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NPR: Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society At CareFusion Jazz Festival Newport

August 10, 2010 – 10:31 am

Despite the fact that special guest Bob Brookmeyer was unable to join them as planned due to illness, Darcy James Argue‘s Secret Society played a well-received set on CareFusion Jazz Festival Newport‘s Harbor Stage this past Saturday morning. The 18-piece big band…

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Tonight: Mary Halvorson Trio at Cornelia Street Café (NYC)

August 5, 2010 – 7:31 am

Guitarist/composer Mary Halvorson‘s working trio, featuring bassist John Hébert and Ches Smith, will perform tonight at Cornelia Street Café. This event, the first of three concerts in three countries the band will play this month, will focus on music from…

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Tonight: Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society At CareFusion Jazz Festival

June 21, 2010 – 8:42 am

Tonight, acclaimed bandleader/composer Darcy James Argue and his 18-piece steampunk big band Secret Society will make their Jazz at Lincoln Center debut at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola as part of George Wein’s CareFusion Jazz Festival New York. “It’s actually pretty inspiring…

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Out Today: Peter Madsen Trio’s The Litchfield Suite (Playscape Recordings)

March 16, 2010 – 8:25 am

Today is the official street date for the Peter Madsen Trio’s The Litchfield Suite (Playscape Recordings), which documents the world premiere performance of Madsen’s title suite at the 2008 Litchfield Jazz Festival in Connecticut. This is the veteran pianist/composer’s first…

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Darcy James Argue’s Infernal Machines Nominated For JUNO Award

March 4, 2010 – 10:25 am

Canada’s 2010 JUNO Award nominations were announced yesterday and we’re proud to report that Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society is nominated in the Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year category for its 2009 debut, Infernal Machines (New Amsterdam Records). The record…

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Company Of Heaven Jazz Festival

January 7, 2010 – 4:11 pm

Company of Heaven, the booking agency for many of creative improvised music’s biggest names, will hold its second annual jazz festival at New York’s Cornelia Street Café this weekend as part of the festivities surrounding the 2010 Association of Performing…

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