Performance / Tour News

"Music & Conversations" Featuring Alan Broadbent in Los Angeles, Saturday, December 8, 2007, 7:30 PM

Source: All About Jazz
November 13, 2007

Who/What: Performers of international stature in an intimate setting. Enjoy a glass of wine, hors d’oeuvres, conversations with the musicians, and a view of city lights. This is the first evening in our third concert season for 2007-8. Performers: Our world-class performers include violinist Ida Levin, violist Evan Wilson (former Principal Viola, LA Philharmonic), and cellist Antonio Lysy (Terra di Siena Chamber Music Festival in Tuscany, Italy), plus Music & Conversations' superb Delores Stevens (piano). Two-time Grammy Award-winner, Alan Broadbent ...

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Firehouse 12 to Present the Andrew Rathbun Quartet November 16th

Source: Improvised Communications
November 13, 2007

On Friday, November 16th, New Haven's Firehouse 12 will present a two set performance by the Andrew Rathbun Quartet. The group augments New York-based saxophonist/composer Andrew Rathbun's trio, featuring longtime collaborators bassist Scott Lee and drummer Jeff Hirschfield, with noted tenor saxophonist George Garzone. This configuration will be touring the Northeast in mid- November performing selections from its 2006 release, Shadow Forms (SteepleChase).

“There is a lot to like about Shadow Forms," wrote All About Jazz reviewer Ken Dryden, “as ...

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Helen Sung Group CD Release Party @ Chris' Jazz Cafe on Novermber 15

Source: All About Jazz
November 13, 2007

Sung's new CD Sungbird (After Albeniz) with saxophonist Marcus Strickland, bassist Reuben Rogers, drummer Nasheet Waits, and percussionist Samuel Torres, is the long-awaited follow-up to Sung two Fresh Sound/New Talent label recordings, Helenistique and Push.

Sung sterling pianism blends Chopinesque lyricism and Bill Evans improvisational logic with a linear and logical sense of swing on the CD 12 tracks, half of which were composed by the leader. The six selections from Albeniz composition - relude, ango, alaguena, erenata, apricho Catalan, ...

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Rick Germanson Trio at Smalls Jazz Club, Thursday November 15th

Source: All About Jazz
November 13, 2007

The Rick Germanson Trio has performed at Smoke, Smalls, The Kitano and Fat Cat in N.Y.C., Blues Alley in D.C., The Indianapolis Jazz Festival and The Artists' Quarter in Minneapolis. Currently, the RICK GERMANSON DUO can be heard every Wednesday and Thursday evening at Ruth's Chris Steakhouse in Manhattan. As a solo pianist, Rick performed five nights a week during a year long residency at the acclaimed Four Seasons Restaurant in 2001, the only musician to ever do so.

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Saxophonist Carol Sudhalter in Second Major Event, November 16th 7PM at Laguardia Performing Arts Center

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
November 13, 2007

SAXOPHONIST CAROL SUDHALTER IN SECOND MAJOR EVENT NOVEMBER 16 This event, “Women Composers of Queens", Nov. 16 at 7 PM at LaGuardia Performing Arts Center, is a concert of Sudhalter's own 11-piece Astoria Jazz Band, co-produced by LaGuardia Performing Arts Center, Sudhalter, and by 'Circuit Productions' as part of their community outreach series, Rhythm Journeys: Masters of Jazz and World Music . Tickets are $13 or $10 for students, seniors and musicians: 718.482.5151. Featured composers include Sarah McLawler, Emme Kemp, ...

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All-Access Jazz: "JazzArtsSigns" a Feast for the Senses

Source: All About Jazz
November 13, 2007

ADMITTEDLY, IT CAN be overwhelming: A singer in a wheelchair scats while her quintet jams behind her; a sign-language interpreter translates music and lyrics into body language while an LED screen scrolls the lyrics and dialogue; an artist paints the music onto a huge canvas; and an audio describer attempts to explain it all. But that's one of the messages behind JazzArtSigns, the singer, Lisa Thorson, said of her multimedia show. It's designed to be accessible to people with disabilities, ...

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John Abercrombie Trio-Monday Jazz at the Turning Point Cafe, Piermont, NY

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
November 12, 2007

LIVE JAZZ MONDAYS at the Turning Point Cafe Piermont, N.Y. Great menu, great atmosphere Monday November 12 Guitarist John Abercrombie Trio Bob Meyer, drums, Mike McGuirk, bass Sets 8pm and 9:30pm Mondays November 19, 26 Saxophonist John Richmond Quartet w/ guests 8pm-11pm Monday Dec 3 Trumpeter Mark Morganelli & The Jazz Forum All-Stars Vic Juris, guitar, Nilson Matta, ...

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Karen Oberlin Returns to the Metropolitan Room for One Night Only Tuesday, November 13that 7PM

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
November 12, 2007

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13 at 7PM By popular demand, Bistro Award-winning jazz-pop singer Karen Oberlin returns to The Metropolitan Room for one night only with her highly acclaimed show, “Like Love: The Popular Songs of Andre Previn," for which she was a finalist for the critics' Nightlife Awards in 2007. Audiences will be delighted and surprised by this varied collection of extraordinary songs -- some beloved, some virtually unknown, by a master composer who defies category. Lyricists Dory Langdon (Previn), Johnny ...

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