Performance / Tour News

Connection Works Presents The 4th Season Of Brooklyn Jazz Wide Open @ Littlefield

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

Littlefield is located at is located at 622 Degraw Street between 3rd and 4th Ave in Brooklyn, Tel 718 855 3388, $14 cover, $6 minimum NEXT CONCERT! Wednesday, February 9 @ 8:00 PM MICHAEL FORMANEK QUARTET Tim Berne—saxophones Craig Taborn—piano Michael Formanek—bass Gerald Cleaver—drums Immediately following their performance: “Musical Dialogues"—A conversation with Michael Formanek followed by WORKS @ 9:30 PM Michele Gentile—flute ...

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Jazz This Week: The Bad Plus and More

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
January 6, 2011

The jazz and creative music concert schedule in St. Louis is not exactly jam-packed for the first full weekend of 2011, but I suppose that's all the more reason to get out and catch The Bad Plus (pictured) as they return to Jazz at the Bistro tonight through Saturday. You can read my preview of TBP in this week's Riverfront Times, and to see some videos of the band playing material from their most recent CD Never Stop, check out ...

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Jazz Around Town: So Did All the Snow Come in December .... I Doubt It!

Source: Jazz@Rochester
January 6, 2011

So, I hope your 2011 is proceeding well (another way of saying HAPPY NEW YEAR!). A bit sparse out there over the next seven days, but I hope you can come out Sunday to the first concert of the Exodus to Jazz Winter/Spring series with Tamir Hendelman at the Reformation Lutheran Church! Here are the jazz listings around town for the next week. Let me know if I missed anything....

Thursday, January 6, 2011 Anthony Giannavola @ Lemoncello, 6:00 pm ...

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Jamie Baum Septet at Winter Jazz Fest, Jan. 8 NYC

Source: Scott Foster
January 5, 2011

THE JAMIE BAUM SEPTET will make its Winter Jazz Fest debut on Jan. 8 at the Bitter End in New York City. The Winter Jazz Fest is a two-day festival with over 60 bands at 5 venues over 2 nights (Jan. 7 and 8.) A two-day pass is $35 and a one-day pass is $25. Festival passes allow entry to all 5 venues: (Le) Poisson Rouge, Sullivan Hall, Zinc Bar, Kenny's Castaways and the Bitter End, all within a small ...

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Italian Bassist Maurizio Rolli Touring in the US

Source: paolo di sabatino
January 5, 2011

Italian bassist and Mark bass endorser Maurizio Rolli will tour the United States in February, 2011, giving bass clinics and performing tribute concerts to Jaco Pastorius with the Chicago Jazz Orchestra and his own band, which features Otmaro Ruiz on piano, Bob Sheppard on saxophones and drummer Israel Varela. The itinerary is as follows: Thurs. Feb. 3 Cleveland, OH Master class at Wooster College Performance with Wooster Jazz Ensemble Sat. Feb. 5 Evanston, IL ...

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Allman Brothers Band Add Final Five Beacon Dates

Source: JamBase
January 5, 2011

TICKETS FOR FIRST EIGHT SHOWS ON SALE NOW; TICKETS FOR FINAL FIVE DATES NOT YET ON SALE The Allman Brothers Band have just added the final five dates to their run at the Beacon Theatre in NYC. As previously announced, the band had lost their 2010 booking at the Beacon to a Cirque Du Soleil show called “Banana Shpeel." At the press conference announcing the run, the band received a personal apology from Jay Marciano, president of MSG Entertainment. Tickets ...

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JJ Grey: Solo Tour Dates

Source: JamBase
January 5, 2011

TOUR STARTS FEBRUARY 24 IN SEATTLE, WA JJ Grey has announced a string of solo dates in February and March. The 16-date solo tour begins in Seattle, WA at The Tractor Tavern on February 24, and ends in Nashville, TN at 3rd and Lindsley on March 26. Sunny War will open all West Coast dates and Shannon McNally will support at the East Coast shows. Check out all the tour dates below. JJ Grey Solo Dates

February 24 Seattle, WA—The ...

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Saxophonist Donny McCaslin's 2011 Tour Dates.

Source: Two for the Show Media
January 5, 2011

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