Performance / Tour News

Jazz This Week: Legacy Jazz Quintet, Maurice Carnes, Mardra Thomas, and More

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
July 22, 2010

It's the dog days of summer, and as often happens this time of year, once again this weekend the St. Louis area is bereft of touring jazz performers. That makes it a good time to sample some of the proverbial home cookin,' so here's a brief look at some of the next few days' highlights:On Thursday evening, drummer Maurice Carnes will do a free concert for the Jazz at Holmes series at Washington University.On Friday, the ...

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Joel Press and Michael Kanan (June 29, 2010)

Source: Jazz Lives by Michael Steinman
July 22, 2010

I had first heard the saxophonist Joel Press on a CD called HOW'S THE HORN TREATING YOU? some years ago. I was delighted by his imagination, his ease, his sense of self--he knows and has lived through an entire jazz tradition from Lester and Hawkins to free jazz and beyond, but he sounds utterly like himself.

Then, more recently, I had the good fortune to hear his duet sessions with pianist Kyle Aho, UNTYING THE STANDARD, which impressed me greatly. ...

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Tatsuya Nakatani Quartet on 7/23 at Outpost 186

Source: Kevin Frenette
July 21, 2010

World renowned master percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani, bassist Carl Testa (from Anthony Braxton's 12+1tet) and Boston's own avant-jazz co-conspirators Kevin Frenette (guitar) and James Rohr (fender rhodes) present an evening of improvised music centering on exceptionally intricate interplay, texture and timbre. Friday July 23, 2010 OUTPOST 186 186 1/2 Hampshire Street Cambridge, MA 02139 8:00 PM Tatsuya Nakatani (percussion) is originally from Osaka, Japan. In 2006 he performed in 80 cities in 7 countries and collaborated with ...

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GigMaven: Helping Musicians to Self Book Shows

Source: HypeBot
July 21, 2010

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Overheard at New Music Seminar

Source: HypeBot
July 21, 2010

New Music Seminar is taking place in full force today, here are just a few of the conversations happening on Twitter: 

Susan Boyle's sales are 97% physical. 

Music has a 10/90 rule--10% of your fans will provide 90% of your revenue.

Actually email is like a river--fans dip in an out of the information stream.

Engagement makes money for artists, awareness does not.

It takes 14 clicks to download music from Amazon without an account (12 on iTunes) vs. 4 ...

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Jonathan Butler to Play Friday, September 24 at 560 Music Center

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
July 21, 2010

Guitarist and singer Jonathan Butler (pictured) is coming back to St. Louis to perform on Friday, September 24 at the 560 Music Center, 560 Trinity Ave. in University City.Butler was here most recently in April, 2009, when he was part of the Jazz Attack tour that played the Pageant. His show at the 560 Music Center will be part of the festivities surrounding the annual St. Louis Gateway Classic college football game.Show time will be at ...

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Monty Alexander Playing Five-Night Series at Jazz at Lincoln Center

Source: JamaicaMusic Offbeat
July 21, 2010

The phenomenal sounds of Jamaica's acclaimed Commander of Distinction and renowned jazz pianist, Monty Alexander, is on the way adding excitement in New York City as he returns with his Harlem-Kingston Express for a five-night series of performances at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Alexander, who has the distinction of being named one of the greatest piano players in Jazz history for almost fifty years, is currently taking his `Summer Celebration` to Dizzy's Jazz Club at Jazz at Lincoln ...

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Review Jenny Scheinman's Mischief and Mayhem @ Village Vanguard

Source: AAJ Staff
July 20, 2010

Kings of Rhythm and a Queen of the Avant-Garde By Will Friedwald

If the Knitting Factory ever established an outpost in Nashville, Jenny Scheinman's Mischief & Mayhem band is what you'd hear there. Ms. Scheinman, a violinist, composer, and vocalist, is one of those young players (at 31) who at first seems almost insanely diverse; I heard her for the first time (on records at least) playing behind Norah Jones on the blockbuster country-jazz hybrid “Come Away With Me" ...

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