Performance / Tour News

Algonquin Hotel adds Sandy Jordan and Friends Jazz Shows Sunday Nights

Source: Sandy Jordan
August 10, 2010

SANDY JORDAN AND FRIENDS SHOW THE ALGONQUIN HOTEL LOBBY EVERY SUNDAY 7PM & 10:30 PM The Sandy Jordan and Friends Show is presented every Sunday in the elegant Edwardian oak paneled lobby of the Algonquin Hotel on 44th St between 5th and 6th avenues in the heart of the theater district. Sandy's Sunday shows feature some of New York's top Broadway, Cabaret, Jazz and classical entertainers. Sandy, a jazz singer herself, lines up 15 or more singer friends ...

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Singer Shepley Metcalf Brings New Jazz Songbook to Chicago on August 27

Source: Shepley Metcalf
August 9, 2010

New tunes by lyricist of “Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most" get Chicago debut at Davenport's Piano Bar & Cabaret Boston-based chanteuse Shepley Metcalf brings her tantalizing interpretations of a new songbook by legendary jazz scribe Fran Landesman to Davenport's Piano Bar and Cabaret on August 27. Metcalf will perform with her musical partner and pianist Ron Roy. Landesman's 1955 standard “Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most" sealed her fame as poet laureate of lovers and ...

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Cuneiform Artists on Tour - August, 2010

Source: Michael Ricci
August 9, 2010

AHLEUCHATISTAS September 9 Barking Legs Theater 1307 Dodds Ave Chattanooga, TN 37404 (423) 624-5347 9:00 pm Septemper 10 Lemp Neighborhood Art Center 3301 Lemp Ave St. Louis, MO 63118 8:00 pm September 11 Adventures in Modern Music festival (sponsored with The Wire) Empty Bottle 1035 N Western Ave Chicago, IL 60601 (773) 276-3600 RAOUL BJORKENHEIM/MORGAN AGREN/BILL LASWELL September 19 Downtown Music Gallery's 20th anniversary celebration! Bowery Poetry Club 308 Bowery (between Bleecker & Houston Sts.) New York, NY (212) 614-0505 ...

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Musician/Composer Dana Leong Returns to California This Week for a Regional Tour

Source: AMT Public Relations
August 9, 2010

Musician/Composer Dana Leong Returns to California for a Regional Tour Including a World Premiere with Project Bandaloop DANA LEONG 2010 CALIFORNIA TOUR 8.11 :: 8PM MILK & JADE by Dana Leong @ Yoshi's Oakland (Oakland) 8.13 :: 8PM MILK & JADE by Dana Leong @ San Jose Jazz Festival (San Jose) 8.14 :: 7:30PM MILK & JADE by Dana Leong @ Levitt Pavilion MacArthur Park (LA) 9.30-10.02 :: 9PM Dana Leong Premieres Work with Project Bandaloop @ Orange County Performing ...

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Jazz Vocalist Vicki Burns Featured at Zeb's in New York August 18th 2010

Source: All About Jazz
August 9, 2010

Jazz singer Vicki Burns will be featured at Zeb's Jazz Vocalist series on August 18th in New York City. Leonard Thompson will be the featured pianist, with Saul Rubin on guitar, Ben Meigners on bass and Will Farrell on drums. Music from from Siren Song Burns' first recording as well as selections from her most recent CD, “Live at Anna's Jazz Island" will be featured. About Vicki Burns Vicki Burns is a jazz singer who has been delighting audiences for ...

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Louis Hayes; Jammin' On The Hudson on August 15th

Source: Brownstone Entertainment Complex, LLC
August 9, 2010

Riverbank State Park, in association with Brownstone Entertainment Complex, LLC, for our sixth consecutive year are pleased to present: “Jammin' On The Hudson." 'Jammin'; The Summer Concert Series for the 'serious' Jazz Lover! What could be more inviting than listening to the sounds of great Jazz Artists, cast out over The Hudson River, at sunset, for Free?! On Sunday August 15th we present a percussionist who is somewhat of a jazz icon. A Drummers' Drummer who began his career at ...

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Bill Harley Performs at Regattabar Kids Summer Music Series on Sunday, August 8 in Cambridge

Source: MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
August 8, 2010

Two-time Grammy Award winner Bill Harley brings his special brand of children's songs to the Regattabar in Harvard Square, Cambridge, this Sunday, August 8, at 4:30 p.m. Tickets are available online for $12 or can be purchased at the door the day of show for $15.

Writer of songs like “You're in Trouble" and “Dad threw the TV out the window," Harley is a singer-songwriter whose music reaches children and adults alike. He is recipient of the Magic Penny Award ...

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String Cheese Incident | Horning's Hideout Review/Gallery

Source: JamBase
August 8, 2010

Words by: Bryan Tobian | Images by: Brian Spady

The String Cheese Incident:: 07.28.10-08.01.10 :: Horning's Hideout :: North Plains, OR

Horning's 2010 by Brian Spady Throw away your inhibition hat, slip on your dancing shoes and let your freak flag touch the sky and you might just be ready for an Incident in the remote, tree-laden hills of Horning's Hideout. The Hideout, owned by Portland area local and 2010 Oregon State Senate candidate Bob Horning, is a lush ...

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