Performance / Tour News

Maria Neckam Tonight at Bar Next Door

Source: All About Jazz
June 2, 2008

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Steve Weingart Touring with Steve Lukather

Source: All About Jazz
June 1, 2008

Having recently returned from international tours with Simon Phillips, Victor Wooten and Warren Hill, LA keyboard maestro Steve Weingart will be touring across Europe, Japan and USA with Toto guitarist Steve Lukather, alongside fellow LA band members Eric Valentine, Carlitos Del Puerto and Arkasnsas blues guitarist Tony Spinner, in support of Lukather's “Ever Changing Times" CD. Billed as the “No Jazz Tour"--tickets. Steve Lukather (Toto): Guitar, vocals Steve Weingart (El Grupo, Dave Weckl): keyboards Carlitos Del ...

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Jeff Harnar's Tribute to Cole Porter

Source: Michael Ricci
June 1, 2008

Review Basking in a World Where Anything Goes

Is it to rescue or is it to wreck?/ Is it an ache in the heart/ Or just a pain in the neck?

SO WROTE COLE PORTER about serial infatuation in his 1938 movie song “At Long Last Love." To hear such delicious turns of phrase delivered with meaningful hesitations and a raised eyebrow by Jeff Harnar, who completes a four-night tribute to Porter at the Metropolitan Room on Saturday, ...

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Kate McGarry Headlines La's Jazz Bakery on June 17t

Source: All About Jazz
June 1, 2008

Kate McGarry, hailed by Downbeat as one of the top female vocalists of 2007, will bring her inspired repertoire of standard and not-so-standard fare to LA's Jazz Bakery on June 17th. A singer who's also a favorite among singers, McGarry, who has not performed in the LA area in over a year, will preview tracks from the upcoming CD 'If Less Is More...Nothing Is Everything' as well as her 2007 release 'The Target, ' praised by The New York Times ...

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Sean Smith Quartet @ 55 Bar- Sunday, June 8 (6:30-9:00)

Source: All About Jazz
June 1, 2008

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Randy Ingram Piano Trio @ Cornelia Street Cafe, Sunday, June 8

Source: All About Jazz
May 31, 2008

What: Randy Ingram Trio @ Cornelia Street Cafe When: Sunday, June 8, 8:30 and 10:00pm Who: Randy Ingram, Piano, Matt Clohesy, Bass, Jochen Ruckert, Drums Where: Cornelia Street Cafe, 29 Cornelia Street, New York, NY 10014, (212) 989-9319 How Much: $10, one drink Minimum

Randy Ingram is a thoughtful, versatile young pianist and improviser, with an expressive touch and a keen imagination. Together with Matt Clohesy (bass) and Jochen Ruckert (drums), he ...

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Patti Austin Focused on Swing and Jazz

Source: Michael Ricci
May 31, 2008

Classic Patti Austin, Newly Focused on Swing and Jazz For years Patti Austin has struggled with the mixed blessing of having a voice that is too perfect.

Strong and flexible, with a velvety texture and immaculately rounded tones complemented by impeccable enunciation, it is a quintessential session singer's voice because it is not instantly identifiable when heard singing backup vocals or commercials. On Wednesday evening at the Rose Theater, where Ms. Austin headlined Jazz at Lincoln Center's annual ...

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Aaron Parks West Village Review

Source: Michael Ricci
May 31, 2008

A Friendly Vibe, Made Up of Shared Sensibilities and Common Repertory Wednesday night at Smalls in the West Village was a friends-of-friends gig, an intersection of two circles.

Aaron Parks, the young pianist who led the band, played with the bassist Ben Street and the drummer Jeff Ballard. The Parks-Street alliance comes from a current version of the guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel's band; the Street-Ballard alliance comes from years of playing together in various rhythm sections, including one from ...

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