Performance / Tour News

Sten Hostfalt Soft Value at Rose, NYC August 2

Source: All About Jazz
August 1, 2006

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Oz Noy Trio Aug. 3-6 at the Iridium Jazz Club

Source: All About Jazz
August 1, 2006

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

NEW SET TIMES BEGINNING JUNE 1, 2006: 8:30 & 10:30PM, Fri. & Sat. 3rd Sets AT MIDNIGHT

The Iridium Jazz Club Is Pleased To Present

Aug. 3-6 OZ NOY TRIO With Special Guests WILL LEE, ANTON FIG

Oz Noy is a virtuoso guitar player from Israel, who started his professional career at the ...

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Recording Superstar Asha Puthli Stages Comeback

Source: All About Jazz
July 31, 2006

Legendary Indian diva of jazz, funk and soul headlines first US concerts in 25 years with shows at New York City's Central Park Summerstage and Joe's Pub

New York, NY - An Indian superstar who made her biggest splash in Europe in the 1970s with jazz, funk and soul records that forever changed the sound of dance music, Asha Puthli will be returning to the US concert stage for the first time in twenty five years to headline two exciting ...

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Hendrik Meurkens Quartet at Zinc Bar Tuesday-Thursday August 1-3 + Friday, August 4th at the Cornerstone Cafe & Bistro

Source: All About Jazz
July 31, 2006

Tuesday -Thursday August 1-3

HENDRIK MEURKENS QUARTET is appearing at the Zinc Bar, playing selections from their recent CD Amazon River“, plus a number of new compositions, including several choros.

Tuesday-Thursday, August 1st-3rd

THE HENDRIK MEURKENS QUARTET

Hendrik Meurkens - harmonica, vibes Alon Yavnai - piano Gustavo Amarante - bass Adriano Santos- drums and percussion

at the ZINC BAR 90 W. Houston St., corner of LaGuardia Pl. tel. ...

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Harlem Speaks Honors Monsignor John Sanders Thursday, August 10 at the Jazz Museum in Harlem

Source: All About Jazz
July 31, 2006

Harlem Speaks Honors Monsignor John Sanders

Monsignor John Sanders, trombonist August 10, 2006

Charli Persip, bandleader/drummer August 24, 2006

Monsignor John Sanders (trombone) attended The Juilliard School before entering the US Navy, where he played in the Navy Band. He later went on to perform in clubs around New York, including a lengthy stint at the Savoy Ballroom with Lucky Thompson's band before joining the Duke Ellington Orchestra in 1954.

He toured with the Duke Ellington Orchestra for five years. ...

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MoMA To Present Brandon Ross And Blazing Beauty In Final Summergarden Jazz Concert On August 13

Source: All About Jazz
July 31, 2006

Summergarden 2006: New Music for New York Brandon Ross and Blazing Beauty The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden Sunday, August 13, 2006 Sculpture Garden opens at 7:00 p.m. Concert begins at 8:00 p.m. Admission is FREE NEW YORK, July 31, 2006--Summergarden, The Museum of Modern Art's free concert series in The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden, presents its final summer concert with Brandon Ross and Blazing Beauty, organized in collaboration with Jazz at Lincoln Center, on ...

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The Return of Wu Li

Source: All About Jazz
July 31, 2006

Wu Li is back at Bar Nine Wednesday August 2nd at 8:30 PM. We'll be bringing our quantam-core, live loops and free improvisations to Hell's Kitchen's premiere live music venue for a mid-summer fiesta.

Bar Nine is located on 9th Ave. between 53rd and 54th St. in Manhattan. No cover and cheap drinks leaves you with no excuse not to come party with us.

Wu Li Bar Nine Wed. Aug. 2nd at 8:30 PM ...

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Award-Winning Vocalist Shemekia Copeland to Perform in Schwenksville, PA

Source: All About Jazz
July 31, 2006

"YOUNG SHEMEKIA IS THE MOST SOUL-SHAKING, BIG-VOICED BLUES SINGER IN YEARS." - VILLAGE VOICE

“VOLCANIC DELIVERY AND STRAIGHT-FROM -THE-GUT REALISM...A MASTERFUL BLEND OF FIERY BLUES, BALLSY BALLADS AND ELECTRIFYING ROCKERS." - VIBE

Grammy-nominated and Harlem-bred vocalist Shemekia Copeland, touring in support of her latest CD, The Soul Truth, will perform live in Schwenksville. Legendary Stax guitarist / songwriter / producer Steve Cropper produced Copeland's The Soul Truth, flavoring the recording with solid doses of Memphis soul ...

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