Performance / Tour News

Stew & The Negro Problem Back on the Road

Source: conqueroo
September 30, 2010

STEW & THE NEGRO PROBLEM RETURN TO ROCK: BAND EMBARKS ON FIRST NATIONAL TOUR IN SIX YEARS FOLLOWING STEW AND HEIDI RODEWALD'S TONY-WINNING BROADWAY SHOW PASSING STRANGE

Kicking off on October 20 at Brooklyn Academy of Music, tour spans band's hometown Los Angeles plus Chicago, San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, Davis and Ann Arbor

Los Angeles, CA: First there was the Negro Problem, a band that rose through the ranks of L.A.'s indie scene in the late '90s and early aughts. ...

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Soulive Announces US Tour Dates

Source: Calabro Music
September 30, 2010

Soulive Announces US Tour Dates Rubber Soulive Debuts at No. 1 on iTunes Jazz Soulive has announced U.S. tour dates for the remainder of 2010 in support of their ninth studio album, Rubber Soulive. The 27-show run kicks off this weekend with a New York City hometown blow out dubbed The Royal Family Ball at Terminal 5, featuring special guests John Scofield, Talib Kweli, Christian Scott, Big Sam and Maurice Brown, as well as Royal Family crew Nigel Hall, Lettuce ...

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SFJAZZ Announces SFJAZZ Collective Fall 2010 Concert Dates

Source: Michael Ricci
September 30, 2010

ALL-STAR OCTET FEATURES MIGUEL ZENÓN, MARK TURNER, STEFON HARRIS, EDWARD SIMON, MATT PENMAN & ERIC HARLAND, PLUS AMBROSE AKINMUSIRE & LUIS BONILLA PERFORMANCES DEVOTED TO REPERTOIRE OF HORACE SILVER AND COMPOSITIONS BY COLLECTIVE MEMBERS SAN FRANCISCO, CA—SFJAZZ the leading nonprofit jazz organization on the West Coast and the presenter of the 28th San Francisco Jazz Festival, running September 14 through November 20, today announced October 2010 concert dates for the SFJAZZ Collective. The award-winning all-star Collective roster includes veteran alto ...

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Houston Person To Perform In Daytona

Source: Barbara Salter Nelson
September 30, 2010

Internationally acclaimed tenor saxophonist Houston Person will perform at the Museum of Arts and Sciences in Daytona Beach on Saturday, October 16 at the North East Florida Jazz Association's (NEFJA) eighth annual Jeep McCoy Memorial Concert Supper. Person, 75, built his reputation as a leader with a series of soulful recordings on the Prestige label in the 60's. He is best known for his legendary partnership with the late jazz vocalist Etta Jones. Currently he'swith the HighNote Records and his ...

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Tiger Okoshi Leads Benefit Concert for Boston Higashi Jazz Band on October 3 at Thayer Academy

Source: MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
September 30, 2010

Japanese trumpet player Tiger Okoshi is conducting a benefit concert for the Boston Higashi School jazz band on Sunday, October 3, from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. at the Center for the Arts, Thayer Academy in Braintree. Okoshi is being joined by Ryu Goto, Soichi Muraji, Pei-Shan Lee and Joinatsuru Yanai. For more details on these accomplished musicians, click here. Based in Randolph, Massachusetts, the Boston Higashi School is an international program for children and young adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder. ...

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Leonard Cohen Cancels Hawaii Show; Adds Vancouver and Oakland

Source: JamBase
September 30, 2010

FINAL WORLD TOUR DATES SCHEDULED FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE AEG Live has announced the cancellation of Leonard Cohen's previously scheduled December 4 performance in Honolulu, Hawaii due to prohibitive and insurmountable logistical issues. However, newly added dates have been scheduled in Vancouver, BC and Oakland, CA to round out the artist's final dates of his current world tour. Ticketholders for the cancelled December 4 performance in Hawaii will be fully refunded. Additionally, ticketholders for the Hawaiian date will have a ...

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Jazz This Week: Glenn Miller Orchestra, Stanton Moore Trio, Funky Butt Brass Band, Eric Mandat, and More

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
September 30, 2010

This week's schedule of jazz, creative music and related genres in St. Louis offers a grab bag of different styles, from traditional jazz, big band swing, and smooth jazz to cabaret, New Orleans-style brass band music, and jam-band funk. Let's go straight to the highlights... Cabaret producers The Presenters Dolan return to action this weekend at the Kranzberg Arts Center, with pianist Joe Dreyer and singer Rosemary Watts doing their show “Everything Old Is New Again" on Thursday and Friday, ...

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Hail, King Louis: Bob Barnard, John Sheridan, Arnie Kinsella at Chautauqua 2010

Source: Jazz Lives by Michael Steinman
September 30, 2010

Both of Louis Armstrong's birthdays—July and August—had passed by the time that Jazz at Chautauqua started its informal Thursday night sessions this September 2010. But celebrating Louis Armstrong's music needs no occasion besides itself, and always refreshes the most tired soul. A beautifully empathic trio gathered for four Louis-associated numbers, and did the great man honor. Trumpeter Bob Barnard saw Louis on his four Australian tours, played for him, followed him around, saw every show, even tried to get a ...

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