Performance / Tour News

Sydney Band 12th Year of Performances at One of Australia's Oldest Hotels in the Bush

Source: All About Jazz
February 16, 2008

Viva the band will be returning for their 12th year at the Settlers Arms Inn, a delightful “Australiana bush" hotel The band appear at the hotel every 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month. Music performances are conducted on a stage located on a large expanse of lawn at the rear of the Settlers Arms Inn main building. There is bench type seating and tables located under shady trees for patrons to enjoy the wonderful and renowned food and entertainment. ...

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Percussionist Zimbalista is "Kinetic" - Tour Set

Source: Seth Cohen PR
February 15, 2008

Zimbalista is an Percussive 'Force of Nature' “Impish" “Kinetic" “Extraordinary" “Arresting" LA TIMES RAVES: “Zimbalista is a Young, Muscular, Intense Dynamo with Charisma to Burn and a Precise Technique That Knows No Stylistic Bounds" Concerts are a Visual, Visceral Experience - PA, MD, NY, CA Performances Are Confirmed Percussionist Chen Zimbalista is a force of nature. Exhibiting preternatural musical skills since he was a child, this Israeli-born performer has gone on to master over 40 exotic instruments from dozens of ...

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Firehouse 12 Announces 2008 Spring Jazz Series Lineup

Source: Improvised Communications
February 15, 2008

NEW HAVEN, CT -- New Haven's Firehouse 12 will launch its fourth annual Spring Jazz Series on Friday, March 14th with a two-set performance by innovative guitarist/composer David Torn and his all-star quartet, Prezens. The weekly series will continue every Friday night though June 6th.

All performances will include sets at 8:30 and 10:00 p.m. Tickets will be $15 for the opening set and $10 for the second set. Tickets will be available online, by phone at (203) 785-0468 or ...

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Alex Nguyen's Jazz Conceptions Orchestra Meets Annie Sellick

Source: Phred, Inc.
February 14, 2008

By Steve Blickstein Here's a music tip you can take to the bank. If you ever have an opportunity to grab a performance by Alex Nguyen's Jazz Conceptions Orchestra, go, even if it means canceling a dinner date with 'er Majesty, Queen Elizabeth or a spin around Daytona Speedway with Dale Junior. And if Annie Sellick, an incomparable jazz vocalist from Nashville, is on the card, give up your first-born for a ticket. Nguyen's Jazz Conceptions Orchestra and ...

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Louie Cruz Beltran at the Edison Downtown!

Source: All About Jazz
February 14, 2008

This Valentine's Day, February 14th, The Louie Cruz Beltran Latin Jazz Ensemble will be performing at the Edison Downtown, 102 W. 2nd Street, #101 (ph. 213-613-0000) from 7:30 11:30. The Edison was named one of the best new bars in America by Esquire Magazine. It is the premier nightspot in the burgeoning downtown scene. Come early for the best happy hour in Los Angeles - a 1910 martini at a 1910 price (35 cents) - and stay for the best ...

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Paetec to Launch Five-City Paetec Music Tour in Tampa, Chicago, Charlotte, Baltimore and Dallas

Source: Dalmath Associates Inc.
February 13, 2008

Tour Opens April 4 & 5 in Tampa with Two Fantastic Shows! Boz Scaggs, Dr. John, Dickey Betts &Great Southern Al Green, George Benson, and Soulive Rochester, New York--February 13, 2008--PAETEC, one of the nation's leading business communications companies, is launching a new music tour in five of the country's leading cities - Tampa, Chicago, Charlotte, Baltimore and Dallas. The PAETEC Music Tour paetecmusictour.com opens in Tampa, Florida Friday April 4 at the Ford Amphitheatre with ...

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Be Jazz Vocalist Dee Anne Gorman's Funny Valentine... (with Her Jazz Quartet 2/15)

Source: All About Jazz
February 13, 2008

DEEANNE GORMAN JAZZ QUARTET @ ENZO's JAZZ ROOM Join vocalist DeeAnne Gorman, Eldad Zvulun on piano, Tal Ronen, bass, & Yoni Halevy, drums, for an intimate post-Valentine's Day eve filled with uniquely-styled jazz favorites on love: reciprocated, unrequited & lost... Fri. 2/15 Sets @ 8 & 9:30pm Enzo's Jazz Room @ THE WHALER BAR Jolly Hotel Madison Towers 22 E. 38th St. (@ Madison Ave.) Murray Hill, N.Y.C. (212) 802-0600 ...

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Richard Bona Band Debut Performance of Afro-Cuban Global Jazz with Special Guest Guitarist Lionel Loueke at Kimmel Center March 1

Source: Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
February 13, 2008

Kimmel Center Presents 2007/08 Season Sponsored by Citi

“Imagine an artist with Jaco Pastorius's virtuosity, George Benson's vocal fluidity, Joo Gilberto's sense of song and harmony, all mixed up with African culture. Ladies and gentlemen, we bring you Richard Bona!" --Los Angeles Times

Cameroonian bassist and vocalist Richard Bona and his Band perform global Jazz infused with African spirit, as part of their Kimmel Center debut on Saturday, March 1, 2008 at 7:30pm in Perelman Theater. Dubbed “The African Sting," ...

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