Performance / Tour News

Uri Caine in Residence at NEC for Masterclasses and Concert, March 14-16

Source: All About Jazz
February 22, 2006

Residency sponsored by NEC board member Bruce Hauben and the Helen G. Hauben Foundation Jazz pianist/composer Uri Caine, who has stretched the boundaries of jazz and improvisation by drawing on jazz and folk traditions as well as the classical music of Bach, Mahler, and Wagner, will lead two masterclasses and coach a student performance of his music, March 14-16 at New England Conservatory. His residency is sponsored by NEC board member Bruce Hauben and the Helen G. Hauben Foundation. The ...

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Red-Hot Sounds of New Orleans Jazz Heat Up Philadelphia's Omni Hotel at Independence Park

Source: All About Jazz
February 22, 2006

Traditional, Latin, R&B - it's all there every week as the always fresh sounds of Rich Santucci's Algorhythms heat up Philly's historic district. In the lobby of the Omni Hotel at Independence Park are a sax trio on Friday night and a piano trio on Saturday night, 5-9 p.m. No cover. A guitar trio plays to the crowd every Sunday brunch in the hotel's Azalea Restaurant, 11 a.m.-2:00 p.m. Improvising with Santucci on drums are: Friday, Greg Morrison, tenor sax, ...

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The "55" Bar presents The Fluid Trio on March 2nd

Source: All About Jazz
February 22, 2006

THE FLUID TRIO @ The “55" Bar This dynamic trio is set to begin 2006 with colossal colors of sound at the “55" bar in Greenwich Village. A perfect setting to hear a bassless trio. Lead by guitarist Christopher Crocco, this trio is screaming the very thing that should be found in improvisational music..."Life"! With powerhouse tenor saxophonist George Garzone leading the harmonic explosion and Francisco Mela (drummer with Joe Lovano & Kenny Barron) sweeping time, The Fluid Trio makes ...

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Anatomechanical band ERGO this Saturday at the Knitting Factory

Source: All About Jazz
February 22, 2006

The electro-acoustic avant-garde band Ergo will perform at the Knitting Factory - Old Office this Saturday, February 25 at 10pm. WHEN: Saturday, February 25th, 10 pm WHERE: The Knitting Factory : Old Office 74 Leonard St., New York, NY PRICE: $10 INFO: 212-219-3132 www. knittingfactory.com www.ergoisaband.com www.myspace.com/ergo “Trombonist Brett Sroka, keyboardist Carl Maguire and drummer Damion Reid are all part of a ...

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Athenaeum Jazz-at-the-Studio presents Jaime Valle, with guest, Alex Acua, Justo Almario, Russel Blake & Allan Phillips

Source: All About Jazz
February 22, 2006

Jaime Valle, with guest, Alex Acua, Justo Almario, Russel Blake & Allan Phillips

The Athenaeum's jazz program returns to the University Heights Studio of the Athenaeum School of the Arts (located at 4441 Park Blvd.) for a special evening of jazz led by one of Southern California's leading jazz guitarists, Jaime Valle. Voted many times over as San Diego's top jazz artist by the San Diego Music Awards, Jaime Valle is a longtime favorite of local jazz lovers, known for ...

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Poul Weis Sextet At Kavehaz Friday February 24th 6:00PM - 8:30PM

Source: All About Jazz
February 22, 2006

POUL WEIS SEXTET at KAVEHAZ 37 W26th Street (btw 6th Ave & Broadway)

FRIDAY FEBRUARY 24, 6:00PM - 8:30PM No cover, $10 minimum

Poul Weis, trumpet; Marc Mommaas, tenor saxophone; Logan Richardson, alto saxophone; Nikolaj Hess, piano; Matt Clohesy, bass; Tommy Crane, drums

Danish trumpet player and composer Poul Weis has put together a group with some of the most exciting young jazz players in New York to play his new compositions. ...

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Hamid Drake and Michael Zerang Whitney Museum of American Art Friday, February 24th at 7 pm

Source: All About Jazz
February 22, 2006

Hamid Drake and Michael Zerang Kick Off the Whitney's 2006 Performance Line-up With The New York Premiere of their percussion project, Winter Dream

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24 at 7 pm Whitney Museum of American Art 945 Madison Avenue NYC 10021 212.671.8345 Free with pay-what-you-wish museum admission

Part concert, part theater, part sacred ritual, Michael Zerang and Hamid Drake--two of Chicago's most important composers/ percussionists--take the audience on a journey as primordial ...

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Louis Hayes And The Cannonball Adderley Legacy Band Featuring Vincent Herring

Source: All About Jazz
February 21, 2006

February 18, 2006 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES THE CHAMBER JAZZ SOCIETY OF BALTIMORE PRESENTS LOUIS HAYES AND THE CANNONBALL ADDERLEY LEGACY BAND FEATURING VINCENT HERRING Sunday, March 5, 2006 at 5 pm CONCERT RESCHEDULED DUE TO SNOW CANCELLATION The Chamber Jazz Society of Baltimore continues its fifteenth season of exceptional jazz concerts at the Baltimore Museum of Art with Louis Hayes and the Cannonball Adderley Legacy Band featuring Vincent Herring on Sunday, March 5, 2006 at 5 pm. ...

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