Performance / Tour News

Interbay Jazz/BBQ Series Starts This Thursday

Source: Seattle Jazz Scene
July 7, 2011

The Summer Interbay Jazz and BBQ Series kicks off this Thursday with the Fred Hoadley Trio.

July 7: Fred Hoadley Trio July 14: Pearl Django July 21: Stick Shift Annie with Kimball and the Fugitives July 28: Scott Lindenmuth August 4: Leah Natalie & Ambience August 11: Pearl Django August 18: Garfield High Trio August 25: Gail Pettis

Seating begins at 5:00pm Music 5:30-8:30pm ...

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Jazz This Week: A Tribute to Mae Wheeler, Legacy Jazz Quintet, Dave Black, Ritmo Caliente, and More

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
July 7, 2011

It's not a big week for name-brand touring jazz musicians in St. Louis, but local and regional players are keeping area stages relatively well-stocked with a variety of musical projects in styles ranging from straight-ahead to Latin jazz to original compositions in several different genres. Let's see what's coming up over the next few days... Tonight, saxophonist Jeff Riley, a recent transplant to St. Louis who's from Cincinnati by way of Colorado, is having a CD release party at The ...

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Jazz Around Town: While Technology May Fail Me, the Jazz Goes On Anyway....

Source: Jazz@Rochester
July 7, 2011

Thursday, July 7, 2011 The Swooners @ Bistro 135, 6:00 pm Joe Santora Trio with Emily Kirchoff @ Michael's Valley Grill, 7:00 pm Groove Dogs @ Little Theatre Cafe, 7:30 pm

Friday, July 8, 2011 Bobby Dibaudo Trio @ Bistro 135, 6:00 pm Ryan T Carey & El Rojo Jazz Band @ Thali of India, 7:00 pm Joe Santora Trio with Emily Kirchoff @ Michael's Valley Grill, 7:00 pm Adrian DiMatteo @ Hogan's Hideaway, 7:00 pm Ted Nicolosi and Shared ...

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Hawkeye Jazz

Source: JazzINK by Andrea Canter
July 6, 2011

There are many things that make me proud to be an Iowa Hawkeye. First, from a relatively young age, I always liked the University of Iowa's Herky the Hawk mascot. He wasn't politically controversial, he wasn't a wimpy sort of bird, and over the years he has survived redesign to keep him “hip." Then there's the university itself, my alma mater, with the nation's (or world's?) best creative writing program, the famed Iowa Writers Workshop. Iowa gave the nation Herbert ...

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Blondie: North American Tour

Source: JamBase
July 6, 2011

TOUR STARTS SEPTEMBER 4; NEW ALBUM OUT SEPTEMBER 13 Blondie has announced a North American Fall tour behind their 9th studio album, Panic of Girls, set for release on September 13, 2011, via the band's own imprint. With an impressive new collection of songs and a sound more recognizable than ever, Debbie Harry, Clem Burke and Chris Stein, along with newer band members Leigh Foxx, Tommy Kessler and Matt Katz-Bohen, will kick off the tour on September 4. The band ...

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Glen Grant Presents: Marcus Goldhaber with The Jon Davis Trio @ Opia on June 25th & July 25th

Source: AMP3 Public Relations
July 5, 2011

NEW YORK, NY—This summer, Singer/Songwriter Marcus Goldhaber and The Jon Davis Trio will be returning to Opia for two more shows: Monday, July 25th and Monday, August 29th, performing two sets at 7:30pm and 9:00pm, respectively. This limited event series is presented by Glen Grant scotch in partnership with Opia—a restaurant & lounge in the mezzanine of the Renaissance Hotel. There is no cover charge for the events, which will feature live jazz including both standards and new original music ...

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This Week at The Cornelia Street Cafe: July 5-11

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
July 5, 2011

July 5-7: Jean Rohe Curates The Global Living Room Festival: The Global Living Room Series is a monthly international music event at the Cornelia Street Café. It features artists from New York City's vast melting pot, playing music from all over the world. Curated by singer/composer Jean Rohe, the concert calendar is eclectic, representing sounds from any and all places that music is made-sometimes in conversation with one another-and spanning the traditional to the innovative. With Jean's genre-bending ensemble as ...

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Henry Grimes and Wadada Leo Smith Offer a Rare Acoustic Duo Concert in NYC on July 10th

Source: Margaret Davis Grimes
July 4, 2011

On Sunday, July 10th, 2011 starting promptly at 6:30 p.m., continuing an artistic collaboration that started last October in California, two legendary and visionary musicians, Henry Grimes (upright bass, violin, poetry) and Wadada Leo Smith (trumpets), will offer a rare acoustic duo concert at Zurcher Studio, 33 Bleecker St. betw. Lafayette & Bowery one block above Houston St. and just opposite Mott St. Admission is $20 ($10 for low-income persons), phone 212-777-0790. From the late 50s throughout the 60s, after ...

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