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Blues After Piet

Source: Ars Nova Workshop
November 9, 2010

The experimental jazz scene in the Netherlands has thrived since the 1960s and Misha Mengelberg’s role in its creation and evolution has been inestimable. In 1967, with Han Bennink and Willem Breuker, Mengelberg founded the Instant Composers Pool to foster Dutch creative music and culture. Saxophonist and composer Benjamin Herman, whose quartet featuring leading Dutch jazz musicians Anton Goudsmit, Ernst Glerum and Joost Patocka will be performing at Philadelphia Art Alliance on Wednesday, November 10, exemplifies the perpetuation of this ...

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Greyboy Allstars Two CA Dates

Source: JamBase
November 9, 2010

TWO EXCLUSIVE MID-DECEMBER DATES The Greyboy Allstars will perform two exclusive shows in mid December. The band return to their hometown roots with a show at the Belly Up in Solana Beach, CA on Dec. 17 and head up to wine country for a show at The Uptown Theatre in Napa, CA on Dec. 18. Dangerbird records recording artists Fitz and the Tantrums will support GBA in Solana Beach. Tickets for both shows are onsale now at greyboyallstars.com. THE GREYBOY ...

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Mike Gordon | Haight-Ashbury Free Show | Review

Source: JamBase
November 9, 2010

Words & Images by: Steve Silberman Mike Gordon Band :: 11.07.10 :: Haight-Ashbury :: San Francisco, CA The rollicking free set on Sunday afternoon by Mike Gordon's band was a dream come true for Phish phans in the Haight-Ashbury. Though the neighborhood has a glorious legacy of street entertainment (including the landmark show by the Grateful Dead on March 3, 1968 depicted in the gatefold of Live/Dead and archived here), and many a sidewalk busker has pulled out a guitar ...

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Metrotix, Sheldon Offer Two-for-One Discount on Tickets to Victor Goines

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
November 9, 2010

The Sheldon Concert Hall and Metrotix are offering a two-for-one discount on tickets for the concert by saxophonist Victor Goines (pictured) this Saturday, November 14 at the Sheldon. Billed as “The Two Sides of Sonny," the concert will feature Goines' tribute to the music of saxophonists Sonny Rollins and Sonny Stitt. Regular ticket prices are $40 and $35, but online purchasers who use the promo code can buy one ticket and get a second ticket free. To access the offer, ...

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Reggie Workman's African-American Legacy Project (AALP) in Concert @ HSA, Sat., Nov. 13, 11- 2pm

Source: The Cinarae Group
November 9, 2010

Don't miss Reggie Workman's African-American Legacy Project (AALP) in Concert @ HSA, Nov. 13, 11- 2pm a glorious 20-piece orchestra and 18-piece chorus celebration co-created by Jazz luminaries, legendary bassist Reggie Workman and trumpet titan and conductor, Charles Tolliver. Featuring Choral Conductor Richard Harper and talented HSA and community students of the AALP Workshop Rehearsal series. Witness the AALP's virtual who's who of first call musicians: Jazz stalwarts (including Billy Harper, t. sax. (Max Roach) Neil Clarke, percussion(Randy Weston)), emerging ...

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Craig Handy Quartet Perform at Rue 57 (NYC) Tuesday November 9

Source: Decibel
November 8, 2010

"What distinguishes Handy's work is that, unlike dozen of his contemporaries he wastes no notes. He reveals in every solo an elegantly intelligent structure. And Handy always finds lyricism in the eye of a hurricane." —Thomas Conrad Saxophonist Craig Handy returns by popular demand to Rue 57, 60 West 57th Street, on Tuesday, November 9 for a special evening of music with a quartet featuring organist Kyle Kholer, guitarist Matt Chertkoff and drummer Mclenty Hunter. You'll find the band downstairs ...

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Mehldau, Mostly in Motion: The Premier of Highway Rider

Source: JazzINK by Andrea Canter
November 8, 2010

Epic works are not for the faint-of-heart, and present challenges to composers, performers and audiences alike. Ideas need to flow convincingly, hold audience interest over a significant period of time, and showcase performers as well as composition. In creating his first orchestral work, pianist Brad Mehldau comes close to meeting these challenges in full. And even “close" merits the celebratory cigar.The world premiere of the fully staged Highway Rider was performed November 5-6 at the Walker Art Center, ...

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Live Jazz Schedule in Columbus Ohio, Weekend of November 5th

Source: Mark Subel
November 7, 2010

Friday, November 5th ONE NIGHT ONLY!: An Annual Celebration for Jazz Arts Group-6pm Wally Mitchel—Dicks Den-10pm Silky Ray—Vonn Jazz lounge-5:30pm Dwight Lenox Trio—Worthington Inn-7pm Mark Flugge Trio—Hyde Park-7:30pm Mary McClendon—Barcelona-8pm Descendre—Woodlands Tavern-9pm Bob Niederriter—Ravari Room-7pm Sabrina Tutstone-5:30pm Louise Salvador—Haiku-7pm Mark Flugge solo Piano—Eddie Merlot-7pm Rich Lopez Trio—Worthington Inn-7pm fo/mo/deep—Venue Lounge-8pm Adria with The Jazz ...

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