Performance / Tour News

Jump City Jazz Orchestra Announces 2008 Summer Tour

Source: All About Jazz
July 14, 2008

Philadelphia's hottest big band, the Jump City Jazz Orchestra, announces it's 2008 summer tour. Consisting of eight performances covering three states, JCJO promises to entertain audiences with a unique blend of big band classic and contemporary hits. Highlights of the tour include guest performances by international recording artist Grant Stewart, American Idol contestant and top 24 finisher, Nicole Tranquillo, and Tenor Sax Legend Larry McKenna. JCJO begins with a performance at Covenant Fellowship church on Tuesday July 15 to help ...

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Cleopatra's Needle Jazz Open Mic - Sundays and Wednesdays in NYC

Source: All About Jazz
July 14, 2008

By Simon Jay Harper The mellow sounds of a CD of alto-sax master Johnny Hodges (Duke Ellington's premier soloist for over forty years) fill the restaurant as the piano trio returns for the next set of the singer's open mic session. Cleopatra's Needle, or “Cleopatra's" as it is known, is the upper west-side jazz venue and restaurant, well- positioned on Broadway between 92nd and 93rd Streets, that holds open mics for singers on Sunday and Wednesday nights. Johnny Hodges is ...

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Jazz It up in Bangalore India

Source: All About Jazz
July 14, 2008

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Billy Joel Just the Way He Is

Source: Michael Ricci
July 13, 2008

Still no stranger, 15 years after his last album of new pop songs: Billy Joel, who will play two sold-out shows at the not-long-for-this-world Shea Stadium.

SOMEONE must sing a proper song of farewell for Shea Stadium, the nice try of a coliseum in Queens, as its dismantling draws near and a new ballpark rises just yards away. But that someone must be able to convey emotions specific to the place, emotions beyond the sadness of many lost Mets summers ...

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Joe Cocker Headlines Israel Gilboa Coexistence Fest

Source: All About Jazz
July 12, 2008

Joe Cocker has been recruited to headline a new summer festival in Israel.

The three-day Gilboa Coexistence Festival, taking place August 26-28, will promote peace between the Jews and Arabs living in the Gilboa section of the Middle Eastern country. Many acts will be original musical Arab-Jewish ensembles and bands created especially for the festival in never-before seen lineups. Hillel Wachs concert booking agent. 2BVibes, the company staging the festival, also organized last year's Jerusalem Rocks fest, which ...

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Sean Smith Trio @ 55 Bar on July 22

Source: All About Jazz
July 12, 2008

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Sean O'Bryan Smith "Tapestry" Added to Radio Playlists

Source: All About Jazz
July 12, 2008

Sean O'Bryan Smith and Tapestry continue to weave their way into the Jazz World Since Sean O'Bryan Smith's April release of his first solo CD Tapestry, reviews and radio come in praising the freshman effort on a daily basis. A recent review from Jazz.com's Walter Kolosky reads “Smith is a top-notch composer and an even better bassist. Tapestry, both title tune and album, contains strong melodies and is expertly performed." Robert Silverstein of 20th Century Guitar Magazine also commented “Upbeat ...

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Vijay Iyer Quartet Four Nights at the Jazz Standard

Source: All About Jazz
July 12, 2008

Vijay Iyer Quartet to perform for four nights at The Jazz Standard, July 31-August 3 Celebrating the release of Tragicomic on Sunnyside Records Award-winning pianist-composer Vijay Iyer brings his group to New York's premiere jazz club, The Jazz Standard, for four nights this summer: Thursday, July 31 through Sunday, August 3. These performances celebrate his widely praised new CD Tragicomic, released in April on Sunnyside Records.

He is joined by his longstanding trio/quartet, featured on “Tragicomic" and on 2005's remarkably ...

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