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Tedeschi Trucks Band | Summer Tour | Review | Pics

Source: JamBase
September 23, 2011

By Joe Roman The Tedeschi Trucks Band played three great shows at the Pittsburgh Blues Festival on 07.23.11, the Tower Theatre in Upper Darby, PA on 08.18.11, and Hot August Blues Festival in Cockeysville, MD on 08.20.11 as part of their extensive summer tour promoting their debut album, Revelator (for more on the album and this band check out the JamBase interview with Derek & Susan here). The band resumes touring on October 14 in Brookville, NY. Find full tour ...

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Kamau Daaood, Live at Morono Kiang Gallery in Los Angeles

Source: Elzo Rillo
September 22, 2011

Legendary Los Angeles poet Kamau Daaood will be performing live at Morono Kiang Gallery on Saturday October 8, 2011 at 7:00 pm sharp! Mr. Daaood will be accompanied by Bassist Mr. Trevor Ware Kamau Daaood's performance is part of Listen With Your Eyes, A Celebration of Jazz in L.A. Special thanks to Alden Kimbrough for his help and support. Admission to this event is FREE RSVP REQUIRED: [email protected] 218 West 3rd Street, Bradbury Building Los Angeles, ...

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Audrey Morris to appear in "Best of American Songbook" at the Cab Room, produced by LMG

Source: Lampkin Publicity Service
September 23, 2011

Lampkin Music Group are excited to bring cabaret to the newly renovated STAGE 773 CABARET ROOM (1225 West Belmont Street, Chicago, IL, 773-327-5252) in a series of Saturday night concerts, concluding with a New Year's Eve performance featuring Chicago favorite Hollis Resnik with musical director Doug Peck. The series opens on Saturday, October 1st at 8:00 pm, featuring Chicago songbird Audrey Morris performing “The Best of the American Songbook." Audrey Morris grew up on the South Side of Chicago, where ...

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The Little Willies: Fall Dates, New Album January 2012

Source: JamBase
September 22, 2011

BAND PLANS SHOWS AT BROOKLYN'S BELL HOUSE (10/26) & WORLD CAFE LIVE IN PHILADELPHIA (10/28) The Little Willies have reconvened to record For The Good Times, the rousing follow-up to their eponymous 2006 debut, which will be released by EMI's Milking Bull Records in January 2012. The band will be previewing songs from the new album at a few select shows this fall. Check below for all the dates. The Little Willies are Lee Alexander (bass), Jim Campilongo (guitar), Norah ...

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The Mother Hips | 20th Anniversary | Review | Pics

Source: JamBase
September 22, 2011

By Dennis Cook The Mother Hips :: 09.09.11-09.11.11 :: 20th Anniversary Weekend :: Chico, CA Few acts have aged more gracefully than Northern California's premiere people's rock unit The Mother Hips, who gathered with their most faithful followers in Chico for a 20th Anniversary celebration that stretched over three days. As together and charismatic a band as one could want, the Hips reveled in their rich, varied, history with a house party on Friday, the main headlining concert at movie-theatre-turned-music-hall ...

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Larry Goldings, Peter Bernstein, Bill Stewart at the Jazz Standard - October 7th thru 9th, 2011.

Source: Two for the Show Media
September 22, 2011

Larry Goldings—Hammond B-3 Organ Peter Bernstein—guitar Bill Stewart—drums In noting the various billings of this trio, Nate Chinen wrote in the New York Times that “Two of the best organ trios of the last decade have featured the same three players." With his signature Hammond organ style and multi-keyboard versatility, Larry Goldings has traversed a rainbow highway of music lending his distinctive playing for recordings by Christina Aguilera, Tracy Chapman, Robben Ford, Herbie Hancock, Al Jarreau, Norah Jones, and as ...

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Matthew Shipp Trio Celebrates Art of the Improviser at the Stone October 7th and 8th

Source: Chris Rich
September 21, 2011

As a part of Thirsty Ear Recordings' two week celebration of jazz at the Stone in New York City, titled “NY NOW!" and curated by label president Peter Gordon, the Matthew Shipp Trio will be performing music from Matthew Shipp's 2011 release “Art of the Improviser," with Michael Bisio on bass and Whit Dickey on drums. Art of the Improviser, released February 22, 2011, has received unprecedented coverage and proven itself as one of the most compelling and monumental jazz ...

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Blues Singer Shemekia Copeland Performs at Regattabar on Wednesday, September 21

Source: MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
September 21, 2011

Powerful blues singer Shemekia Copeland is performing at the Regattabar Jazz Club in Harvard Square on Wednesday, September 21, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 and can be purchased online or at the door. Copeland, born in Harlem in 1979, is a talented young singer who has performed around the world, opening for the Rolling Stones and headlining the Chicago Blues Festival. Located at the Charles Hotel in Harvard Square, the Regattabar Jazz Club has a great schedule of ...

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