Performance / Tour News

Saxophonist Ray Blue Tribute to Johnny Griffin Tomorrow

Source: All About Jazz
August 16, 2008

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Spotlight 29 Casino Welcomes Etta James

Source: All About Jazz
August 16, 2008

Spotlight 29 Casino is proud to welcome multiple Grammy winner, Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame inductee and legendary blues artist Etta James and the Roots Band on September 27. Also appearing are special guests Tower of Power, the band critics call “the premiere bastion of true soul and funk in modern music, “ who are on their 40th anniversary tour. James' distinguished career spans five decades, making her a true legend in the recording industry. She is a three-time ...

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Free Jazz Alto Summit Fei/Feichtmair/Adams/Dijkstra at The Uptown

Source: All About Jazz
August 15, 2008

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Cindy Blackman Quartet - Fall Tour Dates 2008

Source: Two for the Show Media
August 15, 2008

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Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, Jack Dejohnette 25th Anniversary Concert at Boston Symphony Hall October 26

Source: Sue Auclair Promotions
August 15, 2008

Absolutely Live Entertainment, LLC will present the 25th Anniversary Concert of Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, Jack DeJohnnette on Sunday, October 26 at 8:00 p.m. at Boston Symphony Hall, located at 301 Massachusetts Avenue. Tickets at $75.00, $65.00, $55.00 and $35.00 are on sale now at bso.org or by calling 888-266-1200. Symphony Hall box office at 300 Mass. Ave. opens on Thursday, September 4.

Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, Jack DeJohnette are touring as a part of celebrating the trio's 25th anniversary ...

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Birdland Jazz Club Announces September 2008 Schedule

Source: O&M Co.
August 15, 2008

Birdland (315 West 44th Street - between 8th & 9th Aves.) is pleased to announce an exciting line-up of extraordinary entertainment for the month of September. A detailed schedule follows: Charley Krachy Quintet Along with Lenny Popkin, Connie Crothers, and others, saxophonist Charley Krachy is one of the New York area musicians who has become known for not only keeping the teachings of late pianist and theorist Lenny Tristano alive ,but also for introducing his music to a ...

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Shaynee Rainbolt Sings Russell Garcia with Russell Garcia Four-Trombone Band

Source: Carolyn McClair Public Relations
August 15, 2008

If vocalist Shaynee Rainbolt had followed the advice of Russell Garcia's tune, “Go Slow," her new project - Shaynee Rainbolt SINGS Russell Garcia with Russell Garcia & His Four-Trombone Band - may never have happened. However, when a fellow vocalist gave her a copy of Julie London's rendition of the tune, Shaynee went full speed ahead to learn who wrote it and to secure the rights to record it. Her search uncovered the names Russell Garcia and Ned Kronk. Well ...

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Mark Taylor Quartet: A Four-Part Fusion of Friendship and Music

Source: All About Jazz
August 15, 2008

Mark Taylor and Gary Fukushima play Aug. 15 at Tula's as the Mark Taylor Quartet. Jazz musicians -- and, more broadly, boys -- bond over predictable things, so the collaboration between pianist Gary Fukushima and saxophonist Mark Taylor started with a question that went something like this: “Hey Mark, you want to watch the Sonics game with me?" About 15 years after they met as music students at the University of Washington, Taylor and Fukushima, both products of the area's ...

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