Performance / Tour News

African Jazz Guitarist Lionel Loueke Performs at UMass/Amherst on October 7

Source: MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
October 4, 2010

Lionel Loueke, one of the most innovative new guitarists on the jazz scene today, is performing with his Trio at Bower Auditorium at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst on Thursday, October 7, at 7:30 p.m. Born in Benin, West Africa, Loueke was named Up and Coming Jazz Musician of the Year by the Jazz Journalists Association and Downbeat Magazine, and has performed with jazz legends Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter and Terence Blanchard. The concert at UMass is part of ...

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The Acoustic Reign Project at Gallery 1412

Source: Seattle Jazz Scene
October 4, 2010

Saturday, October 9—The Acoustic Reign Project

Featuring: Michael Bisio—bass Jim Knodle—trumpet Michael Monhart—saxophone Brian Kent—saxophone Jack Gold-Molina—drums Gallery 1412 1412 18th Ave 8:00 PM $5 Suggested Donation , All Ages

Sol Disk is proud to present a great night of free-form jazz with the Acoustic Reign Project featuring Pacific Northwest and New York music scene veterans Michael Bisio, Jim Knodle, ...

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Dan Block / Duke Ellington at Chautauqua 2010

Source: Jazz Lives by Michael Steinman
October 4, 2010

The multi-talented reed wizard Dan Block thinks as deeply as he plays. Dan's evocation of the musical world of Duke Ellington (and Billy Strayhorn) is more than a trip through familiar Ellingtonia; rather, Dan seeks to inhabit that singular world and at the same time make it his own (as he's done brilliantly on his new CD, FROM HIS WORLD TO MINE). Obviously, his reverence for Ellington's music comes through from the first note, but he doesn't attempt to recreate ...

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Open Gate Theatre @ Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock Presents Daren Burns' Onibaba Oct. 17, 2010

Source: Michael Ricci
October 4, 2010

Open Gate Theatre @ (626) 795-4989 Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock Presents Daren Burns' ONIBABA Onibaba performs post Jazz/Rock explorations featuring: Vinny Golia—Woodwinds Daren Burns—Fretless Bass George McMullen—Trombone Scott Collins—Guitar Craig Bunch—Drumset Kio Griffith—Live Video INFO: Daren Burns, fretted and fretless electric bassist, composer, and improviser has been playing and composing music for over twenty years. Much of his musical interest lies in the area of improvisation and how ...

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Kelley Suttenfield Brings Offbeat Jazz Storytelling to Framingham, MA Oct. 29

Source: Betsyann Faiella
October 4, 2010

Vocalist Kelley Suttenfield will bring her unique interpretive style and adventurous repertoire to Amazing Things Art Center in Framingham, Massachusetts on October 29th at 8pm. New York based with Southern roots, Jazzmobile finalist Suttenfield has been building a steady following in the U.S. and Europe since she came on the scene just a few years ago. Her recent debut CD— Where is Love?—has received glowing reviews. Her recording includes Stanley Turrentine's “Sugar," “Ode To Billy Joe," and “Twilight Time" among ...

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Great American Taxi Guests Join Fall Harvest Tour

Source: conqueroo
October 4, 2010

Revered as one of the most energetic country-, rock- and bluegrass-influenced Americana bands in the land, Great American Taxi announces tour dates that will feature some of the most innovative and acclaimed players currently on the jamband/newgrass and Americana scenes. Leftover Salmon, Todd Snider, David Nelson Band, Drew Emmitt, and Billy Nershi will play dates on Taxi's Fall Harvest Tour. Two dates on Great American Taxi's Fall Harvest Tour will showcase the exceptional storytelling and versatile vocal abilities of Drew ...

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Hugh Masekela’s Trumpet Grooves on North American October Tour

Source: rock paper scissors, inc.
October 3, 2010

The Musical Umbilical Cord that Connects America and Africa: Hugh Masekela's Trumpet Grooves on North American October Tour

Before jazz had a name and “world music" was a concept, a young trumpet player emerged from another hemisphere and landed alongside some of the greatest icons in American music. Louis Armstrong sent him a trumpet. Harry Belafonte arranged for him to come to New York City to study music. Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis took him under their wings. That man, ...

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Marc Hoffman Trio To Perform For "Friday Night Out"

Source: blueplate pr
October 3, 2010

October 3, 2010 (SALISBURY, NC)—The Marc Hoffman Trio, led by composer/recording artist Marc Hoffman, will perform for the last Friday Night Out family festival in downtown Salisbury this year on Friday, October 8, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. With Terry Peoples on bass and Chris Garges on drums, the trio will serve up many songs from Hoffman's new all-original jazz CD, Curioso, as well as other jazz and pop favorites. This show follows Hoffman's performance on October 1 at the City Club ...

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