Performance / Tour News

Dave Koz Set To Perform On August 10th As Part Of The Paramount Jazz Series

Source: Michael Ricci
July 29, 2012

"BeBe and I have been friends for 20 years, but this is the first time we've toured together and I'm so excited," says Koz. “We've unofficially dubbed it 'The Brothers From Another Mother' tour because superficially we couldn't be more different, but we actually have so much in common." “I've said no for years to touring, but this time seems right because of what we bring together to the stage," said Winans, adding, “the love people will feel from the ...

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D-Erania at The Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Academy Arts Theatre Chicago IL on September 1st 2012

Source: Michael Ricci
July 28, 2012

By Hrayr Attarian On September 1st 2012 at 7 PM, Chicagoans will have the chance to hear on the city's best- kept secrets, saxophone virtuoso, composer and improviser extraordinaire D-Erania (Donella Stampley). Surrounded by her electrifying band she will appear on the stage of The Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Academy Arts Theatre on west 119th street. Proceeds from the concert will go to Illinois Blessing, a charitable organization that helps the state's needy families.

An autodidact and child prodigy, ...

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Big Jazz Weekend Throughout the State

Source: Seattle Jazz Scene
July 28, 2012

This weekend features two big jazz festivals on each side of the mountains. Starting tonight, Jazz Port Townsend kicks off with club performances and mainstage concerts by national and regional talent. Performers this weekend include Eric Reed Trio, Benny Green Trio, with special guest Gary Smulyan, Dena DeRose, The Centrum Big Band performing the music of Johnny Mandell, Terell Stafford, Wycliffe Gordon, Matt Wilson and many more. You can also head East to Ellensberg for Jazz In The Valley which ...

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Blues Harmonica Icon Curtis Salgado Brings 'Soul Shot' to Sellersville, PA

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
July 27, 2012

Award-winning vocalist/songwriter/harmonica icon Curtis Salgado will celebrate the release of his blistering Alligator Records debut CD, Soul Shot, with a live performance at the Sellersville Theater in Sellersville on Wednesday, August 29, 2012. Winner of the 2012 Blues Music Award for Soul Blues Artist Of The Year, Salgado effortlessly mixes R&B, funk and blues with a delivery that is raw and heartfelt. He moves with ease from the tenderest ballads to the most full-throated stompers. Concert information follows: Date: Wednesday, ...

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The Holmes Brothers to Perform in Schwenksville at Philly Folk Fest

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
July 27, 2012

The Holmes Brothers - bassist/vocalist Sherman Holmes, his brother, guitarist/vocalist Wendell Holmes, and drummer/vocalist Popsy Dixon - will give a live performance at the Philadelphia Folk Festival in Schwenksville on Saturday, August 18 and Sunday, August 19, 2012. The trio will play songs from their latest CD, Feed My Soul. Feed My Soul features the band's exhilarating, spine-tingling harmonies, boundless energy and telepathic musicianship over the course of nine originals (the most they've ever penned for an album) and four ...

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Lil' Ed & the Blues Imperials Celebrate New Release in Philadelphia

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
July 26, 2012

Alligator recording artists Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials will celebrate the release of their new Alligator CD, Jump Start, with a live performance at The Twisted Tail in Philadelphia on Thursday, August 9, 2012. Mixing smoking slide guitar boogies and raw-boned Chicago shuffles with the deepest slow-burners, Lil' Ed Williams and his rip-roaring Blues Imperials — bassist James “Pookie" Young, guitarist Mike Garrett and drummer Kelly Littleton — deliver gloriously riotous, rollicking and intensely emotional blues. Currently celebrating 24 ...

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Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad Nyc Cruise

Source: Curtis Bergesen
July 26, 2012

Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad returns to New York City on Friday, July 27 for a Rocks Off Concert Cruise aboard The Jewel. The Rochester, NY-based quintet is touring in support of their new studio album “In These Times," released April 10th. Over the past six years, GPGDS has performed 800 shows, put out a collection of live albums, and released a roots Americana record titled “Country" (January 2012). “The band's five masterful musicians weave layers of complex music within ...

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Jazz This Week: Ronnie Burrage, Musica Slesa, All That Tap, Della Reese, and More

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
July 26, 2012

It's another week of extreme heat here in St. Louis, and yet the work of presenting jazz and creative music goes on unabated, with a homecoming gig for drummer and U City native Ronnie Burrage; the annual All That Tap festival; and several other noteworthy events. Let's go to the highlights: Tonight, trumpeter Kasimu Taylor debuts a new quintet in the subterranean confines of the Cigar Inn, featuring Montez Coleman on drums, Bob DeBoo on bass, Eric Slaughter on guitar ...

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