NYC ~ Geri Allen & Friends Celebrate the Great Jazz Women of the Apollo on Saturday, MAY 11 at the Apollo Theater!

Geri Allen and The Timeline QuartetPianist-composer-educator Geri Allen will present a special program titled "Geri Allen & Friends Celebrate The Great Jazz Women Of The Apollo," at The Apollo Theater in New York on Saturday, May 11.

Under Allen's musical direction, this concert production pays homage to the legendary women singers and instrumentalists who have graced the Apollo stage (celebrating such legacies as Nina Simone, Betty Carter, Nancy Wilson, Mary Lou Williams, Hazel Scott, Dinah Washington, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughn, Melba Liston and other great jazz women).

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Jazz & Blues Events for the Weekend: June 11-13, 2010

✽Good morning✽

 I hope that you all had a great week! Miguel Zenon and Esta Plena, Melody Gardot, George Benson, the Rippingtons, Bernie Williams Band, Stanley Clark Band featuring Hiromi, Big James and the Chicago Playboys, Lizz Wright, Harry Connick Jr., Janiva Magness, Otis Taylor and Chick Corea with his Freedom Band are just some of the artists that you can see perform this weekend!

In addition to the musicians mentioned above, you'll be able to see Patti Austin, Anat Cohen, Tia Fuller, Helen Sung, DIVA jazz orchestra, et al. at the Central Pennsylvania Friends of Jazz Annual Jazz Festival in Harrisburg, PA.

The Annual Playboy Jazz Festival lineup includes Esperanza Spalding, Marcus Miller featuring Christian Scott, Kurt Elling, Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue, Salif Keita, The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, Bobby Hutcherson and the Cedar Walton Quartet and others.

You really don't have any excuse ~ Go and see live jazz this weekend!!

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Femme Fatale Friday: Saxophonist Tia Fuller

❁Good morning❁

I'm resurrecting something that I did online for about a year. Every Friday I would play music of female musicians and vocalists for people on Twitter to listen to. This is a take on that concept - I'll be highlighting one female artist every Friday instead of 20.

Enjoy ~

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JAM 2010: 156 Artists for a New Jazz Experience (Part XI)

Good morning! 

I have so many delightful artists to share with you! Find out about saxophonists Sonny Rollins, Ted Nash and Tia Fuller; trumpeters Thomas Heflin, Terell Stafford and Terence Blanchard; vocalist Sy Smith, bass guitarist Tal Wilkenfeld; pianist Sunna Gunnlaugs and others.

Enjoy ~ 

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