Performance / Tour News

Bonerama to Perform Wednesday, January 19 at the Gramophone

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
December 31, 2010

The brass-driven New Orleans funk group Bonerama (pictured), which features a front line of four trombone players, is returning to St. Louis to play on Wednesday, January 19 at The Gramophone. Bonerama was formed in 1998 by trombonists Mark Mullins and Craig Klein, who both have spent considerable time as part of singer/pianist Harry Connick's Jr's big band. Their repertoire includes original material penned by the band members, as well as an eclectic menu of covers ranging from Jimi Hendrix's ...

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The Funky Meters: 2011 Dates

Source: JamBase
December 30, 2010

FREE TICKET GIVEAWAY TO EACH BROOKLYN BOWL SHOW The Funky Meters have announced tour dates for next year. On January 14th the band will be celebrating the 30th Anniversary of Tipitina's in New Orleans with special guest Brian Stoltz. They will also be playing at the Brooklyn Bowl for three nights on Valentine's week Feb 15-17. The band will be giving away a pair of tickets to each night of the Brooklyn shows by clicking “attend" on their Facebook events. ...

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Jazz Around Town: 2011 Anyone?

Source: Jazz@Rochester
December 30, 2010

Now, on to the listings. If there's a big jazz thing out there for New Year's Eve, no one has bothered to let the only jazz blog in town know about it. Let me know if I missed something and I'll add it tomorrow. So Happy New Year!!!  I'm going to be here at home, listening to music and spending NYE with my lovely wife. See you in 2011! Here's what I was able to find for jazz over the next ...

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Master Drummer Glen Velez Leads TRIO GLOBO at Symphony Space 1/7

Source: AMT Public Relations
December 29, 2010

Glen Velez TA KA DI MI Project and TRIO GLOBO Perform January 7 in a Double-Bill Concert—One-Night Only at Symphony Space “Explosive...exuberant"—The New York Times Glen Velez TA KA DI MI Project and TRIO GLOBO Friday, January 7, 2011, 8:00PM Leonard Nimoy Thalia at Symphony Space (2537 Broadway at 95th Street) Train 1/2/3 to 96th Street Tickets: $30/$20 Students + Seniors To purchase tickets, contact Symphony Space 212.864.5400 ...

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First Night Boston Celebrates New Year's Eve with Great Jazz Throughout the City

Source: MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
December 29, 2010

The 35th celebration of First Night Boston, North America's largest and oldest New Year's arts festival, has a generous sprinkling of jazz performances throughout the evening, according to spokeswoman Joyce Linehan. Among the featured performers: The Lionel Loueke Trio at Berklee Performance Center Praised by his mentor Herbie Hancock as “a musical painter," jazz guitarist Lionel Loueke combines harmonic sophistication, soaring melody, a deep knowledge of African music, and conventional and extended guitar techniques to create a warm and evocative ...

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Jazz This Week: New Year's Eve in St. Louis

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
December 29, 2010

As noted in this space last week, most touring jazz performers are off the road this time of year, and many of St. Louis' not-for-profit venues that present jazz are on hiatus until the new year as well. Most notably, Jazz at the Bistro, the city's most prominent spot for live jazz, will be dark again this weekend as the First Night celebration takes place in the surrounding Grand Center district. So, given all that, what options are available for ...

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SFJAZZ Announces 12th Annual SFJAZZ Spring Season Artist Lineup

Source: Marshall Lamm Promotions & Public Relations
December 28, 2010

SFJAZZ ANNOUNCES ARTIST LINEUP FOR 12TH ANNUAL SFJAZZ SPRING SEASON

HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:

Tony Bennett A Night In Treme Youssou N'dour & Angelique Kidjo Randy Newman Buddy Guy Rickie Lee Jones Ravi Shankar Steve Tyrell Hugh Masekela Max Raabe & Palast Orchester SFJazz Collective Nikki Yanofsky Marcus Roberts Dr. Lonnie Smith Cu Jake Shimabukuro John Scofield Patricia Barber Preservation Hall Jazz Band Irma Thomas Ellis Marsalis Marc Ribot Lee Ritenour Ambrose Akinmusire Kenny Werner Eliane Elias Madeleine Peyroux And Many Others ...

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Bart Weisman Jazz Group Celebrates New Year's Eve on Cape Cod

Source: MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
December 28, 2010

Jazz drummer Bart Weisman and his group is kicking off New Year's on the Cape with a show at the Riverway Lobster House restaurant in South Yarmouth, Cape Cod, on Friday, December 31, 2010 starting at 8:15 p.m. The group features vocalist Carol Syeth and also features Weisman on drums, Mark Borgmann on piano, and Ron Ormsby on. Weisman, founder and director of the Provincetown Jazz Festival each August, is one of the leading exponents of live jazz on Cape ...

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