Performance / Tour News

Jambalaya Brass band Returns to Dinosour Bar-B-Que (NYC) on February 17

Source: Carol Green, Redwood Entertainment
January 25, 2012

New York, NY—Jambalaya Brass Band will be performing in celebration of their hit CD release It's a Jungle Out There on Friday, February 17, 2012 from 10:00 PM to 1:00 AM at Harlem's world-renowned Dinosaur Bar-B-Que in NYC. At Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, along with tunes from their successful CD It's a Jungle Out There, Jambalaya Brass Band will be performing other original and traditional favorites. The band's foundation will be provided by Ron Caswell on Tuba, Washington Duke on Snare Drum, ...

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Muhal Meets the Warriors Part 1/4

Source: Ars Nova Workshop
January 25, 2012

Different Than The Different: Bobby Zankel and the Warriors of the Wonderful Sound meet Muhal Richard Abrams On April 28 at Montgomery County Community College, Bobby Zankel’s big band the Warriors of the Wonderful Sound will premiere a new piece written for the ensemble by legendary pianist/composer Muhal Richard Abrams. Recently, at his West Philadelphia home, Zankel discussed the warriors’ ten-year history, his own life in music, and the excitement of commissioning new music from one of jazz’s most ground-breaking ...

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Freddie Washington to Open Black Rep Concert Series on Sunday, January 29

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
January 25, 2012

Saxophonist Freddie Washington (pictured) and his group will be the first performers for a Sunday night concert series being presented by the Black Rep. Washington will kick off the series at 7:00 p.m. this Sunday, January 29 at the Grandel Theater. A mainstay on the local jazz scene from the 1960s through the mid-2000s, Washington recently returned to St. Louis after living in Dallas, Nashville and Atlanta. The Black Rep's marketing director Joe Hanrahan tells StLJN that Washington's concert is ...

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Wynton Marsalis Performs The Ballad of the American Arts in Philadelphia Honoring Jazz Appreciation Month, April 3

Source: Michael Ricci
January 24, 2012

Tickets on Sale Now! The Kimmel Center kicks off Jazz Appreciation Month with a special program, The Ballad of the American Arts, featuring Wynton Marsalis with members of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra in Verizon Hall on April 3, 2012 at 7:30pm. Jazz master Marsalis honors America's premier indigenous art form with a moving lecture and live performance. The lecture will examine the role of the arts in creating an American cultural identity, and includes performances featuring members of ...

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Joan Osborne: 2012 Tour, New Album

Source: JamBase
January 24, 2012

JOAN OSBORNE ANNOUNCES FIRST LEG OF NORTH AMERICAN TOUR Joan Osborne kicks off her national tour with two New York City Winery performances March 27 and March 28 that will feature her hits and new songs from her brand new album, Bring It On Home, due March 27 on Saguaro Road Records). The first leg of the tour continues through mid- April and includes markets such as Philadelphia, Charlotte, Nashville & Louisville. Ms. Osborne will hit the road again later ...

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Jazz in Progress/Monk in Motion Concert Series

Source: The Independent Ear by Willard Jenkins
January 24, 2012

New Year, New Voices in Jazz: Monk in Motion's Top Finalists Perform in NYC this Winter The BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center is proud to present the talented winners of this year's Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition in piano. We are especially proud to partner with Thelonious Monk Jazz Institute once again as they celebrate their 25th year of this remarkable competition! Announced in early September, this year's three finalists—Kristopher Bowers in First Place, Joshua White in Second Place and ...

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Jazz at Holmes Series Announces Winter/Spring 2012 Schedule

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
January 24, 2012

The Jazz at Holmes series at Washington University today announced via email their schedule of free concerts for the winter/spring 2012 semester. The series kicks off this Thursday, January 26 with a performance by vibraphonist Peter Schlamb (pictured) and his group, and continues through Thursday, April 12, when it will conclude with a show co-sponsored by the campus radio station KWUR featuring an artist yet to be announced. Here's the complete schedule:

Thursday, January 26: Peter Schlamb Group Thursday, February ...

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Anna Mjoll @ Vibrato Jan 29 2012 - Almost Sold Out !

Source: Anna Mjöll
January 23, 2012

Iceland's First Lady of Jazz, Miss Anna Mjoll plays another near-guaranteed sellout at Herb Alpert's Vibrato in Bel-Air Sunday, January 29th, 2012 at 8pm “The sweetest voice on the current Jazz scene. Period." —Arnaldo DeSouteiro “Lightly twisted, jazzy..." —Los Angeles Times Anna Mjoll By LA Weekly's Tom Meek Iceland's Anna Mjoll grew up in one of her country's leading musical families, eventually representing Iceland in the famed Eurovision Song Contest. She then joined the band of Julio Iglesias, touring worldwide ...

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