Performance / Tour News

Jim Gailloreto's Jazz String Quintet & Pianist Fred Hersch May 8th and 9th, 2008 at Bargemusic

Source: Two for the Show Media
May 6, 2008

Jim Gailloreto's Jazz String Quintet & Pianist Fred Hersch will be performing together on May 8th & 9th, 2008 at Bargemusic in Brooklyn, New York. Showtime both nights is 8:00 PM. Jazz String Quintet: Jim Gailloreto - saxophones Katherine Hughes - Violin Carol Kalvonjian- Violin Benton Wedge - Viola Jill Kaeding- Cello With Special Guest: Fred Hersch - Piano Jazz String Quintet will perform ...

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Live Performance of Uri Caine - May 7th at Amoeba Hollywood

Source: All About Jazz
May 6, 2008

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Emme & Julie: Emme Kemp & Julie Mandel - Women Composers, May 9 and May 18

Source: All About Jazz
May 6, 2008

Two Separate events spotlight the enormous talents of Women Composers! Friday, May, 9 2008 at LeFrak Theatre, Queens College" - EMME and JULIE" LeFrak Theatre, Queens College 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing, New York 11367 “EMME and JULIE": Chamber Jazz Ensemble performs works of composers Emme Kemp and Julie Mandel, with cellist Peter Lewy. Brian Woodruff (drums), Whitney Moulton (bass), Carol Sudhalter (tenor sax / flute), Chris Rinaman (tbn), Linda Presgrave (piano), special guest bassist Antonio Cervellino, ...

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From Russia with Jazz

Source: All About Jazz
May 5, 2008

Is There Jazz In Russia, Really? A Short Jazz History of Moscow

The answer is “YES". The first jazz concert in Russia took place in Moscow on October 1, 1922. The band was local, called no less than The First Jazz Band of the Republic, led by not a musician, but a dancer, one Valentin Parnakh (1891-1951), who also was a gifted poet, poetry translator, and literature historian, and spend seven years (from 1915 to 1922) in Western Europe. That ...

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Tom Waits Announces His Glitter & Doom Tour

Source: All About Jazz
May 5, 2008

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Miguel Zenon Quartet at Firehouse 12 This Friday 5/9

Source: Improvised Communications
May 5, 2008

On Friday, May 9th, New Haven's Firehouse 12 will present a two-set performance by alto saxophonist/composer, and 2008 Guggenheim Fellowship winner, Miguel Zenon and his working quartet. This event, the ninth concert in the venue's ongoing 2008 Spring Jazz Series, is part of the group's two month tour of the United States and Europe in support of Zenon's fourth CD as a leader, Awake (Marsalis Music). The band features his longtime collaborators, pianist Luis Perdomo, bassist Rick Rodriguez and drummer ...

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Saxophonist Daniel Bennett in Concert with Zyrah's Orange on May 31 in Boston, MA

Source: Bennett Alliance
May 4, 2008

The fifth installment of the Bennett Alliance Concert Series has arrived! On May 31, two well known Boston bands will play a double bill at the restored Cambridge Family YMCA Theatre (820 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA). Zyrah's Orange brings their groove flavored rock, and saxophonist Daniel Bennett will bring his minimalist trance quartet to the stage. The concert starts at 8pm and admission is just $10 ($7 with a student ID). “Avante-Folk" Saxophonist Daniel Bennett is most known for his ...

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Martin Taylor and Stuart Ryan in Bath

Source: All About Jazz
May 4, 2008

On Sunday May 4th Bath based promotion company One Night Only Promotions is hosting a concert with world famous Jazz guitarist Martin Taylor MBE. The event is being held at the prestigious Bath Pavilion and will be supported by award winning guitarist (and also columnist for Guitar Techniques Magazine) Stuart Ryan. This promises to be a fantastic evening of guitar music suitable to lovers of all genres, and by far the year's best opportunity to witness two world-class instrumentalists on ...

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