Performance / Tour News

Black Earth Ensemble New Sci-Fi Inspired CD

Source: All About Jazz
June 16, 2008

Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble celebrates Sci-fi Inspired CD

New CD release, Xenogenesis Suite: A Tribute to Octavia Butler is followed with a Multi-Arts Performance and Exhibition. Featuring Margaret Morris (solo dance), Krista Franklin (visual art) and Floyd Webb (experimental video).

On Thursday, June 19 at 7:30pm at Columbia College's Music Hall (1014 S. Michigan), Nicole Mitchell and her Black Earth Ensemble will converge with like-minded artists Margaret Morris (choreographer/solo dance), Krista Franklin (visual art) and Floyd Webb (experimental video) ...

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Ray Vega Latin Jazz Quintet Perform at Louis Armstrong House Museum

Source: All About Jazz
June 16, 2008

Ray Vega Latin Jazz Quintet to Perform July 8 at Free Jazzmobile Concert at Louis Armstrong House Museum

Louis Armstrong was famous for practicing trumpet on his balcony to the delight of his neighbors in the decidedly working-class neighborhood of Corona, Queens. Continuing the tradition, the Louis Armstrong House Museum is pleased to present Ray Vega and his Latin Jazz Quintet on Tuesday, July 8 for the seventh edition of Jazzmobile at LAHM. Organized for the benefit of our neighbors ...

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Young Jazz Stars Get a Chance to Shine

Source: All About Jazz
June 14, 2008

Live from Salt Lake City, it's Friday Night! Saturday Night Live musical director Lenny Pickett will join American Fork's Crescent Super Band tonight for a benefit concert that will help fund the 2008-09 SLC Jazz concert season. The Crescent Super Band, a jazz ensemble of 21 high-school students, isn't your average high-school band. The band based out of American Fork's The Music School is considered one of the best high-school-age jazz ensembles in the nation, judging from its Best of ...

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Art Tatum Re-Performance at the Apollo Theater

Source: All About Jazz
June 14, 2008

Zenph Studios, a software company specializing in the re-creation of musical recordings using a proprietary blend of computerized and human analysis, announces a revolutionary new show featuring the artistry of legendary jazz pianist Art Tatum. Through Zenph's unique process, one of the jazz legend's most famous albums will be re-performed live onstage using high-resolution “SE" reproducing piano technology supplied by Live Performance, Inc. of Reno, Nevada. Premiering at the world-famous Apollo Theater on June 19, 20, and 22, this dramatic ...

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Cape Verde's Tcheka to Play UC Davis Quad

Source: All About Jazz
June 14, 2008

The exotic musical legacy of Cape Verde will come to the UC Davis Quad in a free concert featuring Tcheka, the 23-year-old singer and guitarist who is bringing the batuque rhythm of his island home to the world by blending it with jazz, folk, funk, and more. The concert will be the first event of SummerMusic 2008, a series of free concerts on the Quad presented by the Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts and sponsored by ...

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Kate Schutt New Canadian Gig Dates!

Source: All About Jazz
June 14, 2008

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New Gig Dates for Jon Gordon

Source: All About Jazz
June 13, 2008

6/15/08 9:00pm (2 sets) The Alan Ferber Nonet The Brooklyn Lyceum Brooklyn, NY 6/16/08 7:00pm and 8:30pm The Bill Mobley Big Band Cachaca New York, NY 6/18/08 The Alan Ferber Nonet Smalls New York, NY 6/20/08 The Alan Ferber Nonet The Brooklyn Tea Lounge Brooklyn, NY A native New Yorker, saxophonist and ...

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Joel Miller New Gig Dates!

Source: All About Jazz
June 13, 2008

6/16/08 8:00pm With Torben Waldorff 55 Bar New York, NY 6/24/08 8:30pm With Torben Waldorff Dieze Onze Montreal, QC 6/25/08 8:00pm With Karl Schwonik Calgary Jazz Festival Calgary, Canada 6/28/08 6:00pm Ottawa Jazz Festival Great Canadian Jazz Stage Ottawa, Canada Joel Miller was born in Sackville, New Brunswick ...

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