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Karl Denson's Tiny Universe: Vegas Show After Panic/Mule

Source: JamBase
September 1, 2010

SATURDAY OCTOBER 23 AT 2 AM AFTER WIDESPREAD PANIC & GOV'T MULE AT THE JOINT Karl Denson's Tiny Universe will be taking the stage at the House of Blues in Las Vegas at 2am Saturday, October 23 (officially early Sunday morning) to play into the wee hours. Doors will open at 1am following the Widespread Panic/Gov't Mule show at the Joint and the Tiny Universe will hit the stage at 2am for two full sets. Vegas is a 24/7 town ...

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Chicago Jazz Fest Jazz Record Mart Brunch with WDCB

Source: Kevin Johnson
August 31, 2010

CHICAGO JAZZ FEST—JAZZ BRUNCH AT THE MART Sunday, September 5, 10 am-noon—Free! Delmark and Jazz Record Mart and WDCB Radio present our annual JAZZ RECORD MART Breakfast with WDCB—during Chicago Jazz Fest weekend—featuring performances from Colorado based trumpet master Brad Goode and his quartet with Kelly Sill on bass and Adrean Farrugia on piano and Anthony Lee on drums—celebrating their new Delmark CD, Tight Like This. Appearances by veteran all-star vibes player Jim Cooper, legendary Chicago saxophonist Ari Brown and ...

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Super Feedbacker

Source: Ars Nova Workshop
August 31, 2010

Austrian electronic music innovator Fennesz will be kicking off Ars Nova Workshop's 2010-2011 season with his first ever Philadelphia performance on September 5, 8pm at the International House (3701 Chestnut Street). While Fennesz has not released a solo LP since 2008's Black Sea, this has been an incredibly busy year for the artist who the San Francisco Bay Guardian's Erik Morse called “the most extraordinary ambient composer since Brian Eno." Thus far, 2010 has seen the release of 7 Fennesz ...

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Jazz Legend Mike Clark Plans Russia Tour to Promote Cultural Diplomacy

Source: Seth Cohen PR
August 31, 2010

Jazz legend Mike Clark has confirmed plans for a tour of Russia next month, to promote cultural diplomacy and to introduce audiences in Moscow, Siberia, St. Petersburg and elsewhere to his acclaimed Owl Studios release, 'Carnival of Soul.' Clark's Russia tour, sponsored by the U.S. State Department, will consist of the Mike Clark Organ Trio featuring Rob Dixon on tenor saxophone and Jerry Z on organ. Oct 1—Sochi Oct 2—Novorossiysk Oct 3—Krasnodar Oct 5—Spaso House Oct 6-13 (Jazz Province Festival) ...

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Video From The Jason Parker Quartet's Nick Drake Tribute

Source: Jason Parker
August 30, 2010

This past Friday, the Jason Parker Quartet debuted 8 new arrangements of tunes from Nick Drake's debut album “Five Leaves Left". Jason Parker, Josh Rawlings, Evan Flory-Barnes and D'Vonne Lewis were joined by Cynthia Mullis on tenor and Michele Khazak on vocals. They played to a standing-room-only crowd at Lucid Jazz Lounge, culminating a two-year process of planning, arranging and readying this material. Here is a video montage of clips from many of the songs played, including “Three Hours," “Cello ...

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Jack DeJohnette and Friends at the Falcon in Marlboro

Source: AAJ Staff
August 30, 2010

MARLBORO, N.Y.—A few songs into a jazz summit meeting at the Falcon here on Saturday night, the all-stars went through an unannounced lineup rotation. John Scofield had just started into his guitar solo on “Hacksensack," a Thelonious Monk tune, backed by the drummer Jack DeJohnette and the bassist Larry Grenadier. That was when the saxophonist Joe Lovano lumbered around the drum kit, grabbed a pair of sticks and took over, without breaking the chug-a-lug on a ride cymbal. Mr. DeJohnette ...

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The Congress: Late Summer/Early Fall Tour

Source: JamBase
August 30, 2010

ROCKIN' DENVER BAND TAKES IT TO THE ROAD AGAIN “Harry Nilsson meets Blood Sweat & Tears at Randy Newman's House."—Vintage Guitar Magazine, July 2010 “You can't really understand until you see them live... to hear art this good, to experience such a series of incredible moments is not something you forget...Their (The Congress) self-titled album is phenomenal, and each track blows me away."—Magazine 33, December 2009 The Congress begin a late summer/early fall tour beginning in their native Colorado on ...

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Ben Sidran to Perform Sunday, September 12 at Kol Am Temple

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

Keyboard player, singer, composer, author and broadcaster Ben Sidran (pictured) is coming to St. Louis for a performance at 6:00 p.m. Sunday, September 12 at Kol Am Temple, 1023 Chesterfield Parkway. KWMU's Dennis Owsley will serve as host as Sidran performs and shares “his insights on Jews, Music, and the American Dream." Sidran first gained fame working with the Steve Miller Band, and has gone on to perform and record with musicians and signers including Eric Clapton, the Rolling Stones, ...

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