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One stage, two shows featuring two of Tulsa's premiere Jazz singers, one incredible evening! In an unprecedented evening of entertainment, Spinning Plates Productions takes over the Charles E. Norman Theater for TWO original cabaret performances from a couple of truly talented ladies. At 7 pm, it's 'Why Cyn Sings Jazz---The Vocal Evolution of Cynthia Simmons.' New …
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The Live Jazz Lovers Gig List For Week of 6/10/2013 By Jim & Jeanine Brought to you Courtesy of the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame June 11 TUESDAY Jon Glazer – Infuzion, 101st & Mingo, Tuesday night, 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. Jazz Depot Jam Session - Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame, 111 E First, Upper Level. …
Oklahoma-Israeli Exchange Announces Winner Young Artist Jordan Hehl to be showcased this Sunday Sunday, for the first time ever, the past three winners of the Oklahoma Israel Exchange's Young Artists Competition will perform on the same stage. Also for the first time ever, the newest winner is a bass player. Tulsa jazz bassist Jordan Hehl recently …
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Trumpeter and vocalist Jeff Shadley has dubbed the band assembled for Thursday's benefit show the Disaster Relief Orchestra. That name aptly describes his and the group's mission, which is to aid victims of the recent Oklahoma tornadoes by raising money for the Tulsa Chapter of the Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund. But area jazz fans …
Joe Wilkinson produces a Memorial Day Salute to Veterans: Like many jazz and swing performers, eighty-nine-year-old singer-pianist Joe Wilkinson knows a lot of the classic songs from World War II. The only difference is, he was playing them when they were new. As a member of the 304 th Signal Operation Battalion stationed in the …
The Live Jazz Lovers Gig List For Week of 5/13/2013 By Jim & Jeanine Brought to you Courtesy of the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame May 13 MONDAY Musical Mondays with Rebecca Ungerman and Steven Schrag – Whole Foods, 41st & Peoria, Monday from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Mark Bruner – Celebrity Club, Monday …
Sandy Gardner and Pam Van Dyke Crosby Headline Celebration of Mother's Day One had a musical mom, one didn't. But both Sandy Gardner and Pam Van Dyke Crosby are quick to acknowledge the positive effects that their mothers had on their careers and their lives in general. According to Pam, the two well-known vocalists will be …
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Like many of his musical contemporaries at Will Rogers High School in the late ‘50s and early ‘60s, Ron Radford jumped eagerly into the relatively new music known as rock ‘n’ roll, learning to play the electric guitar and hanging out at jam sessions with the likes of Rogers students David Gates and Leon Russell (then known by …
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Presented by Amy Cottingham and Friends, the Barbi Cottingham Celebration Concert is free to the public, though donations are accepted benefiting the Barbi Cottingham Benefit Fund. BarbiCottingham—a pianist and music educator serving Tulsa—has given so much to so many, and is now battling blastic NK-cell lymphoma. Cancer has touched everyone, whether as a patient, caregiver, or friend. The Barbi Cottingham Benefit Fund will send Barbi to M.D. Anderson to participate in a …
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Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on April 25th, 1913, alto saxophonist Earl Bostic was a technical master of his instrument, yet remained somewhat under appreciated by jazz fans due to the string of simple, popular R&B/jump blues hits he recorded during the 1950s. Bostic played around the Midwest during the early thirties, studied at Xavier University, …
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