Performance / Tour News

Bob Dylan: Summer Tour Dates

Source: JamBase
June 22, 2010

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Chicago Live Jazz Music (June 18-June 25, 2010) Schedule

Source: JAZZzology by Richard Watters
June 21, 2010

Here is what's happening with the live music Chicago Jazz Scene for the dates June 18th thru June 25th, 2010...(image: JAZZzology editor Rick Watters with pianist/composer/arranger Laurence Hobgood and alto saxophonist Pat Mallinger at the Green Mill gig in May of 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 perfomancesSundays - 5pm Jordan Baskin Trio / 9pm ...

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Nu-Art Series to Present Jazz Singers in July

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
June 20, 2010

The Nu-Art Series has announced a slate of four Saturday afternoon concerts in July featuring St. Louis singers interpreting songs associated with famous jazz vocalists.Nikki Washington gets it started on Saturday, July 3 with the songs of Sarah Vaughan, followed on July 10 by Felicia Ezell doing the music of Ella Fitzgerald. After a week's respite, the series resumes on July 24 with Mardra Thomas (pictured) singing Nancy Wilson, and wraps up on July 31 with Erika Johnson ...

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Keith Jarrett at Carnegie Hall Veterans Finding Their Way

Source: Michael Ricci
June 21, 2010

It took a while for Keith Jarrett to locate his muse at Carnegie Hall on Thursday night. From his station at the piano he worked through familiar cycles of theme and variations with his longtime partners, the bassist Gary Peacock and the drummer Jack DeJohnette.

The music in the concerts first half was sympathetic and duly elegant but also vaguely unsettled, even a bit labored. When intermission arrived abruptly, after well under an hour it registered as a relief. There ...

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So Cal Hot Summer Jazz

Source: All About Jazz
June 21, 2010

Lee Ritenour with Dave Grusin Hollywood Bowl Hollywood, CA The jazz favorites who teamed on Ritenour's 2008 album “Amparo" take on Ritenour's latest, “Six String Theory," joined by fellow guitarists John Scofield, Taj Mahal and Keb' Mo'. With Dianne Reeves. July 21st 8 p.m.

Cassandra Wilson Catalina Bar & Grill Los Angeles, CA The sultry vocalist is equally comfortable in the worlds of pop, ...

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Robert Plant Meets Los Lobos: 'What a Thrill'

Source: Michael Ricci
June 20, 2010

What's the response for a songwriter when a rock god decides to record one of your tunes?

That question came to mind when I got word last week that Robert Plant's new solo album, “Band of Joy," due in September, would include, among other roots folk, rock and country songs, his version of Los Lobos' “Angel Dance" from their 1990 album, “The Neighborhood." So I put the question to Louie Perez, who wrote the haunting and bittersweet tune with his ...

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Erykah Badu Offers an Unapologetic 'Window Seat' to Her Soul

Source: Michael Ricci
June 20, 2010

Since releasing her debut, Baduizm, more than 13 years ago, the Dallas native has found new, creative -- though sometimes controversial -- ways of expression.

From donning head wraps as towering as Marge Simpsons tresses to shaving all her hair completely off -- she knows how to make a bold declaration. But it was her last artistic statement that sent tongues wagging and the media afire when she premiered the video for Window Seat, the lead single from her newest ...

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Cuban Singer Silvio Rodriguez Dazzles at the Gibson Amphitheatre

Source: Michael Ricci
June 20, 2010

Rodriguez is given multiple encores in a night of sublime music leaning more poetry than politics. Rodriguez set a graceful, warm tone with just a guitar and a few accompanists.

Silvio Rodriguez, the great Cuban singer-songwriter who performed a dazzling set Thursday night at the Gibson Amphitheatre, has the type of lyrical and melodic gifts that transcend ideology, even the bitter Cold War-era rhetoric of U.S.-Cuba relations. His sublime and prolific artistry has endeared Rodriguez to generations throughout Latin America ...

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