Performance / Tour News

The 5th Season of Brooklyn Jazz Wide Open Continues With the Noah Preminger Quartet

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
March 5, 2012

CONNECTION WORKS PRESENTS The 5th SEASON OF BROOKLYN JAZZ WIDE OPEN @ The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music Concert Hall The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music is located at 58 Seventh Ave (at Lincoln Place), Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY, Tel 718 622 3300, reduced admission! Tkts are now ONLY $10 NEXT Concert of the 2011-2012 season SUNDAY, March 11, 2012, 8:00 PM NOAH PREMINGER Quartet NOAH PREMINGER—tenor saxophone FRANK KIMBROUGH—piano CECIL MCBEE—bass ...

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Janiva Magness Celebrates New Release "Stronger for It" in Sellersville, PA

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
March 4, 2012

JANIVA MAGNESS CELEBRATES NEW RELEASE IN SELLERSVILLE!

Award-winning blues and soul vocalist Janiva Magness will celebrate the release of her new Alligator Records CD, Stronger for It, with a live performance at the Sellersville Theater in Sellersville on Sunday, April 8, 2012. A charismatic artist known for her electrifying live shows, Magness is among the premier blues and R&B singers in the world today; her voice possesses an earthy, raw honesty born from her life experience. Last year, Magness was ...

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Outpost 186 March Highlights: Jacob William

Source: Chris Rich
March 3, 2012

Jacob William returns his Para Quintet to Outpost 186 on Saturday March 24th after an interlude of gigs in other dubious roosts. Now that he is once more in the cozier confines of the Outpost, free of the concerns attending tavern work, he'll shine at his usual level of dazzle with his astute and earnest compadres. Laurence Cook will once again demonstrate his agile defiance of the aging process til the walls well ring as sonic cascades, thunderclaps and whirlwinds ...

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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Jazz, March 2-8

Source: JazzINK by Andrea Canter
March 3, 2012

If you are lamenting the (belated) appearance of winter weather, here's a warm thought: The Twin Cities Jazz Festival is less than four months away! June 28-30 should be circled in red on your calendar. And in the meantime, late winter is bringing some very welcome music to the Twin Cities, guaranteed to keep you warm and engaged. Highlights This Week March 2. Anyone who missed last night's opening sets in the Vijay Iyer Mini Festival at the Walker Art ...

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Ernie Watts Joining Laurence Hobgood for Bistro Gig on Thursday, April 5

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
March 3, 2012

This just in: Veteran saxophonist Ernie Watts (pictured) will join pianist Laurence Hobgood for the latter's previously announced performance on Thursday, April 5 at Jazz at the Bistro. Watts has played with Hobgood in singer Kurt Elling's band, and also is known for his work as a solo artist and with Charlie Haden's Quartet West, the Rolling Stones, Frank Zappa, and many others. Performing with Hobgood and Watts will be bassist Matthew Rybicki, whose credits include work with Wynton Marsalis ...

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Luthea Salom Kicks Off The U.S. Release Of Her Third CD "Kick In The Head" At The Living Room In NYC

Source: Carol Green, Redwood Entertainment
March 3, 2012

New York, NY: Indie/Folk songstress Luthea Salom is a uniquely talented singer/songwriter with a distinct voice, a sly wit and a playfully engaging performance style. Hosting a CD release party in support of her third U.S. CD release, Kick in the Head, she will be appearing at The Living Room, New York City's venerable singer/songwriter music venue on the Lower East Side, on Friday, March 2, 2012, at 7:00 PM. “Luthea stands out from her peers." —Rolling Stone Magazine Luthea ...

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Juilliard Jazz Orchestra, Led by James Burton III, at the Blue Note Jazz Club on April 9th

Source: Lianna Dugan
March 2, 2012

The Juilliard Jazz Orchestra, led by James Burton III, will be appearing at the legendary Blue Note jazz club on Monday, April 9, 2012. Sets are at 8 PM and 10:30 PM. The Juilliard Jazz Orchestra, featuring some of the most talented emerging jazz artists, will be performing big band repertoire, plus new compositions. The Blue Note is located at 131 West 3rd Street. For tickets, call (212) 475-8592. FEATURING: Jordan Pettay, alto saxophone Andrew Olson, ...

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L.A.-Based Jazz Vocalist Judy Wexler Announces May Dates in New York and Boston

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
March 2, 2012

Los Angeles vocalist Judy Wexler, whose third CD Under a Painted Sky was released last year to glowing notices, will be making a rare East Coast foray in May. Her Boston debut will take place on Wednesday 5/9 at Scullers, and she's scheduled a return visit to New York City, where she's performed on several previous occasions, for a performance at Birdland on Thursday 5/10 (6pm set). Appearing with her at both shows will be pianist Jeff Colella, a stellar ...

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