Performance / Tour News

Stix Bones & The Bone Squad Live At The Paradise Theater

Source: Carol Green, Redwood Entertainment
June 7, 2011

New York, NY—Stix Bones and the Bone Squad will be performing live on Saturday, June 18, 2011, from 7:30 to 10:00 PM, at the legendary Paradise Theater's Jazz Night on the Grand Concourse in the Bronx. Built in 1929, The Paradise Theater is the 23d largest movie theater ever to be built in the US and was one of the last entertainment 'palaces' built by the Hollywood movie moguls of the 20s. Recently renovated, this historical landmark is under new ...

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Darcy James Argue To Tour Canada With His 18-piece Big Band Secret Society

Source: Vivo Musique Internationale
June 7, 2011

First Canadian performances by JUNO and GRAMMY® nominated ensemble Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Canadian-born Darcy James Argue and his 18-piece big band Secret Society will embark on a four-city tour of prominent Canadian jazz festivals during the month of June, 2011. These are the first Canadian appearances for Secret Society, an ensemble that includes four other Canadian musicians who now make New York their home: Ingrid Jensen, trumpet (Vancouver/Nanaimo), David Smith, trumpet (Toronto), Mike Fahie, trombone (Ottawa) and Gordon Webster, ...

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This Week at The Cornelia Street Cafe, June 6-13

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
June 6, 2011

Monday, June 6, 8:30 PM 

AMRAM & CO

Tuesday, June 7, 8:30 PM 

Julie Hardy Presents—BLUE TUESDAYS: DOMINIQUE EADE Dominique Eade, vocals; Brad Shepik, guitar

Wednesday, June 8, 6:00 PM 

THE JULIAN POLLACK 6 Julian Pollack, piano, composition; Phil Dizack, trumpet; Chase Baird, tenor saxophone; Perry Smith, guitar; Martin Nevin, bass; Ziv Ravitz, drums 

Thursday, Jun 9, 8:30 PM 

CLONING AMERICANA Scott Lee, bass, compositions; Billy Drewes, reeds, compositions; Gary Versace, piano; Jeff Hirshfield, drums.  The ...

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Zen Boogie Returns To JAX In Glendale For Another Four Course Performance!

Source: Robert Linden
June 6, 2011

Zen Boogie returns to JAX for another extended sit-down performance at this popular Glendale restaurant-club. Last time so many people stayed from beginning to end that they had trouble seating new guests for dinner. The band had a complete blast playing through their roster of songs and trying new material in this more relaxed setting. There's NO COVER, and the dinner is excellent (and reasonably priced)! Zen Boogie was one of the official bands of the 2011 LA Marathon, having ...

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Zen Boogie Celebrates Lead Singers Birthday At Sunset Strips Cat Club

Source: Robert Linden
June 5, 2011

Zen Boogie is bringing it's eclectic mix of Jazz, Blues, Rock and Country back to the Sunset Strip! Lead singer Robert Linden is having a birthday, so the band is throwing a massive party at the Cat Club on Sunset to celebrate. Zen Boogie was one of the official bands of the 2011 LA Marathon, having been voted “Best Jazz Ensemble" at the Malibu Music Awards, and also a recent finalist at the LA Music Awards. Known by their fans ...

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Lisle Atkinson's Neo Bass Ensemble Meets "Ellington" Featuring Valerie Capers, Danny Mixon And Richard Wyands @ Symphony Space, June 10, 8pm

Source: The Cinarae Group
June 5, 2011

Lisle Atkinson's NEO BASS Ensemble, a unique, multi-bass ensemble, features the bass as “lead" instrument, putting the full range of the double bass on display: from lead instrument, harmonic front line, solo and rhythm section. Founded by well- respected leader, Lisle Atkinson and his wife and fellow bassist, Karen Atkinson, The NEO BASS Ensemble's annual summer fetes at Symphony Space have featured such stellar Jazz names as Ron Carter and Richard Davis. In its' 11th year, NEO BASS Meets ELLINGTON ...

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AACM | John Szwed on the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians

Source: Ars Nova Workshop
June 4, 2011

For Ars Nova Workshop's AACM: Great Black Music Festival, we've asked several leading jazz scholars and journalists to engage performers in a series of pre-concert public discussions about the history, present, and future of the AACM. At 6pm on Saturday, June 4 at Philadelphia Art Alliance, Sun Ra and Alan Lomax biographer and Columbia University professor John Szwed will talk with first generation AACM member Wadada Leo Smith, whose solo performance following the discussion will kick off the 5-concert festival. ...

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Tamela D'Amico brings jazz to Tian at the Riverbank in Harlem for Make Music NY June 21

Source: Tamela D'Amico
June 4, 2011

Jazz artist Tamela D'Amico will be joined by her septet at the newly opened venue Tian at the Riverbank in Harlem. She has been gaining a great deal of attention as a formidable song stylist and highly appealing jazz singer. She will be performing fresh arrangements of standards from her CD Got A Little Story, her recent single “Down With Love," and originals co-written with singer/songwriter Billy Vera at Tian at the Riverbank as part of Make Music New York ...

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