Performance / Tour News

Trio 3 (Oliver Lake/Reggie Workman/Andrew Cyrille) Plus Special Guest, Pianist Geri Allen @ Jazz Standard, Mar. 6-9

Source: The Cinarae Group
March 4, 2008

Kicking off their twentieth-year anniversary, TRIO 3, the high octane collaboration of jazz masters Lake, Workman and Cyrille, features the stellar pianist and innovator, Geri Allen, for a four-day fete of improvisation at its best!

TRIO 3 Oliver Lake (Multi-Reeds), Reggie Workman (Bass) and Andrew Cyrille (Drums) Plus Special Guest, Pianist Geri Allen @ Jazz Standard Thu - Sun March 6-9 Sets nightly at ...

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The Chris Crocco Fluid Trio at Cornelia St. Cafe on March 6th

Source: All About Jazz
March 4, 2008

Cornelia St. Cafe presents: THE CHRIS CROCCO FLUID TRIO featuring: Chris Crocco - Guitar George Garzone - Saxophone Francisco Mela- Drums Thursday March 6th @ 8:30p.m. “.....With his debut release, Crocco and his trio judiciously parallel the inference of the album title. Featuring sax giant George Garzone and drummer Francisco Mela, the music iterated here bridges finesse with power. Crocco frames a good portion of this ...

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Jacob Fred Jazz Odysssey Announce Tour Dates / "Lil Tae Rides Again" out April 8

Source: All About Jazz
March 4, 2008

Brooklyn, NY - Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey have announced new tour dates in support of their upcoming release, Lil Tae Rides Again, available April 8 on HYENA Records. The 20-date run begins in the trio's hometown, Tulsa, Oklahoma, stretches up the West Coast to Seattle and wraps with a string of shows around New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. This will be the first West Coast tour for drummer Josh Raymer who joined JFJO's Brian Haas and Reed Mathis late ...

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Kevin Frenette Quartet at 119 Gallery - March 8, 2008

Source: All About Jazz
March 3, 2008

March 8, 2008 119 Gallery 119 Chelmsford St Lowell, MA 01851 8PM Kevin Frenette Quartet Kevin Frenette (guitar) Forbes Graham (trumpet) Ryan McGuire (bass) Ricardo Donoso (drums) Guitarist Kevin Frenette began playing music at the age of eleven and began working professionally in the 1990s. He studied guitar, composition, and music theory at UMASS-Dartmouth where he ...

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Guillermo E. Brown's "Shuffle Mode" Blurs and Bends Musical Boundaries

Source: All About Jazz
March 3, 2008

Known for his association with jazz musicians - David S. Ware, Matthew Shipp, Dave Burrell, ViJay Ayer, among others, multi-dimensional artist Guillermo E. Brown draws upon influences from free jazz to Miami Bass in a new work, “Shuffle Mode," premiering April 18-19 as part of The Apollo Theater's Salon Series. “Shuffle Mode" is pure Guillermo E. Brown, a masterful performing artist who is called a “musical omnivore." Brown draws from free jazz, electronica, Afro-Latin, Hip-Hop, Spoken Word and other performance/musical ...

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Michael Marcus Quartet Performs at the Blue Note NYC, March 3rd, 2008

Source: All About Jazz
March 2, 2008

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Jeffrey Hayden Shurdut at the Whitney Museum of Art, NYC, Biennial 2008

Source: All About Jazz
March 2, 2008

JEFFREY HAYDEN SHURDUT presents “Pianos are instruments not furniture"

Live public performance and interview on Neighborhood Public Radio as part of The Whitney Museum of Art, NYC, Biennial 2008 March 8, 2008 3pm 91.9 FM

Shurdut descends from his perch on East 74th Street in search of a local piano to pounce and claw in his vigorous pro-active public amble, “Pianos are instruments not furniture."

“HEY MADISON AVE., PIANOS ARE INSTRUMENTS- NOT FURNITURE." --Jeffrey Hayden Shurdut ...

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Lords of the West Indies: The Cultural Intersections of Jazz and the English-Speaking Caribbean

Source: All About Jazz
March 1, 2008

On March 7 and 8, Jamaican-born pianist Monty Alexander brings a uniquely themed concert to Jazz at Lincoln Center, celebrating both his roots as a Jamaican and the cultural intersections of jazz and the West Indies. Alexander is a celebrated musician whose recording and performance history with Milt Jackson and Ray Brown alone places him squarely in the pedigree of jazz, but he has long embraced his roots in Jamaica and the islands of the English-speaking Caribbean.* “Throughout my career, ...

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