Performance / Tour News

Chris Burnett at The Drum Room in Kansas City

Source: Paul Collins Artist Management International
August 17, 2006

Chris Burnett Quintet will next be performing at The Drum Room on Friday, August 25, 2006. The music starts at 7:00 pm. CbQ will be performing their interesting book of creative instrumental jazz music, featuring: Will Matthews, guitar; Christopher Clarke, piano; James Ward, dbl bass; Arny Young, drums; and Chris Burnett, alto saxophone. Burnett has also been scheduled for two Saturday evening performances in September as well on the 16th and 30th respectively.

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Ben Adams Quintet Upcoming Appearances

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
August 17, 2006

Ben Adams Is Pleased To Announce His Upcoming Appearances In Support of His New CD Old Thoughts for a New Day (Lunar Module Records)

8/19/06 Ben Adams Quintet 9:30pm-1:00 Cafe Van Kleef 1621 Telegraph Ave. Oakland, CA

Ben Adams -vibraphone Erik Jekabson-trumpet, flugelhorn Bryan McVicker-tenor saxophone Aaron Cohn-bass Andre Sumelius-drums

10/05/06 Ben Adams Quintet 8:00pm & 10:00pm Jazz ...

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Rubin Museum of Art (RMA) Continues Hot Jazz In A Cool Climate with The Jazz Museum in Harlem

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
August 17, 2006

HARLEM IN THE HIMALAYAS Rubin Museum of Art (RMA) continues hot jazz in a cool climate with The Jazz Museum in Harlem

New York, NY--RMA and The Jazz Museum in Harlem will continue their successful concert series through the end of the year, with a series of twelve Friday-night all-acoustic jazz combo concerts starting September 8.

The unamplified concerts are held Friday nights at 7 p.m. and are part of the array of activities centered around RMA's hip ...

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Tonight: Dekel Bor-Boris Kozlov-Jochen Ruckert at Charly O's

Source: All About Jazz
August 16, 2006

Dekel Bor - Guitars

Boris Kozlov - Bass

Jochen Ruckert - Drums

will be playing original music tonight Aug. 16th at Charly O's 8th Ave. corner of 45th 8:30 pm-12 No Cover!

“Dekel Bor's evocative live guitar playing ... a fresh taste in music"--John Rockwell, New York Times

“Dekel Bor and his band are the future of jazz"--Joseph Harsonsky, Maariv

“Dekel Bor and his trio make some of the finest jazz that I have ...

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SWOJO w/special guest Jill Townsend Sept. 20

Source: All About Jazz
August 16, 2006

SEATTLE WOMEN'S JAZZ ORCHESTRA (SWOJO) with special guest Jill Townsend

Wednesday, September 20 at 7:30pm

The Seattle Women's Jazz Orchestra (SWOJO) will perform an all-ages concert at the Triple Door Mainstage in Seattle on Wednesday, September 20, featuring music composed, arranged and conducted by Jill Townsend.

Vancouver0based arranger/composer Jill Townsend is the principal composer and conductor for the Jill Townsend Big Band, a seventeen piece jazz ensemble. As a trombonist, Jill has performed with many notable artists including Kenny Wheeler, ...

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Victor Goines performs August 18 & 19 at Snug Harbor

Source: All About Jazz
August 16, 2006

Victor Goines Quartet with Leon Anderson, Jr., drums; David Pulphus, bass; David Torkanowsky, piano

Friday, August 18 8 PM and 10 PM Saturday, August 19 8 PM and 10 PM

Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro 626 Frenchmen Street New Orleans

www.snugjazz.com ph: 504.949.0696

Doors open at 7:00. Sets at 8PM and 10 PM. Cover charge required at the door.

“Coming home [to New Orleans] to perform is ...

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Groundbreaking Vocalist Cassandra Wilson Announces Fall Thunderbird Tour

Source: All About Jazz
August 15, 2006

EAST COAST SWING TO INCLUDE STOPS IN NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA, BOSTON & DC

In April, Blue Note Records released thunderbird, the groundbreaking new CD from Grammy-winning vocalist Cassandra Wilson, which found Wilson collaborating with a new production team of T-Bone Burnett and Keefus Ciancia, and creating what The Los Angeles Times called “a whole new world of earthy, textured sound."

In a 4-star review, USA Today called Wilson's smoky voice “a treasure," and People magazine affirmed that thunderbird “finds a ...

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Antoinette Montague CD Release Concerts

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
August 15, 2006

'Pretty Blues' CD Release Celebration! Two Hot Dates in August - and a Jazz Fashion Show in September

Antoinette Montague with the Bill Easley Quartet John DiMartino (piano) Paul West (bass)

Saturday, August 19, 2006 8:00 pm and 9:30 pm The Bacchus Room at Bona Fides Restaurant 60 2nd Avenue (between 3rd and 4th Streets) New York, NY two-drink minimum 212-777-2840

Antoinette Montague is ...

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