Performance / Tour News

The Clare Fischer Big Band, Brent Fischer Conducting at Typhoon Restaurant, Santa Monica

Source: All About Jazz
June 24, 2008

WHO: The Clare Fisher Big Band Directed by Clare Fischer and Brent Fischer Featuring Carl Saunders, Gary Foster, Don Shelton, and many others

WHEN: MONDAY July 28th - 8 p.m. & 9:30 p.m. appearing live with still more new material

WHERE: TYPHOON 3221 Donald Douglas Loop South Santa Monica, CA

For more information call: (310) 390-6565 Easy directions ...

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Benevento/Russo Duo Special Outdoor Performance

Source: All About Jazz
June 24, 2008

Just wanted to spread the good word: The Benevento/Russo Duo, are coming to our very own 'hood! The venue, called The Yard, is a beautiful little spot parked on the border of Carroll Gardens and Park Slope: The Gowanus Canal. As you can see from the photos, The Yard is a delightful/bizarre mix of industrial and bucolic. I hope you get a chance to join us canal-side. Here are the details for the event: Benevento/Russo Duo @ The Yard June ...

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World Culture Music Presents: Julie Hardy and Mike Moreno at the Jazz Gallery

Source: All About Jazz
June 24, 2008

Friday, June 27th: 9 & 10:30 p.m. ($15) at the Jazz Gallery Mike Moreno & Julie Hardy Group featuring Mike Moreno - guitar, Julie Hardy - vocals, Aaron Goldberg - piano, Doug Weiss - bass, Jochen Rueckert - drums Guitarist Mike Moreno and vocalist Julie Hardy are two of World Culture Music's signature artists, each with an album to their credit on the World Music imprint. Tonight they'll be pooling their considerable talents and making music together in the company ...

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Sigur Ros Tour States

Source: All About Jazz
June 24, 2008

Sigur Ros To Tour North America

Sigur Ros The new Sigur Ros album, me su eyrum vi spilum endalaust (with a buzz in our ears we play endlessly) will hit streets on June 24, but you can stream the entire thing right now right here.

The Icelandic stars will tour heavily in support of the album, kicking off the festivities on September 17 in New York City. Tickets are available now through a presale for fans on the band's website, ...

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Summertime Music from Deeanne Gorman

Source: All About Jazz
June 23, 2008

WHO: DeeAnne Gorman Jazz Duo D.Gorman - vocals Tal Ronen - upright bass

Peter Chelnik's “EAST COAST JAZZ POETRY EXPLOSION" Peter Chelnik - poet Bob Feldman - tenor sax

WHEN: MONDAY June 23rd 6:30pm

WHERE: SWIG Bar & Grill 1629 2nd Ave. (between E. 84th & 85th Sts) Upper East Side, NYC (212) 628-2364

NO COVER; 1 drink ...

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The Blue Vipers of Brooklyn Tour - July 2008

Source: All About Jazz
June 23, 2008

Friday July 25 8PM to 9PM Swing Dance Lesson 9PM to 12AM Band Performance Swing Dance hosted by Midtownstomp Eastern Star Ballroom 2719 K Street, Sacramento, California 95816 916-221-1500

Saturday July 26 at 2PM Live in store concert at Amoeba Music Berkeley 2455 Telegraph Ave. Berkeley, California 94704 (510) 549-1125 Cost: Free

Saturday July 26 - ...

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Sergio Mendes Carnegie Hall

Source: Michael Ricci
June 23, 2008

JVC Jazz Festival Review

Sergio Mendes is a proud member of the generation that invented bossa nova, but he has always been more popularizer than purist. Most of the hit singles he had with his group Brasil '66 in the late 1960s were pleasant middle-of-the-road pop with a mild overlay of samba. His most recent albums mix bossa nova with hip-hop and contemporary R&B, sometimes smoothly but often awkwardly. For Mr. Mendes's JVC Jazz Festival concert on Saturday night at ...

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B.B. King Liza Minnelli at Hollywood Bowl

Source: Michael Ricci
June 22, 2008

The Three Performers, Newly Inducted into the Venue's Hall of Fame, Give the Season an All-Star Start.

LIZA, LIVE: Liza Minnelli performed such hits as “Cabaret" and “New York, New York" at the Hollywood Bowl “Hall of Fame" Opening Night Concert on Friday. As the summer heat and a sense of nostalgia permeated the air, the Hollywood Bowl kicked off its 87th season Friday night with a stirring, fireworks-enlivened tribute to three new inductees into the Hollywood Bowl Hall of ...

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