Performance / Tour News

Kenya Revisited - 50th Anniversary Concert

Source: All About Jazz
March 27, 2008

MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC AFRO-CUBAN JAZZ ORCHESTRA directed by BOBBY SANABRIA with special guest, NEA Jazz Master, CANDIDO CAMERO on congas Recorded in December of 1957 by The Machito Afro-Cubans and released in 1958 featuring alto saxophone titan Cannonball Adderley, as well as trumpet legend Joe Nuemann, and conga virtuoso Candido, the music of this legendary recording has never been performed in its entirety. KENYA has been hailed by the critics and cognoscenti alike as the ...

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International Drummer, Ignacio Berroa Quartet Sways Our Souls Again with the Best Grooves!

Source: All About Jazz
March 27, 2008

The nights are getting warmer this week with Berroa's unforgettable Jazz & Afro-Cuban music! LOS ANGELES, CA (March 27, 2008) -- International drummer and composer Ignacio Berroa is making a roundabout with his quartet this week at various cities throughout California. Ignacio Berroa will be at Kuumbwa Jazz Center in Santa Cruz, CA on March 27th, Rosalie & Alva Performance Gallery in San Pedro, CA on March 29th, and at Anthology in San Diego, CA on March 30th. The venues ...

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Mentoring Opportunity for Female Instrumentalists at Jazz Gallery 4/24 with Sarah Manning

Source: All About Jazz
March 26, 2008

On Thursday, April 24th, 2008, saxophonist and composer Sarah Manning's Shatter the Glass will return to the Jazz Gallery for two sets. Female instrumentalists can apply to attend the performance of Manning's compositions featuring Art Hirahara on piano, Thomson Kneeland on bass and Kyle Struve on drums, as a special guest of the band. Attend the private sound check, meet the Shatter the Glass members, and gain free admission to the show.

Any female instrumentalist of any age is eligible. ...

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James Weidman Trio at an Die Musik Live in Baltimore on Saturday, March 29th

Source: All About Jazz
March 26, 2008

Sat, 03/29/08 From: 08:00 PM To: 09:00 PM An die Musik LIVE! 409 North Charles Street Second Floor Baltimore, Maryland 21201 888.221.6170 410.385.2638 James Weidman, piano Jay Hoggard, vibes Belden Bullock, bass James Weidman, piano New York-based pianist James Weidman is indisputably one of the world's top sidemen. Over the years he has played and recorded with musicians as diverse as Max ...

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World Premiere of Taylor Ho Bynum's "Madeleine Dreams" This Sunday 3/30 at Roulette

Source: Improvised Communications
March 26, 2008

This Sunday night at 8:30 p.m., cornetist/composer Taylor Ho Bynum will lead his improvising chamber ensemble SpiderMonkey Strings, with special guest vocalist Kyoko Kitamura, in the world premiere performance of his secular oratorio, Madeleine Dreams, at New York's Roulette.

This event is part of a full month of New York performances by Bynum, including a March residency at Brooklyn's Tea Lounge with his genre-defying big band, Positive Catastrophe, and a quartet performance at the Rhythm in the Kitchen Festival on ...

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Dezron Douglas Quintet at Firehouse 12 This Friday 3/28

Source: Improvised Communications
March 25, 2008

Firehouse 12's 2008 Spring Jazz Series continues on Friday, March 28th with a two-set performance by emerging bassist/composer, and Hartford native, Dezron Douglas and his quintet. The group is a subset of the Hartford-based collective, The New Jazz Workshop, and features longtime Douglas collaborators Josh Evans, Lummie Spann, David Bryant and Curtis Torian. This performance will feature original music from Douglas' forthcoming debut CD as a leader, which he will record with the band in New York this week.

The ...

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Ariel & JC Jones at D. Grey's in Jerusalem on Thursday, March 27 at 9:30 P.M.

Source: All About Jazz
March 25, 2008

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New Mazzjazzband Website at mazzjazz.com

Source: Creative Service Company
March 24, 2008

Interesting website with live sound clips featuring: Gary Mazza on flute Willy Ryan on bass Frank Kaiser on guitar Larry Marc-Aurele on percussion Have seen/heard many of their performances from a few years ago. Worth checking out! A friend tells of a performance at Arthur's Landing last summer in glowing terms. Smooth and jazzy with a groove, and lots of soul! At times, mesmerizing! That's the way I remember them. Looking forward to their ...

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