Performance / Tour News

L.A. Vocalist Kathleen Grace CD Release at Catalina Bar and Grill, March 28

Source: All About Jazz
March 24, 2007

Alternative jazz group the Kathleen Grace Band (KGB) returns this week from its first SXSW appearance. The band received a standing ovation from a standing room only crowd at the Elephant Room in Austin Friday night. Tracy Brown from the Dallas Morning News described the show this way: “The music was absolutely lovely. I kept trying to think of a word to describe the Los Angeles jazz vocalist whose voice is mellow and pure. The title of her new CD ...

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Grammy-Nominated Composer/Trombonist John Fedchock Plays Chicago!

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
March 24, 2007

Wednesday, March 28, 2007, 8:00 PM John Fedchock with Rob Parton's JazzTech Big Band Featuring music from Fedchock's new CD, Up & Running Metropolis Center, 111 W Campbell, Arlington Heights, IL 60005 www.metropolisarts.com

Friday & Saturday, March 30-31, 2007 John Fedchock/Paul McKee Quintet The Green Mill 4802 N. Broadway Ave., Chicago, IL 60640 773 878 5552, www.greenmilljazz.com

On Tuesday, March 20 Reservoir Music Proudly Releasesd UP ...

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Rob Scheps at Village Vanguard March 26th, NYC

Source: All About Jazz
March 23, 2007

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Danilo Perez and David Sanchez to Perform on Kimmel Center Presents Mellon Jazz up Close: Roots of Jazz Series on April 7

Source: All About Jazz
March 23, 2007

"A bold example of the musicological rethinking of jazz." --Ben Ratliff, New York Times Grammy-award winning Panamanian jazz pianist and composer Danilo Perez explores jazz's Latin influences with an eye toward The Future with special guests saxophonist David Sanchez and percussionist Jamey Haddad in the last concert of the Mellon Jazz 2006/07 Series on Saturday, April 7, 2007 at 7:30pm in the Kimmel Center's Perelman Theater. Perez's distinctive blend of Pan-American jazz, covering the music of the Americas, folkloric and ...

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Deer Head Inn Proudly Presents: The Duke Ellington Legacy Band Saturday, March 31, 2007 7-11 PM

Source: All About Jazz
March 23, 2007

DEER HEAD INN Proudly Presents THE ELLINGTON LEGACY BAND Edward Kennedy Ellington II, Guitar Norman Simmons, Piano Virginia Mayhew, Saxophone Carrie Jackson, Vocals Gil “Bop" Benson, Vocals Jami Dauber, Trumpet Rob Susman, Trombone Tom Di Carlo, Bass Paul Wells, Drums www.dukeellingtonlegacy.com Saturday, March 31, 2007 7:00 pm - 11: 00 pm Deer Head Inn ...

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Frank London's CD Release Concert Monday, March 26th at the Barrow Street Theatre

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
March 23, 2007

Soundbrush invites you to celebrate its newest release FRANK LONDON'S “ A NIGHT IN THE OLD MARKETPLACE" Featuring Ron Caswell, tuba, bass Brandon Seabrook guitar, banjo, mandolin Art Bailey keyboards, accordion Aaron Alexander, drums And vocalists... La Tanya Hall, Manu Narayan (star of Broadway's Bombay Dreams), Craig Wedren (from Shudder to Think), The Klezmatic's Lorin Sklamberg and many others featured on the recording, Joanne Borts, Karen Goldfeder, Steven Hrycelak, Silvie Jensen, Matt ...

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Julie Hardy at Sweet Rhythm, Tuesday, March 27th, 2007

Source: All About Jazz
March 23, 2007

On Tuesday, March 27th (one set only at 9:30pm) Brooklyn-based vocalist and composer, Julie Hardy returns to Sweet Rhythm as a part of the Vocal Series. She will perform new pieces off her upcoming release The Wish which will be released this year by New York based label World Culture Music featuring some of New York's finest young jazz talent.

This past year Hardy was acknowledged for her talent as a composer by receiving the 2006 ASCAP Young Jazz Composers ...

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David Torn Celebrates new ECM Release April 17 at Joe's Pub

Source: Two for the Show Media
March 23, 2007

David Torn celebrates the release of his new ECM recording Prezens at Joe's Pub in New York City

April 17th, 2007 9:30PM Showtime-

Prezens features: Tim Berne: alto sax Craig Taborn: Rhodes, B3, Mellotron, bent circuits & such Tom Rainey: drums David Torn: guitars, live sampling & manipulation, microprocessors

“Avant-Guitar's crawling king snake"--Guitar Player Magazine

David Torn with Tim Berne, Craig Taborn and Tom Rainey -April 17, 2007 - Joe's Pub - ...

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