Performance / Tour News

Here No Evol @ Beacon Arts in Inglewood, CA

Source: Daren Burns
February 27, 2011

Thursday, March 24 · 8:00pm-11:00pm Daren Burns, bassist, composer, and improviser, has been playing and composing music for over twenty years and has played with many notables such as, Wadada Leo Smith, John 'Drumbo' French, Mike Keneally, and Famoudou Don Moye. Much of his musical interest lies in the area of improvisation and how to make new systems for developing improvisation in new ways. In the last few years he has also become interested in Indian rhyth...mic and melodic systems. ...

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Daren Burns's Onibaba @ Blue Whale (Los Angeles) on March 23rd

Source: Daren Burns
February 26, 2011

Daren Burns's Onibaba will be playing Blue Whale jazz club on March 23rd. ONIBABA exists between composition and improvisation and is described as being somewhere between the light and the dark, the ethereal and the earthly —Creative Music. The band was recently placed on the LA County Arts Commission's band roster for the 2011-14 term. DAREN BURNS—Fretless Bass/Compositions VINNY GOLIA—Woodwinds GEORGE MCMULLEN—Trombone SCOTT COLLINS—Guitar CRAIG BUNCH—Drums KIO GRIFFITH—Live Video “And ...

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Christian McBride on the Making of the Movement, Revisited

Source: AAJ Staff
February 26, 2011

Christian McBride had never even written a single set of lyrics when he was tasked to compose a suite for a gospel choir in 1998. So rather than entrust himself with the words, he turned to four of the most momentous speakers of the 20th century: Civil Rights icons Rosa Parks, Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. “Everything that those people said in the '60s had such weight and meaning to it," McBride says. “My job ...

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SFJAZZ Collective Tour Playing Music of Stevie Wonder

Source: JamBase
February 26, 2011

TOUR STARTS FEBRUARY 25 IN PORTLAND, OR After exploring the work of Ornette Coleman (2004), John Coltrane (2005), Herbie Hancock (2006), Thelonious Monk (2007), Wayne Shorter (2008), McCoy Tyner (2009) and Horace Silver (2010), the SFJAZZ Collective takes on the material of pop music icon Stevie Wonder for its spring 2011 tour. The group approaches the work of Wonder, an artist outside of the jazz tradition, but one whose sophisticated songcraft and timeless melodies are more than worthy of exploration. ...

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Patrick Cornelius to Perform at Rubin Museum in NYC on March 4th, 2011

Source: Two for the Show Media
February 26, 2011

Saxophonist/Composer Patrick Cornelius will be performing in concert at The Rubin Museum in NYC on Friday, March 4th, 2011 at 7:00PM as part of the 2011 Winter/Spring Harlem in the Himalayas Jazz Series. This performance is in celebration of his new Whirlwind Records release titled “Fierce." Patrick Cornelius—alto saxophone Taylor Eigsti—piano Mark Small—tenor saxophone Reuben Rogers—bass Johnathan Blake—drums About Patrick Cornelius Over the past several years, alto saxophonist Patrick Cornelius has emerged ...

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Jason Yeager Trio CD Release Party at Regattabar (Boston) on March 15th

Source: Sue Auclair Promotions
February 25, 2011

JAZZ TRIO PRESENTS “AN EVENING WITH THE JASON YEAGER TRIO" AT HARVARD SQUARE'S REGATTABAR, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, TUESDAY, MARCH 15 AT 7:30 PM “Jason Yeager is a monster pianist and composer" —Ran Blake Cambridge, MA—Ruminations is the title of the Jason Yeager Trio's sterling new jazz CD on Greg Osby's own record label, Inner Circle Music. Its upcoming March 1st release will be celebrated with “An Evening with The Jason Yeager Trio" at the Regattabar in the Charles Hotel, One Bennett ...

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Thirsty Ear's Trio Treats at (Le) Poisson Rouge on March 7, 2011

Source: Peter Gordon
February 26, 2011

On Monday March 7, 2011, Thirsty Ear takes the stage at (Le) Poisson Rouge in New York City for a night of inspired and provocative jazz. Avant-garde luminary Matthew Shipp will be performing alongside Michael Bisio and Whit Dickey. Representing the new giants of jazz will be the highly touted trio of Mary Halvorson, Weasel Walter and Peter Evans. This will surely be an exciting event, as Matthew is on the verge of releasing his 50 year opus, “Art of ...

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Cuneiform Artists on Tour - March 2011

Source: Michael Ricci
February 25, 2011

AFUCHE (our latest signing! CD out in May!) May 21—Music Hall of Williamsburg—Brooklyn, NY (record release show—opening for Tune-Yards) JASON ADASIEWICZ'S ROLLDOWN June 26—Hungry Brain—Chicago, IL (Celebrating the Hungry Brain's 10th Anniversary!!) June 28—Museum of Contemporary Art—Chicago, IL November 18—The Stone㬌 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street)—NYC, NY 10009

ALGERNON March 18—Empty Bottle� North Western Ave—Chicago, IL (with Roomate) BIRDSONGS OF THE MESOZOIC with Encanti March 18—Zumix𤻜 Sumner St.—East Boston, MA 02128 (617) 568-9777׮:00 pm March ...

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