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This year I had the pleasure of working at the NAMM show. As an exhibitor for HollywoodWinds Saxophones, I had most of Saturday and a few other times that I was able to sneak away during the four days. Working the show was interesting, I got a little taste of everything having worked at the …
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Kurt Elling Live at Catalina’s 2-19-05 Kurt Elling has been my greatest vocal and melodic influence for the last few years. I first became inspired by his style with the album “The Man Up in the Air”. Being from Chicago, he rarely plays out in California, and last February 2005, he was out at Catalina’s, …
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Founded by Bob Engel and John Harrington in 1995, Guitars and Saxes has since featured artists including Marc Antoine, Rick Braun, Steve Cole, Warren Hill, Mindi Abair, Wayman Tisdale, Jonathon Butler, Kirk Whalum, Gerald Albright, Peter White, Richard Elliot, Jeff Golub, and more. With 2006 marking its eleventh year on tour, the group’s popularity in …
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This year at IAJE (2005), the Yellowjackets and Big Phat Band performed a concert the first night of the event. After I went to IAJE, I headed out to the concerts to watch the two groups perform for the first time (it wasn’t the first time they performed, it was the first time I saw …
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Kilauea, a contemporary jazz group owned by Dean Whitney, started out in 1990 doing covers of tunes written by Russ Freeman of the Rippingtons. After ten successful years, the band members each began their own solo careers when the band contract expired, but in 2005 reunited for a reunion concert at the Catalina Jazz Festival. …
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This year I had the opportunity to go to the IAJE Conference in Long Beach on Saturday, the last day of the Convention. When you first walked in, you walked through aisles of schools with prestigious music programs. The was an array of attendees at the convention – from junior high band students to jazz …
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This is an archive article. The concert held at the Cerritos Center February 2005 was the first and only time I had the great opportunity to see the legendary Michael Brecker perform live. Being an avid Brecker listener, I really looked forward to attending this concert and I was not disappointed with the amazing performance. …
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This past weekend has been a whirlwind of music events, and I had the pleasure of seeing and sitting in with several great artists. The first event was a performance by Incendio where I had the chance to sit in on a few songs, you can read the review on Teen Jazz. Lin Rountree’s performance …
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Preferring instrumental music over vocal, there are very few vocalists that I listen to regularly, but Diane Schuur is one of them. Diane Schuur recently performed at Catalina’s bar and grill. I attended the very last show of the last night that she was there. The ensemble sounded great, especially Diane Schuur. Her singing and …
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This is an archive article. On October 12, 2005, Kirk Whalum and Pieces of a Dream performed at the Cerritos Center in Cerritos, California. Split into two sets, the show was opened by Pieces of a Dream, and after a twenty-minute intermission, Kirk Whalum performed with his group. Overall, the performance of both ensembles was …
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