Next week is Thanksgiving. It always baffles me how fast these holidays start reoccurring. What seemed like only a couple of months has actually been a full year. Not that I am complaining. I love turkey and dressing.
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Fort Worth Date Night: All that Jazz (Fort Worth Business Press)
A rising young star salutes the 50th anniversary appearance of his legendary inspiration. As a long-time jazz fan, it gets my attention whenever I see Live At Newport in the title of an album, because it evokes memories of Ellington, Brubeck, and other legendary jazz performers who have appeared at the festival through the years. Of course, it also creates expectations — and that can sometimes …
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Music Review: Christian Scott - Live At Newport (CD+DVD) (Blogcritics.org)
LONDON - Jazz FM has appointed Unanimis to handle its online advertising, following the October relaunch of the station.
More here: Jazz FM hires Unanimis for online ad work (Media Week Online)
MUSIC fans will be treated to an extraordinary combination of the finest sophisticated ballads and smooth soul and jazz sounds when Christopher Cross performs back-to-back with Chrysta Jones of Workshy in their Philippine tour.
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Cross-Jones concert slated in Bacolod (Sun Star)
JZ Club has started hosting concerts at the Shanghai Center Theater (the one in the Portman Ritz-Carlton building) and the next one is tomorrow (Friday, that is). This show is featuring Bob James, the smooth jazz pianist who recently recorded his album ” Angels of Shanghai ” here in town with a number of local traditional intrumentalists. There’s more information about the project on Bob …
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Bob James brings smooth jazz to town (Shanghaiist)
Injuries have left Tim Duncan and Gregg Popovich once again leaning on each other. They could do a lot worse.
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For the Spurs, it’s just like old times (Yahoo! Sports)
A capacity crowd filled Atwood Concert Hall on Saturday night to hear a fine concert that balanced music, showmanship and even a dose of education delivered as smoothly as the jazz that flowed from Chris Botti’s trumpet.
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Botti concert featured smooth jazz, a dash of humor (Anchorage Daily News)
In the past few months, BK Jackson seems to have been everywhere. He released his first smooth jazz CD, opened for legendary vocalist Tony Bennett at the Clearwater Jazz Holiday and performed the national anthem at four sold-out Tampa Bay Rays playoff games.
More here: Sax Player Is A Smooth Operator (Central Tampa News & Tribune)
A 2005 commercial for Kimono condoms speaks volumes about the company’s self-image. In the ad, a woman sits at a poker table with four men. The setup is swank: Chandelier light reflects from the walls, glass tumblers litter the table, smooth jazz plays in the background.
More here: ARCHIVE SEARCH (East Bay Express)
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