Performance / Tour News

Christian McBride's "The Movement Revisited," at the Disney Hall

Source: All About Jazz
May 8, 2008

Christian McBride's “The Movement Revisited," will debut at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles on May 16. The performance concludes the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association's 2007/2008 jazz series. Christian McBride is the premier bassist on the today's jazz and pop scene. The first choice as collaborator for everyone from Sting and Billy Joel to Sonny Rollins and Pat Metheny, he is first and foremost an outstanding bandleader and composer. “You could feel the seats vibrate as the band impeccably ...

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Cher New Diva on the Strip

Source: All About Jazz
May 8, 2008

Cher at Caesars Palace

She might be 62, but the singer is still full of her trademark glitz and glamour. Her show is lavish, nonstop fun.

Like the temples of the ancient Roman world that it simulates, the Colosseum at Caesars Palace is an environment suited to extravagant immortals. The artists who've graced its huge stage have all achieved that status in which one name not only serves but also explains and expands upon whatever the star projects.

First there ...

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Global Music Foundation and Cegin Productions - Summer 2008 Jazz Series, Pizza on the Park London

Source: All About Jazz
May 8, 2008

Global Music Foundation and Cegin Productions present Summer Jazz Series 2008 Pizza on the Park London Three great double bills on Saturday nights in June featuring some of Europe's finest Jazz and World Music singers & instrumentalists. June 14 Jason Rebello Trio plus Tina May and Nikki Iles June 21 Gilad Atzmon Acoustic Band plus Adriano Adewale Group Band led by the ...

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James Taylor's "One Man Band" Grand Summer Tour

Source: All About Jazz
May 8, 2008

James Taylor has mapped out an impressive summer tour as he takes last year's live CD/DVD, “One Man Band," out for a spin around Europe and North America.

The legendary singer/songwriter, accompanied by his full band for the US and Canadian dates, will kick off the summer trek May 22 in Virginia Beach, VA. The outing, detailed below, will hit more than 30 cities through early August, with a two-week Canadian stretch set for the first part of July.

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Jazz in the White House

Source: All About Jazz
May 7, 2008

Who Let Them In!

Even though jazz was highly popular in the 1920's and 1930's in the U. Street area in D.C., the earliest performance of jazz in the White House did not occur until November 19, 1962. This first performance was during a children's program in the East Room by the Paul Winter Jazz Sextet.

Since the Kennedy administration, most Presidents have increasingly used jazz as a White House entertainment staple. During the Johnson administration, Pearl Bailey became the ...

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Sojourn to Musicians Final Mecca

Source: All About Jazz
May 7, 2008

The warm summer breeze soon begin to blow, the concert season is upon us, music lovers around the world are making plans to enjoy the seasons musicians on tour. Perhaps you'll find your self basking in the sun of Los Angeles. For jazz lovers an afternoon outing to the small garden oasis in Westwood can bring you close to many of the great musicians, composers and famous film stars, this their final resting place.

Westwood Village, which follows down from ...

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Hot Jazz Cool Cause: Matt Savage at Stephen Wise Free Synagogue on Saturday, May 10 at 8PM

Source: All About Jazz
May 7, 2008

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Harry Connick Jr. Broadway Bound

Source: All About Jazz
May 6, 2008

Nice Work If You Can Get It Harry Connick Jr. and the Gershwins, George and Ira -- Broadway's newest trio. The jazz pianist-singer will return to Broadway in spring 2009 in Nice Work If You Can Get It, a new musical comedy using Gershwin standards, producer Scott Landis announced Monday. Connick will play a Long Island playboy in the show, which will feature a book by Joe DiPietro, one of the authors of “I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change"; ...

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