Performance / Tour News

Jazz in the Library: Rhonda Laurie Brings "Happy Days" to Small Town Audiences

Source: JazzINK by Andrea Canter
May 9, 2011

How did a gal raised in Queens end up singing Irving Berlin tunes in a library in Delano, MN? If you know Rhonda Laurie, the connection isn't that remote. The Twin Cities-based vocalist, teacher and former paralegal spent childhood summers in the Catskills where her grandfather performed vaudeville shows. She got another taste of musical theater performing and directing high school productions. Then there was that detour working as a paralegal on Wall Street, a career she finally abandoned after ...

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Carmen Lundy Makes Inaugural Appearance at Sculler's Jazz Club

Source: Dorothy Riley
May 9, 2011

Boston, Massachusetts (and its sister city across the Charles River, Cambridge) boasts the largest concentration of higher education students in the United States. Boston University, Northeastern University, Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T), and Emerson College mingle with smaller schools such as Simmons College and Wheelock College to make Boston truly a stronghold of education and knowledge on the East Coast. Representing the arts in education are The Institute Of Contemporary Art, the Berklee College Of Music and ...

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Stanley Clarke 60th Birthday Celebration Onstage in LA & NY

Source: Diane Hadley
May 9, 2011

Stanley Clarke is turning 60-years-old and he is celebrating as fans might expect—with live jazz. After several months on the road, he's bringing his Grammy Award-winning Stanley Clarke Band home to a Los Angeles for three nights of live performances at Hollywood's Catalina Jazz Club and then for six nights to The Blue Note in New York City. Special music friends will join the celebration for evenings of unforgettable jazz.

“I've spent a huge part of these last 60 years ...

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Santana and Michael Franti: North American Tour Dates

Source: JamBase
May 7, 2011

TOUR BEGINS AUGUST 25 IN AUBURN, WA Santana and Michael Franti & Spearhead have announced details of a North American tour set to begin August 25 in Auburn, WA. The tour will wrap up with an October 1 date at the Hollywood Bowl. Comedian George Lopez will be opening all dates which do not include Michael Franti & Spearhead. Full tour dates are below. TOUR DATES

08/25/11 Thu White River Amphitheater Auburn, WA * 08/26/11 Fri Northern Quest Casino Airway ...

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American Classics Performing Songs of Scott Joplin at Longy School in Cambridge on Saturday May 7

Source: MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
May 7, 2011

American Classics—a Boston group dedicated to exploring the time-capsule of original American music—is performing a special concert on the Rags and Songs of Scott Joplin at Pickman Concert Hall at Longy School of Music, on Saturday, May 7, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets to the show are $20 and can be purchased online or at the door. The hall is located at 27 Garden Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Joplin, who founded and perfected ragtime music, wrote over 40 ragtimes as ...

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Marcus Miller to Head All-Star Concert for Japan Tsunami Relief

Source: JamBase
May 7, 2011

FEATURING Q-TIP, QUESTLOVE, ANGELIQUE KIDJO, ROBERT GLASPER, VINCE WILBURN, RAUL MIDON, WALLACE RONEY, AND MORE World-renowned musician Marcus Miller is focusing his philanthropic and creative energies into assembling an amazing all-star concert to provide financial relief and support to those devastated by the recent tsunami tragedy in Japan. The concert is taking place Sunday May 15 at the Highline Ballroom in New York City from 7:30PM to 10PM. “Marcus Miller Presents: A Concert for Japanese Tsunami Relief" will feature performances ...

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Jazz St. Louis Announces Summer Series at Jazz at the Bistro

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

Jazz St. Louis today released the summer 2011 schedule for Jazz at the Bistro. In addition to the previously announced concert by the Jazz Crusaders on Saturday, June 11 at the Touhill Performing Arts Center, JSL will present St. Louis musicians on Fridays and Saturdays throughout June and July at the Bistro. Of particular note are the performances by Reggie and Mardra Thomas scheduled for July 15 and 16. That's because Reggie Thomas (pictured), who currently teaches at SIUE, has ...

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Annenberg Center Announces 40th Anniversary Season

Source: AAJ Staff
May 6, 2011

Philadelphia, PA—The Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, one of the nation's preeminent urban performing arts centers on a major university campus, celebrates 40 years of presenting world-renowned and emerging artists and companies during the 11/12 season. The home of Dance Celebration, the Philadelphia International Children's Festival, and the very stage where legendary Broadway directors Harold Prince and Joseph Papp premiered award-winning theatre productions, the Annenberg Center has brought some of the world's greatest musicians, dance troupes and theatre productions ...

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