Performance / Tour News

Bassist Tyrone Brown In Kennett Square, Wednesday Dec. 5th

Source: Jim Miller
November 13, 2012

Jazz Bridge in Kennett Square! presents renowned bassist Tyrone Brown appearing at Kennett Flash—102 Sycamore Alley in Kennett Square—on Wednesday, December 5th as part of his Jazz Renaissance Quartet in a special tribute to Charlie Parker and Bud Powell. Tickets are $10, $5 for students, and are available only at the door. Show time is 7:30.

There’s very little in the jazz industry that bassist/composer/arranger/educator Tyrone Brown hasn’t done. His beginnings—studies in orchestration and harmony at the Berklee School of ...

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Saxophonist Sam Reed In Collingswood on Thurday Dec. 6th

Source: Jim Miller
November 13, 2012

Jazz Bridge in Collingswood! presents legendary veteran saxophonist Sam Reed and his group on December 5th at the Collingswood Community Center, 30 Collings Avenue in Collingswood, New Jersey. Tickets are $10, $5 for students, and are available only at the door. Show time is 7:30. It would be enough to ensure the legendary status of saxophonist Sam Reed to say that he did, in fact, play with the celebrated Charlie Parker. Since those early days, Reed has played with dozens ...

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Vocalist Jill Salkin In Cheltenham on Wednesday Dec. 5th

Source: Jim Miller
November 13, 2012

Jazz Bridge in Cheltenham! presents singer Jill Salkin, appearing at the Cheltenham Center for the Arts—439 Ashbourne Road in Cheltenham—on December 5th. Tickets are $10, $5 for students, and are available only at the door. Show time is 7:30. WRTI Radio’s Bob Perkins described Jill Salkin as a genuinely fine jazz voice. Critic and author Scott Yanow wrote that she is an excellent singer/songwriter with a clear and appealing voice. Jill Salkin’s versatility is noteworthy as well, as she’s been ...

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Steve Wilson Returns To The Village Vanguard, December 4-9, Joined By Pianist Renee Rosnes And Bassist Peter Washington

Source: Seth Cohen PR
November 13, 2012

Acclaimed jazz saxophonist Steve Wilson will headline a week at the legendary Village Vanguard in New York City, December 4th through 9th, 2012. Wilson will be joined by pianist Renee Rosnes and by bassist Peter Washington. The collaborative, co-led trio first performed together at Kitano in NYC, a two-night sold-out visit which Wilson fondly recalls as “one of the best musical experiences I've ever had." This collaborative trio, which first played at Kitano in NYC, is looking forward to playing ...

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Spring 2013

Source: Ars Nova Workshop
November 13, 2012

Ars Nova Workshop is thrilled to announce the second half of our 13th season! We have two more shows remaining this year – Unfold Ordinary Mind on December 9, and the Frode Gjerstad Trio with Ingebrigt Håker Flaten's The Young Mothers on December 14 – and then we take a month off, returning on January 14 with the Philadelphia debut of Barry Altschul's Threedom Trio. ANW will be presenting many groups making Philadelphia debuts in the New Year, including The ...

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Jerry And Marlene Tachoir Duo at Slippery Rock State College on November 13

Source: Jerry Tachoir
November 9, 2012

Jazz vibraphonist, Jerry Tachoir and pianist Marlene Tachoir will be performing this Tuesday, Nov 13 at Slippery Rock State College in PA. This event is sponsored by the College, Ludwig/Musser Innovative Percussion and Avita Jazz Records The performance is scheduled from 2 - 4 PM. Contact Slippery Rock Music Department for location and more information. Jerry is one of the most in demand Artist/clinicians on the roster for the Ludwig/Musser division of the Conn-Selmer Corporation. The Duo will be performing ...

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New Herbie Nichols Works To Be Premiered At Jazz Composers Collective Festival At Jazz Standard This Weekend

Source: AMT Public Relations
November 8, 2012

The Herbie Nichols Project scheduled for this FRI 11/9 11:30PM + SUN 11/11 9:30PM will premiere five never before recorded or published works by Herbie Nichols (1919-1963). For years, a trunk of Nichols’s manuscripts has been passed down through generations and assumed destroyed and/or lost. However, it was rediscovered about two weeks ago!!! It includes 40 unpublished works in which five will be premiered at Jazz Standard (116 East 27th Street, NYC) this weekend. FRI 11/9 HERBIE NICHOLS PROJECT (11:30 ...

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Jazz This Week: Jim Manley, Christopher McBride CD Release Tour, "Artsounds" with Sylvia McNair, and More

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
November 8, 2012

This week's calendar of live jazz and creative music in St. Louis features the debut of a St. Louis trumpeter's new band; a mini-tour through the area from a Chicago saxophonist; tributes to the music of Nancy Wilson, Miles Davis and Jimi Hendrix; and more. Let's go to the highlights... Tonight, singer Denise Thimes will take the stage at the Sheldon Concert Hall with the aforementioned “Tribute to Nancy Wilson" (meaning the Nancy Wilson who recorded jazz for Capitol and ...

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