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A Love Electric Announce Summer Tour

Source: Calabro Music
July 4, 2011

Ropedope Records artist Todd Clouser and his quintet, A Love Electric, have announced their summer tour, spanning the upper midwest and east coast. The band's press release “A Love Electric, on leave from touring overseas and under the border, take their genre bending, “blistering neo-jazz rock (The Prague Post, June 2011)," “sporting avant flourishes and grooves galore (Minneapolis Star Tribune)" to the American road for their inaugural summer tour, an east coast heavy dog days of July run designed to ...

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Sade Performs at Boston TD Garden on Wednesday, July 6

Source: MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
July 4, 2011

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Dr. E Headlines Lansing JazzFest

Source: Dr. E
July 4, 2011

Listening to—and watching—the soulful, open-hearted, raw-yet-refined talent of Dr. E, audiences feel as she does: elevated. This Columbus, Ohio-based songstress is a fast-rising jazz and soul star who freely shares her resonating soul with her audiences, leaving them with a sense of freedom, connectedness, and inspiration. “We are all human and we want to feel connection to others; I do my best to do that," says Dr. E. Dr. E's many eclectic musical influences have evolved into an exciting style ...

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One Track Mind: Sarah Jarosz, "The Tourist" (2011)

Source: Something Else!
July 3, 2011

By Tom Johnson Do we need another Radiohead cover? Hasn't everything been said about Radiohead by artists from every corner of the music world? From Christopher O'Riley's albums of sleepy piano solos to premiere jazz pianist Brad Mehldau's definitive readings and the Bad Plus' rave-up of “Karma Police," or even Living Colour guitarist Vernon Reid's wild antics shown on “National Anthem," it kind of seems like maybe we've gotten enough new blood injected into Radiohead to see how important and ...

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Cuneiform Artists on Tour: July 2011

Source: Michael Ricci
July 2, 2011

The heat of summer tends to knock out most touring by smaller acts, but there's still a lot of information below. We post this information here at at All About Jazz once a month. You can always check our website for information that is updated weekly. Thank you for your interest. JASON ADASIEWICZ'S ROLLDOWN November 18—The Stone㬌 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street)—NYC, NY 10009 November 20—Cuneifest 2011—tba AFUCHE July 28—Cake Shop—NY,NY (with The Suite Unraveling) ...

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Rebirth Brass Band to Play Saturday, July 23 at Bandwagon Hall

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
July 2, 2011

New Orleans' Rebirth Brass Band (pictured) is returning to St. Louis for a concert at 9:30 p.m. Saturday, July 23 at Bandwagon Hall, 2151 Lemay Ferry Rd. in south county. While they're in town, RBB also will appear as guest performers with the Compton Heights Concert Band at two free outdoor concerts, on Sunday, July 24 at Francis Park and Monday, July 25 at Tower Grove Park. The RBB last played in St. Louis in October 2010 at The Gramophone. ...

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Concertsinyourhome Brings Artists and Fans Together for House Concerts

Source: HypeBot
July 1, 2011

A number of sites for artists to book shows were suggested to me after recently discussing DIYgigs.com. I wrote briefly about four of them but decided to save one, ConcertsInYourHome, for a separate post. The concept of intimate concerts in home settings is one that has interested me for awhile and I was glad to find out about Fran Snyder's site as well as related projects now drawn together by the ListeningRoomNetwork, DinnerAndSong and PeachGigs. The core of the growing ...

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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Jazz, July 1-8

Source: JazzINK by Andrea Canter
July 1, 2011

The best music deal in the Midwest this weekend is 300 miles south of the Twin Cities at the annual Iowa City Jazz Festival. If you don't have holiday plans yet, consider the 5-hour drive (4 lanes all the way!) as a shortcut to 2 ½ days of diverse jazz, starting off Friday night with student ensembles and culminating Sunday night in Randy Weston's African Rhythms Trio before the fireworks. In between, hear vocalist Carmen Bradford, trombone star Josh Roseman, ...

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