Performance / Tour News

Jazz-Fusion All-Star Trio Scott Henderson Jeff Berlin Mike Clark To Tour The US

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
August 26, 2011

Clearwater, FL—One of the most highly anticipated tours of 2011 featuring jazz-fusion legends Scott Henderson, Jeff Berlin and Mike Clark will commence on Sept 14th. The power trio promises to deliver an evening full of depth-defying virtuosic performances guaranteed to thrill and inspire all that attend. “Henderson-Berlin-Clark are the Clapton-Bruce-Baker of fusion music!" says Jeff Berlin Scott Henderson is considered one of the premier jazz-fusion guitarists performing on the planet today. Although Henderson claims to be more of a blues-rock ...

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Twin Cities Jazz Week in Review, August 19-25

Source: JazzINK by Andrea Canter
August 26, 2011

Some special music this week, from some of our youngest artists, and from one of our oldest-still working veterans. And a few in-between. Miguel Hurtado Sextet at the Artists Quarter, August 19. In his teens he was a frequent participant in the Twin Cities Jazz Festival. Now the Manhattan School of Music graduate is making his mark not only as a performer but as an astute bandleader. Bringing back most of the band that turned ears at the 2011 Twin ...

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Jazz This Week: Return to Forever IV with Zappa Plays Zappa, Wild Cool and Swingin', and More

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
August 26, 2011

While indie rock fans at least have this weekend's LouFest to enliven their late August existence, jazz and creative music listeners in St. Louis have fewer options during the annual interregnum between the end of various summer concert series and the start of the fall presenting season. But rather than complain about what's not happening, instead let's call attention to those intrepid jazz musicians who are treading the proverbial boards to bring us some cool sounds during these dog days. ...

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Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra to Celebrate 10th Anniversary Season in 2011/12

Source: Two for the Show Media
August 26, 2011

NEW YORK—The Afro Latin Jazz Alliance announced today that it will celebrate the 10th Anniversary season of the GRAMMY Award-winning Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra (ALJO), directed by Arturo O'Farrill, in 2011/12 at Symphony Space on Manhattan's Upper West Side. The ALJO will present three landmark programs to celebrate its first decade of existence. On October 14 and 15, the Orchestra will pay tribute to Andy and Jerry González, founders of the pioneering, Bronx-born Fort Apache Band and arguably the most ...

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Vocalist Dana Lauren to Perform at Scullers Jazz Club on September 27th, 2011.

Source: Two for the Show Media
August 26, 2011

September 27, 2011 Show: $18 Dinner & Show: $60 Show time: 8pm In 2006 jazz vocalist Dana Lauren made her debut at Scullers with Arturo Sandoval and since then, the now 23 year old has performed at some of the Nation's most prestigious jazz venues, recorded two albums, was a semi-finalist in the 2010 Thelonious Monk International Vocal Jazz Competition and is a recent graduate of Berklee College of Music. Dana Lauren's latest CD ...

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Jazz Around Town: I Quake at the Amount of Jazz in Town...

Source: Jazz@Rochester
August 25, 2011

So, did the earth move for you?  As a former dweller in Southern California, I tend not to feel them (not to mention the jackhammers going outside my office windows that day).

Friday, August 26, 2011 Johnny Matt Band with Jon Seiger @ Wegmans, Eastway, 5:30 pm The Po Boys Brass Band with String of Pearls @ Abilene, 6:00 pm Ted Nicolosi and Shared Genes @ Bistro 135, 6:00 pm DjanGoners @ Geneseo Village Park, 7:00 pm Barry Tee Trio ...

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The 9th Annual Festival of New Trumpet Music Celebrates Kenny Wheeler at The Jazz Standard

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
August 26, 2011

THE 9TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF NEW TRUMPET MUSIC CELEBRATES TRUMPETER/COMPOSER KENNY WHEELER AT THE JAZZ STANDARD (New York City, NY)—JAZZ STANDARD, one of the nation's premier jazz clubs, presents the 9th Annual Festival of New Trumpet Music (FONT) series, “Kenny Wheeler Celebration," from Thursday, October 20, through Sunday, October 23, 2011. Program schedule and artist bios are outlined below. The FONT series celebrates Kenny Wheeler, one of the most creative and iconic of progressive trumpeters. Wheeler, a Canadian residing in ...

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Thirsty Ear at The Stone (NYC) October 1st to the 15th

Source: Chris Rich
August 25, 2011

Tapping into the vast resources of Thirsty Ear's much-heralded Blue Series, President Peter Gordon will be curating two weeks at The Stone, from October 1st to October 15th. From free jazz masters, legends in their own time, to some of the most innovative hip-hop and electronic music producers, to individuals whose music defies any such labeling, the artists of Blue Series have pushed the envelope of the avant-garde and their compositions have come to encompass some of the most exciting ...

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