Performance / Tour News

Sting, Brian Wilson Rock at Carnegie Hall

Source: All About Jazz
May 14, 2008

Sting, Brian Wilson Rock a Family Affair at Carnegie Hall for Rainforest Benefit

To open the annual Rainforest Foundation Fund benefit concert at Carnegie Hall, co-founder Sting, James Taylor and Billy Joel traded harmonies like old buddies for a jubilant version of “Turn! Turn! Turn!" By song's end, they took that whole “to every season" thing to heart and invited their singing kids along to finish it up. Over the last 15 years, Sting and his wife Trudie Styler have ...

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Chris Crocco Fluid Trio at Smalls May 21st

Source: All About Jazz
May 14, 2008

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Jane Scheckter Tribute to Lena Horne

Source: Michael Ricci
May 14, 2008

Letting Loose, Lena Horne Style

Jane Scheckter will perform “From This Moment On" at 7 p.m., Tuesday through Thursday, at Broadway Baby, 318 West 53rd Street, Clinton; (212) 757-5808, broadwaybabybistro.com.

Ferocious. That is the word the pop-jazz singer Jane Scheckter applies to Lena Horne in “From This Moment On," her tribute to Ms. Horne, who is now 90. Ms. Scheckter recalled at Broadway Baby bistro on Wednesday evening that Ms. Horne, along with Bobby Short and Tony Perkins, was one ...

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Hilario Duran Trio: Tour Canada 2008

Source: All About Jazz
May 14, 2008

Montreal, Quebec, CANADA - Cuban-Canadian pianist/ALMA Records recording artist Hilario Duran will lead the Hilario Duran Trio on a cross Canada tour, summer and fall of 2008. The Hilario Duran Trio will perform at this country's major jazz festivals and venues from coast to coast. This is the debut national tour as a leader for Hilario Duran, a multi award winning and internationally acclaimed Cuban-Latin jazz pianist, composer, arranger, bandleader and educator. The Hilario Duran Trio features the highly acclaimed ...

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Eagles Long Road Out of Eden Tour

Source: All About Jazz
May 13, 2008

Eagles Long Road Out of Eden Tour

Rock and Roll Hall of Famers, the Eagles, will return this summer for their “Long Road Out of Eden" World Tour. With five number one singles and four number one albums, the Eagles were among the most successful recording artists of the 1970s; at the end of the 20th century, two of those albums, Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975) and Hotel California, ranked among the ten best-selling albums ever, according to the ...

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Wynton Marsalis Plays the Hollywood Bowl

Source: All About Jazz
May 13, 2008

Jazz AT The Bowl (JZ1)

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchastra with Wynton Marsalis and Special Guest Natalie Cole. Hollywood Bowl July 9th.

The New Orleans trumpet king and his ultra-swinging jazz orchestra will delight with foot stompin' standards, Ellington-inspired arrangements and rousing improvisations. It's jazz at its finest. Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra

The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (JLCO), comprising 15 of the finest jazz soloists and ensemble players today, has been the Jazz at Lincoln Center resident orchestra ...

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Julio Santillan Trio at Babouche - May 25

Source: All About Jazz
May 13, 2008

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Ralph Alessi at Firehouse 12 This Friday 5/16

Source: Improvised Communications
May 13, 2008

On Friday, May 16th New Haven's Firehouse 12 will present a two-set performance by New York trumpeter/composer Ralph Alessi and his all-star quintet, This Against That. The group, which skillfully blends jazz with pop and contemporary classical music, features saxophonist Ravi Coltrane, pianist Andy Milne, bassist Drew Gress and drummer Mark Ferber. This performance will follow the band's European tour (Italy, France, Switzerland and the UK) and feature Alessi's meditative compositions ranging from song forms to pieces featuring free improvisation. ...

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