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It's the last weekend before the holidays officially begin and there is plenty to do between now and Thanksgiving to get you in the celebratory mood! Sweet Leda will be performing at Stan and Joe's Friday at 9 p.m The holiday season in Annapolis is always full of great music, great art, great fundraisers, great food and, more than anything else, ...

Virginia-based band Carbon Leaf struck a chord with radio listeners and concert-goers upon the release of their rootsy Celtic debut album, "Indian Summer." Word spread quickly as Carbon Leaf secured opening slots on tours with Dave Matthews Band, John Mayer and Counting Crows.

Jazz saxophonists had a field day with the bossa nova in 1962. The jazz-Brazilian folk experiments first undertaken by alto saxophonist Bud Shank and guitarist Laurindo Almeida in the early and late 1950s became a winning formula for jazz in the spring of 1962.

The television industry has its Emmy, Broadway theater has its Tony and film has its Oscar, all awarded at ceremonies steeped in rivalry.

Pianist Cedar Walton is among the well-known musicians that play at the Montpelier Jazz Series, often to sold-out crowds.

KEDM 90.3 FM, the public radio station housed at the University of Louisiana-Monroe, is now broadcasting KEDM2 Jazz, a second channel of excellent KEDM programming throughout northeast Louisiana.

Morehead State Universitya s string residency will present award-winning violinist Sara Caswell, Nov.

Friday's stifling heat gave way to the cool of the evening at the Monterey Jazz Festival.

It is a pleasure to follow pianist Fred Hersch's recorded output as he delivers creative and deeply felt solo and small group jazz, seeking to express ideas that sometimes approach the mysterious and ineffable, yet remain rooted in the best of musical expression.

Josh Walker and his band. The cool sounds and smooth rhythms of the American born and bred music form known as "jazz" will highlight the season-ending "Groovin' in the Park" performance on Saturday, August 22, from 6 to 8 p.m. Joshua Walker will bring his trio of musicians to play their original brand of modern and progressive jazz.

The Britt Festival is in full swing and that got us wondering, A "In your opinion, who is the greatest singer/musician ever?" ------------------------------------------------------------ A Rick Howard : Though he may not be my personal favorite I believe Frank Sinatra is the greatest....there are so many greats like Elvis, Nat King Cole or George ...

On occasion it's possible to hear music royalty, as we did June 14 when native Brazilians Duduka Da Fonseca on drums and Leonardo Cioglio on bass performed.

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The orderly life of a suburban office park will be blissfully upset this weekend, when Corporate Woods gets on the beat.