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As he continues on well into his 8th decade as the go-to tenor sax man, the always solid Houston Person remains a prolific and first-rate blues man.

Harris-Stowe State University will present a jazz concert to benefit its Wolff Jazz Institute at 7:00 p.m. Saturday, August 29 in the Dr.

Harris-Stowe State University, home of the Don and Heide Wolff Jazz Institute, will host a benefit concert of jazz greats on Saturday, August 29, 2009, at 7 p.m., in the Dr.

MyFoxNY.com - Jazzmobile , which presents New York's oldest continuous summer Jazz festival, will kick off its 2009 summer season with a three-borough concert tour.

An impromptu conversation about music that took place on a Marblehead sidewalk in the 1980s set in motion Marblehead Summer Jazz, which will kick off its 25th season Saturday night at the Unitarian-Universalist Church on Mugford Street.

Nancy Kellya s vocal style is a study in phrasing, style and swing. Shea s both old school and new.

RYAN BINGHAM & THE DEAD HORSES: ROADHOUSE SUN. What is it about life than can make a 28-year-old cowboy dude sound like he's a ripped-up old soul? Ridin' the rodeo circuit, living on your own since you were in your mid teens, hanging out at your uncle's saloon listening to the juke box must be what does it.

This first weekend in June sure is a popular one for music festivals here in the Garden State.

Bass player Jon Burr is a stand-up guy. The bass player has worked with luminaries such as Buddy Rich, Tony Bennett, and Chet Baker.

Track Alright Okay You Win Artist/Band Nancy Kelly Duration 6:02 Album Well Alright! Record Label Saying it with Jazz Description On Well, Alright! Nancy displays her immense talents on diverse material.

As Dorothy Creamer explains , it's an event that's still offering up three days of free sounds a ' even in a year that's got practically all of us singing the blues.

Houston Person The Art & Soul of Houston Person [19962008] [High Note] Joe Fields recorded Person's debut at Prestige in 1966.

There are many early signs of summer at the Jersey Shore; more tourists, birds chirping, flowers blooming and in less than 4 short weeks the music, food and family fun of one of the largest free music festivals in the Northeast, The Red Bank Jazz & Blues Festival.

MICHAL ATTIAS QUARTET At 8 p.m. The Stone Avenue C and Second Street, East Village AB BAARS TRIO WITH KEN VANDERMARK At 7 p.m. Joes Pub, at the Public Theater, 425 Lafayette Street, at Astor Place, East Village BOSSABRASIL FESTIVAL At 8:30 and 11 p.m. Birdland 315 West 44th Street, Clinton DON BYRON NEW GOSPEL QUINTET At 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. Jazz ...

The hills of Brooklyn will be alive with the sound of music - jazz music - throughout April.

South Carolina's Houston Person is a jazz icon. Sometimes, my passion for preserving jazz goes over the top.

July 31-August 2, 2009 Grounds of Kent School, Kent, CT The Litchfield Jazz Festival, now in its fourteenth summer, is thrilled to announce the 2009 line-up and its move to the gorgeous campus of Kent School in Kent, Connecticut.

JAZZ GIGS MANHATTAN STYLE ERNESTINE ANDERSON WITH HOUSTON PERSON Tuesday through Thursday through March 29 At 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola Frederick P. Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center 60th Street and Broadway WILL BERNARD BAND Thursday Keyboardist John Medeski, the bassist Andy Hess and the drummer Stanton Moore.

SOURCE: All About Jazz Publicity New York, NY - Composer, arranger and guitarist Peter Hand has been signed to Savant Records.

Bassist Jon Burr has spent many years supporting other artists. He brings a lot of that experience into Just Can't Wait , a 14-song collection that reflects the artist's obsession with love.