Performance / Tour News

Upcoming Appearances For Elliott Caine In Support Of His New CD "Blues from Mars"

Source: All About Jazz
June 28, 2006

Thursday, June 29, 7-9pm: Farmers Market, 3rd & Fairfax, LA (Elliott Caine Quintet)

Friday, June 30, 6:30-10:30pm: Ports O' Call, @ Berth 76, Port of LA, San Pedro (EC Quartet)

Saturday, July 1, noon-2pm: Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 North Sepulveda Blvd., LA (EC Quintet - EC-trumpet, Carl Randall-tenor sax, Scott Oakley-piano, Bill Markus-bass, Kenny Elliott-drums)

Monday, July 3, 6:30-10:15pm: Schatzi on Main, 3110 Main St., Santa Monica (EC Quartet)

Thursday, July 6, 8:30-11pm: Zona Rosa Caffe, 15 South El Molino, ...

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Phil Lesh & Friends, Plus Trey Anastasio & Mike Gordon Featuring the Benevento/Russo Duo on Friday, June 30

Source: All About Jazz
June 28, 2006

Renowned for his three-decade stint as the bassist with the Grateful Dead, Phil Lesh proved a fan favorite as much for his distinctive jazz playing as for his single-minded devotion to the band, overseeing the quality of every legitimate release. He has issued two solo albums under Phil Lesh & Friends, a quintet that channels the Dead but utilizes only one drummer. His distinctive, wordy writing style, full of allusions, aphorisms, and wordplay, overlays an endearingly low-key jam sound. Listening ...

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The Dirty Dozen Brass Band @ Fairfield Theatre Company

Source: All About Jazz
June 28, 2006

If there is a group that knows how to get a party started; it's the Dirty Dozen Brass Band. This New Orleans brass band rocks the house with its trademark style: kinetic hybrid of traditional brass band marches, funk, R&B, bop, gospel and rock. Formed in 1977, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band has set out to preserve two antiquated New Orleans' traditions, Social and Culture Clubs that afforded life insurance to black southerners and Brass bands that accompanied Jazz funerals. ...

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Vampire Suit at Barbes June 30th

Source: All About Jazz
June 28, 2006

Vampire Suit will once again bring its signature chamber-world-improv sound to Barbes, 376 9th St., Brooklyn, on June 30th, 2006, at 8pm.

“The music has enduring beauty that touches on the heart of the Middle East's musical culture while exhibiting western flair. Open improvisations and the spirit of the belly dance coexist, encouraging the traditional undulated hip movements as a supplement to the solid instrumentation"--Frank Rubolino, Cadence Magazine

Vampire Suit draws on Jay Vilnai's unique musical heritage as a Russian-Romanian-Polish ...

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Jazz Vocalist Alma Micic June 30 at Night and Day

Source: All About Jazz
June 28, 2006

On Friday evening, June 30, extraordinary jazz vocalist Alma Micic will present a show at Night and Day jazz club.

All About Jazz writer Mike Brannon described Alma Micic's singing as “clear, confident, soulful, vulnerable, rhythmically savvy, with the most sensual vibrato you're likely to hear."

At sixteen, Alma Micic was already a lead vocalist with the Belgrade Radio Big Band, performing at jazz festivals in Europe. After graduating from the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston in 2000, ...

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The Jamie Baum Septet at Sweet Rhythm Thursday, July 13th, sets at 8 & 10pm

Source: All About Jazz
June 27, 2006

Sweet Rhythm 88 Seventh Avenue South (Between Grove and Bleecker Streets) New York, NY Phone: 212-255-3626 http://www.sweetrhythmny.com presents The Jamie Baum Septet* Jamie Baum** - flute, alto flute, Shane Endsley - trumpet Doug Yates - alto sax, bass clarinet, Vincent Chancey - French horn George Colligan - piano, Jeff Hirshfield - drums Johannes Weidenmeuller - bass ...

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Rob Scheps and Marvin "Bugaloo" Smith in 3 NY Shows: Beacon, Kingston, Newburgh

Source: All About Jazz
June 27, 2006

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Playdate At Cornelia Street Cafe June 27th 8:30PM

Source: All About Jazz
June 27, 2006

PLAYDATE APPEAR AT CORNELIA STREET CAF JUNE 27TH 8:30PM

PLAYDATE:

AMANDA MONACO (guitar) NOAH BAERMAN (piano) WAYNE ESCOFFERY (tenor) HENRY LUGO (bass) VINNIE SPERRAZZA (drums)

CORNELIA STREET CAFE 29 Cornelia Street, NYC, New York 212-989-9319 www.corneliastreetcafe.com between West 4th and Bleecker Sts, Greenwich Village 1,9 Subway to Sheridan Square; A, C, E, B, D, F to West 4th St.

Though this may ...

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