Performance / Tour News

The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Jazz, September 16-22

Source: JazzINK by Andrea Canter
September 16, 2011

Sometimes the whole is greater than the sum of its parts, and that is often true in jazz where the ensemble sound and creativity transcend what any individual can bring to the stage or studio. Such is the coming week in Twin Cities jazz—perhaps more so than usual. A much anticipated collaboration, the new Bryan Nichols Trio debuts at the Artists Quarter this weekend (9/16-17) with Nichols on piano, Anthony Cox on bass and Dave King on drums. Nichols has ...

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Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Experience Fall Tour

Source: JamBase
September 16, 2011

EXPANDED TREK WILL LAUNCH OCTOBER 12 IN RIVERSIDE, CA AND RUN THROUGH NOVEMBER 18 IN CLEARWATER, FL The critically acclaimed concert, Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Experience, is expanding the previously announced fall North American tour through mid November. The complete trek will begin October 12 in Riverside, CA and finish November 18 in Clearwater, FL; the full fall itinerary is listed below. The show is a spectacular rock concert with iconic Led Zeppelin rock songs, stunning atmospheric video and light ...

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Segerstrom Center, Orange County, CA, Announces 2011-12 Jazz Schedule

Source: Larry Taylor
September 15, 2011

The 2011-12 jazz season for Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Orange County, California, kicks off Sept. 25 with the appearance of tenor sax great Sonny Rollins. Appearing here with his quintet, Rollins is one of the few pillars from the golden era of jazz 60 years ago. Following, Oct. 21 and 22, at the center will be the Miles Davis Experience, 1949-1959, a collaboration with Blue Note Records, featuring the Ambrose Akinmusire Quintet. They will appear in Segerstrom's intimate ...

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West African Band Burkina Electric Launches Nationwide Tour

Source: AMT Public Relations
September 15, 2011

Burkina Electric Led By Composer/Percussionist Lukas Ligeti “An irresistible brew of West African music and electronic."—New York Times BURKINA ELECTRIC 2011 Tour:

9/16 + 9/17 Globalquerque Festival, Albuquerque, NM 9/21 Yoshi's, Oakland, CA 9/23 Dore Theatre, California State University, Bakersfield, CA 9/24 Angel City Jazz Festival with DJ Spooky, Los Angeles, CA 9/25 Carlsbad Music Festiva, Carlsbad, CA 9/29 + 9/30 Williams College, Williamstown, MA 10/2 Farafina, New York City, NY

Led by renowned composer/percussionist Lukas Ligeti, Burkina ...

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Yes Legends Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman To Tour The US Fall 2011

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
September 15, 2011

Asheville, NC—Much to the delight of fortunate music fans in the Eastern part of North America, music legends and former YES members Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman will be playing a select number of engagements this coming Fall 2011. The legendary duo performed a series of successful concerts in the UK in 2010 in support of their critically acclaimed CD release The Living Tree, and are now bringing their highly anticipated show to America! Having worked together on and off ...

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Trumpeter/Composer Wadada Leo Smith Presents World Premiere of Civil Rights Opus "Ten Freedom Summers" with Golden Quartet and Southwest Chamber Music

Source: Braithwaite & Katz Communications
September 15, 2011

Trumpeter/Composer Wadada Leo Smith Presents World Premiere of Civil Rights Opus “Ten Freedom Summers" with Golden Quartet and Southwest Chamber Music Multi-Media Event October 28-30 at the REDCAT Theater in the Walt Disney Concert Hall Complex, Los Angeles Pre-concert discussion to include Smith, Southwest Chamber Music & Facing History and Ourselves A child of the South who was raised in the red-hot crucible of the civil rights movement, Wadada Leo Smith has long contemplated creating an epic-scale opus exploring the ...

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Hudson Valley Relief Concert: J. Sebastian, G. Hudson, Marco B

Source: JamBase
September 15, 2011

ALL PROCEEDS GO TO HUDSON VALLEY VICTIMS OF HURRICANE IRENE Radio Woodstock 100.1 and WACBIZ have announced a special Hudson Valley Artists Hurricane Relief Concert set for Sunday, September 18 at The Bearsville Theater in Woodstock, NY. All proceeds go to Hudson Valley victims of Hurricane Irene. Click here to get tickets and support a good cause. Lineup Roswell Rudd Warren Bernhardt Marco Benevento John Sebastian Larry Campbell & Teresa ...

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These United States | Philadelphia | Review | Pics

Source: JamBase
September 15, 2011

By Jake Krolick These United States :: 09.09.11 :: Johnny Brenda's:: Philadelphia, PA These United States are currently on tour with Southeast Engine—as winning a combo as JamBase can imagine. The bands play Pittsburgh (9/14), Hamilton, Ontario (9/15), Guelph, Ontario (9/16) and this Saturday (9/17) in Toronto and Sunday (9/18) in Buffalo, NY. Check out full dates for this tour here! These United States are road dusted and well-travelled. They crisscross the country two hundred times a year pausing briefly ...

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