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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 28/10/2008
GEORGE WEIN and THE NEWPORT ALL-STARS PERFORM AT DIZZY'S CLUB COCA COLA NOVEMBER 4 - 9, 7:30 PM and 9:30 PM NEW YORK, October 27, 2008 - ELECT GEORGE WEIN! After you go out to vote, spend the evening with George Wein and the Newport All-stars at Dizzy's Club Coca Cola, at Frederick P. Rose Hall, Broadway and 60th Street, 5th Floor, on Tuesday, November 4, (Election...
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 28/10/2008
After you go out to vote, spend the evening with George Wein and the Newport All-stars at Dizzy's Club Coca Cola, at Frederick P. Rose Hall, Broadway and 60th Street, 5th Floor, on Tuesday, November 4, (Election Day) and nightly through Sunday, November 9, at 7:30 pm and 9:30 pm. Back by popular demand for the second consecutive year, pianist Wein is joined at Dizzy's by Howard...
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008
Asia's Queen of Jazz they call Annie Brazil. The singer from Okinawa started at age 6 in stage shows, performed at 12 for American troops in Pamopanga, frontlined a nightclub act at 15, and at 20 landed a bigger contract on the Pacific island. That's when Ms. Brazil caught impresario George Wein's ear; he invited her to sing at the 1969 Newport Jazz Festival. Wider fame followed--appearances...
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
The Giants of Jazz was an all-star band assembled by promoter George Wein in 1971. While Dizzy and Monk were the most celebrated members, the band also included Art Blakey (drums), Sonny Stitt (sax), Kai Winding (trombone) and Al McKibbon (bass). By the time it arrived at the Monterey Jazz Festival in September of 1972, Gillespie had to absent himself to return to his own band and the...
