Performance / Tour News

Jazz Arts Group Presents "Hit the Road, Jack: The Music of Ray Charles" Featuring Sarah Morrow & Roger Hines

Source: Michael Ricci
December 22, 2011

Columbus, OH The Jazz Arts Group's Inside Track series returns to the Lincoln Theatre with the Columbus Jazz Orchestra's “Hit the Road, Jack: The Music of Ray Charles," January 27-28, 2012 featuring Ray Charles alumni Sarah Morrow and Roger Hines as they pay tribute to “The Genius of Soul." With perfect pitch and an expressive voice, he combined worlds as diverse as jazz, country, rhythm and blues, and gospel to break your heart or make you dance. To this day, ...

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Jazz This Week: Bhob Rainey, Rodney Lancaster and Doug Bert, Marcus Baylor and Free Day, and More

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
December 22, 2011

As one might expect given that a number of local venues are closed for the Christmas holidays, the calendar of live jazz and creative music in St. Louis is a bit sparse over the next week, but there still are a few performances worth noting wrapped around the holiday weekend. Let's go to the highlights... On Thursday night, the annual “Noel-A-Thon" concert takes place at BB's Jazz Blues and Soups. The seven-hour show features an eclectic mix of St. Louis ...

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Jazz Around Town: (Not) Home for the Holidays

Source: Jazz@Rochester
December 22, 2011

Thursday, December 22, 2011 Jazz & Wine Happy Hour with The Swooners @ Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 5:00 pm Anthony Gianavola @ Lemoncello, 6:00 pm Bob Sneider @ Bistro 135, 6:00 pm Joe Santora Trio with Emily Kirchoff @ Michael's Valley Grill, 7:00 pm Mike Kaupa Duo Project @ Little Theatre Cafe, 7:30 pm Fred Costello & Roger Eckers Duo @ Portobello Restaurant, 8:30 pm Oliver Haynes' Perceptions @ Tala Vera Cantina, 8:30 pm

Friday, December 23, 2011 Johnny Matt ...

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Singer Samantha Farrell Performs at Bond Lounge at Langham Boston Hotel on Wednesday, December 21

Source: MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
December 21, 2011

Jazz vocalist Samantha Farrell has a return engagement at BOND Lounge at Boston Langham Hotel on Wednesday, December 21, 2011 from 7:00㬆:00 p.m. The singer/songwriter, originally from Boston and now living in Los Angeles, has been described by Ben Evans of the Huffington Post as possessing “a liquor-honey voice, deft guitar work and slightly melancholic tones that meld to form an arching and elegant aural tapestry." Samantha's show is part of the new BOND Jazz Experiment that features upcoming and ...

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The 5th Season of Brooklyn Jazz Wide Open Continues With Briggan Krauss featuring Jim Black!

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
December 21, 2011

CONNECTION WORKS PRESENTS The 5th Season of Brooklyn Jazz Wide Open @ The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music Concert Hall The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music 58 Seventh Ave (at Lincoln Place) Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY, Tel 718 622 3300, reduced admission! Concert of the 2011-2012 season Saturday, January 14, 2012, 8:00 PM The Briggan Krauss Quartet Featuring: Briggan Krauss—alto saxophone Teddy Klausner—piano John Hebert—bass + Jim Black—drums ...

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North Carolina Symphony Presents "The Music of Billy Joel" and More, Jan. 20-22

Source: Arthur Ryel-Lindsey
December 20, 2011

The North Carolina Symphony welcomes Michael Cavanaugh, star of the smash-hit Broadway musical Movin' Out, to Raleigh for three high-energy salutes to an all-time rock favorite, Billy Joel. “The Music of Billy Joel," led by Associate Conductor Sarah Hicks, takes place at Meymandi Concert Hall in downtown Raleigh's Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 20-21, 2012, at 8:00 p.m. A special matinee performance follows on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012, at 3:00 p.m. Cavanaugh, handpicked ...

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Ars Nova Workshop's Spring 2012 Season

Source: Ars Nova Workshop
December 20, 2011

Ars Nova Workshop's 13th year is coming soon! We wrapped up our 2011 season in late-November with two maximum capacity concerts by Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog and a double-header with Jason Adasiewicz's Rolldown and the Claudia Quintet + 1. Thanks to everyone who came out to support ANW this year, and we wish you all a wonderful holiday season. ANW kicks off its 2012 season on January 19th with the Philadelphia debut of the Nate Wooley Quintet Alpha at The ...

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Yemen Blues To Share Unique Musical Vision At Painted Bride On January 7th

Source: Michael Ricci
December 19, 2011

Philadelphia, PA—Philadelphia's leading presenter of groundbreaking artists, Painted Bride, takes you on a journey of alternative world culture on Jan. 7 with YEMEN BLUES—an international ensemble of nine top-flight musicians from Israel, Uruguay and New York. Led by Israeli vocalist-gimbri player Ravid Kahalani (band member to Idan Raichel), YEMEN BLUES creates a poetic hybrid groove and is hailed as “one of the exciting world music bands..." by Time Out Chicago. YEMEN BLUES, currently on tour in North America, is a ...

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