Performance / Tour News

Guitarist Mike Moreno's Birthday Bash at the Blue Note on Monday, October 8th

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
October 5, 2007

Guitarist/Composer MIKE MORENO'S BIRTHDAY BASH @ THE BLUE NOTE Monday, October 8, sets at 8 & 10:30 PM Mike Moreno will be performing music from Between The Lines - his debut recording on Kendrick Scott's World Culture Music Label - with Kendrick Scott (drums), Marcus Strickland (saxophones), Aaron Parks (piano), and Doug Weiss (bass). “There are many other guitarists out there pushing towards a modern ideal, but none with the precise coordinates that Mike Moreno has charted." - Nate Chinen, ...

Continue Reading...

Jazz Jam Sessions Every Sunday in the Oyster Company in Dennisport, Massachusetts

Source: All About Jazz
October 5, 2007

Have you ever wanted to get up and sing with a real, live jazz band? Maybe you play saxophone or trumpet, and want to show off some of those “chops?" Cape drummer Bart Weisman's weekly jazz jam sessions are open to professional and amateur jazz musicians alike, so whether you play simply for your own enjoyment, are a student, or already out there earning a living playing sessions, this is the platform for you. Every Sunday afternoon, The Oyster Company ...

Continue Reading...

Mark Murphy (Fri-Sun) at the Iridium Jazz Club

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
October 5, 2007

Continue Reading...

Charles Tolliver's Music Continuum Featured in Reggie Workman's Sculptured Sounds Series @ Twins Jazz, Oct. 5th & 6th

Source: The Cinarae Group
October 5, 2007

If Charles Tolliver were listed in Websters's Dictionary there'd definitely be one word next to his name - INTENSE. Beginning his professional career with saxophone giant Jackie MacLean in 1964, this hard-blowing trumpeter has since recorded and/or performed with such renowned artists as Roy Haynes, Horace Silver, McCoy Tyner, Sonny Rollins, Booker Ervin, The Gerald Wilson Orchestra, Oliver Nelson, Roy Ayers, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, and Max Roach. Tolliver's recent Blue Note Big-Band release With Love is rapidly ...

Continue Reading...

Jazz Greats Grace Adam'space

Source: Elly Wininger
October 5, 2007

If you are anywhere near the Catskills, Adam'Space in Shokan will be the best place to hear great jazz in October. The Armen Donelian Trio will be performing there on Saturday, October 13th at 7pm, and The Jeff “Siege" Siegel Quartet will take the stage on Friday, October 26th at 8pm.

“A pianist with a crystalline touch," Armen Donelian has played with many jazz legends including Sonny Rollins, Chet Baker, Paquito D'Rivera, Mongo Santamaria and Billy Harper. A Fulbright Senior ...

Continue Reading...

Legendary Singer/Songwriter Phoebe Snow to Play Birdland Jazz Club

Source: All About Jazz
October 4, 2007

Birdland Jazz Club (315 West 44th Street, NYC) proudly presents the legendary singer/songwriter Phoebe Snow as she brings her extraordinary vocal instrument to Manhattan for a very rare New York club engagement (her first in nearly 20 years). In her three decades of performing, the brilliant singer has mastered a wide range of styles, from pop to jazz and from folk and rock to blues and funk. At Birdland, Ms. Snow will be joined by her new band to present ...

Continue Reading...

Anat Fort Trio with Special Guest Perry Robinson on clarinet at Chris' Jazz Cafe on October 6, 2007

Source: All About Jazz
October 4, 2007

Anat Fort trio plus guest Perry Robinson on clarinet will be performing at Chris' Jazz Cafe on October 6, 2007.

ANAT FORT TRIO PLUS PERRY ROBINSON Anat Fort - piano Gary Wang - bass Roland Schneider - drums Perry Robinson - clarinet

October 6, 2007 Sets starting @ 8 & 10 Chris' Jazz Cafe 1421 Sansom St Philadelphia PA Info: ...

Continue Reading...

Mickey Hart & Zakir Hussain "Global Drum Project" at the Keswick Theatre on October 22, 2007

Source: All About Jazz
October 4, 2007

The innovative and long-time Grateful Dead percussionist Mickey Hart and tabla master Zakir Hussain reunite as the GLOBAL DRUM PROJECT, touring behind their new album by the same name that hits the streets Oct. 2. Along with talking-drum ace Sikiru Adepoju and the formidable conguero Giovanni Hidalgo, they celebrate the 15th anniversary of their critically acclaimed album Planet Drum, which earned the first-ever Grammy Award in the World Music category, stopping at Glenside's Keswick Theatre on Mon., Oct. 22, @ ...

Continue Reading...