Performance / Tour News

Tuesdays on the Terrace: Bill McFarland and the Chicago Horns

Source: All About Jazz
July 18, 2007

Tuesdays on the Terrace presents another inspiring season of free evening jazz concerts on the MCA's Terrace and Sculpture Garden. Hosted by local radio personalities, visitors are invited to enjoy cocktails and appetizers with cheese, crackers, and fruit or full dinner while listening to Chicago's finest jazz musicians. Dinner reservations at Puck's are recommended, call 312.397.4034. In case of rain, the event takes place in Puck's. Tuesdays on the Terrace: Bill McFarland and the Chicago Horns Tuesday, August ...

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Stephanie Nakasian with the Hod O'Brien Trio at Dizzy's

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
July 18, 2007

Monday, August 6th Stephanie Nakasian With The Hod O'Brien Trio with Neal Miner-bass, Jeff Brillinger-drums Plus Special Guest 13-Year old vocalist Veronica Swift

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Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola Frederick P. Rose Hall Jazz at Lincoln Center Broadway at 60th Street 5th Floor Reservations Call: 212 258-9595

“She has all the feel and charm of an early Ella Fitzgerald." - Tempo, New Orleans, LA

“For Stephanie Nakasian it's ...

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Bowery Poetry Club Presents Frankie P. and the Cats and Jammers

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
July 18, 2007

BOWERY POETRY CLUB presents FRANKIE P. and the CATS AND JAMMERS, a 17 piece Big Band directed by Frank Perowsky featuring BEN PEROWSKY ON DRUMS and TERRI WHITE ON VOCALS

Frank Perowsky, a professional musician for over 50 years, Juilliard graduate, '58, saxophone-clarinet-flute player, composer/arranger will debut his big band Sunday July 29th 10PM-12M at the Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, between Bleecker and Houston. door charge......$15.00

Following his graduation from Juilliard as a clarinet major Frank toured with the ...

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Jazz Vocals Paired with Indian Food; Leanne Weatherly at Junnoon Restaurant

Source: Jeff Rzepiela Public Relations
July 18, 2007

Jazz vocalist Leanne Weatherly is now singing at Junnoon Restaurant in Palo Alto with a jazz trio every Sunday evening until September 30th. Leanne, a local music teacher at Crittenden Middle School in Mountain View, is currently working on her second jazz album due to be released in October. Junnoon is a modern Indian restaurant featuring bold, healthy, flavor intense cuisine. Located in the heart of Dowtown Palo Alto, this restaurant was rated one of the top 20 best restaurants ...

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Jazz/Funk Group Dave Mullen and Butta Perform at Cafe Deville in NYC on 7/18

Source: All About Jazz
July 18, 2007

DAVE MULLEN and BUTTA will be performing their own brand of jazz/ funk/groove originals from their latest CD MAHONEY'S WAY tonight that have been featured recently on CD101.9, Sirius Radio, and others. In addition, music from Mingus, Eddie Harris, Miles Davis and others will also performed. It's a nice open-aired restaurant/club with beautiful people, great food, cold beverages, and slammin' tunes.

Wed. July 18th at 10PM CAFE DEVILLE 103 THIRD AVE @ 13th St. ...

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Prosperity Gospel and Jazz Debut CD - Tyrone Birkett "In the Fullness of Time"

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
July 17, 2007

The “prosperity gospel" with its detractors and supporters has created quite a stir recently. This controversial message of personal, emotional, and spiritual wholeness has been commended for its positivity and denounced for its apparent emphasis on a “faith equals wealth" formula. Spiritual Jazz artist Tyrone Birkett makes an effort to musically reconcile this issue on his debut CD “In The Fullness Of Time" on the Convergence Music Group label. Tyrone remarks, “Jazz & gospel were born out a people persevering ...

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Jim Brickman & Michael Lington - "Summer Romance Tour" Hits Philadelphia

Source: All About Jazz
July 17, 2007

Legendary platinum-selling contemporary jazz pianist/songwriter JIM BRICKMAN and long-time friend and rapidly-rising star saxophonist MICHAEL LINGTON join up for their SUMMER ROMANCE TOUR, making a stop at Glenside's KESWICK THEATRE on Thurs., July 26 @ 8 PM. BRICKMAN's 2006 release, “Escape," offers a vivid tapestry of romantic piano solos, inspiring vocals and an exciting collection of original songs plus collaborations with some of the top composers in the country. The album adds new classics to Brickman's impressive repertoire, including exquisite ...

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Harlem Speaks Features Pianist Onaje Allan Gumbs July 26, 2007 @ 6:30

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
July 17, 2007

Onaje Allan Gumbs, one of the music industry's most respected and talented musical collaborators, will be honored by The National Jazz Museum in Harlem's Harlem Speaks series on July 26th at 104 East 126th Street at 6:30 p.m. The Harlem-raised artist has worked for more than 30 years with an illustrious list of jazz, R&B and pop artists. In 1974, he created a special arrangement of “Stella By Starlight" for the New York Jazz Repertory Company as part of a ...

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