Performance / Tour News

Review: Sonny Rollins 80th Birthday Concert

Source: AAJ Staff
September 11, 2010

Let me say right off that this isn't really a review. More of an impression of a very special episode of Sonny Rollins in concert. Also, I didn't take any notes, so I can remember what I remember and that's it. Caveat, uh, you. (UPDATE: See the comments section for song titles provided by an audience member with a much better memory.) (UPDATE 2: Peter Hum posted an article that includes the full set list. http://communities.canada.com/ottawacitizen/blogs/jazzblog/archive/2010/09/11/sonny-and-ornette-together-for-the-first-time.aspx) ...

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Esperanza Spalding's White House Visit Makes Seven Days, Seven Spectacular Live Performances; Sept 7-13

Source: JamaicaMusic Offbeat
September 11, 2010

September 11: ESPERANZA SPALDING In Performance @ the White House The Library Of Congress Gershwin Prize For Popular Song celebrated the music of Stevie Wonder. The gala event was hosted and presented by President Barack Obama & First Lady Michelle Obama in the White House—East Room, Washington D.C. on Wednesday February 25, 2009. A star-studded selection of musicians and singers were invited to perform the songs of Stevie Wonder, among them the rising star of improved music Esperanza Spalding. Her ...

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Kansas Jazz Collective at Benedictine College on September 29, 2010

Source: Chris Greco
September 11, 2010

Kansas Jazz Collective September 29, 2010 7:30 pm Benedictine College—O'Malley-McAllister Auditorium 1020 N. Second Street Atchison, KS USA This is the first concert of a new jazz series to be held at Benedictine College (KS) under the direction of Chris Greco. The 2010 Kansas Jazz Collective will be comprised of Kansas City area jazz musicians and present a straight-ahead modern jazz quintet representing the music of some outstanding composer and performers of ...

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Introducing the New Gary Burton Quartet: Featuring Julian Lage, Scott Colley and Antonio Sanchez

Source: AAJ Staff
September 10, 2010

GROUP SET TO MAKE THEIR NORTH AMERICAN DEBUT AT BLUE NOTE, OCTOBER 19-24 The New Gary Burton Quartet, featuring guitarist Julian Lage, bassist Scott Colley, and drummer Antonio Sanchez, is set to perform at Blue Note on October 19-24. The week long engagement will serve as the North American debut for the group, which made its world premiere at the Red Sea Jazz Festival in August 2010. For over five decades, Gary Burton, the Grammy® award winning vibraphonist and former ...

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Jazz Picnic and More This Weekend

Source: Seattle Jazz Scene
September 10, 2010

BOXLEY'S Jazz For North Bend, 7-10:00 Thursday, Sept 9, MORDY FERBER TRIO—Special guest NY guitarist with a cutting sound. If Hendrix played jazz... Friday, Sept 10, French & Clark +1—The trio behind Floyd Standifer's Pampas recording. Saturday, Sept 11, Vocalist Leah Stillwell with the Darin Clendenin Trio Sunday, Sept 12, Danny Kolke Trio

JAZZ & SUSHI Weekly Friday Series, 7:30 Friday, Sept 10, MORDY FERBER TRIO ...

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Dave Matthews Band: Fall Tour

Source: JamBase
September 10, 2010

ONE MORE GO AROUND BEFORE THE HIATUS Dave Matthews Band have announced a fall tour set to begin November 2 in Buffalo, NY, before hitting Uniondale, Albany, Philadelphia, Boston, New York, Atlanta, Charleston, and Charlottesville. Openers include Amos Lee, The Punch Brothers, John Butler Trio, and Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue. The band have previously announced an extended hiatus, taking a break from touring action for all of 2011. Check out the tour dates below. Dave Matthews Band 2010 Tour ...

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Legendary Randy Van Horne Singers Return To Stage on September 12

Source: Max Vasquez
September 11, 2010

The Randy Van Horne Singers, famous for The Nat King Cole Show, Hanna-Barbera cartoon theme songs The Flintstones, Yogi Bear, The Jetsons, and many others and work with Martin Denny and Esquivel will perform live on stage at the Pasadena Central Library (CA) SECOND SUNDAY CONCERTS presents ...And All That Jazz THE RANDY VAN HORNE SINGERS performing eight-part harmony Jazz arrangements of music by GEORGE GERSHWIN ~ ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM ~ COLE PORTER featuring Max Vasquez on trumpet Sunday, September ...

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Good Old New York: Bob Wilber at Birdland (September 1, 2010)

Source: Jazz Lives by Michael Steinman
September 9, 2010

One of the more reassuring aspects of the New York jazz scene is that a few steady gigs remain—the Sunday and Monday night hoedowns at Arthur's Tavern on Grove Street; the EarRegulars at The Ear Inn on Sundays; Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks (now on Monday and Tuesday) downstairs in the Hotel Edison. And this year David Ostwald's Louis Armstrong Centennial Band (or Gully Low Jazz Band) began its second decade of early-evening sessions at Birdland—Wednesday from 5:30 to 7:15. ...

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