Performance / Tour News

Minton's Playhouse Hall of Fame Induction and Stickball Classic

Source: All About Jazz
July 24, 2008

The Uptown Lounge at Minton's Playhouse, Minton's Mentors Foundation, and the World Series of Stickball, Inc. host the second annual Minton's Playhouse Hall of Fame Induction and Stickball Classic with a full day of events on Sunday, August 10, 2008. This year, legendary figures Henry Minton, Teddy Hill, John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, and John Birks Gillespie will be inducted into the Hall of Fame, and the esteemed vocalist and drummer Grady Tate receives a Lifetime Achievement in Jazz award.

The ...

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Tuesdays on the Terrace: Robert Irving III

Source: All About Jazz
July 24, 2008

Tuesdays on the Terrace presents another inspiring season of free evening jazz concerts on the MCA's Terrace and Sculpture Garden. Hosted by local radio personalities, visitors are invited to enjoy cocktails, Puck's Express snacks, or a dinner buffet from Puck's Cafe while listening to Chicago's finest jazz musicians. Dinner reservations at Puck's are recommended, call 312.397.4034. In case of rain, the event takes place in Puck's. Robert Irving III enchants visitors with his talent on the keyboard at the MCA's ...

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KJ Denhert at Knowlton Riverfest

Source: Mixed Media Promotion
July 24, 2008

WHO: K.J. Denhert

WHEN: Saturday August 16, 2008, 4pm

WHERE: Knowlton Riverfest Rt. 46/Hunters Lodge Delaware, NJ Ph: 908-475-2868

COST: Adults $10/day Children 16 & under free Seniors (65& over) and Knowlton Residents $5

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Award-winning, NYC-based singer-songwriter-guitarist KJ Denhert - known for her soulful fusion of jazz, R&B, rock and folk - is in the midst of ...

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DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist | 07.17.08 | NYC

Source: All About Jazz
July 24, 2008

By: Greg Gargiulo

DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist :: 07.17.08 :: McCarren Park Pool :: New York, NY

Cut Chemist & DJ Shadow from djshadow.com DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist have both come to independently earn status amongst the higher ranks of turntablists. Shadow through his boundless utilization of samples, foreign and domestic, and Chemist by his scratch mastery for Jurassic 5 and Ozomatli, as well as his impressive recent solo work. ...

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Taj Mahal Tour/Album

Source: All About Jazz
July 24, 2008

TAJ MAHAL ANNOUNCES 40TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR TO COINCIDE WITH RELEASE OF MAESTRO

Taj Mahal Composer and multi-instrumentalist Taj Mahal, a two-time GRAMMY winner and one of the most influential American blues and roots artists of the past half-century, will embark on a nationwide tour in the final months of 2008 in support of Maestro, his September 30 release on Heads Up International. Maestro, Taj's first U.S. recording in five years, marks the 40th anniversary of his rich and diverse recording ...

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Suezenne Fordham Chamber Jazz LA Premieres "New Orbits" Series

Source: All About Jazz
July 24, 2008

SUNDAY JULY 27, 2008 7:30 PM-10PM South Pasadena Main Library Concert Hall 1115 El Centro South Pasadena, CA Info: 818-371-7735 Suezenne Fordham, Piano, Gu Zheng Two contrabasses: Charlie Domingo, Principal Mike Alvidrez, Asst. Principal Two drummers: Rochelle Coatney, Latin Percussion Cassidy Turbin, Drumset and Percussion Don Littleton, on tour in Japan Bob Carr, at the Ahmanson orch. with ...

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Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller & Victor Wooten @ The Keswick Theatre on August 19, 2008

Source: All About Jazz
July 23, 2008

SMV: THE THUNDER TOUR

KESWICK THEATRE 291 Keswick Ave., Glenside, PA

TUES., AUG. 19, 8 PM

Tickets on sale NOW!

Thunder happens when three premier bassists Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller and Victor Wooten team up for concert dates. The Thunder Tour comes to Glenside's Keswick Theatre on Tues., Aug. 19 @ 8 PM.

The new Thunder CD, releasing August 12, gets the showcase treatment. The three played together in October 2006 at the Bass Player Live! ...

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Holly Golightly & the Brokeoffs' First U.S. Album and 50-City U.S. Tour Coming This Fall

Source: conqueroo
July 23, 2008

Legendary U.K. lo-fi indie rocker had American albums on Sympathy for the Record Industry . . . First U.S. release with the Brokeoffs celebrated with fall tour dates

Holly Golightly & the Brokeoffs, heralded by NME as “a glorious example of what rock 'n' roll should be," have signed with Transdreamer Records (distributed by MRI Distribution/RED) and are preparing their first American release as a band. Titled Dirt Don't Hurt, the CD is slated for a street date of October ...

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