Performance / Tour News

Bay Area Organ Trio BASSment Announces Their Last Public Performance

Source: Michael Ricci
March 21, 2011

BASSment will perform at the Hedley Lounge in the Hotel De Anza in San Jose on Friday, March 18th from 8:30pm-12:30am. One of the most unique and versatile bands to come out of the Bay Area in recent years, BASSment combines jazz, blues, funk, soul, and everything in between to create a tasteful mélange of musical chemistry. Known for their amazing talent and energy, BASSment is a modern “organ trio" style ensemble based in San Francisco that performs in various ...

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Grant Llewellyn and the North Carolina Symphony Announce 2011/12 Season

Source: Arthur Ryel-Lindsey
March 21, 2011

RALEIGH, N.C.—The North Carolina Symphony's 2011/12 season promises the same masterful programming and compelling guest artists that concertgoers have come to expect of the state's premier performing arts organization. Music Director Grant Llewellyn begins his seventh NCS season with a powerful ensemble of musicians who approach the repertoire with power, passion and panache and whose affinity for great music brings out the colors, textures and moods of a copious range of works. “As always," says Llewellyn, “the fourteen weeks of ...

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Odean Pope Benefit Concert at Clef Club on March 21

Source: Ars Nova Workshop
March 21, 2011

On Monday, March 21, at the Clef Club, jazz luminaries will unite for a benefit concert to celebrate Philadelphia saxophonist and composer Odean Pope. This all-star event will help raise funds for Pope, who has struggled with Bipolar Disorder for three decades. We hope you will be able to join us for this very special night of music and to help a local hero who has been a vital fixture of Philadelphia’s jazz community for over 50 years. For more ...

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Monty Alexander 50 Years in Music Celebration at the Birdland Jazz Club in New York

Source: JamaicaMusic Offbeat
March 21, 2011

Monty Alexander, renowned Jamaica jazz pianist, one of the 50 greatest jazz piano players of all time, acclaimed Commander of Distinction (Jamaica), is set to thrill New York fans while celebrating 50 years in music.

The Kingston-born musician is will perform at the popular Birdland Jazz Club in New York City on the following dates and time:

April 5: 8:30 pm | 11:00 pm April 6: 8:30 pm | 11:00 pm April 7: 8:30 pm | 11:00 pm April 8: ...

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Antonio Ciacca Appointed Artist in Residence for Jazz at Setai

Source: Seton Hawkins
March 21, 2011

Pianist and bandleader Antonio Ciacca has been appointed Artist-in-Residence at the Setai Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York. Beginning April 1, 2011, Ciacca will present his trio and quatet, as well as curate concerts featuring some of New York's finest jazz musicians, every night of the week as a part of Jazz at Setai. Performances begin at 8:00 p.m., and are free to the public.

In addition to Ciacca's performances, additional featured artists include the Spike Wilner Quartet, the Ehud ...

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Michele Rosewoman Trio Perform at Brooklyn College, March 31, 2011

Source: Seton Hawkins
March 20, 2011

On Thursday, March 31, 2011, pianist, composer and bandleader Michele Rosewoman presents her trio, featuring Brad Jones on bass and Gene Jackson on drums, in a concert at Brooklyn College. The event, entitled After Silence: The Art of Improvisation, will be recorded for broadcast on CUNY TV (Channel 75). Michele Rosewoman has made her mark in the jazz world as a highly original artist, fusing Afro-Cuban influences with intelligent and modern post-bop. Throughout her varied career, Michele has performed with ...

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Shemekia Copeland to Perform in Blue Bell on April 2

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
March 20, 2011

Shemekia Copeland to Perform in Blue Bell: Touring in Support of the New Alligator Records best-of CD Deluxe Edition “Copeland delivers a gutsy collection of bluesy tunes steeped in Memphis soul and Muscle Shoals. She is a singer with fervor and funk, power, chops and range."—USA Today Grammy-nominated and Harlem-bred vocalist Shemekia Copeland will perform at Montgomery County Community College's Science Center Theater in Blue Bell on Saturday April 2, 2011. Copeland's powerhouse music has garnered her praise from mainstream ...

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Ladysmith Black Mambazo Rediscovers Idyllic Past

Source: AAJ Staff
March 19, 2011

Since their earliest recordings, Ladysmith Black Mambazo has maintained a respect and a reverence for their past. The centuries-old story of their homeland—sometimes joyous, sometimes troubled, but always rich and exhilarating—has been at the very foundation of this vocal group since its very beginning. Ladysmith's international image was boosted after their best-selling collaboration with Paul Simon for his 1986 “Graceland" album. The group of South African musicians helped open the word's eyes to their cullture, and the historic changes of ...

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