Performance / Tour News

Etta James Plays the Bowl

Source: All About Jazz
May 11, 2008

JAZZ AT THE BOWL (JZ2)

This season, JZ2 celebrates jazz greats across the spectrum, including George Benson, a birthday celebration with and for Gerald Wilson & Hank Jones, Swing Night with Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, and the Queen of the Blues herself, Ms. Etta James. Etta James will play the great outdoor setting of the Hollywood Bowl August 13th, with The Roots Band, followed by The Manhattan Transfer August 16th and the great guitarist George Benson August 27th. Hollywood Bowl ...

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Jersey Boys Get Vegas Room

Source: All About Jazz
May 10, 2008

'Jersey Boys' gets a Vegas theater all its own

How hot is Jersey Boys, the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical tracing the lives and careers of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons? After launching a national tour and productions in Chicago and London, it just opened Saturday at a custom-built venue in Las Vegas. Just as Caesars Palace designed The Colosseum for Celine Dion, The Palazzo, a $1.9 billion, 50-story haven for trendy Vegas visitors -- home to Jay Z's 40/40 ...

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Frank Wess Quintet at the Village Vanguard

Source: All About Jazz
May 10, 2008

Saxophone With Subtext Through their sound, some jazz players connote more than what is on the surface. They have a subtext. When Frank Wess plays tenor saxophone his sound can have a delicate, almost courtly veneer. But there's another player underneath that sound with an almost opposite disposition, brawny and bullish. Mr. Wess, who turned 86 in January, is aligned in history with Count Basie's great second phase: the 1950s bands, whose reed and brass sections gave off an almost ...

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Gibson Amphitheatre, Greek Theatre Announce 2008 Marquee

Source: All About Jazz
May 10, 2008

Premiere Marquee Club Season

Award winning venues, The Greek Theatre (managed and booked by Nederlander Concerts) and Gibson Amphitheatre (managed and booked by Live Nation) announce their joint 2008 Premiere Marquee Club (PMC) line up. The 2008 PMC season once again brings an outstanding roster of music ranging from Rock to Jazz, Latin to R&B and much more. The program offers over 60 concerts with additional shows being added throughout the year. Anyone can join and there is no membership ...

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Coldplay's Viva la Vida Tour

Source: All About Jazz
May 10, 2008

Coldplay Sets Dates For Extensive Viva La Vida Tour

Viva La Vida world tour will land in North America, Europe and Japan is set to begin at Philadelphia's Wachovia Center on June 29 and extend well into next year. Save for the Pemberton Festival in Vancouver on July 27, Coldplay will play arenas in North America, the U.K. and Europe on the tour's first leg. Some North American dates will go on sale May 16-17, but the majority go up ...

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Ken Berman Trio at Yoshis June 3rd!

Source: All About Jazz
May 10, 2008

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Leanne Darling: The Newest Voice in Experimental World Jazz

Source: All About Jazz
May 9, 2008

Violist Leanne Darling celebrates her debut solo CD, Spiral, featuring solo viola and electronics, Arabic jazz ensemble, jazz string trio and jazz quartet. (Brooklyn, NY) Friday, June 6, 2008, 8:00 p.m. Leanne Darling CD release party to be held at the Brooklyn Conservatory Concert Hall at 58 Seventh Ave. (corner of 7th Ave. and Lincoln Pl.), Park Slope, Brooklyn. The show will start at 8:00 p.m. and there is a $10 suggested donation. For more information contact the Conservatory at ...

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With Scottish Blood in Her Veins, Jacqui Dankworth Takes a Unique Opportunity to Tour Scotland in June

Source: All About Jazz
May 9, 2008

When the offer to perform in Scotland with just two guitarists as her band was made to leading British vocalist Jacqui Dankworth, the Campbell blood in her veins made her take up the challenge in earnest. Not content to perform this rare show once, she instructed her agent to request a string of dates all over Scotland, the response to which was phenomenal. “I have never taken this show to Scotland before, it is something I did a while ago ...

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