Performance / Tour News

Balcony? Not at These Intimate Listening Spots

Source: Michael Ricci
May 13, 2008

WHEN it comes to describing places to hear music, here's an adjective that is tossed around a lot: intimate.

In New York, that's sometimes a euphemism for “tiny" or “sardine-like" or, from a musician's point of view, “unprofitable." But sometimes it lives up to what you hope for: cozy, friendly, comfortable, with a sense of interaction with the performers. In other words, a place where your row (say, XX) will not be named after sex-determining chromosomes, or one where a ...

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Sten Hostfalt & Blaise Siwula Live @ Stain NYC, May 17

Source: All About Jazz
May 13, 2008

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Steve Weingart Touring with Simon Phillips Band

Source: All About Jazz
May 13, 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 Saturday Sendai ENN ...

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Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band at the Jazz Bakery

Source: All About Jazz
May 12, 2008

Big Phat Band at The Jazz Bakery May 27th

Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band, an 18-piece jazz ensemble, celebrates and personifies the best of the big band tradition with a very contemporary and original sound. Through the writing genius of Gordon Goodwin, SRO audiences have enjoyed one of the most craftsman-like hard swinging large jazz ensembles comprised of L.A.'s finest musicians. Gordon's witty and insightful arrangements propel the listener on a journey through a myriad of styles: latin, blues, swing, ...

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Michael Pedicin's Sax Had Them from the Start

Source: All About Jazz
May 12, 2008

By David R. Adler For The Inquirer

On April 19, when Terence Blanchard played the movie music of Spike Lee at the Kimmel Center, Michael Pedicin conducted the orchestra. The evening's best-kept secret was that Pedicin, 60, is a fine tenor saxophonist with seven albums to his credit.

At Chris' Jazz Cafe on Saturday, Pedicin took his turn in the spotlight, fronting a quintet and playing material from a new album, his eighth, Everything Starts Now.

All the ...

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Hans Blix California Tour May 18 - 24

Source: All About Jazz
May 12, 2008

Hans Blix, a trio of improvised alchemy, will be bringing their unique sound to California May 18th to the 24th. 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 Blonde Redhead, this is music that captures your attention with epic playing chops but also entrances with ambient tones. Hans ...

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Peggy Lee at Shelley's Manne Hole

Source: All About Jazz
May 12, 2008

It's a Monday or Tuesday night in 1961, Shelly's Manne Hole

I used to work weekends - and I'm at my favorite jazz club. Shelley's group was to later become highly regarded: Richie Kamuca, tenor; Conte Condoli, trumpet; Russ Freeman, piano; Chuck Berghofer on bass and of course the big guy on drums. In later years, the series of live recordings from the Black Hawk were to become classics. Anyway, this Monday or Tuesday was a slow night. Shelley's business ...

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Coltrane at Birdland

Source: All About Jazz
May 12, 2008

Evening with the Trane

Coltrane never played Birdland very much in those days after Miles. But this one night trane was lost in the cosmos of My Favorite Things, exploring the inner mysteries of his own spirit; the pain and the anguish of the movements of the Sixties, civil rights, the fires wrecking the fibers of the American flag, and, of course, Viet Nam. Lost deeper in a solo searching for God or gods somewhere out there, mired in the ...

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