Performance / Tour News

Christian McBride's 'The Movement Revisited'

Source: Michael Ricci
May 19, 2008

Christian McBride's 'The Movement Revisited' at Disney Hall

A four-section suite ruminating on the civil rights movement weds the music to the message.

There was a remarkable atmosphere of synchronicity during the performance of Christian McBride's “The Movement Revisited" at Walt Disney Concert Hall on Friday night. And maybe a trace of irony as well. The four-section suite for big jazz band, small jazz group, gospel choir and narrators focused its segments on the words, the memory and the legacy ...

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Tough Times Call for Tougher Music

Source: Michael Ricci
May 19, 2008

MUSICAL FORCE OF NATURE: German composer Karlheinz Stockhausen's experiments with the structure of sound and his innovations with electronics made him a pioneer of the musical avant-garde.

MODERNISM HAD a good run, the historian Peter Gay concludes in his new study of the subject. His estimate is about 120 years, beginning with the simultaneous publication in 1857 of Flaubert's novel “Madame Bovary" and Baudelaire's collection of poems “Les Fleurs du Mal." In music, that span extends through the wild avant-garde ...

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Wayne Krantz at the Brooklyn Lyceum

Source: All About Jazz
May 19, 2008

On June 7 Wayne Krantz plays during the Brooklyn International Film Festival at The Brooklyn Lyceum. Ex/ sideman with Steely Dan, Michael BRECKER, DONALD FAGEN, CHRIS POTTER AND MANY OTHERS, WAYNE KRANTX HAS MADE SEVEN ACCLAIMED ALBUMS UNDER HIS OWN NAME Since 1991. Wayne Krantz has given clinics and workshops worldwide and has been on the faculty at the Berkley College of music in Boston and is presently on faculty at NYU/Steinhardt in New York City. He is currently at ...

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Jazz at the Brooklyn Lyceum

Source: All About Jazz
May 19, 2008

Every wed and Sunday we have a Jazz series here at the Brooklyn Lyceum. Curated by Chris Komer and Joe Phillips, the series brings some of the best musicians and music to Park Slope Brooklyn. Most often our series mostly plays in our 50-person room but we have also had bands play in our 300-seat space. On June 7 Wayne Krantz plays during the Brooklyn international Film Festival. Kate McGarry also plays a midnight show May 31. Wednesday 8 pm ...

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Azar Lawrence & Legends of L.A. / Jazz Heavyweights

Source: Michael Ricci
May 18, 2008

Jazz lovers in Los Angeles are very appreciative of one our “own." Los Angeles native son, Azar Lawrence is touring again across the country. He is solidifying his rhythm section on the East Coast, Benito Lopez, Billy & Lorca Hart, Essiet Okon Essiet, and many stalwarts in New York are glad to have him back on the scene in the Capitol of America's indigenous music, Jazz. Tightening up his West Coast rhythm section, Azar is collaborating with Nate Morgan, on ...

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Brady Rymer and the Little Band That Could, June 1 at the Union County Performing Arts Center

Source: All About Jazz
May 18, 2008

Join the family rave-up! Multi-award-winning indie recording artist Brady Rymer and the Little Band That Could will take the stage at the Union County Performing Arts Center on Sunday, June 1st at 3PM.

Join the family rave-up! “Here Comes Brady Rymer and the Little Band That Could" delivers strong, straight-ahead grooves, catchy sing-along choruses, and a down-home, boogie-woogie, hip-shakin' vibe you can't resist. Their feel-good tune “The Little Band That Could" lets us know what's coming down the track - ...

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Hans Blix Tour Return @ The Knitting Factory

Source: All About Jazz
May 18, 2008

Knitting Factory May 30th, 9pm Hans Blix, a trio of improvised alchemy, will be wrapping up their tour of California by a return to NY at the Knitting Factory on May 30th at 9pm. The trio creates complete songs from seemingly thin air, developing themes, crafting melodies, and surprising the listener at every turn. Possessing the fluditiy of fusion ala Mahavishnu, the textured soundscapes of electronica ala Squarepusher and quiet/loud indie rock dynamics of ...

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Steve Weingart Touring with Simon Phillips Band

Source: All About Jazz
May 18, 2008

Jazz/Funk keyboard virtuoso Steve Weingart (Steve Lukather Band, El Grupo, Dave Weckl) will be touring with Simon Phillips (drums - Toto, Jeff Beck, Joe Satriani), Andy Timmons (guitar - Olivia Newton John, Danger Danger), Everette Harp (Sax) and Del Atkins (Bass). 21 May 2008 :: Wednesday Nagoya tba Japan 22 May 2008 :: Thursday Nagoya Hoshino 100th Anniversary show Japan 23 May 2008 :: Friday Nagoya Hoshino 100th Anniversary show Japan 24 May 2008 ...

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