Performance / Tour News

Paul Nash "Jazz Cycles" CD Release Event at Cachaca Jazz & Samba Club Wednesday, October 17th

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

Paul Nash Jazz Cycles CD Release Event Wednesday October 17th 6:30pm - 8:30pm Cachaca Jazz & Samba Club 35 West 8th Street New York (212) 388-9099 Band: Shane Endsley (trumpet) Bruce Williamson (soprano & alto sax) Tim Ries (tenor sax) Jim Ridl (piano) Vic Juris (guitar) Jeff Carney (bass) Grisha Alexiev (drums) New CD Paul Nash ...

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Sathima Bea Benjamin 71st Birthday Concert and Historic Album Reissue at Sweet Rhythm Wednesday, October 17

Source: All About Jazz
October 15, 2007

Sathima Bea Benjamin 71st Birthday Concert and Historic Album Reissue Sathima Bea Benjamin Celebrates 71st Birthday at Sweet Rhythm As Well As Reissue of A Morning In Paris, Her Debut Album Featuring Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, and Abdullah Ibrahim Sathima Bea Benjamin - vocals Onaje Allan Gumbs - piano Marcus McLaurine - bass George Gray - drums $20 cover, $10 drink minimum Sweet Rhythm ...

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Alvin Atkinson Jr. and the Sound Merchants at Metropolitan Community United Methodist Church on October 21

Source: All About Jazz
October 15, 2007

Every third Sunday at Metropolitan Community United Methodist Church

Jazz In Harlem Sunday, October 21, 2007 2:30 pm

Alvin Atkinson and the Sound Merchants

Featuring: Alvin Atkinson, Jr. - Drums Jeb Patton - Piano LaKesha Benjamin - Sax Personnel TBA

Metropolitan Community United Methodist Church 1975 Madison Ave. at 126th Street New York, New York 10035

Take 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 trains ...

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Jazz is Backbone of David Snchez's African Rhythm

Source: All About Jazz
October 12, 2007

Ever since he was part of Dizzy Gillespie's United Nations Orchestra, Puerto Rican saxophonist David Snchez has dedicated much effort to tracing the influences of African music on jazz. In 2000, Snchez released “Melaza (Molasses)," a meditation on the cultural legacy of African sugar-cane workers in Puerto Rico. His sister, Margarita Snchez de Len, subsequently wrote a poem of the same title, which in turn has inspired Snchez's latest work, “La Leyenda del Caaveral," premiering at Carnegie Hall's Zankel Hall ...

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Wendy Luck CD Release at Cornelia Street Cafe Thursday, October 18th

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

See You In Rio Recorded in Rio and New York City Wendy Luck, vocalist/flutist/composer The sounds of Brazil - sultry, delicious, heartfelt - is music that has always moved my soul... When pianist/producer/arranger Cliff Korman suggested we record in Rio with the Brazilian masters - Nelson Faria, Ney Conceio, Kiko Freitas (the rhythm section of the legendary Joo Bosco), and with choro band and chorus, it was a dream come true. Percussion wizard Cyro Baptista and ...

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The Dizzy Gillespie Songbook: A Collection of Songs Performed by Jeanie Bryson

Source: All About Jazz
October 12, 2007

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The Either/Orchestra Returns to the Stone Church in New Hampshire on October 13

Source: All About Jazz
October 11, 2007

Grammy-nominated, globe-trotting, ten-piece jazz/latin/Ethiopian band lands in Newmarket for Saturday night show The Stone Church will play host to Boston's Either/Orchestra on Saturday, October 13. Cover charge is $10 in advance, $12 on day of show, and the E/O will play sets at 10 and 11:30. Led by saxophonist/composer Russ Gershon, the E/O features a six-piece horn section, piano, bass, drums and congas playing a unique mix of jazz, Latin and Ethiopian music. Over the decades, the E/O has shown ...

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Michael Wolff U.S. Tour to Include Stops in NY, Oh, In, LA, MO, CA & More

Source: Seth Cohen PR
October 11, 2007

Michael Wolff U.S. Tour Kicks Off at Iridium in New York 11/7 Wolff Trio Dates to Include Stops in Cleveland, Indianapolis, Toledo, New Orleans, Kansas City, St. Louis, Half Moon Bay (CA,) San Francisco & More Jazz pianist Michael Wolff will kick off his jazz, JAZZ, jazz Trio tour with a November 7th concert at New York's Iridium jazz club. The Trio tour, in support of Wolff's acclaimed standards CD, will continue into early 2008, with visits to Cleveland, Indianapolis, ...

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