Performance / Tour News

Gransonn New Album out Soon

Source: 1888 Media
August 18, 2008

Talented, inspirational, unique and focus are just the least of words to describe new reggae sensation Gransonn. A name given to him by his grandmother, he believes in differentiating himself from all negative forces in life. Creating quality musical entertainment for all people regardless of colour, class, creed nor religion. His music will energize, rejuvenate and relax your mind. Born Christopher Wallace on the 19th day of November 1976, in Savannalamar Westmoreland, on the beautiful Island of Jamaica. The birth ...

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Billy Cobham's Spectrum Band at the Opera House in Jim Thorpe on Labor Day

Source: All About Jazz
August 18, 2008

35 years after Billy Cobham first formed the Spectrum Band, he returns to the United States for a brief tour beginning at the Opera House in Jim Thorpe, PA on Monday, September 1st. Long known for his work with Miles Davis and as the locomotive force behind the jazz fusion supergroup, the Mahavishnu Orchestra, Billy Cobham's other stops will be New York City, Washington DC, and Detroit.

He is widely considered one of the greatest drummers in the world. He ...

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Jazz Adds an Acute Angle to Washington Square

Source: All About Jazz
August 17, 2008

It's called a square, but it's not. For one thing, the commercial section around Beacon and Washington streets in Brookline isn't a square in the sense of a plaza or a four-sided piece of pavement. Second, Washington Square has become one of the best local settings for live jazz - and the musicians say the food is great, too. “It's a hot little section," said Pauline Bilsky, executive director of Jazz Boston, an all-volunteer, nonprofit group that promotes jazz in ...

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Bop Around the Bloc

Source: All About Jazz
August 17, 2008

From music museums to jazz clubs, Christina Pfeiffer explores Prague through its music. One of the few cities in Europe that escaped widespread damage during World War II, Prague has cobblestone streets that are some of the most picturesque on the continent, lined with baroque, gothic and renaissance architecture. But if you close your eyes and listen, there's another world to discover. The city's reputation as a centre of musical excellence was forged when Mozart conducted the premiere of Don ...

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Divine Hand Ensemble Featuring Mano Divina, Concert Thereminist, Premiers in October at the Sellersville Theater

Source: All About Jazz
August 17, 2008

International premier of this unique musical performance Sellersville Theatre: 8:30pm Friday October 31, 2008 Tickets - $19.50; Theatre Members - $10.00

Online at ST94.com / by phone at 215.257.5808 At the box office: 24 W. Temple Avenue Sellersville, PA 18960

“Breathless entertainment that leaves you hanging on every note and gesture as [Divina] hypnotizes electricity and manipulates magnetism to release the voices of angels from the air with his fingertips..."

A seven-piece string ensemble ...

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Steve Smith's Jazz Legacy - Fall Tour

Source: Michael Bloom Media Relations
August 16, 2008

STEVE SMITH'S JAZZ LEGACY NATIONAL FALL TOUR STARTS OCT. 2 Steve Smith's Jazz Legacy plays music that is dedicated to honoring the legacy of many of the great jazz drummers such as Art Blakey, “Philly" Joe Jones, Elvin Jones, and Tony Williams. Jazz Legacy also performs original compositions and arrangements written by the individual band members which serves to gives the band a unique direction. This powerhouse, swinging jazz quintet is made up of five seasoned musicians; Andy Fusco (alto ...

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Australian Jazz Meets Indigenous Music for Unique Show

Source: All About Jazz
August 16, 2008

A MODERN abstract jazz band will combine with indigenous musicians - both traditional and contemporary - at a unique show in Darwin this weekend. The project is the result of a four-year collaboration between the Australian Art Orchestra, the Wagilak Gujarra/Nyilapidji musicians from Ngukurr and singer Ruby Hunter. In Darwin yesterday AAO artistic director Paul Grabowsky said the show and music, called Crossing Roper Bar, was “unmistakably Australian". It's combining essentially very ancient and very modern music. I love that ...

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Jack Sheldon in San Francisco Bay This Sunday

Source: All About Jazz
August 16, 2008

Hello Jack Sheldon Fans!

This is a reminder that this Sunday, August 17, The Jack Sheldon California Cool Quartet(tm) will be performing forly one night only in the San Francisco Bay Area.

This is an extremely rare, out-of-town, appearance by our hero Jack Sheldon....so you cannot miss it! it will be a blast!

Here are the details:

Date: Sunday August 17 (this Sunday)

Showtime: 4:30p - 7:00p (two sets)

Venue: Douglas Beach House (25 miles south of San Francisco)

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