Performance / Tour News

Jazz Around Town: The Holiday Edition....

Source: Jazz@Rochester
December 26, 2010

Sorry about the delay. Could be that the holiday spirit overtook me or I was shopping. Whatever, I didn't get to the post until this morning. Good thing I took a day off work so I can work on the post this morning. Not too much going on due to the aforementioned holidays, so I'll just finish this up (I started on Tuesday) and get it up on the site.... I hope you and yours are having a great holiday ...

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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Jazz, December 24-30

Source: JazzINK by Andrea Canter
December 23, 2010

2010 is ticking down but the jazz steam is rising high, promising a strong year ahead for music. Highlights, Last Week Dee Dee Bridgewater with the Minnesota Orchestra and Irvin Mayfield Quartet at Orchestra Hall.. I've never heard her better or performing a more diverse repertoire, from Lalo Shifrin to Billie Holiday to Duke Ellington. Even the sort of surprise appearance by Doc Severinsen to dual with Irvin Mayfield in the first set fell far short of the sheer artistry, ...

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Celtic's Shaq O'Neill Conducts Boston Holiday Pops

Source: MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
December 23, 2010

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Jazz This Week: Happy Holidays from St. Louis Jazz Notes

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
December 23, 2010

With the Christmas holidays falling on Friday and Saturday this year, the live music choices in St. Louis are understandably somewhat limited this weekend, but there nevertheless are a few things to highlight. Tonight, saxophonist Bhob Rainey returns to St. Louis to headline a night of improvised music at the Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center. Also tonight, the annual Noel-a-thon, a charity fundraiser which features short sets from a variety of St. Louis blues, rock, folk and jazz musicians, takes place ...

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Roomful of Blues Celebrates New Release in Sellersville

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
December 24, 2010

"Excellent...marvelous wall-to-wall grooves—between the wicked guitar work and the brassy horn section, things never stop swinging."—USA TODAY

The horn-fueled, jumping, swinging, award-winning band Roomful of Blues, touring in support of their new Alligator CD Hook, Line & Sinker, will perform live at the Sellersville Theater in Sellersville on Friday, January 21, 2011. Roomful of Blues, according to DownBeat magazine, “are in a class by themselves." Since 1967, the group's deeply rooted blend of swing, rock'n'roll, jump, blues and soul has ...

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NY Jazz Academy Live at Carnegie Hall NYC December 26, 2010

Source: Sten Hostfalt
December 24, 2010

Sunday December 26 2010 Carnegie Hall NYC concert at The Isaac Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage feat. NY Jazz Academy student/faculty ensemble directed by Javier Arau, and the NYJA choir directed by Carolyn Leonhart. The concert starts at 7.30 pm Arranged & staged by NYJA founder/director Javier Arau The N Y J A big band ensemble features among other faculty members tenor saxophonist Wayne Escoffery, vocalist Carolyn Leonhart and guitarists Tom Dempsey and Sten Hostfalt. NYJA ticket donations can be ...

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Ladies of Jazz Holiday Concert with Stephanie Jordan, Germaine Bazzle, and Leah Chase a Hit

Source: Sylvain Music Notes
December 23, 2010

By Vincent Sylvain A full house at the University of New Orleans Performing Arts Center Recital Hall reveled in the performance of special holiday concert by the New Orleans Ladies of Jazz; Stephanie Jordan, Germaine Bazzle, and Leah Chase in collaboration with the Music Alive Ensemble String Octet and Jazz Quintet this past Sunday, November 28, 2010. Primarily sponsored by the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation and under the direction of violinist Rachel Jordan, as promised the concert delivered ...

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Fulani Haynes Performs Jazz Holiday Show at Cafe Tatant in Boston on December 23

Source: MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
December 22, 2010

Boston Jazz vocalist Fulani Haynes is performing a special holiday show with the Jazz Collaborative at Cafe Tatant at the Roxbury Center for the Arts in Boston on Thursday, December 23, 2010. The newly-opened jazz dinner club is located in Dudley Square in Boston's Roxbury neighborhood. Doors open at 6:00 p.m., dinner is served at 7:00 p.m. and the music begins at 7:30 p.m. Tickets to the show are $19. The price for the show and the dinner is $39 ...

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