Performance / Tour News

Mark Knopfler | 6.24 | Red Rocks

Source: All About Jazz
July 12, 2008

Mark Knopfler :: 06.24 :: Red Rocks It's been said time and time again, and it's true, Red Rocks is one of the most beautiful places in the world to see a concert. However, there are some musicians that seem to bring out the beauty in the venue more than others, some musicians that just seem to have been molded with the venue in mind. Mark Knopfler is one of those musicians. His unmistakable guitar ...

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NY Times Reviews Recent Jazz Concerts

Source: Michael Ricci
July 11, 2008

Full reviews of recent jazz concerts BILLY BANG SEXTET (Sunday) As a violinist and composer, Mr. Bang favors astringency and formal tension, qualities that come naturally to the musicians in this sextet. For an outdoor concert organized by Jazz at Lincoln Center at the Museum of Modern Art, however, Mr. Bang and his ensemble will perform the premiere of a reflective composition called “Prayer for Peace"; it is part of Summergarden 2008: New Music for New York. At 8 p.m., ...

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Serendipitous: Willie Nelson Performs with Wynton Marsalis

Source: Michael Ricci
July 11, 2008

JAZZ REVIEW Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl

The performers, with guest Willie Nelson, displayed their versatility with a show that covered the range of American music.

Wynton Marsalis describes the big jazz band as “the American orchestra." It's an intriguing and, in many ways, definitive identification of the instrumental collective that has been a foundation ensemble of American jazz and popular music for more than 80 years. Like the classical orchestra, ...

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Beyond Persia Brings Mohsen Namjoo to US

Source: All About Jazz
July 11, 2008

Mohsen Namjoo, Iran's best known, and most controversial contemporary musician, is scheduled to perform his first 6 US concerts, starting September, 2008. Namjoo has signed an exclusive agent agreement with Beyond Persia, a San Francisco based, non-profit cultural organization, dedicated to fostering cross-cultural appreciation via the arts. Beyond Persia will be representing Mohsen Namjoo as his sole US agent through 2009, and has sponsored the visa application he needs to perform legally in the United States. “We consider it an ...

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Catch the Swing During Ragtime Street Fair at Greenfield Village

Source: All About Jazz
July 11, 2008

Are you ready to experience an upbeat, electrifying time period in American history that greatly impacted music today? The Second Annual Ragtime Street Fair at Greenfield Village offers several opportunities to travel back to these unforgettable days of early jazz through dancing, dramatic performances, live entertainment, parades and authentic food from the early 20th century. Ragtime Street Fair is open to the public on Saturday, July 19 and Sunday, July 20 from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. with special evening ...

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Latin Jazz Vocalist Carolina and Vida Vibrante Band Appearing at Ryles Jazz Club

Source: All About Jazz
July 11, 2008

Latin Jazz Vocalist Carolina Chacin performs at Ryles Jazz Club with her Jazz Band Vida Vibrante on Tuesday July 29, 2008

This will be Carolina's second appearance at Ryle's Jazz Club with her band Vida Vibrante. Carolina is a dynamic, up and coming vocalist that has been taking the local mainstream latin Jazz scene by storm. She has been described as having “one of the most enticing new voices in contemporary Latin jazz." Her stylish interpretations of Latin jazz standards, ...

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Tuesdays on the Terrace: Jeb Bishop

Source: All About Jazz
July 10, 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.

WHAT: Tuesdays on the Terrace

WHO: Jeb Bishop

WHEN: Tuesday, July 29th 5:30 - 8 p.m

WHERE: MCA Terrace and Sculpture Garden

COST:

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Marsalis and His Big Band Shine Here in Ultra-Rare Club Gig

Source: All About Jazz
July 10, 2008

It was a heady night of firsts yesterday at Anthology. The plush, $6.5 million downtown supper club and live-music venue, which celebrated its first anniversary last month, hosted two sold-out concerts by trumpet great Wynton Marsalis and his 14-man Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (JALCO). That this talent-packed big band was appearing before an audience of just 350 was news in itself. So was the fact that both of its Anthology shows were recorded by XM Satellite Radio, which will ...

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