Performance / Tour News

Duduka Da Fonseca Quintet Samba Jazz and the Music of Jobim Friday and Saturday November 23-24 Sets: 9, 11 & 12:30am at Cachaa

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
November 19, 2007

DUDUKA DA FONSECA QUINTET SAMBA JAZZ AND THE MUSIC OF JOBIM

ANAT COHEN - Saxophones and Clarinet HELIO ALVES - Piano VIC JURIS - Guitar LEONARDO CIOGLIA - Bass DUDUKA DA FONSECA - Drums

Special Guest Vocalist - MAUCHA ADNET

FRIDAY AND SATURDAY November 23, 24 sets: 9, 11 & 12:30am

CACHAA 35 West 8th St., (bet. 5th & 6th Aves.) 212-388-9099

“Da Fonseca ...

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Ali/Galper/Workman - Final Concerts of Reggie Workman's Sculptured Sounds Presents @ Twins Jazz (DC), Nov. 30 and Dec. 1

Source: The Cinarae Group
November 19, 2007

Musical alchemy as the futuristic Coltrane alums, Rashied Ali and Reggie Workman join Grammy award winning pianist Hal Galper (Phil Woods and Brecker Brothers alum) in an experiment to meld styles in search of a fresh musical stream. Come ready for an exciting ride! These concerts wrap-up a wonderful concert series for Washington audiences that has featured Billy Hart, Charles Gayel, Andrew Cyrille and many more! For more details on Reggie Workman's Sculptured Sounds, visit www.scultpuredsounds.com. Twins Jazz has been ...

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Jimmy Bruno & Joe Beck Perform at Jazz Month 2007

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
November 19, 2007

"Polarity" guitarists Jimmy Bruno & Joe Beck will be the finale performance of Jazz Month 2007 in Monmouth County New Jersey the Sunday after Thanksgiving. The Monmouth County Library hosts a month long series of renowned jazz musicians who perform every Sunday. Throughout November, the Jazz Month 2007 supplements the performances with jazz discussions and films for patrons and members. This week, on November 25 at 2PM, the recording Polarity recording duo will perform together once again and close out ...

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Holiday Jazz on 34th Street, Featuring New York's Onaje Allan Gumbs and South Africa's Hotep Idris Galeta

Source: All About Jazz
November 17, 2007

New York and South Africa unite for the Holidays as Bronx-based pianist Onaje Allan Gumbs and South African pianist Hotep Idris Galeta pair up for three unique duo concerts December 13-15 at Shutters Cafe in New York, melding the American and South African jazz traditions in a one-of-a-kind series, presented by Inja Yami Production and Rose Petal Entertainment with support from A.C. Pianocraft.

On Thursday, December 13, the two pianists perform together without accompaniment, presenting their own highly original brands ...

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Eric Mintel Quartet Presents the Music of Vince Guaraldi at the Hayes Center in Blowing Rock, NC

Source: All About Jazz
November 16, 2007

Pianist and composer Vince Guaraldi has never been given the credit that he deserves for introducing an entire generation of music lovers to the joys of jazz music. Jazz purists probably hate to think about the huge number of listeners who first got hooked on jazz while watching Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Linus and Lucy dancing merrily by a sad little Christmas tree...but it's true. 42 years after the television debut of the holiday special A Charlie Brown Christmas, Vince Guaraldi's ...

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Monterey Jazz Festival Announces 50th Anniversary Tour

Source: Monterey Jazz Festival
November 15, 2007

MJF/50 All-Star Band Features Terence Blanchard, James Moody, Nnenna Freelon, Benny Green, Derrick Hodge & Kendrick Scott 54-Date Tour Kicks Off January 8th In Washington State, Continues Through 52 Cities In 22 States From January - March, 2008 November 14, 2007, Monterey, CA; Building on the exciting and unprecedented legacy of fifty years of historic jazz presentation, the Monterey Jazz Festival is proud to announce the nationwide, ten-week, fifty-four date tour of the Monterey Jazz Festival 50th Anniversary Band. Heralded ...

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Keith Killgo Named Music Director of "A Pryor Experience"

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
November 15, 2007

Rain Pryor Launches New Jazz Cabaret WASHINGTON, DC -- Keith Killgo, veteran Blackbyrds drummer and vocalist is themusic director for 'A Pryor Experience', a new jazz cabaret performed by the award-winning actress, Rain Pryor. The bi-racial daughter of the late and legendary comic icon Richard Pryor and a militant Jewish woman, Rain produced and starred in her one- woman show,'Fried Chicken and Latkes'. She has selected Keith Killgo Jazz,Keith's ensemble, as her band for her cabaret.Ms. Pryor will bring her ...

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Joe Fiedler Trio to Celebrate New CD at New York's Jazz Gallery November 29th

Source: Improvised Communications
November 15, 2007

Joe Fiedler, a New York trombone player who is genuinely all over the map -- you're equally as likely to see him playing with salsa bands as in free-jazz festivals -- has made an excellent new record, The Crab (Clean Feed), with the bassist John Hebert and the drummer Michael Sarin...you don't get tired of his sound, which is big and gritty. You can hear salsa trombonists like Barry Rogers in his playing, as well as the jazz improvisers Albert ...

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