Performance / Tour News

Yohimbe Brothers Feat. Vernon Reid + DJ Logic Perform NJ / Philadelphia / NYC - July / Aug 2008

Source: Allegro Media
July 10, 2008

The Yohimbe Brothers are an electronica world music mash-up group, with elements of salsa, brazilian, american disco, r&b and black rock surrounded by turntable manipulations, samples and loops. NEW JERSEY THURSDAY JULY 31 Chase Sounds of the City Summer Festival Theater Square One Center Street Newark, New Jersey 07102 Cost: FREE

PHILADELPHIA * First YB show in Philly in 4 years!* SATURDAY AUG 2 ...

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Beyond Persia Brings Mohsen Namjoo to US

Source: All About Jazz
July 10, 2008

Mohsen Namjoo, Iran's best known, and most controversial contemporary musician, is scheduled to perform his first six 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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Tanzanian Musician Ras Nas AKA Nasibu at Mantra in Oslo

Source: All About Jazz
July 10, 2008

Tanzanian musician Ras Nas aka Nasibu is ready to make this year's summer in Oslo one of the hottest.

Ras Nas with band plays at MS Innvik 18th July 2008. This will be a night of live roots reggae, African music and poetry. In short a night to remember. Put a cross on this date in your calendar and do not miss the show! Also appearing at this summer event dubbed “MANTRA" by the organizers, are Papa Lion aka Mankind ...

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Soulive w/ Joshua Redman | 06.27 | NYC

Source: All About Jazz
July 10, 2008

Soulive with Joshua Redman :: 06.27.08 :: (Le) Possion Rouge :: New York, NY

(Le) Possion Rouge Hanging modestly from the second story of a gray-brick building deep in the heart of New York's West Village, an iconic art deco sign reads: “The Village Gate: Politics. Sex. Reality." Nowadays, the sign is a sort of historical land marker, denoting the location of one of New York's former great music clubs, Art D'Lugoff's Village Gate. ...

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Monterey County High School All-Star Band & Honor Vocal Jazz Ensemble Perform in Salinas, July 20, 2008

Source: Monterey Jazz Festival
July 9, 2008

Monterey Jazz Festival's Monterey County High School All-Star Band & Honor Vocal Jazz Ensemble Perform At National Steinbeck Center In Salinas, July 20, 2008 Steinbeck Center Concert Kicks Off All-Star Band's 20th Anniversary Tour Of Japan, July 22 - August 4 All-Star Band Performs In Los Gatos At Jazz On The Plazz, August 13 July 7, 2008; Monterey, CA; On Sunday, July 20, the Monterey Jazz Festival's Monterey County High School All-Star Band and High School Honor Vocal Jazz Ensemble ...

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Bill Frisell and Saxophonist Daniel Bennett Play Boston on August 16

Source: Bennett Alliance
July 9, 2008

The sixth installment of the Bennett Alliance Concert Series has arrived. Bill Frisell and the Daniel Bennett Group will play a rare double bill performance at the restored Cambridge YMCA Theatre (820 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA). The show starts at 8pm and admission is just $25! Visit bennettalliance.com for advance tickets and more information.

Bill Frisell is one of the top rated jazz guitarists in the country. Bill Frisell has collaborated with Paul Motian, John Zorn, Elvis Costello, Ginger Baker, ...

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Wynton Eldar and Willie at Hollywood Bowl

Source: All About Jazz
July 9, 2008

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Stevie Wonder at the Hollywood Bowl

Source: Michael Ricci
July 9, 2008

Stevie Wonder delights the crowd with his classics at the Hollywood Bowl.

At this point in his legendary career, all Stevie Wonder has to do is play “Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing," and the crowd can't help but comply -- especially on a perfect summer night at the Hollywood Bowl.

On Monday, the singer-songwriter led his followers toward an almost religious transcendence as a soft violet dusk slipped over the Bowl, the roiling audience of nearly 18,000 constantly clapping ...

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