Performance / Tour News

Intimate Beethoven Within a Vast Setting

Source: Michael Ricci
August 10, 2008

Not to worry. Christian Zacharias' musical gifts work just as well outdoors as in.

A beautiful balmy evening. Blissful Beethoven. The Bowl. Although they had to dodge a helicopter or two, the alliteration gods beamed Tuesday night over the Cahuenga Pass.

The title of the Hollywood Bowl program was “Nothing but Beethoven." Christian Zacharias, who conducted and was solo pianist in the First Piano Concerto, made his debut in the large amphitheater. The Los Angeles Philharmonic was not “nothing but." ...

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Polish Jazz Cools Red Hot Bodrum

Source: All About Jazz
August 9, 2008

Popular Turkish summer spot Bodrum will host two Polish jazz female vocalists this week. Already known to Turkish audience, Anna Maria Jopek in Bodrum Castle, and the “new hope of jazz scene," Aga Zaryan, in Cabo Verde club in Yalkavak Marina, are going to give their concerts tonight. Enthusiasts of warm female jazz vocals will face a difficult choice tonight. Two great voices from the Polish music scene are coming to Bodrum to perform in two separate concerts. Aga Zaryan, ...

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Vocalist Michelle Walker Performs Live @ Zinc Bar

Source: All About Jazz
August 9, 2008

New York based Jazz Vocalist Michelle Walker performs live at one of New York's most exciting jazz clubs on Monday August 11th, 2008 7:30 - 9:00pm Zinc Bar 90 W Houston St New York, NY 10012 Phone: (212) 366-5680 Michelle has performed at the Lincoln Center-Women in Jazz Festival, The Silver Spring Jazz Festival, Goshen Jazz Festival and The Rehoboth Beach Jazz Festival. She recently recorded a live album at Smoke Jazz ...

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Glen Campbell Plays L.A.'s Troubadour

Source: All About Jazz
August 9, 2008

Glen Campbell, rock 'n' roller

Country star Glen Campbell will perform a rare club gig in Los Angeles on Aug. 19, the day his new CD of rock 'n' roll covers hits stores, his label said Wednesday.

Campbell, 72, will perform at the Troubadour in West Hollywood as part of a promotional schedule for his Capitol Records release Meet Glen Campbell.

The album boasts covers of U2's “All I Want Is You," Green Day's “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" ...

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Francina Connors Trio @ Saint Peter's Jazz Vespers, Tomorrow

Source: The Cinarae Group
August 9, 2008

Jazz Vocalist, Francina Connors (with Micheal Howell (guitar) and Hill Greene (bass)) delights with a blend of jazz standards and originals - Great music for the heart and soul!

The Francina Connors Trio Francina Connors (vocals), Michael Howell (guitar) and Hill Greene (bass) @ Saint Peter's Jazz Vespers Sun., August 10, 2008 5pm. Free

Saint Peters Church 619 Lexington Avenue (@ E. 54th)

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Vocalist Linda Ciofalo Performs @ The 4th Annual Diet Coke Womens Jazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz
August 9, 2008

Jazz Vocalist Linda Ciofalo performs live at: The 4th annual Diet Coke Womens Jazz Festival Monday, September, 22 9:30 Featured Performers: Linda Ciofalo - voice John DiMartino - piano Joel Frahm - saxes Marcus McLaurine - bass Alvester Garnett- drums Dizzy's Club Coca Cola Frederick P. Rose Hall JALC Broadway @ 60St. New York, NY 10023 Cost: $20.00 plus $10 ...

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The Great Sonny Rollins in Central Park

Source: Michael Ricci
August 9, 2008

Still Building His Castles of Sound

Sixty years in show business teaches a bandleader how to build a performance arc, or, in the saxophonist Sonny Rollins's case, a series of them. On Wednesday, at Central Park SummerStage, his arcs were almost vertical: Eiffel Tower gradations rather than gentle bell curves. And the shape of the show had almost everything to do with his soloing.

He started with “Nice Lady," an easygoing calypso, effortfully pushing his way into a few big ...

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The Police | 07.29 | Philadelphia

Source: All About Jazz
August 9, 2008

The Police :: 07.29 :: Philly The great and small events of our lives are arranged in a way synchronized as to give them meaning. What we can achieve is defined by our limitations, and like the history of The Police, the tension that creates also destroys. So, after more than twenty years apart, the band - one of the most popular in the history of modern music - embarked on a reunion ...

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