Performance / Tour News

Spider Saloff @ Iridium Friday October 28th @ 7pm

Source: All About Jazz
October 22, 2005

October 22, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Press Contact: JIM EIGO, [email protected] IRIDIUM JAZZ CLUB 1650 BROADWAY (Corner of 51st) NEW YORK, NY 10023 RESERVATIONS: 212-582-2121, www.iridiumjazzclub.com For Immediate Release Spider Saloff at Iridium Jazz Club CD Release Party for “Like Glass" Friday October 28, 2005 at 7pm “She is dynamic, a powerhouse of passion!" -San Francisco Examiner “Right-on intonation and a personal style which can sell a ballad or tantalize with half a chorus of scatting." Dick ...

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Soul Yatra-Indian jazz ambassadors

Source: All About Jazz
October 22, 2005

Mumbai based jazz ensemble Soul Yatra is back after a very successful Asia-Pacific tour. Appointed as the Indian ambassadors of jazz by Hennessy XO, Soul Yatra has now been signed on as brand ambassadors and will perform several international events for Hennessy over the next two years. This is heartening news indeed for Indian jazz artistes who have been struggling for decades to find a voice in the international jazz arena. Jazz may have originated in America but today this ...

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Charlie Peacock Live at The Jazz Standard

Source: All About Jazz
October 21, 2005

Charlie Peacock - One Night Only at The Jazz Standard Tuesday, November 9th, 2005 For more information: www.jazzstandard.net Grammy Award-winning composer, pianist and producer Charlie Peacock blends acoustic jazz with elements of pop and electronica. Love Press Ex-Curio (Love's Pressure Exhibits Curiosity) is Charlie's latest release in a recording career that began in 1983; his supporting cast includes Joey Baron, Ravi Coltrane, and Kurt Rosenwinkel. Felix Pastorius - son of the late bass giant Jaco Pastorius - will join Charlie ...

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Mark O'Connor's Hot Swing

Source: All About Jazz
October 21, 2005

State Theatre Presents Mark O’Connor’s Hot Swing Saturday, October 29, 2005, 8pm; $45, $38, $32, $25 Box Office: 732-246-SHOW (7469) New Brunswick, NJ (September 29, 2005)—The State Theatre presents Mark O'Connor's Hot Swing on Saturday, October 29, 2005 at 8pm. Fiddling phenom, Mark O’Connor, and friends pay tribute to his great friend and mentor, the legendary French jazz master, Stephane Grappelli. Tickets range from $25-$45 (group, college student, and senior discounts available). In June 2001, Mark O'Connor released Hot Swing!, ...

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Argentine vocalist Sofia Koutsovitis' Group @ Cornelia Street Cafe, 10/27!

Source: All About Jazz
October 21, 2005

Sofia Koutsovitis Group @ Cornelia Street Cafe Thursday, October 27, 2005 10 PM (Gretchen Parlato appears at 8:30) ONE NIGHT ONLY!

featuring: Sofia Koutsovitis, vocals; Dan Blake, soprano and tenor sax; Adam Schneit, alto sax /clarinet; Eric Bloom, trumpet; Leo Genovese, piano; Jorge Roeder, bass; Richie Barshay, drums; Jorge Perez Albela, percussion “Sofia Koutsovitis is a remarkable singer. Her rich, warm alto is equally at home with quick latin rhythms and sensuous ballads.

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Gene Ess "Sandbox & Sanctum" Quartet @ Kavehaz Club - Oct 21, 2005 9:30PM

Source: All About Jazz
October 21, 2005

Gene Ess Quartet featuring Harvie S, John O'Gallagher, and Take Toriyama @ Kavehaz - Oct 21st, 2005 9:30PM Guitarist, Gene Ess, draws the traits that identify his style with firm brush strokes. On the one hand, we have his jazz streak, and on the other hand, his exquisite sensitivity with the guitar, and as a final complement, his taste for sophisticated rhythms. On October 21st, Ess will present his “Sandbox and Sanctum” quartet which includes the great Harvie S on ...

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Barbara Sfraga & Center Search Quest Oct/Nov NYC dates

Source: All About Jazz
October 20, 2005

October 20, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Friday, October 21st @ The Harlem Tea Room Madison Avenue & 118th Street 7:30 & 9:00 pm sets Voicist Barbara Sfraga with Bass Artisan Christopher Dean Sullivan $5. Minimum Barbara Sfraga is an adventurous and chance-taking singer, one who is not shy to take a potential warhorse and make it into something new. -- Scott Yanow, All Music Guide (4 1/2 stars) ...Sullivan plays not just the upright bass strings but ...

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James Carney Group at Cornelia St. Cafe Sat., Oct. 29th 9:00PM & 10:30PM

Source: All About Jazz
October 20, 2005

October 20, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Press Contact: JIM EIGO, [email protected] Cornelia Street Cafe 29 Cornelia Street Greenwich Village, NY 10014 Tel: 212-989-9319 Fax: 212-243-4207 Web: 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. “a culinary as well as a cultural landmark" Mayoral Proclamation, City of New York 1987 Sat Oct 29, 9:00PM & 10:30PM JAMES CARNEY GROUP (Jerome Sabbagh, tenor ...

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