Performance / Tour News

"Music To Melt To" As Line-Up For Anglesey's Summer Night Jazz Announced

Source: Gwen Sion
May 6, 2011

One of the UK's finest jazz singers and much loved performer, Clare Teal, has been announced as the headline act for Summer Night Jazz, an outdoor event to be held at National Trust's Plas Newydd Country House and Gardens on the Isle of Anglesey, North Wales on Saturday, 2 July 2011. Clare Teal and her band will be joined by rising star Amy Roberts and North Wales-based quintet Dr Jazz for a feast of traditional and contemporary jazz and big ...

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Next Week at The Cornelia Street Cafe- May 9-16

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

The Cornelia Street Café 29 Cornelia Street Greenwich Village, NYC 10014

Showtimes: Weeknights: 6:00 PM, 8:30 PM, 10:00 PM, Weekends: 6:00 PM, 9:00 PM and 10:30 PM

NEW Cover Charges + Minimums:  Sun-Thurs-$10 cover + $10 minimum, Fri-Sat-$15 cover + $10 minimum 

Monday, May 9, 8:30 PM  CLASSICAL AT THE CORNELIA! Simon Mulligan, solo piano the third performance of our new Classical at the Cornelia Series, pianist and musical director Simon Mulligan ...

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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Jazz, May 6-12

Source: JazzINK by Andrea Canter
May 6, 2011

Book signing, live recording sessions and a few visiting stars mark what is hopefully a truly spring weekend in the Twin Cities! Highlights, Last Week Connie Evingson at the Artists Quarter (4/29-30). It was long overdue that Connie would front her own band at the AQ, and from the first set she made it clear she was as comfortable in St Paul as in Minneapolis, Seattle or Stockholm. We heard samplings of her upcoming CD and Jungle Theater show, Summer ...

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The Average Price for a Concert Ticket? $31.57...

Source: Digital Music News
May 6, 2011

For all the complaining, this doesn't sound that bad, does it? The concert ticket average of $31.57 was calculated using data published by Pollstar, which tracks prices across more than 1,200 active tours in North America—from more than 30,000 detailed box office reports. Specifically, the average comes from 1,252 tours, across a timeframe that spans 12 months. The range of prices was absolutely massive. The cheapestticket belongs to Mindelixir, whose entrance was a very modest $3.55. On the high end, ...

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Blues Legend Joe Lewis Walker is Performing at Bull Run Restaurant in Shirley on Friday, May 6

Source: MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
May 6, 2011

Legendary blues guitarist Joe Lewis Walker is performing with special guest Murali Coryell at the Bull Run Restaurant in Shirley, Massachusetts on Friday, May 6, 2011 at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are $16 and can be purchased online. Walker, recently voted Most Outstanding Guitarist by “Living Blues" critics, was raised in San Francisco, where he learned to play from Lightnin Hopkins, Fred McDowell, Magic Sam and Earle Hooker. He also knew the city's famed rockers, including Carlos Santana, Sly Stone and ...

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Jazz is Back at Cafe Maude

Source: JazzINK by Andrea Canter
May 5, 2011

It's a rather odd place for modern music and for a while the music disappeared. But Café Maude in southwest Minneapolis is again sporting some of the most innovative sounds in town, once per week for now, and starting off with some of the most consistently creative jazz musicians on the scene. For the most part, jazz at Maude was a later night, weekend event through winter 2011, with the likes of Bryan Nichols, Adam Linz, Dean Granros, James Buckley ...

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Jazz This Week: Rudi Mwongozi, Denise Thimes with Llew Matthews, Jazz St. Louis All-Stars, and More

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
May 5, 2011

The jazz and creative and music scene in St. Louis usually is in transition this time of year, as the presenting season for many local not-for-profit organizations is winding down and the various summer tours, concert series and other seasonal activities have yet to get underway. Still, there are some noteworthy sounds happening around town this week, so let's go to the highlights. As graduation time approaches, the musical offerings this week at Jazz at the Bistro are all about ...

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Carman Moore and The Skymusic Ensemble May 8th - A Mother's Day Special

Source: Premik Russell Tubbs
May 5, 2011

This past Sunday, May 1st at Merkin Concert Hall the internationally-renowned Continuum, in being one of New York's oldest contemporary music-presenting organizations—in celebration of its 45th New York season, premiered major new works written for Continuum by 5 composers. Among those granted this honor was the very gifted, eclectic Carman Moore. The talent and vision of Mr. Moore is difficult to put into words. So what a treat it is for the communities of Huntington and surrounding LI towns this ...

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