Performance / Tour News

Brian Allen + Hernan Hecht Duo in Texas This Weekend

Source: All About Jazz
April 16, 2008

If there are any South Texans out there, please come out on down to Lake Jackson this weekend... BRIAN ALLEN + HERNAN HECHT DUO SPRING 2008 April 20 - The Clarion at Brazosport College, Lake Jackson TX 4pm. Admission is free. http://clarion.brazosport.edu April 21 - Klein Oak HS, Houston TX. 3pm April 22 - Hecht Drum Clinic, Brazoswood HS, Lake Jackson TX 8:30am April 22 - Allen/Hecht Duo Masterclass, Lake Jackson Intermediate School, 4pm. ...

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Fab Faux on Letterman 4/18 w Jordan Zevon

Source: Seth Cohen PR
April 16, 2008

TUNE-IN ALERT! The Fab Faux will sing with Jordan Zevon, on this coming Friday's 4/18 CBS-TV broadcast of Late Show with David Letterman. The Fab Faux's upcoming U.S. Tour will include their San Diego debut on June 7th, and a June 14th return to Cleveland, following their sold-out debut last year. For those of us who never got to see The Beatles perform live, we're fortunate to have five of the best musicians around - The Fab Faux - dedicate ...

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Jerome Sabbagh Quartet to Perform at an Die Musik Live

Source: All About Jazz
April 16, 2008

World-acclaimed jazz saxophone player Jerome Sabbagh and his musicians will give an unique concert at An die Musik Live! on Wednesday, April 16, at 7:30 & 9 p.m.

Jerome Sabbagh has performed throughout Europe, Australia and North America and he now lives in the US. He performed in many US venues such as the Jazz Standard, the Jazz Gallery, Smalls, Fat Cat, the 55 Bar, the Knitting Factory and Birdland in New York, as well as the Blues Alley in ...

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Karrin Allyson at Chris' Jazz Cafe on April 18 & 19, 2008

Source: All About Jazz
April 16, 2008

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Weasel Walter May 2008 East Coast Dates and New Releases

Source: ugEXPLODE
April 15, 2008

Iconoclastic West Coast drummer Weasel Walter will play a string of East Coast dates to coincide with several new releases on his own ugEXPLODE label. Perhaps best known for leading the long-running punk-jazz/no wave/brutal prog group The Flying Luttenbachers, Walter has gained a reputation as a young drummer of considerable intensity and sensitivity. Released on April 15, 2008 “Opulence" (a duo between Walter and Anthony Braxton alumni Mary Halvorson on guitar) and “Trauma" (a first-time-on-cd reissue of brutal free jazz ...

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Buster Williams Quartet at Cachaca Jazz Club, May 16-18, 2008

Source: All About Jazz
April 15, 2008

May 16-18, 2008, bassist Buster Williams performs at Cachaca Jazz and Samba Club with his “Something More" Quartet, featuring Lenny White, Steve Wilson, Casey Benjamin, and Jeff Pitson. Sets begin at 9:00 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. Cover is $20.

Praised by Jazztimes for “the beauty of his tone and sound, along with the consistent quality of his writing and recordings," the bassist, bandleader, and composer Buster Williams has performed, recorded, and collaborated with jazz giants such as Art Blakey, Betty ...

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Firehouse 12 to Present the Brotzmann/Bennink Duo This Friday 4/18

Source: Improvised Communications
April 15, 2008

On Friday, April 18th, New Haven's Firehouse 12 will present two of the founding fathers of European free jazz, Peter Brotzmann and Han Bennink. First heard together on late- 1960's recordings such as Brotzmann's seminal Machine Gun (FMP), these frequent collaborators have been making music for more than 40 years and working as a duo since 1976. This two-set performance is part of a rare two-week American tour.

Brotzmann is a self-taught musician and co-founder of the groundbreaking FMP label ...

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A Musical Salute to Minton's Playhouse, 5/08/08

Source: All About Jazz
April 14, 2008

On Thursday, May 8, 2008 at 7:30 p.m., Dix Hills Center for the Performing Arts will honor the historic jazz club Minton's Playhouse with a guitar extravaganza entitled A Musical Salute to Minton's Playhouse. The multi-media presentation features performers including the jazz guitarists Peter Rogine, Joe Carbone, and John Kelly; the Tony Mottola and Al Caiola guitar ensembles; the poetry of the Beats; and a surprise musical guest.

Founded by tenor saxophonist Henry Minton in 1938, Minton's Playhouse quickly became ...

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