Performance / Tour News

Springsteen Joins Escovedo Onstage

Source: JamBase
July 28, 2010

STREET SONGS OF LOVE OUT NOW

Last Friday, Bruce Springsteen joined Alejandro Escovedo onstage for a three song encore during Escovedo's performance at The Stone Pony in Asbury Park, NJ. They performed “Always a Friend," “Faith," and “Beast of Burden." “Faith" is a duet with Springsteen featured on the latest Escovedo album, Street Songs of Love, out now. Check out a video of the duo performing the Stones classic “Beast of Burden" (first time ever performed by The Boss) below. ...

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Ellery Eskelin / John Hebert / Devin Gray at the Tea Lounge on July 30th

Source: Michael Ricci
July 28, 2010

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Cindy Scott at Chris' Jazz Cafe on August 10, 2010

Source: All About Jazz
July 27, 2010

Chris' Jazz Cafe presents vocalist, Cindy Scott on Tuesday August 10, 2010, touring in support of her new CD Let The Devil Take Tomorrow.

“Vocalist Cindy Scott strikes gold her first time out. Scott is a musical artist who delivers fables and stories and vignettes of life and love. But the young lady can also swing you into bad health. Highly recommended." --As reviewed by Roger Crane, AllAboutJazz.com

Tuesday, August 10, 2010 Sets starting @ 8:00 PM Chris' ...

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BT3 Brings Hard Jazz/Funk Grooves & Guitar Pyrotechnics to the Iridium Jazz Club - Friday, August 13 @ 11:30PM as Part of Their Emerging Artist Series

Source: Michael Ricci
July 27, 2010

From a lifetime of breaking boundaries, leading an award-winning, DC-based hip-hop/fusion band, Miscellaneous Flux, and collaborating with numerous musical pioneers (Vernon Reid, Burnt Sugar: The Arkestra Chamber, and DJ Logic), guitarist Ben Tyree, pushes forward with his own ground-breaking, improvisational, sci-fi/jazz/funk trio project, BT3. On Friday, August 13 @ 11:30pm, Tyree will present BT3 at the Iridium Jazz Club (1650 Broadway @ 51st. Street, NYC) as part of their Emerging Artist Series. Incorporating Coltrane-esque melodic sheets of sound, funk-derived and ...

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Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings: Fall Tour Dates

Source: JamBase
July 27, 2010

FALL TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED; I LEARNED THE HARD WAY OUT NOW ON DAPTONE RECORDS

Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings Sharon Jones and The Dap- Kings are pleased to announce US tour dates this fall in support of I Learned the Hard Way, their fourth full-length on Daptone Records. The album debuted earlier this year at #15 on the Billboard 200 and is a few weeks away from passing the 100,000 sales mark.

SHARON JONES & THE DAP-KINGS TOUR DATES:

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The Cars: Possible Reunion

Source: JamBase
July 27, 2010

LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL

The Cars Rolling Stone is reporting that legendary new wave rockers The Cars are considering reuniting for the first time in 22 years. The band recently put up a photo on their facebook fan page showing Ric Ocasek, Elliot Easton, David Robinson, and Greg Hawkes rehearsing in a recording studio with a caption reading: “Anyone in the mood for a reunion by The Cars?" When pressed about the reunion by the Boston Globe, keyboardist Hawkes ...

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Chicago Live Jazz Music (July 24-July 30, 2010) Schedule

Source: JAZZzology by Richard Watters
July 26, 2010

Here is what's happening with the live music Chicago Jazz Scene for the dates July 17th thru July 24th, 2010...Andy's Jazz Club11 East Hubbard St.Chicago, IL 60611312.642.6805ANDY'S WEEKENDSFRIDAY & SATURDAY HEADLINERS!$10 Admission until 8:30 pm; $15 Admission after 8:30 pmUpcoming performancesJuly & AugustSundays--5pm Jordan Baskin Trio / 9pm Andy's Jam SessionMondays--5 pm Chicago Jazz Orchestra / 9pm Guy King's Organ TrioTuesdays--5pm Dan Trudell Trio 9pm Eric Schneider/Greg ...

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Jazz Meets Classical at the Miller Theater

Source: AAJ Staff
July 26, 2010

Improvisation, a fundamental quality of jazz, is by nature a risky business. The act usually involves a confrontation between two perspectives--that of a composer and that of a performer or performers--with the goal of achieving a combination informed and enriched by both perspectives. At its idealistic peak, as in recent large-ensemble works by the composer and bandleader Anthony Braxton, improvisation can represent a vision of collaborative democracy. Yet even when you approach improvisation with the purest of intentions and the ...

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