Performance / Tour News

Eliot Zigmund Quartet at Small's NYC

Source: All About Jazz
June 10, 2008

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Beck's Secret Perfomance at L.A.'s Club Echo

Source: All About Jazz
June 10, 2008

Beck did a secret show at The Echo in L.A. last night, performing five new songs off of his forthcoming album Modern Guilt. He also played some from his collection of hits, but no “Loser." Word circulated around town, even made a small notice in the Times that Beck Hansen, better known as the singer/guitarist Beck returned to one of his haunts the club Echo. Seems these intimate “secret shows" at the Echo that Beck had in the past few ...

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Lionel Loueke Trio Takes Jazz into Whole New World

Source: All About Jazz
June 10, 2008

Lionel Loueke gave Hartford its first taste of his trailblazing guitar-led trio Sunday at Sweet Jane's. The West African native enraptured a standing-room-only audience by blending cutting-edge jazz with traditional and popular sounds from his homeland. “Karibu," the title tune from Loueke's new Blue Note release (which means welcome in Swahili), opened the first set in a jaunty manner. The leader sang and played several choruses before being joined by bassist Massimo Biolcati and drummer Ferenc Nemeth. Loueke said the ...

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The Thompson and Grace Balcony Concert Series

Source: All About Jazz
June 10, 2008

The West of the Boulevard neighborhood is in for a treat on select Saturdays this summer. The Thompson and Grace Balcony Concert Series, created by Richmond musicians Reggie Pace and Larri Branch, will feature local bands on Saturday afternoons playing on a house's balcony on the corner of the two streets. The events are free and open to the public. Says the series' creators, “We're trying to cultivate a party environment. We want everyone to come out and have a ...

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Yellowjackets Grammy Winners Play OC Pavillion

Source: All About Jazz
June 10, 2008

Last Minute Father's Day Reservations Still Available with Grammy-Award Winning Artists, the Yellowjackets at The OC Pavilion.

OC Pavilion is pleased to announce a special Father's Day dining celebration on Sunday, June 15. The special celebration includes a 4-course, five-star meal in the award-winning Ambrosia Restaurant followed by a live performance by the two-time Grammy-award winning jazz band, The Yellowjackets, in the OC Pavilion theatre. The Yellowjackets debuted on the jazz music scene in 1981 dedicated to pushing the boundaries ...

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Breaking: Beck Tonight at Echo

Source: All About Jazz
June 9, 2008

Beck Performs Secret Show at The Echo in Los Angeles TONIGHT!

Singer Beck is playing a secret show at the Los Angles Echo Park club The ECHO the Times is reporting, lost in it's pages.For more information contatc the club or take your chances.

BE THERE OR BE SQUARE!

ECHO 1822 W Sunset Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90026 (Echo Park) (213) 413-8200 TONIGHT (Monday for those who don't know what ...

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Acoustic Alchemy at Blair Mansion in Silver Spring, MD on Saturday, June 14th

Source: All About Jazz
June 9, 2008

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New Jazz Piano Works for Ivan Ilic at Carnegie

Source: AMT Public Relations
June 9, 2008

Paris-based American pianist Ivan Ilic completes his critically acclaimed worldwide tour of mesmerizing piano recitals featuring young American composers. Ilic showcases the world premiere of The Story of Jazz by composer/music theorist Dmitri Tymoczko; the New York premiere of Bgi Wgi by Argentine-American composer Fernando Benadon; Afterglow by Keeril Makan, Assistant Professor of MIT; Reservoir by Donnacha Dennehy; and eight of Debussy's Preludes from Book 2. Oscillating from an ebullient be-bop to a simple pentatonic melody, The Story of Jazz ...

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