Performance / Tour News

Metropolitan Records CD Release Celebration at the Iridium Linda Presgrave Quartet 8PM & Todd Herbert Quartet 10PM

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
July 11, 2007

July 12 Metropolitan Records CD Release Celebration 8:O0PM - The Linda Presgrave Quartet Linda Presgrave - piano, Wei-Sheng Lin - bass, Seiji Ochiai - drums, Stan Chovnick - soprano sax 10:00PM - The Todd Herbert Quartet Todd Herbert - tenor sax, Jeremy Manasia - piano, Joel Forbes - bass, Jason Brown - drums At The IRIDIUM JAZZ CLUB 1650 BROADWAY (Corner of 51st) NEW YORK, NY 10023 RESERVATIONS: ...

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Joe Chambers Outlaw Band Jammin on the Hudson Series August 19th -- 6 to 8 P.M.

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
July 11, 2007

Joe Chambers Outlaw Band JAMMIN ON THE HUDSON SERIES August 19th -- 6 to 8 p.m. The Riverbank State Park is located at 145th Riverside Drive. Band: Javon Jackson - saxes Dwayne Burno - bass Misha Tysiganov - piano, keyboards Steve Berrios - percussion Joe Chambers - drums, vibraphone Special Quest Jeremy Steig, Flautist and Artist, will Video illustrate during the performance. Jeremy Steig, jazz/funk pioneer ...

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Media Flips for Charmaine Clamor's "Flippin' out" Filipina Sensation to be August Cover Story in LA Jazz Scene

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
July 10, 2007

Early media response to Filipina singing sensation Charmaine Clamor's groundbreaking new album, “Flippin' Out" (FreeHam 0507; September 1st) has been overwhelmingly positive. Backed by three members of the Tierney Sutton Band -- Christian Jacob (piano), Trey Henry (bass), Ray Brinker (drums) --and a host of all-star Filipino musicians, the sultry-voiced Clamor melds soulful American jazz and blues with traditional Filipino love songs, creating music she calls “jazzipino." Myrna Daniels, editor of LA JAZZ SCENE, announced today that Clamor [pronounced clah-MORE] ...

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Global Rhythms Weekends Kingsborough Community College Campus Brooklyn

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
July 10, 2007

The Global Rhythms Weekend is a two-day festival of world music, featuring adventurous new sounds drawing from the musical traditions of Latin America, the Caribbean, and beyond. The two-day American Roots Weekend offers a broad spectrum of homegrown music, including gospel, blues, soul, and jazz to bluegrass, country, indie rock, and folk. Saturday, July 14, beginning at 5pm, features “Deep Soul" with one- hour sets by a host of New York City-based musicians: Harlem's McCollough Sons of Thunder (5pm), the ...

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Jazz with Altitude at Rubin Museum of Art Two Summer Concerts

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
July 10, 2007

In between the JVC Jazz Festival in June and the third season of HARLEM IN THE HIMLAYAS in September, the Rubin Museum of Art is presenting two showcase performances under the heading Jazz With Altitude. On July 20 you can hear jazz flutist Jamie Baum team up with pianist Roberta Piket supported by bassist Ratzo Harris. On August 10 Doc Cheatham's grandson Theo Croker (trumpet) and his Quintet make their debut. As is customary at this museum of Himalayan art, ...

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Prana Trio and Ayelet Rose/Anat Fort at CIM

Source: Michael Ricci
July 8, 2007

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Jazz at Cliveden Annual Outdoor Festival

Source: All About Jazz
July 7, 2007

Legendary Organist, Trudy Pitts; Vocalist, Joanna Pascale & the Clef Club Youth Ensemble 6401 Germantown Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19144 Cliveden of the National Trust invites you to attend their annual, “Jazz at Cliveden Jazz Festival as part of their ongoing preservation of America's oldest art form. On Sunday, July 22, from 3-7 p.m., on the Cliveden estate, bring a chair or blanket, some food and some friends to enjoy an afternoon of great jazz. This year's ...

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The Great Andrew Cyrille and the Citizens of Music at Twins Jazz in Washington D.C. July 6 & 7

Source: All About Jazz
July 6, 2007

A protege of Philly Joe Jones, Drummer Andrew Cyrille has performed with such noted jazz artists as Mary Lou Williams, Coleman Hawkins, Freddie Hubbard and Babatunde Olatunji. Cyrille's 11-year association with Pianist Cecil Taylor firmly established him in the vanguard of jazz drumming. Add fine composer (check out Time Being with Trio 3 band members, Oliver Lake and Reggie Workman) and terrific bandleader, stir these accolades, then get ready - for two evenings of DYNAMIC SOUND!

The Great Andrew Cyrille ...

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