slavic Soul Party In Summer 2007 Carpenter debuted the third incarnation of Beat Circus in Boston and NYC with a new concept and sound to develop the second installment of his Weird American Gothic trilogy, personal songs about family and fatherhood in the tradition of Southern...
 
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Roulette in March

2008-02-10 11:47:02 by Mike in Avant Music News
 
...Trombonist and Roulette founder Jim Staley is joined by pianist/composer Sylvie Courvoisier for an evening of virtuosic improvisation Monday, March 3rd BORAH BERGMAN, JOE MCPHEE, ADAM LANE, AND RAY SAGE 8:30pm Percussionist/Composer Ray Sage is joined by ambidextrous pianist Borah Bergman, saxophonist Joe Mcphee, and bassist Adam Lane for a...
 
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Hampton Festival: The Wrapup

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2008-02-27 09:05:00 by dramsey in Rifftides
...trombonist Clarence Banks, vibraharpist Chuck Redd and the entertaining drummer Wally "Gator" Watson. In addition to its instrumentals, the band backed pianist and singer Dee Daniels in two soul-inflected vocals and Jon Hendricks scatting that most basic of Hampton jump tunes, "Hey Bob A Rebop Artistic director John Clayton, his alto...
 
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