Performance / Tour News

Tatanka: Bisco, Dumpsta, RHD

Source: JamBase
August 28, 2008

The Disco Biscuits, Rose Hill Drive, The Everyone Orchestra and Dumpstaphunk Confirmed for the Colorado's Inaugural Tatanka Music and Art Festival

The Disco Biscuits Set to take place at the Boulder Reservoir, in Boulder, CO on September 27 and 28, the first annual Tatanka Music and Arts Festival will feature The Disco Biscuits, Rose Hill Drive, Big Head Todd's Todd Park Mohr, The Everyone Orchestra, Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk, The Motet and others.

Tickets are $80 for a weekend ...

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Erik Truffaz: A Tasty Melange of East and West, Shot Through a Jazz Blender

Source: All About Jazz
August 27, 2008

Erik Truffaz makes a triumphal return to MusicHall with Malcolm Braff and their 'Indian Project' BEIRUT: It was standing-room only at Wadi Abu Jmeel's best-loved concert venue on Tuesday evening as Erik Truffaz made a triumphant return to MusicHall. The world-renowned trumpet player came bearing gifts from the east, in the form of his “Indian Project." The brainchild of Truffaz and his pianist collaborator Malcolm Braff, the show saw their considerable talents augmented by those of Indrani Mukherjee, a vocalist ...

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Yes, There's Jazz at Bumbershoot -- And Even a Jazz Legend

Source: All About Jazz
August 27, 2008

The outdoor stage upon which tenor saxophonist Hadley Caliman and his group will play Sunday at the Bumbershoot music and arts festival is among the more intimate at the event, a cozy nook with room for about 800, surrounded by exhibit rooms, sheltered from the rock-thirsty crowds the event is known for. One of the oldest and most revered performers at the festival, the semiretired Caliman, 76, is among a relative handful of acts that comprise jazz at Bumbershoot this ...

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A Night of Jazz with the Dan DeChellis Trio in Bath, PA

Source: All About Jazz
August 27, 2008

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Stanford Lively Arts Launches 2008-09 Season with Branford Marsalis and "Marsalis Brasilianos"

Source: All About Jazz
August 27, 2008

Stanford Lively Arts opens its 2008-09 season on Sunday, October 5 with “Marsalis Brasilianos," a vibrant musical dialogue across the Americas featuring saxophone virtuoso Branford Marsalis with members of the Philarmonia Brasileira, led by Gil Jardim. The performance takes place at 2:30 p.m., at Memorial Auditorium, and will be followed by a Brazilian-themed gala celebration including live music and a seated gourmet dinner with special guests.

Commemorating the 50th anniversary of Heitor Villa-Lobos' death, “Marsalis Brasilianos" is an innovative new ...

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West Coast Jazz Party Ready to Swing Again

Source: All About Jazz
August 27, 2008

The Labor Day weekend bash attracts musicians and jazz buffs from around the world. It's nearing the end of summer, so everyone is cramming in the most they can - going to the beach, having barbecues and all that jazz. But for music aficionados, they really are soaking in as much jazz as they can at the end of the season. Featuring more than 70 musicians, the 14th annual West Coast Jazz Party and Brunch Cruise will be held Aug. ...

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After All These Years, Jazz Giant Plans Hometown Gig

Source: All About Jazz
August 27, 2008

Unless you're a musician or jazz geek, you've probably never heard of Ran Blake. But the 73-year-old pianist has more than 30 albums to his name and has played countless concerts from New York to Greece. Tomorrow he's playing in a place that's completely new and completely familiar to him: Blake's performance at the Vernissage restaurant on Beacon Street will be his first public show in his hometown of Brookline. “It's a wonderful, terrific street, Beacon Street," Blake said of ...

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Jazz Concert to Benefit Music Education Efforts at Black Rock Art Center

Source: All About Jazz
August 27, 2008

A collective of jazz musicians called Disorder at the Border will perform a concert to benefit jazz education in Bridgeport on Saturday, Sept. 27 at 7:30 p.m. at the Black Rock Art Center (BRAC), 2838 Fairfield Ave. Disorder at the Border bandleader and tenor saxophonist Bennie Wallace recently founded the Backcountry Jazz organization so world-class jazz musicians can give intimate acoustical concerts, workshops and master classes for young audiences in communities that have limited access to live, quality jazz music. ...

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