Performance / Tour News

Bob Cunningham Quartet at the Lenox Lounge / Zebra Room - March 9th - 10th!

Source: All About Jazz
February 22, 2007

Legendary, Master Bassist, Bob Cunningham & Quartet at The Historic Lenox Lounge/Zebra Room

The Bob Cunningham Quartet - Road Trips... Jazz Tours Revisited!

Featuring the music from Cunningham's numerous tours and recordings with Dizzy Gillespie, Yusef Lateef, and Freddie Hubbard, including Bob's own original compositions!

Bob Cunningham - Bass Bertha Hope - Piano Tootsie Bean - Drums Gabriel Romance - Vocals & Flute

Dates: Friday, March 9th & Saturday, March 10th 2007 ...

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Dekel Bor Trio Tours Israel This Week

Source: All About Jazz
February 22, 2007

The Dekel Bor Trio will be touring Israel on the following dates:

Feb. 22nd, 9:00 pm: Artel Jazz Club, concert Feb. 23rd, 9:30am: Telma Yelin, concert and discussion Feb. 24rd, 3:30pm: Shablul Jazz Club, concert Feb. 25th, 8:00 pm: Shablul Jazz Club, concert

Tickets are 60 NIS at the door of each venue

The Dekel Bor trio is one of the most prominent and visible groups of the New York jazz scene, performing an ...

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Jimmy Scott Wed. thru Sun. at the Iridium Jazz Club Sets at 8:30 & 10:30PM

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
February 21, 2007

IRIDIUM JAZZ CLUB 1650 BROADWAY (Corner of 51st) NEW YORK, NY 10023 RESERVATIONS: 212-582-2121 Sets 8:30 & 10:30PM Feb. 22-25 JIMMY SCOTT Featuring The Jazz Expressions Jimmy Scott, a former Lionel Hampton vocalist, snared a couple of R&B hits in the 50's, but spent much of his time in obscurity, until rediscovered in the early 80's where he became a mainstay on the New York club scene. His comeback- which ...

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Harlem Speaks Welcomes Basie Big Band Leader Bill Hughes Feb. 22nd 6:30PM-8:30PM

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
February 21, 2007

The Jazz Museum in Harlem 104 East 126th Street New York, NY 10035 212 348-8300 Bill Hughes, Trombonist/Band Leader Feb. 22, 2007 6:30pm-8:30pm Trombonist Bill Hughes, or “Mr. B" as he's affectionately called by the younger members, joined the Count Basie Orchestra in September, 1953 on a recommendation by the legendary saxophonist/flautist Frank Wess. Hughes will be the guest of Harlem Speaks on February 22, 2007. A 1952 product of Howard University School of ...

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Geri Allen at Zankel Hall Wednesday - February 28th 8:30PM

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
February 21, 2007

Geri Allen's Carnegie Hall Debut Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall 7th Avenue between 57th & 56th Sts. New York City Wednesday - February 28, 2007 8:30 PM Box Office: 212- 247-7800 http://www.carnegiehall.org $44 - all seats Featuring Geri Allen, Piano; Darryl Hall, Double Bass; Jimmy Cobb, Drums; with Maurice Chestnut, Tap Dancer Geri Allen's Latest CD Timeless Portraits and Dreams “Timeless Portraits ...

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Toph-E & the 'Cats at Ashford & Simpson's Sugar Bar Tuesday & Wednesday's November 7th & 8th 8PM

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
February 21, 2007

Every Wednesday in February! February 21st, and 28th Toph-E & the 'Cats Appearing at Ashford & Simpson's Sugar Bar 254 West 72nd Street( bet.West End Avenue & Broadway) 212.579.0222 8:30 PM $ 10 http://www.sugarbarnyc.com Featuring: Clifford Carter (piano), Will Lee (bass & vocals), Ralph MacDonald (percussion), David Mann (tenor & soprano) and Chris Parker (drums) Chris Parker~Drums Clifford Carter~Keyboards Will ...

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Firehouse 12 to Present Frank Kimbrough Trio March 23rd

Source: Improvised Communications
February 21, 2007

Friday, March 23rd at 8:30 and 10:00 p.m. Frank Kimbrough Trio Firehouse 12 45 Crown Street in New Haven, CT Tickets and more info are available here

Frank Kimbrough, piano; John Hebert, bass; Matt Wilson, drums

On Friday, March 23rd, New Haven's Firehouse 12 will present the Frank Kimbrough Trio as part of the venue's ongoing 2007 Spring Jazz Series. Known as “a thoughtful and harmonically literate pianist, with equal taste for ...

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Tribeca Performing Arts Center Welcomes Sandra Reaves-Phillips February 23-24 at 8PM

Source: All About Jazz
February 21, 2007

Tribeca Performing Arts Center @ BMCC (199 Chambers Street) welcomes classic jazz and blues vocalist, Sandra Reaves-Phillips on February 23rd and February 24th at 8PM. Sandra Reaves-Phillips amazing career began in the award winning musical “Raisin". She has performed in “Black and Blue," “One Mo' Time," “Rollin on the T.O.B.A," “Blues in the Night," and “Further More." Sandra has performed at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and numerous venues abroad. Her film credits include Round Midnight, where she played Buttercup and ...

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