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2010 Indy Jazz Fest performer, Derrick Gardner won the 2009 Independent Music Awards for best Jazz Album for his release, Echoes of Ethnicity. This was released on the independent jazz record label, Owl Studios, based in Indianapolis. Tweet
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2010 Indy Jazz Fest performer, Charmaine Neville, has appeared on seventeen albums throughout her career. Tweet
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Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, holds the biggest high school jazz band competition in the country. The winers of the competition will appear at this year’s Indy Jazz Fest. Tweet
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Simone, the daughter of Nina Simone, will perform at this year’s Indy Jazz Fest. In addition to her solo albums, Simone is an acclaimed broadway singer, having appeared in notable shows like Rent, Les Miserables and Jesus Christ Superstar. Tweet
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There are over forty current/former members of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band since beginning in 1961. The band will be part of the 2010 Indy Jazz Fest by performing at The Jazz Kitchen on Tuesday, September 14th. Tweet
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2010 Indy Jazz fest perfromer Raul Midon and his twin brother Marco, are both blind. The Midon brothers are successful in their respective careers, Raul a musician who has perfomed with Shakira, Louie Vega, Alejandro Sanz, Julio Iglesias and Jose … Continue reading
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Raul Midon, A Latin Gem
Raul Midon has traveled the world singing with artists like Shakira, Alejandro Sanz, Julio Iglesias and Jose Feliciano. Not one to stay in the shadows too long, Midon earned a recording contract by playing for whomever the record label set … Continue reading
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2010 Indy Jazz Fest performer Dee Dee Bridgewater is a two time Grammy Award winner , 1998 Best Jazz Vocal Performance & Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s) for Dear Ella and has also won a Tony Award in 1975 for … Continue reading
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Pianist/bandleader Count Basie born 1904 in Red Bank, NJ. 2010 Indy Jazz Fest performers and Indianapolis based independent record label Owl Studios artsts, Rob Dixon and Derrick Gardner have both been members of the Count Basie Orchestra. Tweet
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Trombonist Frank Rosolino born 1926 in Detroit, MI. Rosolino and Indianapolis native J.J. Johnson played together on the album, Trombomania!. Tweet
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Pianist Jimmy Rowles born 1918 in Spokane, WA. Rowles played on Billie Holiday’s last album, All That Jazz. Dee Dee Bridgewater, a featured performer for Indy Jazz Fest 2010, will do her tribute to Billie Holiday on Friday, September 17th … Continue reading
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Pianist/composer Duke Pearson born 1932 in Atlanta, GA. Pearson played in a group with Donald Byrd, The Byrd-Pearson band and consisted of musicians such as Chick Corea, Pepper Adams, Garnett Brown and 2009 Indy jazz Fest performer Randy Brecker. Tweet
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Three pianists born – Bill Evans, 1929 in Plainfield, NJ., Mal Waldron, 1925 in New York, N.Y., and Carl Perkins, 1928 in Indianapolis, IN. Tweet