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Junk ”KAT” & Modiano Return to Patelson "Wine Wednesdays" with Jazz Standards - April 2, 2008 Pedro Giraudo Jazz Orchestra at Jazz Standard - March 3, 2008 Arturo O’Farrill Sextet at Dizzy's Club, Coca-Cola - March 1, 2008 Hector Del Curto's Eternal Tango Orchestra at Jazz Standard - February 20, 2008 Kerry Linder Brazilian Jazz Trio at Patelson Music House "Wine Wednesday" for Valentine's Day - February 13, 2008 Glimpses of the Moon at The Oak Room, Cabaret Theatre that Bubbles! - February 4, 2008 "Italian Women in Jazz" Features Roberta Gambarini at Blue Note - February 2, 2008 Clayton Brothers Quintet at Dizzy's Club, Coca-Cola - January 12, 2008 The Mad Jazz Hatters Return to the Patelson Music House Wine Wednesdays for The Holidays - December 19, 2007 Cristina Fontanelli Presents "Christmas in Italy" at The TimesCenter - December 9, 2007 Danilo Rea - Roberto Gatto Trio, Featuring Joseph Lepore at Dizzy's Club, Coca-Cola - December 3, 2007 The Moutin Reunion Quartet at Cachaça, Jazz 'n' Samba Club - December 1, 2007 Pablo Ziegler Quartet and Nestor Torres in "Tango Meets Jazz" at Jazz Standard - November 30, 2007 The Jazz Expressions Play an After-Hours Set at Dizzy's Club, Coca-Cola - November 15, 2007 Mulgrew Miller & Wingspan at Dizzy's Club, Coca-Cola - November 15, 2007 Junk "KAT" & Modiano Features Yael Acher at Patelson Music House "Wine Wednesday" - November 14, 2007 Copyright Notice: All articles, production titles and concepts (e.g., Piano-Plus Jazz Series), photos, web icons, column titles, and other original concepts and designs on RobertaOnTheArts.com are copyright and explicitly owned by Roberta E. 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