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September 8, 2010 Monday, September 27, 2010
7pm Panel Discussion, 8pm Concert
Swedenborgian Church
2107 Lyon Street, San Francisco
reception at 6:30pm
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
7:30pm Concert
Valley Presbyterian Church
945 Portola Road, Portola Valley
reception to follow |
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July 12, 2010 The performance of Holman's music by a band of L.A.'s A-list players before a packed house audience at Vitello's Friday night offered solid evidence of Holman's unique creative skills. |
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July 1, 2010 Singer Sylvia Brooks lights up early summer with her CD debut, Dangerous Liaisons - a collection of carefully chosen gems from the Great American Songbook - accompanied by a stellar 8-piece band. The album has been rolled out to general release after garnering enthusiastic response to a limited private issue earlier in the year. With masterful charts by Tom Garvin, Jeff Colella and Kim Richmond, Ms.Brooks cooks up sizzling performances of ten timeless standards familiar to the capacity crowds she draws to such L.A. area venues as Catalina's, Vitello's Jazz & Supper Club, and the Jazz Bakery. Dangerous Liaisons is available through amazon.com, CD Baby, iTunes, and Napster. Initial tracks chosen for airplay by her promotion team, noted jazz specialists Dick LaPalm and Fred Mancuso, are "Come Rain or Come Shine", " The Man That Got Away", and her rare vocal rendition of the classic "Harlem Nocturne". |
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May 25, 2010 On Friday, 09 July 2010, the legendary Bill Holman Band will make its first appearance at Vitello's Jazz & Supper Club, increasingly recognized as an essential venue on the jazz scene in Los Angeles. Bill Holman, recipient in 2010 of the National Endowment for the Arts NEA Jazz Masters Award, has for decades led this 16-piece band, known to pack a thrilling punch with tight execution, nimble ensemble, and virtuosic soloing. Vitello's music director April Williams says "We have long wanted to present this exceptional band, and we're celebrating their first appearance at Vitello's with a champagne toast to start the evening!" Show times on 09 July are at 8pm and 10pm. Reservations - highly recommended - can be made by calling 818-769-0905 (specify "Upstairs at Vitello's") or online at www.ticketweb.com. Cover: $25; minimum: $13. Vitello's is located at 4349 Tujunga / Studio City, CA 91604. Valet parking is available.
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May 8, 2010 The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has announced that violinist Midori is one of only four recipients of this year's Kennedy Center International Committee on the Arts (KCICA) Gold Medal in the Arts. The awards are given to exceptional performers and arts leaders in the international community. Midori will accept her award at a special ceremony in Tokyo on Tuesday, 25 May 2010, along with her fellow award recipients, architect Tadao Ando, Kabuki actor Kanzaburo Nakamura, and stage director Yukio Ninagawa. Winners of the prestigious Medal in past years have included Dame Judi Dench, Valery Gergiev, Mercedes Sosa, Trevor Nunn, and Lord Jacob Rothschild, among others. |
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April 1, 2010
The One All Alone
Frank Scheffer to be Shown in April
by Award-Winning Director
New music champion Other Minds has announced the screening of a new film biography of the composer Edgard Varèse, The One All Alone , to be held on April 19, 2010 film, will take place at Sundance Kabuki Cinemas in San Francisco to benefit Other Minds. Tickets, at $20, are available at www.brownpapertickets.com 7:30pm. The screening, which will be the U.S. premiere of theat |
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December 8, 2009 Awards Ceremony in January 2010 at Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York
In a ceremony on Tuesday, 12 January 2010, the National Endowment for the Arts will bestow the nation's highest honor in jazz - the quintessentially American artform - on composer, arranger and tenor saxophonist Bill Holman in recognition of a lifetime of extraordinary achievement. Seven others will receive the award that day as well: Muhal Richard Abrams, George Avakian, Kenny Barron, Bobby Hutcherson, Yusef Lateef, Annie Ross, and Cedar Walton. In announcing the awards, the NEA issued this statement: "These master artists have dedicated their lives to shaping and advancing the rich tradition of jazz. The NEA is pleased to recognize their individual creative talents and celebrate their combined musical contributions." The awards ceremony will take place at Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City. Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra will perform, in a program honoring the recipients' lives and works. |
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