Performance / Tour News

The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Jazz, March 11-17

Source: JazzINK by Andrea Canter
March 11, 2011

From seasoned veterans to some of our newest jazz artists, the coming week, like the last one, gives us a sense of jazz history and jazz ahead. Highlights, Last Week Jazz (and related music) in the past week covered generations and styles, all vibrant and timely. Zeitgeist at Studio Z (3/5). I caught the third night of Zeitgeist's “Unveiled," a wide-ranging concert of new works, including world and local premieres. With a core of percussion, piano and reeds, Zeitgeist better ...

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Makanda Project with Warren Smith Performing at Dudley Branch of Boston Public Library in Roxbury on March 12

Source: MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
March 11, 2011

The Makanda Project, dedicated to the compositions of Boston musician Makanda Ken McIntyre, is performing at the Dudley Branch of the Boston Public Library on Saturday, March 12, 2011 from 7:00 to 9:30 p.m. Jazz percussionist Warren Smith is the featured artist. The concert is free and open to the public. For more information call617 442-4414. McIntyre was a gifted musician and educator who composed over 400 pieces of music in his life. The Makanda Project continues the legacy of ...

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Gowanus Reggae and Ska Society Will Celebrate Release of "G.R.A.S.S. On Fire" With Show at the Apple Store in Soho on March 22

Source: Cary Goldberg
March 10, 2011

CD Features Group's Instrumental Interpretation of Music from Bob Marley's Catch A Fire On March 22, the eleven members of G.R.A.S.S. will celebrate the recent release of G.R.A.S. S. on Fire with a performance at the Apple Store in Soho. Showtime is 7 PM, and the store is located at 103 Prince Street. For more information about the show, click here or call (212) 226-3126. With the release of G.R.A.S.S. on Fire, G.R.A.S.S—the appropriately abbreviated Gowanus Reggae and Ska Society—have ...

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Jazz Bridge Presents Latin Jazz Artist Suzzette Ortiz at the Collingswood Community Center on April 7th

Source: Suzanne Cloud
March 10, 2011

Appearing at the Collingswood Community Center, 30 E. Collings Ave, in Collingswood, NJ, on April 7th, 2011 will be pianist Suzzette Ortiz with her band, featuring bassist Rob Hagopian, saxophonist Frank Machos, and drummer Francios Zayas. One Show: 7:30-9 p.m. Admission: $10/$5 for students. No advance sales. Free Refreshments! For info: 856-858-8914 Latin jazz artist Suzzette Ortiz, hailing from Bayamon, Puerto Rico, is a gifted pianist, singer, arranger and composer, who studied with the piano master teachers Jimmy Amadei and ...

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Halie Loren Packs The House For Eight Concerts At The Cotton Club And Blue Note In Japan

Source: Kl Ma
March 10, 2011

Halie Loren, international award-winning jazz/pop singer-songwriter, has already had quite a year with more than nine months still left to go. With 2011 touring under way, she has just returned from a week's worth of packed-house shows in Japan, where she performed at the world-renowned Blue Note (Nagoya) and Cotton Club (Tokyo) jazz clubs. Loren's song interpretations drew enthusiastic responses from the many fans who attended one or more of her eight performances as she sang originals and standards in ...

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Del McCoury/Pres. Hall Jazz: New Album and Free Download

Source: JamBase
March 10, 2011

AMERICAN LEGACIES OUT APRIL 12 In honor of Mardi Gras this week, Bluegrass Legend Del McCoury and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band have shared the song “One More Fore I Die" off their upcoming collaborative album, American Legacies (out April 12). Click here to stream/download the track. Del/PHJB Tour Dates:

March 19—Boston, MA March 27—Columbus, GA April 9—Tucson, AZ April 13—St. Charles, MO April 14—Lawrence, KS April 15—Appleton, WI April 16—Napierville, IL April 17—Fayetteville, AR April 19—Wilmington, NC May 12—Los ...

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Sharon Jones: Tour Dates

Source: JamBase
March 10, 2011

TOUR STARTS MARCH 10 IN KNOXVILLE, TN Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings are pleased to announce additional US tour dates this spring, with Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears as support. The band will kick off their previously announced run of Southeast dates this Thursday, March 10 in Knoxville and will tour Florida, Tennessee, Georgia, and the Carolinas throughout March. After a short break, the band will get back on the road and hit the Midwest with stops in Pontiac ...

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Jazz This Week: Ronald Carter and OGD, Peter Martin, Craig Rubano, Funky Butt Brass Band, and More

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
March 10, 2011

Assuming you've recovered sufficiently from this past week's Mardi Gras revelry and haven't given up live music for Lent, there are a number of jazz and creative music gigs in St. Louis this week that you may want to check out. Let's go to the highlights... Tonight, drummer Ben Thigpen leads his group in a free concert for the Jazz at Holmes series at Washington University. The series then will be hiatus for two weeks as the campus goes on ...

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