Performance / Tour News

Katie Bull Group Project '07 Thursday April 5th at 55 Bar

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
April 5, 2007

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Geri Allen & Andy Bey Bethany Baptist Church Jazz Vespers Saturday, April 7th at 6PM Sharp

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
April 5, 2007

"Come as you are" to the Jazz Vespers on Saturday, April 7, 2007 at 6pm sharp.

Bethany Baptist Church 275 West Market Street Newark, NJ 07103 (973)623-8161 www.bethany-newark.org

Guest artists: Geri Allen (Piano) and Andy Bey (Vocals)

Jazz pianist and educator Geri Allen, who hails from Detroit, Michigan, knew she wanted to be a jazz musician after spending most of her childhood listening to her father's jazz records. She now plays some ...

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Princeton Jazz Quintet (PJQ) at the Iridium Jazz Club April 10th

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
April 5, 2007

IRIDIUM JAZZ CLUB 1650 BROADWAY (Corner of 51st) NEW YORK, NY 10023 RESERVATIONS: 212-582-2121 http://www.iridiumjazzclub.com/

The Iridium Jazz Club is pleased to present the Princeton Jazz Quintet (PJQ) on Tuesday, April 10th at 6:30pm $15 Music Charge, $10 Min.

The Princeton Jazz Quintet (PJQ) is comprised of five fine musicians who met and played jazz at Princeton in the '50's and for the next 50 years went their separate ways ...

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Latin Jazz Concerts at Night and Day, Brooklyn

Source: All About Jazz
April 4, 2007

Maria Cangiano, an Argentine singer/composer, is curating a series of concerts at Night and Day's performance space in Park Slope Brooklyn. The series brings together well-known artists who, though sharing similar musical influences, have rarely had the opportunity to perform together at the same place. In particular, the series is assembling a variety of South American composers and performers who share a common background in jazz and South American music, tango, folk, candombe etc. The series has already showcased the ...

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New Haven's Firehouse 12 to Present the Tyshawn Sorey Quartet May 4th

Source: Improvised Communications
April 4, 2007

On Friday, May 4th, Firehouse 12 will present two sets by drummer/composer Tyshawn Sorey's newest ensemble, the Tyshawn Sorey Quartet. This performance is one of two live dates the band will play in anticipation of recording its debut CD later in May for Firehouse 12 Records. Sorey's quartet, which will also perform as part of the label's launch event at the Jazz Gallery in New York on April 26th, features trombonist Ben Gerstein, keyboardist Cory Smythe and bassist Thomas Morgan. ...

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The Big Bang Big Band at Sweet Rhythm Monday, April 9th

Source: All About Jazz
April 4, 2007

Tom Abbott's 11-piece Big Bang Big Band will be playing the early set at this historic Greenwich Village Jazz Club.

It promises to be an unusual and exciting evening, featuring the music of Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Fletcher Henderson, but ranging outside of classic swing repertoire to explore the likes of Sun Ra and other modern composers as well.

Sweet Rhythm 88 Seventh Avenue South between Grove and Bleecker Streets 212-255-3626 ...

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The Sacred Music of Mary Lou Williams at the Church of St. Joseph of the Holy Family Easter Sunday - April 8, 2007

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
April 4, 2007

The Sacred Music of Mary Lou Williams at The Church of St. Joseph of the Holy Family 405 West 125th St. at Morningside Ave. New York (Harlem), N.Y.

Mass at 10:00AM sharp Easter Sunday - April 8, 2007

Aaron J. Diehl - piano and musical director Etienne Charles - trumpet David Wong - bass Carmen Intorre - drums

The Choir of The Church of ...

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Guitarist/Composer Miles Okazaki Live at the Jazz Gallery-Thurs, April 12!

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
April 3, 2007

GUITARIST/COMPOSER MILES OKAZAKI LIVE At The Jazz Gallery-Thurs, April 12, sets at 9:00, 10:30, $12 290 Hudson Street FEATURING Miles Okazaki (guitar, compositions), Miguel Zenon (alto sax), David Binney (alto sax), Christof Knoche (reeds), Thomas Morgan (bass), Dan Weiss (drums) THIS SHOW IS PART OF A SERIES OF APPEARANCES TO CELEBRATE THE RELEASE OF HIS DEBUT CD: Mirror (OFFICIAL RELEASE DATE IS APRIL 3) “ . . . Okazaki composed all of the music on “Mirror," his ambitious ...

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