Performance / Tour News

Omar Sosa Summer Tour Schedule 2008

Source: All About Jazz
May 15, 2008

Monday, May 19: Festival Suoni e Visioni: Rolling Stone Milan, ITALY provincia.milano.it

Thursday, May 29: Tribu Jazz Festival: Auditorium de Dijon Dijon, FRANCE tribufestival.free.fr

Friday, June 6: Lecture-Demonstration with John Santos: La Pea Cultural Center Berkeley, CA, U.S.A. sfiaf.org

Saturday, June 7: Lecture-Demonstration with John Santos: Mission Cultural Center San Francisco, CA, U.S.A. sfiaf.org

Sunday, June 8: 1:00 PM Outdoor Concert: FREE: ...

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Tuesdays on the Terrace: Corey Wilkes at the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art

Source: All About Jazz
May 15, 2008

Tuesday, June 3 5:30 - 8 p.m. Museum of Contemporary Art Terrace and Sculpture Garden Free Tuesdays on the Terrace presents another inspiring season of free evening jazz concerts on the MCA's Terrace and Sculpture Garden. Hosted by local radio personalities, visitors are invited to enjoy cocktails, Puck's Express snacks, or a dinner buffet from Puck's Cafe while listening to Chicago's finest jazz musicians. Dinner reservations at Puck's are recommended, call 312.397.4034. In case ...

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Gary Burton Quartet Revisited Europe

Source: All About Jazz
May 15, 2008

Gary Burton European Project With Pat Metheny Announced

Vibist Gary Burton following a month of touring with Chick Corea, is preparing a tour with Pat Metheny, Steve Swallow and Antonio Sanchez presenting “Gary Burton Quartet Revisited" project. This group also recorded live during 2006 tour and a CD will be forthcoming in 2008. Burtons collaboration these days has been with French accordionist Richard Galliano. Sharing a deep interest in the music of Astor Piazzolla their concert repertoire is about equally ...

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Herbie Hancock Tours North America With "River"

Source: All About Jazz
May 15, 2008

Jazz visionary Herbie Hancock will launch an international tour next month to support his latest Grammy-winning album, River: The Joni Letters.

[National Recording Registry on Wednesday, part of the Library of Congress will preserve for “culturally, historically or aesthetically significants," inducted jazz artist Herbie Hancock's 1973 fusion smash Headhunters.] The keyboardist/composer will kick things off May 23 at the Sonoma, CA, International Jazz Festival and play gigs across the US and into Canada through mid-August. Stops include the Playboy Jazz ...

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The BandA ecLectics in New York City

Source: All About Jazz
May 15, 2008

Blaggards Pub 8 W 38th St New York, NY 212-382-2611 Saturday, May 17th. 9-10pm The BandA ecLectics is an 11-piece ensemble consisting of musicians with jazz, world and classical music tendencies and affiliations. These professional musicians will be performing a set of original compositions with a fresh and unique sound, created by Petros Sakelliou. The musical material involves finely composed orchestrations as well as improvisations, arranged organically into a whole that vibrates originality. The ...

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Linda Kosut, Award-Winning San Francisco Vocalist with Quartet at Jazz at Pearl's, June 22

Source: Jizel Music
May 15, 2008

MULTI-AWARD WINNING SAN FRANCISCO VOCALIST LINDA KOSUT with QUARTET at JAZZ AT PEARL'S, JUNE 22, 2008 San Francisco vocalist LINDA KOSUT will be performing songs from her highly acclaimed CD and tribute show to jazz legend Oscar Brown Jr. on Sunday, June 22, 2008 at the world renowned Jazz at Pearl's in San Francisco. Linda will be backed by a stellar JAZZ QUARTET headed by bandleader Max Perkoff on piano & trombone, Daniel Fabricant on bass, John Mader ...

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Omar Sosa and John Santos Reunited @ La Pena

Source: All About Jazz
May 14, 2008

La Pena Cultural Center, 3105 Shattuck Ave. Berkeley. wwwlapena.org A 33rd Anniversary special: Omar Sosa and John Santos together in a live demo/lecture at La Pena June 6, 2008, 8pm, $15 adv/door La Pea Cultural Center 3105 Shattuck Ave. Berkeley. 510-849-2568 Omar Sosa and John Santos, reunited in a rare duo presentation for the first time in over six years, will share the spiritual/political/musical elements that drive their music. Their debut recording, ...

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Ben Wolfe Celebrates New Release "No Strangers Here" at NY's Jazz Standard on June 3rd, 2008

Source: Two for the Show Media
May 14, 2008

Bassist/Composer & Bandleader Ben Wolfe will be performing with his Octet at The Jazz Standard in New York on Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008 in celebration of his latest MAXJAZZ release No Strangers Here. Sets are 7:30 PM and 9:30 PM. Ben Wolfe Octet: Ben Wolfe - bass/composer Marcus Strickland - saxophone Luis Perdomo - piano Greg Hutchinson- drums Jesse Mills - violin Cyrus Beroukhim - violin ...

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