The Pacific Jazz Institute at Dimitriou's Jazz Alley in Seattle presents for six nights, Grammy-winning Latin jazz pianist Eddie Palmieri. Band members are Eddie Palmieri (piano), Conrad Herwig (trombone), Michael Rodriguez (trumpet), Vincent "Little Johnny" Rivero (congas) Orlando Vega (bongo), Yosvany Terry (alto saxophone), José Claussell (timbales), and Luques Curtis (bass). Set times Tuesday and Wednesday are at 7:30PM, Thursday through Saturday at 7:30PM and 9:30PM and Sunday at 7:30PM. Doors open at 6PM Tuesday and 5:30PM Wednesday - Sunday.

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Spirits were high last night at the Austin Music Awards last night, where Atash was honored with the award for Best World Music Band of 2007-8, followed by a celebratory set at the Red Fez featuring Mohammad Firoozi, Christian Fernandez, Dylan Jones, John Moon, Roberto Riggio, Alseny Sylla, Aboubakar Sylla, and special guests Bryan Austin on drums and Indrajit Banerjee on sitar. 

Oud player Salomon Amzallag, better known as Samy Al-Maghribi, died March 9, 2008.  Born in Morocco in 1922, he soon became a well-known figure in Andalusian music and after emigrating to Canada, served for many years as the Cantor of Montreal's Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue.

After retiring, he spent several years in Israel where he worked with the Israeli Andalusian Orchestra and eventually returned to Canada.

"He was a very fine singer, instrumentalist, and composer, highly appreciated in both the Jewish and the Muslim worlds, and a great person,"  said ethnomusicologist Judith Cohen, who studied oud with Samy Al-Maghribi.