Performance / Tour News

Dave Allen Quartet at Brooklyn Lyceum

Source: All About Jazz
June 26, 2008

Dave Allen Quartet June 29th at Brooklyn Lyceum with: Marc Mommaas - sax Chris Lightcap - bass Henry Cole - drums Dave Allen - Guitar/compositions Brooklyn Lyceum, 227 4th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11215 Phone: 866-gowanus R to Union Street Corner of President Street “Dave Allen is one of a number of spitfire jazz guitarists raising the bar on that ever- popular instrument. But Allen ...

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S.M.V. = B.D.B.P.

Source: All About Jazz
June 25, 2008

Three of the most electrifying bass guitar players of our time strike Toronto with the Thunder Tour for one night only on Wednesday, August 20 at the Sound Academy, 8pm.

Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller and Victor Wooten, the perfect formula of creativity, genius and sheer talent share one stage for a show-stopping performance of jazz and funk this summer. The Thunder Tour is in support of the trio's upcoming release, Thunder.

“We have presented all three of these artists individually ...

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Chris Standring Takes to the Road with Third Soul Express Tour

Source: GoMedia PR
June 25, 2008

Coinciding with the success of his newest release, Love and Paragraphs (Ultimate Vibe,) which is currently holding tight to the number two position on the Smooth Jazz Charts, guitarist Chris Standring has once again assembled a triad of top talent for the third annual Soul Express tour. Joining Standring for these evenings of funk, soul and R&B will be saxophonist Everette Harp and vocalist Phil Perry, for a series of dates that will begin with a July 11 show at ...

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Plant Krauss at Greek

Source: Michael Ricci
June 25, 2008

UNLIKELY PAIR: Country-bluegrass star Alison Krauss and rocker Robert Plant at the Greek follow the yellow brick road.

The genre of pop standards is a bit out of bounds for Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, whose high-profile collaboration excavates a more traditional sector of America's musical geography. But when the singers and their band came to the Greek Theatre on Monday, there was something of “The Wizard of Oz" about it. The roles are a little scrambled, but picture Plant ...

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Remembering George Carlin in Vegas

Source: Michael Ricci
June 25, 2008

I should have written about George Carlin yesterday, but each time I tried, I was too sad to keep going.

So, history will record that George Carlin's last public performance turned out to be in Las Vegas on June 15, 2008 at the off-Strip casino Orleans. Vegas was a town he told me he hated, filled with audiences he loathed: “It is the most dispiriting, soul-deadening city on earth." We agreed to disagree. After all, to Carlin, Vegas was the ...

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Anna Maria Flechero CD Release Party at Yoshi's

Source: All About Jazz
June 25, 2008

Anna Maria Flechero takes a journey “Within the Fourteenth Hour." Featuring 10 well-known pop and jazz standards and one original Within the Fourteenth Hour is a stunning sophomore effort on Flechero's part creating a breathtaking sophomore effort. Even though this CD touches on the well-known, Anna Maria masterfully articulates each storyline with unique delivery and original arrangements, giving these well-placed standards a breath of new life, coupled with her original track “Pretty Soon." Within the Fourteenth Hour is a stunning ...

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Joe Maganarelli and Hank Brown Join Jazz at the Mansion

Source: All About Jazz
June 25, 2008

International jazz trumpet recording star and performing legend Joe Magnarelli will be returning home to his roots in Central New York, performing at Chateau Safflyn at Gelston Castle Estate on Saturday, June 28th 2008. Performing with the John Piazza, Jr. Quartet, Mr. Magnarelli, from Syracuse NY, who has performed with jazz giants Lionel Hampton, Miles Davis and most recently with the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, will be leading of a summer of music and cultural events at the Historic ...

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For One Night a Feeling of Caramoor on the Seine

Source: Michael Ricci
June 25, 2008

George Gershwin, of course, celebrated the allure of Paris.

KATONAH, N.Y. -- Almost as soon as American music was weaned of its early dependency on German models it developed an adolescent crush on France. The relationship was consummated by the influential pedagogue Nadia Boulanger and her distinguished line of American students, chief among them Aaron Copland. Alisa Weilerstein performed with the Orchestra of St. Luke's at the Caramoor International Music Festival in Katonah, N.Y. Ms. Weilerstein had been in Caramoor's ...

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