Performance / Tour News

'ASR Records Artist Doug Pierce Appearing at the Jazz Lives in Syria Festival, July 2-12

Source: ASR Records - Publicity Division
June 15, 2007

KANSAS CITY USA -- 6/15/2007 - 'ASR Records Recording Artist, Doug Pierce is performing at the Jazz Lives in Syria festival from July 2nd through July 12th at Damascus and Aleppo Syria. Prof. Pierce is one of the featured artists and soloists performing with the Syrian/Swiss Jazz Orchestra under the direction of the talented trombonist and arranger, Amadis Dunkel. Doug Pierce, an extremely gifted and talented composer, arranger and trumpeter hails from the motor city; Detroit, ...

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MNMP Presents Kindred Spirits - An Evening of Experimental Chamber Music June 20th 8PM @ Christ & St. Stephen's Church

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
June 14, 2007

June 20th 8PM @ Christ & St. Stephen's Church $15 at the door The Manhattan New Music Project (aka MNMP) presents an evening of experimental chamber music pieces to honor the adventurous spirit of a broad variety of composers of chamber music, jazz and classical works. The pieces presented will include early works by MNMP's late founder Paul Nash, as well as compositions by Thelonius Monk, Johann Sebastian Bach, Lisa Karrer to name a few. The music will ...

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Kendrick Scott Oracle at the Iridium "Round Midnight" Saturday June 30, 2007

Source: All About Jazz
June 14, 2007

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Sonny Rollins at Carnegie Hall 9/18: A Live Recording, with Trio

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
June 14, 2007

On the evening of November 29, 1957, tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins, then 27 years old, took to the stage of Carnegie Hall for the first time. Sharing the bill that night with Billie Holiday, Ray Charles, and the Thelonious Monk Quartet featuring John Coltrane, Rollins played three songs - “Moritat," “Sonnymoon for Two," and “Some Enchanted Evening" - with bassist Wendell Marshall and drummer Kenny Dennis.

Come September 18, 2007, Rollins will mark the 50th anniversary of that milestone in ...

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Reminder: Saltman Knowles Quintet "It's About the Melody" CD Release Party June 15th and 16th at HR57 in Washington DC Showtimes Are 9PM-1am

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

CD release party on June 15th and 16th at HR57 in Washington DC. Center for the Preservation of Jazz & Blues 1610 14th St NW Washington, DC 20009 (202) 667-3700 Showtimes are 9PM-1AM http://www.hr57.org/ Saltman Knowles Quintet “It's About the Melody" Blue Canoe Records BC 1032 Mark Z. Saltman - Bass, William Knowles - Piano, Lori Williams - Vocals Charles ...

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Shanghai Jazz Meets Chinatown at the Grand Harmony Palace Starting in July

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

GRAND HARMONY PALACE 98 Mott Street (between Hester and Canal Streets) Chinatown, NYC 10013 Reservations (212) 226-6603 EVERY THURSDAY Shows at 8pm & 10pm VINCE GIORDANO AND THE NIGHTHAWKS Plays 1920s/1930s Early Jazz EVERY FRIDAY (starting July 6th) Ballroom Dancing 730pm-930pm Swing Dancing 930pm-1am GEORGE GEE AND HIS GRAND HARMONY DANCE ORCHESTRA Plays Big Band Ballroom and Swing Dance favorites $15 cover ...

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Charmaine Clamor's Musical Celebration of Filipino Independence Day

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

Charmaine Clamor, America's leading jazz vocalist of Filipino descent, celebrates Philippine Independence Day with a special downloadable single, “Ako Ay Pilipino." Collaborating with Naxos recording artist Richard Ickard on guitar, Clamor lends her unmistakable voice to a beloved Filipino anthem. As an immigrant in the United States, Clamor reaffirms her native pride in her first tongue, Tagalog - “taas noo kahit kanino, ang Pilipino ay ako" -- and encourages her Filipino brethren to do the same. On June 12, “Ako ...

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Gemini Soul w/ Ajamu Akinyele Opens for Latin/Jazz Percussionist Pete Escovedo (Cyber Jazz)

Source: All About Jazz
June 13, 2007

Cyber Jazz recording artists Gemini Soul w/ Ajamu Akinyele opens for Latin/Jazz percussionist Pete Escovedo Saturday - June 16th @ The San Jose Juneteenth Festival.

Cyber Jazz recording artists Andre Ajamu Akinyele (Ah-jah-moo + Ah-kin-yay-lay) on bass & programming; Jon O'Bergh on keyboards, piano & programming; Andrew Foster on percussion; and Alex Marks on drums will be performing their eclectic blend of smooth jazz - funk fusion with an electronic element as Gemini Soul at the 2007 San Jose Juneteenth ...

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