Performance / Tour News

Delfeayo Marsalis to Bring Ellington to Mondavi Center

Source: All About Jazz
September 10, 2008

The greatest playwright of the English language will meet some of today's finest jazz musicians when Delfeayo Marsalis and his band bring Duke Ellington's Such Sweet Thunder to the Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts, UC Davis. The work, a 12-part suite inspired by the poetry and plays William Shakespeare, which has been called “one of the most remarkable orchestral pieces in all of American music by critic A.B. Spellman, will be played by an eight-piece band ...

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Tuxedomoon to Play Rare US Gig in New York City

Source: All About Jazz
September 10, 2008

Legendary art-rockers Tuxedomoon--formed in San Francisco in 1977, dormant through much of the 1990s, and reborn in 2004 with their original line-up intact--will play a rare US gig at Poisson Rouge in New York on September 17.

Over the past 21 years, Tuxedomoon have played only four times in the US, and are today usually more visible along the coast of the Mediterranean or the Baltic.

The band--founder members Steven Brown (saxes, keyboards, vocals), Blaine L Reininger (violin, guitar, vocals) ...

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Meridian Arts Ensemble to Play Concert at Manhattan School of Music

Source: Teresa Conboy PR
September 10, 2008

The Meridian Arts Ensemble will celebrate the release of its Timbrando CD with a special concert at the Manhattan School of Music, Friday, September 12th, 7:30 p.m. Timbrando (Portuguese for making a tone or sounding, related to the word timbre) is a cross cultural travelogue of music the group collected while on tour in Latin and South America and the U.S. The concert is a performance of the pieces on Timbrando including: the traditional Caballito Nicollano, (The Cowboy from Nicolla), ...

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New Music Circle 2008-09 Season to Include Concerts by Vinny Golia Large Ensemble, Morton Subotnick

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
September 10, 2008

Concerts by the 27-piece Vinny Golia Large Ensemble and electronic music legend Morton Subotnick (pictured) will be among the highlights of New Music Circle's 2008-09 season, the fiftieth anniversary year for the venerable presenting organization.Golia, who composes and improvises on multiple woodwind instruments, will kick off the NMC season with a performance on Saturday, September 27 at the Webster University Community Music School, 534 Garden Ave. NMC says they've “assembled a 27-piece group of top local and national ...

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Bruce Springsteen Charleston

Source: JamBase
September 9, 2008

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band :: 08.16.08 :: North Charleston Coliseum :: Charleston, SC

Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band There are some journeys that one must go alone, and then there are some one must share with their closest friends. When Bruce Springsteen made his first appearance in picturesque Charleston, SC in over thirty years, diehards and novices alike scurried to pick up one of the ...

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Ozomatli in South Africa

Source: JamBase
September 9, 2008

Ozomatli to Perform Three Concerts in South Africa Celebrating Diversity

Ozomatli Ozomatli will be making their first visit to South Africa in early October, 2008. Winner of three Grammy awards and two Billboard Latin awards, Ozomatli is dedicated to addressing social justice issues a hallmark of Ozo's work ever since the band formed in 1995 as part of labor protests in Los Angeles. Through their music, they will bring their message of strength in diversity and social transformation to Pretoria, ...

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Jaimoe's Jasssz Band

Source: All About Jazz
September 8, 2008

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Kate Schutt Trio at World Cafe Live in Philadelphia

Source: All About Jazz
September 8, 2008

Singer/songwriter Kate Schutt will perform with her trio at the World Cafe Live in Philadelphia on Sunday, September 21st. Doors and brunch at 12 noon Music from 12:45-1:45pm Kate Schutt - guitar / vocal Orrin Evans - piano Justin Faulkner - drums World Cafe Live (Upstairs) 3025 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 215-222-1400 worldcafelive.com Tickets: $28.50 -- Includes live entertainment, all buffet items, tax, gratuity, and ...

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