Performance / Tour News

Earth, Wind and Fire Performing in Boston and Tanglewood This Weekend

Source: MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
June 25, 2011

Earth, Wind and Fire, the legendary jazz-funk-soul band, is performing two shows in Massachusetts this weekend, as part of its 40th anniversary World Tour. On Friday, June 24 at 8:00 p.m. the band performs at the Bank of America Pavilion along Boston's waterfront. Tickets to the show are $45—$100 and can be purchased online or at the gate. Then on Saturday, June 25 at 7:00 p.m., Earth, Wind & Fire performs at at Koussevitzky Music Shed at Tanglewood in Lenox. ...

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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Jazz, June 24-30

Source: JazzINK by Andrea Canter
June 25, 2011

I can make this task much easier this week—just go to the Twin Cities Jazz Festival, starting with Jazz Night Out tonight (6/23) and going through the post-festival gig at the Artists Quarter Sunday night (6/26) with bass heavyweights, John Patitucci and our own Billy Peterson. In between, it's Gary Burton's New Quartet (6/24) and Danilo Perez Trio with Patitucci and Adam Cruz (6/25) heading a line-up covering three outdoor stages and numerous club stages. Note particularly the scheduling at ...

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Jazz Hang: Tangabrazo. Wow!

Source: Seattle Jazz Scene
June 24, 2011

By Katy Bourne

As a writer, it is sometimes very difficult to capture the riveting loveliness of an experience and translate it into mere words. This is the dilemma that I am confronted with now as I attempt to write about a very enchanting band that I had the pleasure of hearing last night at Bake's Place. I am talking about Ben Thomas and his magical group Tangabrazo.

As the name suggests, Tangabrazo plays tango music or, more specifically, the ...

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Bonerama to Play at the Sheldon on Sunday, July 31

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
June 23, 2011

The Sheldon Concert Hall and The Gramophone are joining forces to present the New Orleans band Bonerama (pictured) in a performance at 7:30 p.m., Sunday, July 31 in the Sheldon's upstairs ballroom. Founded by trombonists Mark Mullins and Craig Klein, both veterans of Harry Connick, Jr's band, Bonerama features a front line of four trombones and blends traditional New Orleans jazz and brass band sounds with rock, funk, free improv and more. The group's last appearance in St. Louis was ...

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Bela Fleck and the Flecktones: Summer Tour Dates

Source: JamBase
June 23, 2011

BELA FLECK AND THE FLECKTONES ADD SUMMER DATES IN SUPPORT OF ROCKET SCIENCE Bela Fleck and the Flecktones have added a slew of Summer tour dates in support of the recent release, Rocket Science. The highly anticipated reunion record, which marks their first recording together in 20 years, immediately jumped to #1 on both Billboard's Jazz Chart, Soundscan's Jazz Chart, and iTunes' Jazz Chart. The Flecktones' North American tour, which features Bela Fleck (banjo), Howard Levy (piano/harmonica), Victor Wooten (bass), ...

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Jeff Beck: North American Tour

Source: JamBase
June 23, 2011

JEFF BECK ANNOUNCES CANADIANDATES; TOUR ALSO INCLUDES FOUR WEST COAST U.S. DATES; TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY, JUNE 24 Jeff Beck, guitarist extraordinaire and rock icon, who recently captured three more Grammy Awards at the 2011 ceremony in Los Angeles, announces the launch of a fall Canadian tour starting on October 12 in Halifax, Nova Scotia and finishing on October 27 in Vancouver. In addition, four U.S. dates are scheduled for the great Northwest immediately following the Canadian portion, starting in ...

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Jazz This Week: Norman Brown and Richard Elliot, Denise Thimes, Monterey County All-Star Band, and More

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
June 23, 2011

It's jazz festival season in many parts of the US and Europe, so touring jazz groups are bit thin on the ground this time of year in non-festival cities like St. Louis. Still, with many local summer free concert series underway and local musicians at the usual venues, there's a pretty decent variety of live jazz happening around town over the next few days. Here's a look at some of the most noteworthy upcoming events: On Thursday, the Funky Butt ...

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Jazz Around Town: Back to Your Regularly Scheduled Programming ....

Source: Jazz@Rochester
June 23, 2011

Thursday, June 23, 2011 Katie Ernst @ Hochstein at High Falls Summer Concert Series, Granite Mills Park (Platt/Browns Race, Downtown), 12:15 pm Jazz Dawgs @ Bistro 135, 6:30 pm Joe Santora Trio with Emily Kirchoff @ Michael's Valley Grill, 7:00 pm Babik @ Geneseo Community College Center for the Arts, Stuart Steiner Theatre, 7:30 pm Jim Nugent Trio @ Little Theatre Cafe, 7:30 pm

Friday, June 24, 2011 Johnny Matt Band with Jon Seiger @ Wegmans-Eastway, 5:30 pm Rick Holland ...

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