Performance / Tour News

Grubb - Gypsy Roma Urban Balkan Beats, the North American Premia Re of a Humanitarian Musical Show

Source: AAJ Staff
April 12, 2011

The 32nd edition of the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal presents GRUBB Gypsy Roma Urban Balkan Beats, the North American première of a humanitarian musical show Tickets now on sale Montreal, Monday, April 11, 2011—Twenty-two Serbians between the ages of 13 and 17 in America for the first time. A melody. Slow, bewitching, with a slight Arabic flavour. The voice of a young boy from this century, yet identical to a voice one might have heard a thousand years ...

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Phish Add Summer Dates

Source: JamBase
April 12, 2011

NEW DATES INCLUDE FIRST-EVER HOLLYWOOD BOWL CONCERT, FIRST SHOWS IN LAKE TAHOE, TWO NIGHTS AT THE GORGE IN GEORGE, WA, THREE NIGHTS AT CHICAGO'S UIC PAVILION Phish announced additional dates to their 2011 Summer Tour, including the band's first-ever concert at the Hollywood Bowl (and their first Los Angeles appearance since 2003), and their first shows in Lake Tahoe. The band will also play in San Francisco at the Outside Land's Music Festival in Golden Gate Park, two consecutive nights ...

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This Week At The Cornelia Street Cafe - April 11-18

Source: Jason Byrne - Red Cat Publicity
April 11, 2011

Coming Up @ THE CORNELIA STREET CAFE April 11-18

Tuesday, April 12, 8:30 PM LAUREN FALLS QUINTET Seamus Blake, tenor sax; Mike Moreno, guitar; Can Olgun, piano; Trevor Falls, drums; Lauren Falls, bass

Thursday, April 14, 8:30 PM MICHAEL BATES' OCTOBER QUINTET Chris Speed, saxophone, clarinet; Russ Johnson, trumpet; Russ Lossing, piano; Tom Rainey, drums; Michael Bates, bass

Friday, April 15, 9:00 PM AMANDA BAISINGER Amanda ...

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The Plaza Hotel (NYC) Features Live Jazz with Lapis Luna Every Thursday Evening

Source: Shawn Aileen Clark
April 11, 2011

Lapis Luna continues their residency at the famed Plaza Hotel on Thursday nights in the Rose Club. Featuring vocalist Shawn Aileen Clark, the band plays standards, obscure swing-era songs, a retro inspired latin music in a gorgeous and relaxed lounge setting. SET TIMES: 8:30-9:45 and 10:15 to 11:30 No Cover Charge The Rose Club is located at 59th Street at Fifth Avenue and Central Park South in the Plaza Hotel, NYC F to 57th Street, N, ...

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Chicago Live Jazz (April 8 - April 16, 2011) Music Schedule

Source: JAZZzology by Richard Watters
April 11, 2011

Here is what's happening on the Chicago Live Jazz Music Scene for April 8th, 2011 thru April 16th, 2011...photo from williepickensjazz.com: Chicago Jazz Icon Pianist Willie Pickens ...catch the celebration of his 80th birthday...there will be several: Willie Pickens is turning 80 this month (April 18, 2011) and he has been a pillar of the Jazz Community here in Chicago. There are several celebrationsin his honor - check them out, and wish him a Happy Birthday! On Friday April 15th ...

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Berklee's Scratch Ambassadors Mix Turntables with Acoustic Music on April 21st

Source: Berklee Public Relations
April 21, 2011

Stephen Webber, a Music Production and Engineering professor, is bringing turntables into the spotlight with the college's first Scratch Ambassadors! concert. Following success abroad, the first Scratch Ambassadors! program on American soil will be held at the Berklee Performance Center, 136 Massachusetts Ave., on April 21 at 8:15 p.m. The program—a series of performances by small ensembles—will highlight Berklee's turntable students as they perform with acoustic musicians. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at Ticketmaster.com. The groups will present ...

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Buckwheat Zydeco to Perform in Sellersville (PA) & Bordentown (NJ)

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
April 10, 2011

"Stanley 'Buckwheat' Dural leads one of the best bands in America. A down-home and high-powered celebration, meaty and muscular with a fine-tuned sense of dynamics...propulsive rhythms, incendiary performances."—The New York Times Grammy Award-winning American musical legend Stanley “Buckwheat" Dural Jr.—along with his band, Buckwheat Zydeco—is the preeminent ambassador of Louisiana zydeco music. Buckwheat Zydeco is on tour to promote their Grammy Award-winning release (and Alligator Records debut), Lay Your Burden Down, and will perform at the Sellersville Theater in Sellersville ...

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Spoken Hand Percussion Orchestra at the Painted Bride Arts Center from May 13-15, 2011

Source: Michael Ricci
April 10, 2011

15th Anniversary Celebration If you're a fan of the Bride or an avid arts supporter within the region, you're no stranger to Spoken Hand and its unmistakable, undeniable, unwavering heartbeat. Since its inception fifteen years ago, this uniquely robust orchestra of percussionists has traveled the road on a journey to explore the new compositional possibilities in world music by fusing four percussion batteries into one distinct voice: North Indian tabla, Afro Cuban bata, Brazilian samba and West African djembe. Known ...

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