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Article: Jazz piano phenomenon returns
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- The Topeka Capital-Journal
- Article date:
- May 11, 2007
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By Bill Blankenship
THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL
Topeka jazz fans have been watching 20-year-old Eldar Djangirov
perform for almost half of his life.
Djangirov was only 11 when the late Jim Monroe booked the piano-
playing wunderkind for the Topeka Jazz Festival, at which he became
a regular.
The festival has since folded, but Djangirov is still going
strong.
He will perform for the Topeka Jazz Workshop Inc. Concert Series
on Sunday, just 22 days before the release of his next major record-
label CD, "re-imagination" (Sony BMG Masterworks).
A CD release party is scheduled for Joe's Pub in New York City,
where Djangirov now lives, and on June 8, he will perform at
Carnegie Hall as part of a tribute ...