Performance / Tour News

Garage a Trois to Play Tuesday, September 14 at the Old Rock House

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
July 7, 2010

The jazz/funk combo Garage A Trois (pictured) is coming to St. Louis on Tuesday, September 14 to perform at the Old Rock House, 1200 S. 7th St.Garage A Trois was formed in 1999 by drummer Stanton Moore, single-named saxophonist Skerik (nee Eric Walton) and guitarist Charlie Hunter. The band's current lineup includes Moore and Skerik along with Mike Dillon on vibes and Marco Benevento on keyboards. Their most recent CD Power Patriot came out in October 2009.

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Jazz Siren Verona Chard Extends UK Tour

Source: Michael Ricci
July 6, 2010

Five years after making her professional debut with the late, great British jazz lynchpin Humphrey Lyttelton, vocalist Verona Chard has wrapped her sultry tones around a clutch of classic compositions on her own offering, Fever, due for release on July 21. Inspired by the music of another of the nation's great jazz stalwarts, John Dankworth--and his 1964 release Shakespeare and All That Jazz--the West Country chanteuse is now set to take the album on the road. The London-based siren will ...

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World Percussion Theatre Concert to be Presented Tuesday, July 20 at the Sheldon

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
July 6, 2010

Drummer and educator Terry Artis' Show-Me Sound production company will present “World Percussion Theatre," a concert “celebrating the diversity of the drum" at 7:00 p.m. , Tuesday, July 20 at the Sheldon Concert HallThe program will feature the Show-Me Sound F.O.C.U.S. Drumline (pictured) along with groups representing percussion traditions from four continents: the St. Louis Caledonian Scottish Pipe and Drums; West African drum ensemble the Spirit of Angela/Kumasi Nankama Aswad Kambeng; Latin percussionists Herman and Ron Semidey; and ...

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The Smokers Union - Jammin' On The Hudson

Source: Brownstone Entertainment Complex, LLC
July 6, 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 July 18th we open our Series with “The Smokers Union." The high intensity of this band of Players, with their 'take ...

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Solitaire Miles CD Release Party for "Born to be Blue" at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago

Source: Michael Ricci
July 5, 2010

On Tuesday July 13th at 8 pm Solitaire Miles will be celebrating the release of her new CD Born to Be Blue at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago with many of the great players on the record including pianist Willie Pickens, trumpeter Art Davis, guitarist Neal Alger, bassist Marlene Rosenberg and drummer Robert Shy. Scott Yanow recently reviewed the album saying “Throughout this project Solitaire and her musicians are not content to merely recreate the past but are creative within ...

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Jazz, in Clubs and Halls, Comes to Amsterdam

Source: Michael Ricci
July 3, 2010

On a Wednesday night this spring, in a shadowy brick cellar hidden under a bridge in Amsterdam's canal belt, the city's hottest new jazz event was tuning up. The atmosphere at Brug 9 (Singel Tegenover 157 or 161; no phone; brug9.nl) that night was as hip and improvised as the music: behind a cheap table serving as a makeshift ticket booth, Bjorn Ter Kuile, a co-owner of the club, collected cover fees in a tin can. Two rooms away on ...

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Heading South West South North in Vienna

Source: The Ring Modulator by Adrian Stevenson
July 3, 2010

Simcock Walker Swallow Nussbaum, Porgy and Bess Jazz Club, Vienna, Austria. Sunday June 6th 2010Last month I was lucky enough to catch the 'Simcock Walker Swallow Nussbaum' group in Vienna at the Porgy and Bess Jazz and Music Club (seemingly implying jazz isn't music?) . Once out of the Vienna sunshine and down deep in the basement of the club two floors underground, it seemed surprisingly unstrange to be bumping into a few familiar faces.The set ...

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Mike Baggetta Trio with Cameron Brown, Jeff Hirshfield on the 4th of July!

Source: Michael Ricci
July 3, 2010

If you're looking for some musical plans for your 4th of July evening please consider the Mike Baggetta Trio.

Mike Baggetta - Guitar Cameron Brown - Bass Jeff Hirshfield - Drums

Sunday, July 4th 8pm and 10 pm (two sets)

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Bar Next Door 129 MacDougal Street (Greenwich Village) New York, NY

The Bar Next Door is a cozy 28 seat venue known for being a listening room that presents ...

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