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Palo! Fever Is Spreading Across the Nation as New CD, PALO! Live, Gains Airplay

6/24/2014

 

Palo! Fever Is Spreading Across the Nation
as New CD, PALO! Live, Gains Airplay

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MIAMI, FL – PALO! Live, the sophomore CD by Miami’s award-winning Afro-Cuban Funk band, PALO!, debuted at #20 on the CMJ World Music Chart. Recorded live in front of a standing room only crowd last August in Miami, the CD is now reaping airplay in the band’s hometown as well as across the country.

Among the cities catching Palo! Fever are Burlington, VT (WRUV); Boulder, CO (KVCU); Traverse City, MI (WNMC);  Lexington, KY (WRFL); Poughkeepsie, NY (WVKR), Grand Junction, CO (KAFM); Grand Rapids, MN (KAXE & WYCE), River Grove/Chicago, IL (WRRG); New Brunswick, NJ (WRSU); Tampa/St. Petersburg, FL (WMNF); St. Louis, MO (KDHX); Carbondale/Denver, CO (KDNK); Durham/Raleigh, NC (WXDU); Spindale/Greenville/Asheville, NC (WNCW); Richmond, VA (WRIR); Honolulu, HI (KTUH); Waterville/Portland/Poland Spring, ME (WMHB); Lewiston/Portland/Poland Spring, ME (WRBC); Champaign/Springfield/Decatur, IL (WEFT); and others.


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"Newport Jazz Festival®: Now 60” Tour Band Celebrates Iconic RI Festival

6/20/2014

 

“Newport Jazz Festival®: Now 60” Tour
Celebrates Iconic Rhode Island Festival in
Montreal, Ottawa, Rochester, 

Saratoga and Newport
in June and August

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Photo credit: Jimmy Katz
NEWPORT, RI, June 20, 2014 – In celebration of the 60th anniversary of the world-renowned Newport Jazz Festival® (August 1-3, 2014), the “Newport Jazz Festival®: Now 60” Tour sets out on the second leg of its journey with stops in Montreal and Ottawa in Canada as well as Rochester and Saratoga in New York and Newport, RI. Featuring clarinetist/saxophonist Anat Cohen, vocalist/pianist Karrin Allyson, bassist Larry Grenadier, pianist Peter Martin, guitarist Mark Whitfield, trumpeter Randy Brecker and drummer Clarence Penn, the band has been receiving rave reviews since it kicked off a 17-city tour on February 8 in Atlanta and wound down in St. Louis on March 30.

Tour dates include: 


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Last Chance to Buy $55 Discount Tickets for Newport Jazz Festival

6/19/2014

 

The Countdown Is On …
$55 Newport Jazz Festival® 

Discount Tickets End July 6

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NEWPORT, RI, June 18, 2014 – Don’t let a great local discount slip away … head to the Newport Visitors Information Center, 23 America’s Cup Avenue, by July 6 to take advantage of $55 General Admission tickets for Newport Jazz Festival® concerts at Fort Adams State Park on Saturday, August 2, and Sunday, August 3.  Beginning Monday, July 7, single-day tickets for Saturday and Sunday will be $74 in advance and then $84 on festival days.  This special discount for local residents and visitors to Newport is not available on-line, so stop by the Visitors Center before it’s too late.


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NYC Premiere of The Case of the Three Sided Dream, Film on Rahsaan Kirk, 6/11

6/8/2014

 

NEW YORK PREMIERE OF
RAHSAAN ROLAND KIRK: 

THE CASE OF THE THREE SIDED DREAM
SET FOR JUNE 11, 8:00 PM, AT IFC CENTER


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NEW YORK, NY, June 5, 2014  – Don’t miss the New York premiere of Rahsaan Roland Kirk: The Case of the Three Sided Dream, a documentary on the world-renowned multi-instrumentalist, at IFC Center, 323 Sixth Avenue at Third Street in Manhattan, on Wednesday, June 11, at 8:00 pm.

Directed by Adam Kahan, the film tells the story of Kirk, who went from a blind infant, to child prodigy, to adult visionary, political activist, and finally to paralyzed showman who toured and played music until the day he died (December 5, 1977).

Take part in a post-film discussion with Kahan, Dorthaan Kirk – Rahsaan’s widow and a founding member of WBGO Jazz 88.3 FM – and trombonist Steve Turre, Kirk’s long-time friend and band member.

For tickets, log on to www.ifccenter.com/films/the-case-of-the-three-sided-dream/. For more information and to view the film’s trailer, click here http://www.rahsaanfilm.com/videos/trailer/.

The screening is part of the Blue Note Jazz Festival.  Or more information, visit www.bluenotejazzfestival.com. 


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