Performance / Tour News

The Apollo Theater Presents the Salon Series June 2007 Fred Ho & His Afro-Asian Music Ensemble Friday, June 15th & Saturday, June 16th

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

The Apollo Theater presents The Salon Series June 2007: The Composers. The Process. The MUSIC. Witness daring works-in-development! Fred Ho & his Afro-Asian Music Ensemble present Dragon vs. Eagle: Enter the White Barbarians! (Friday, June 15th & Saturday, June 16th) New York City Opera presents a preview of Margaret Garner: A New Opera by Toni Morrison & Richard Danielpour (Tuesday, June 19th) Vocal Landscapes: A Composer's Journey with Diedre Murray (Thursday, June 21st & ...

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Oakland Public Conservatory of Music in Collaboration with Upsurge! Jazzpoetry Ensemble Presents an Alternative 4th of July Celebration

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

Oakland Public Conservatory of Music Marketing Department in collaboration with UpSurge! JazzPoetry Ensemble presents

AN ALTERNATIVE 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION

Commemorating Frederick Douglass' Independence Day Speech at the Rochester Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society, 1852

Tuesday, July 3, 2007 8:00 PM Concert, BBQ dinner starting at 6PM Oakland Public Conservatory of Music 1616 Franklin Street, downtown Oakland http://www.opcmusic.org/

Tickets: $20 concert admission. BBQ meal option additional $10.

OAKLAND, California--In commemoration of Frederick Douglass' speech, “What To ...

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Film Screening and Performance by Reggie Workman, James Spaulding, Roy Campbell, Michael Wimberly +special Guests at the Schomburg Center

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

A Special Evening at the Schomburg Center in Harlem: “REVOLUTION: Why It's Necessary, Why It's Possible, What It's All About" A Film of a Talk by Bob Avakian Film Screening and Performances by Reggie Workman, James Spaulding, Roy Campbell, Michael Wimberly + Def poet Staceyann Chin and comic Aladdin. June 12, Tuesday, 7-9:30pm Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 515 Malcolm X Boulevard & 135th St., Harlem Tickets $15 at www.revolutionbooksnyc.org or call 212-691-3345 Chuck D, Herb Boyd (Amsterdam ...

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Chick Corea & Bela Fleck at the Keswick Theatre on June 15, 2007

Source: All About Jazz
June 11, 2007

Venerated jazz pianist CHICK COREA and banjo virtuoso BELA FLECK join forces in a pairing that is both unexpected and captivating. Touring in support of their first-ever studio collaboration, The Enchantment (released May 22), they take the stage at Glenside's KESWICK THEATRE on Fri., June 15 @ 8 PM.

The Enchantment captures the astonishing interplay between these two master musicians. Immensely popular in their own musical spheres - combined, they have won an astounding 20 Grammy awards - they've forged ...

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Joe Giardullo's Triangle Circle Square June 13th at Cornelia Street Cafe NYC

Source: All About Jazz
June 11, 2007

Woodstock area soprano saxophonist JOE GIARDULLO debuts TRIANGLE CIRCLE SQUARE, music for string quartet, percussion, bass and soprano saxophone, at NY's Cornelia Street Cafe on Wednesday June 13th, at 8:30 and 10 pm. With drummer Todd Capp, bassist Shayna Dulberger, and the SNOW QUARTET ( Michael Snow, Gwen Laster- violins; Larry Packer-viola, Martha Colby- cello), Joe will present works from his G2 series of compositions. Paris label Rogue Art Records, which releases music from Roscoe Mitchell and Rob Brown, will ...

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Steve Weingart Touring with Warren Hill

Source: All About Jazz
June 11, 2007

Jazz/Funk Keyboard virtuoso Steve Weingart (Steve Lukather's El Grupo, Dave Weckl Band, Nu Alliance) will be performing with Warren Hill on the following dates and festivals:

06.16.2007 Modesto CA United States Warren Hill Group at SOS Club

06.23.2007 Denver CO United States Summerfest at Coors Amphitheater

07.01.2007 Tuscon AZ United States Fund Raiser for Tuscon Jazz Society at Loews Ventana Canyon Resort

07.15.2007 Winnipeg Manitoba Canada Assiniboine Park Band Shell

08.03.2007 San Antonio TX United States Balcones Heights Summer Jazz ...

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Vampire Suit at Barbes - June 22

Source: All About Jazz
June 10, 2007

After a long break spent pursuing other activities, the members of Vampire Suit reunite at their favorite venue. The band will play on June 22nd at Barbes, 376 9th St., Park Slope, Brooklyn, at 8pm.

As the group's leader and composer, Jay Vilnai brings to Vampire Suit his wide palette experiences as a musician in New York, having shared the stage with such diverse figures as Klezmer great Frank London, Brazilian percussionist Jorge Martins and saxophonist Roy Nathanson, and having ...

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Vince Seneri to Perform in 2007 Jazz in the City Concert Series in NY

Source: All About Jazz
June 10, 2007

The Central New York Jazz Foundation presents Vince Seneri, one of the hottest Hammond B3 jazz organists on the scene today, for its 2007 Jazz In The City Concert Series, Thursday, August 16, 2007, starting at 7 PM. Vince is sure to heat things up when he brings his show to New York! Dave Valentin and Paul Bollenbach will be on hand, for an evening of great jazz!

Vince is currently working on his next CD, which is due out ...

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