Performance / Tour News

July Jazz at Charlie O's

Source: All About Jazz
July 2, 2010

Come to Charlie O's for a birthday celebration for our own John Heard on the 3rd, a birthday celebration for Tom Ranier on the 13th, Sax Liberation Day with the Saxtet on the 29th.

Listen to some Latin Jazz with the Jimmy Branly Quartet on the 28th, enjoy the Pinky Winters Quartet on the 22nd and there are also lots of great trios, quartets and quintets with new guests and old favorites this July.

Friday and Saturday performances this month ...

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Liberation Frequencies

Source: All About Jazz
July 1, 2010

Independence Day weekend has always been good for John Phillip Sousa but bad for jazz.

Seems everyone is out picnicking and watching fireworks or at least drinking and playing with sparklers and not in the clubs, so we were pleasantly surprised to see such a strong run of stuff this week.

Let's start with tenor Rickey Woodard, a regular in town here with a career that includes a long stint with Ray Charles, and you sure can hear the blues ...

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

Source: Michael Ricci
July 1, 2010

Please join us as we celebrate the release of vocalist Solitaire Miles's Born to Be Blue on July 13th at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago 8-12 pm. The band will include a long list of Chicago greats including Willie Pickens on piano, Art Davis on trumpet, Neal Alger on guitar, Marlene Rosenberg on bass and Robert Shy on drums, along with many others. BTBB has been featured as “CD of the Month" on Chicago's jazz radio station WDCB. “This delightful ...

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Robert and Clara and Sting and Trudie

Source: Michael Ricci
July 1, 2010

Crossover projects in classical music have traditionally been matters of opera singers or big-ticket instrumentalists performing jazz, pop or folk music, usually not as well as the musicians who perform this material full time.

But since the late 1980s, crossover has moved in the other direction too. Stewart Copeland and Roger Waters have written operas; Paul McCartney has written a stream of orchestral, choral and piano works; Elvis Costello has composed a ballet; and Sting--Mr. Copeland's onetime colleague in the ...

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Hollywood Bowl Fireworks with Vince Gill

Source: All About Jazz
July 1, 2010

It doesn't get much more all-American than fireworks and Vince Gill.

The country superstar joins the L.A. Philharmonic and the U.S. Air Force Band of the Golden West for a night of patriotic music and dazzling pyrotechnics.

July 2nd through July 4th Daily : 7:30 p.m. $12-$120

Hollywood Bowl 2301 N. Highland Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90068 Neighborhood: Hollywood 323-850-2000

More Events at Hollywood Bowl

A Beatles ...

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Jazz This Week: Erin Bode's CD Release, Nu-Art's Jazz Singers Series, and More

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
July 1, 2010

The weekend of Independence Day usually isn't a busy one for live jazz performances in St. Louis, and this year is no exception. However, there are a few noteworthy shows coming up over the next several days, most of which seem to involve female vocalists:Tonight, singer and trumpet player Dawn Weber will perform a free concert at the Missouri Botanical Garden for the Whitaker Music Festival series. Since this show features Weber's Electro-Funk Assembly, the emphasis will be ...

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Russ Lorenson Brings Tony Bennett Tribute to San Diego, 8/22

Source: RL Productions
July 1, 2010

San Diego native Russ Lorenson comes home with his acclaimed show, Benedetto/Blessed: Celebrating the Life and Music of Tony Bennett, for one performance only, at 5:00pm on August 22nd at The Celebration Cabaret, 5820 Oberlin Drive, San Diego, CA, 92121. Show tickets are $20-$42.50, and are available at here. Russ Lorenson honors an American music icon in his show, Benedetto/Blessed: Celebrating the Life and Music of Tony Bennett. Lorenson's tribute has enjoyed sold-out runs across the ...

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Mice Parade Announce Fall Tour Date - New Album What It Means to be Left-Handed Due September 14 on FatCat

Source: Michael Ricci
July 1, 2010

In September, Mice Parade will embark on their first full North American tour since 2007 in support of What It Means To Be Left-Handed due September 14 on FatCat. What It Means To Be Left-Handed marks Mice Parade's eighth full-length and is first album to be released in the band's second decade of existence. In typical Mice Parade fashion, the album cuts a wide stylistic swath, but Pierces trademark stormy, intricate percussion, as well as melodic interweaving and warm, resonant ...

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