Performance / Tour News

Jazz Vocalist Jon Regen Performs at Scullers on Wednesday, September 21

Source: MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
September 21, 2011

Jazz vocalist, pianist and songwriter Jon Regan is performing at Scullers Jazz Club in Boston on Wednesday, September 21, 2011 at 8:00 p.m. Tickets to the show are $20 and can be purchased online. Based in New York City, Regan studied with legendary pianist Kenny Barron. His latest album, Revolution, has ten original compositions, is being hailed as a masterpiece of invention, musicality and verve. Scullers Jazz Club at the Doubletree Suites by Hilton Hotels, is considered one of the ...

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Bruce Hornsby | Arcata | Review | Pics

Source: JamBase
September 21, 2011

By James Martin Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers :: 09.15.11 :: Van Duzer Theatre :: Arcata, CA Bruce Hornsby is a musician who needs no introduction, with notable, well known turns in Bruce Hornsby and the Range, the Grateful Dead, The Other Ones, Ricky Skaggs's band, amongst other collaborations, forming a musical career that has spanned over 37 years. Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers entertained the crowd at the intimate Van Duzer Theatre on a Thursday night for over two ...

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Two for the Show Media Artist Dafnis Prieto Named Macarthur Fellow.

Source: Two for the Show Media
September 21, 2011

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has named Dafnis Prieto, a drummer and composer with gripping rhythmic command and an original vision of Latin jazz, as one of 22 new MacArthur Fellows for 2011. In a phone call he received upon returning from a European tour, Prieto learned he had received the award worth $500,000, distributed quarterly over five years. The MacArthur Fellowship, often unofficially called the “genius grant," comes with no restrictions on spending, as it is ...

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Two Guitar Virtuosos Announce West Coast Tour

Source: Josh Vittek
September 21, 2011

Los Angeles, CA: Chart topping jazz guitarist Richard Smith and internationally awarded, classical guitarist Francesco Buzzurro announced today their first West Coast tour to support their new recording, Un Mondo, Due Chitarre. October: 6 Mission Viejo, CA—KSBR 88.5 radio live interview and performance, 3-6 8 Modesto, CA—Global Music Live concert 9 Stockton, CA—Pacific Italian Alliance concert 10 Stockton, CA University of the PACIFIC master class 11 Roseburg, OR—Guitar Summit (withDon Latarski) concert ...

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The Ted Rosenthal Trio Releases "Out of This World" on Playscape Recordings.

Source: Two for the Show Media
September 20, 2011

It would be an understatement to say there is no shortage of pianistic interpretations of the ageless contributions of Gershwin, Rodgers and Hammerstein/Hart, Cole Porter, et. al. So any pianist who dares to take on that canon anew had better have something fresh to say about it. Ted Rosenthal does. On Out Of This World (Playscape Recordings), the new collection featuring Rosenthal on piano, bassist Noriko Ueda and Quincy Davis on drums, 10 timeless classics from the golden era of ...

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Eastside Jazz Club Moves to New Venue Starting Tonight

Source: Seattle Jazz Scene
September 20, 2011

The Eastside Jazz Club, the monthly concert organized by Lionel and Cooksie Kramer, were forced to find a new venue after the closing of the Bellevue Sherman Clay store. Their first concert at the Bellevue Courtyard by Marriott hotel is tonight.

Tonight they welcome vocalist Greta Matassa and her group joined by Susan Pascal on vibes.

A Light menu is available for purchase from the Hotel, as well as free parking on P3. Ticket Prices $12, Students 18 and under ...

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SFJAZZ Presents Pamela Rose's Multimedia "Wild Women of Song," Sat. Nov. 12

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
September 20, 2011

In the two years since Pamela Rose released her CD Wild Women of Song: Great Gal Composers of the Jazz Era, the jazz and blues vocalist has been gratified to observe her music and the research behind it taking on an exuberant life of its own. Just last weekend she brought Wild Women to the Monterey Jazz Festival. Now Rose's internationally acclaimed and ever-expanding multimedia Wild Women show, which celebrates the lives, times, and music of the unheralded women songwriters ...

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Kelley Suttenfield: Mondays With The Masters Concert Series - 9/19, 9/26, 10/3, 10/10

Source: Kelley Suttenfield
September 20, 2011

On four consecutive Mondays this Fall, jazz vocalist Kelley Suttenfield will take to the stage of the Metropolitan Room in a series called “Mondays with the Masters." Suttenfield, New York based with Southern roots, is known internationally as an offbeat, jazz storyteller with an unusual spin on American music, and a diverse repertoire ranging from the Beatles, to Brazilian standards and beyond. She expanded her fan base recently to London, where she debuted at Ronnie Scott's in January 2011. She ...

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