Performance / Tour News

Tom Petty Broke Hearts at the Aubrun Palace

Source: All About Jazz
June 4, 2008

Review Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers and Steve Winwood Gary Graff, Detroit Shortly after finishing “Mary Jane's Last Dance," Tom Petty told a stoked Saturday night crowd in suburban Detroit that “We're gonna have a good time tonight, I promise you."

He did not lie.

The second show of Petty and his Heartbreakers' summer North American tour, with Steve Winwood opening, was the kind of display fans have come to expect during the past three-plus decades. ...

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Bang on a Can Marathon Festival

Source: Michael Ricci
June 3, 2008

Music Review Bang on a Can Marathon Festival's 21st Birthday Celebration Blurs Boundaries, Dusk Till Dawn The singer and violinist Owen Pallett with the Bang on a Can All-Stars.

Musical calendar watchers love the seeming portent of anniversaries that end in a zero or a five. But in America, turning 21 is meaningful, too. It's an age that comes with a certain implied license to go a bit crazy, to take risks, maybe even to lose ...

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Miles from India in a Guru Jacket

Source: Michael Ricci
June 3, 2008

JAZZ REVIEW Miles From India at Grand Performances The performance tries to reconcile disparate musical cultures and sometimes succeeds.

Two compelling forces, improvisation and surging rhythms, drove Sunday's Miles From India performance, which opened the 2008 Grand Performances season at California Plaza with an exploration of the commonalities shared by jazz and Indian classical musics. Nearly 20 musicians took part in the event, which was centered on the recent Miles From India, a two-CD recording produced ...

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Ben Wolfe Quartet at Firehouse 12 This Friday 6/6

Source: Improvised Communications
June 3, 2008

On Friday, June 6th, New Haven's Firehouse 12 will close its 2008 Spring Jazz Series with a two-set performance by New York bassist/composer Ben Wolfe and his working quartet. The group, which features saxophonist Marcus Strickland (Dave Douglas, Jimmy Greene, Roy Haynes), pianist Luis Perdomo (Ravi Coltrane, Hans Glawischnig, Miguel Zenn) and drummer Greg Hutchinson (Victor Goines, Jane Monheit, Dianne Reeves), will be performing original music from Wolfe's May 2008 release, No Strangers Here (MAXJAZZ).

The New York Times' Nate ...

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McCartney Salutes Lennon in Liverpool

Source: Michael Ricci
June 2, 2008

Paul McCartney returned to Liverpool on the 41st anniversary of the release of the Beatles' “Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" for a concert in which he saluted former songwriting partner John Lennon by singing “A Day in the Life," while Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono, looked on from the audience.

It was, according to McCartney's spokesman, the first time he has sung the album-closing song that was written primarily by Lennon. McCartney muffed one line midway through the song -- ...

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UK Composer Marvin Ayres Performs in London to Celebrate Latest CD Release

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
June 2, 2008

British composer Marvin Ayres, the father of 'Ambient Orchestral Minimalism', is celebrating the release of his latest work 'Eccentric Deliquescence' with an exciting installation event in South London's Shakespearean Globe Theatre in The Bedford, Balham on June 8th at 7:30pm. He will be performing three pieces live on electric cello and violin and the work of film-makers and choreographers, specially created for his music will be shown. “...Like some of Eno's best work, the atmospheres Ayres creates can comfortably blend ...

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Harry Partch Salute Review

Source: Michael Ricci
June 2, 2008

MUSIC REVIEW Things Get Silly at Salute to a Maverick In a magical night, Partch the ensemble performs works by Partch the musician. Things get silly -- and wonderful.

Harry Partch invented and built his own weird (and beautiful) instruments. He developed his own weird (and beautiful) micro-tonal musical scale, adding an extra 31 pitches to the normal 12. He created his own odd aesthetic that joined modern music with ancient Greece and China (with hints ...

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Asia America Symphony Host Saxist Sadao Watanabe

Source: Michael Ricci
June 2, 2008

Alto saxophonist Sadao Watanabe, one of Japan's most respected and influential musicians, and Spanish classical guitar maestro Angel Romero will perform in concert with the Asia America Symphony Orchestra Eclectic offerings will include pieces by Charlie Parker, Beethoven and the premiere of veteran jazz artist David Benoit's flamenco-flavored new work, “Dolores Del Carmen." Watanabe will perform “Charlie Parker With Strings," among other selections. “Dolores Del Carmen," with soloist Romero, pays tribute to Benoit's late aunt, one of flamenco great Jos ...

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