Performance / Tour News

Beck U.S. Tour Dates

Source: All About Jazz
July 16, 2008

BECK ANNOUNCES U.S. TOUR DATES NEW ALBUM MODERN GUILT IN STORES NOW / VINYL EDITION TO BE RELEASED JULY 22

Beck Beck has announced a series of U.S. tour dates to follow his previously announced summer festival appearances. The announcement comes on the heels of the release of Beck's new album Modern Guilt, which Beck co-produced with Danger Mouse. Modern Guilt has already been declared a more-than-worthy addition to Beck's discography - USA Today called the album “retro-contemporary ...

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Brian Jones and J.C. Kuhl Present a Love Supreme

Source: RVAjazz
July 16, 2008

This Saturday, the duo of drummer Brian Jones and saxophonist J.C. Kuhl (casually referred to as Jones + Kuhl) is hitting the balcony. The two have been collaborating for years, recording their first album, Moment-um, in 1999. Jones' website calls the duo “the oldest and most familiar of Jones' current projects."It was just announced tonight by Thompson & Grace Balcony Concert Series co-founder Reggie Pace that the duo will be performing John Coltrane's A Love Supreme in its ...

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Birdland Jazz Club Announces August 2008 Schedule

Source: O&M Co.
July 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 August. A detailed schedule follows: Sam Harris Actor, singer, songwriter, soon-to-be talk show host and brand new father, Sam Harris, brings a new show to Birdland, featuring songs from his new cd entitled “Free," to be released on July 22. Harris has written most of the acoustic driven pop/rock cd, including “War On ...

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Wynton Marsalis Explores Fort Worth Bass Hall

Source: All About Jazz
July 15, 2008

Wynton Marsalis goes exploring with Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra at Bass Hall

FORT WORTH - What a difference eight years make. When Wynton Marsalis played Bass Performance Hall in 2000 with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, he treated jazz as a museum object - something to be revered but not touched. But a far more daring Mr. Marsalis played Bass Hall on Monday night. Three songs into his show with the JLCO and he was diving into the ...

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Plant and Krauss Fall Dates

Source: All About Jazz
July 15, 2008

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss Announce Fall Tour Dates Plant & Krauss Robert Plant and Alison Krauss have just announced additional fall dates for their wildly successful 'Raising Sand' tour. With an all-star band led by producer T Bone Burnett, the Grammy winning duo has crisscrossed North America and Europe performing songs from their platinum selling Raising Sand (Rounder Records) collaboration. Here's what people are saying:

“Their wide-ranging, two-hour concert here was nothing short of spellbinding." -Washington Post

“They sent ...

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Street Energy in a Festive Ruckus of African Grooves and Western Pop

Source: Michael Ricci
July 15, 2008

Damon Albarn & the Honest Jon's Revue featured, from left, Lobi Traor (with hat), Adama Sissoko, Victoria Williams (in white), Kokanko Sata and Mr. Albarn.

The Honest Jon's Revue started with more than two dozen musicians walking on stage. This made a good minute of theater: there were musicians from Mali, sitting down to ancient and modern instruments, from a one-stringed fiddle to an electric guitar. There were Americans too: among them a brass band, a folk singer and a ...

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Blues Traveler's Verve Debut Album North Hollywood Shootout

Source: All About Jazz
July 14, 2008

Blues Traveler North Hollywood Shootout CD Street Date August 26th

After selling ten million records worldwide, six gold or platinum albums, and 2,000 shows in front of three million fans, Grammy Award-winning Blues Traveler ventured out of its creative comfort zone to explore some adventurous new horizons for its new album (and Verve Forecast label debut). The resultant North Hollywood Shootout is a landmark in the quintet's large and widely loved body of work, demonstrating the enduring strengths of the ...

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Beck Annouces Modern Guilt Tour

Source: All About Jazz
July 14, 2008

Beck feels guilty about not bringing his Modern Guilt tour east of Chicago

Full dates: Beck Modern Guilt Tour 2008 August 21 - Reno, NV @ Grand Sierra Resort and Casino August 22 - San Francisco, CA @ Outside Lands Festival August 24 - Bend, OR @ Les Schwab Amphiteater August 30 - Seattle, WA @ Bumbershoot Festival September 19 - San Diego, CA @ Street Scene Festival ...

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