Performance / Tour News

Saxophonist Mike Zilber Leads Quintet into Jazz at Pearl's, Thursday, April 26

Source: Rocket Words
April 25, 2007

"Michael Zilber is one of the best composers and players around anywhere, period!" So says jazz great and frequent Zilber collaborator Dave Liebman. A vibrant and sure-toned saxophonist, Zilber will be leading an intriguing 5-musician ensemble into Jazz at Pearl's (256 Columbus Avenue, near Broadway) in the heart of San Francisco's North Beach District. on Thursday, April 26. Shows begin at 8:00 and 10:00 pm, with doors open at 7:30. The quintet, in fact, is much more a collective than ...

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Bargemusic Presents Thursday Night Jazz Series Beginning June 2007

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
April 25, 2007

THURSDAY NIGHT JAZZ SERIES AT BARGEMUSIC For reservations and further information, please call: 718-624-2083 Tickets are $35 regular, $30 seniors, $20 students Located at the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge, Bargemusic begins its Thursday night JAZZ Series starting in June 2007. Please find the June schedule below with more performances to come! Imagine a truly unique New York City location with charm, history and spectacular water views. A location that will delight even the ...

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Marcus Goldhaber at Enzo's Friday, May 4th 2 Sets: 8PM & 9:30PM

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
April 25, 2007

Upcoming Appearances For Marcus Goldhaber “...finding the soul in each note with his no-frills approach." - Jess Cagle, People Magazine November 6, 2006 ENZO'S at The Jolly Madison Towers Friday, May 4th 2007 W/ The Jon Davis Trio 22 East 38th St. (at Madison Ave.) Reservations: 212. 802. 0600 2 sets: 8pm & 9:30pm $15 cover *Complimentary Duvel Belgian Ale w/admission THE CUTTING ROOM ...

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Hans Blix at Zebulon in NYC, May 20

Source: All About Jazz
April 25, 2007

BROOKLYN....Hans Blix is ready to show Brooklyn what free improvisation is really all about. This trio of Brooklyn-musicians uses archetypical hooks, layered sounds, and real-time audio deconstruction to draw the listeners in, then take their breath away, without relying on any pre-composed material. Are they jazz? Electronica? Post rock? All or none of the above? Niall V. of East Village Radio describes them as “...a super improv-unit, moving ...

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Stevie Holland Begins Her Run of Encore Performances at the Metropolitan Room on Tuesday May 1st

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
April 25, 2007

Stevie Holland Begins her run of encore performances At The Metropolitan Room on Tuesday May 1st Stevie Holland will be returning to the Metropolitan Room on May 1st, 8th, 22nd and 29th at 9:30 PM (following Annie Ross' regular 7PM set). With arrangements by award winning composer Gary William Friedman, the program will consist of classics, standards and original songs, many from her recent CD release More Than Words Can Say. A solid head for swing, ...

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Grab It! The Music of JacobTV at the Whitney @ Altria May 2-4

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
April 25, 2007

A festival of dance, music, video, and intermedia work Wednesday, May 2-Friday, May 4 Whitney Museum of American Art at Altria 120 Park Avenue at 42nd Street Amanda Miller, Andre Zachary, and Rick Callender of Miro Dance Theatre. Highly expressive and emotional, almost anti-intellectual music, clear of texture and architectural in form, highly organized and basically tonal, though betraying no inclination towards any neoclassical procedures. A kind of nonrepetitive minimalism, brooding and powerful. -Records International Jacob ...

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Firehouse 12 to Present the Kris Davis Quartet May 25th

Source: Improvised Communications
April 25, 2007

On Friday, May 25th, New Haven's Firehouse 12 will present New York-based pianist/composer Kris Davis and her acclaimed five year-old ensemble, the Kris Davis Quartet. The group, which features saxophonist Tony Malaby, bassist Eivind Opsvik and drummer Jeff Davis, will be playing music from Ms. Davis' second and most recent CD, The Slightest Shift (Fresh Sound New Talent).

“The adjective that comes to mind again and again listening to pianist and composer Kris Davis' quartet recording The Slightest Shift is ...

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Timucin Sahin 4 @ Knitting Factory 30 April 2007

Source: All About Jazz
April 25, 2007

Turkish guitarist composer Timucin Sahin will be back from a long european tour and will appear with his special quartet in Knitting Factory Old Office on 30 th of april.

Sahin features Tyshawn Sorey on drums Thomas Morgan on bass and John O'Gallegher on alto sax.

Timucin's unique sound on fretless electric guitar and his emotional content in his composing made him non-comparable and his music almost impossible to categorize.With his unique quartet he'll present new dimensions in ...

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