Performance / Tour News

Charlie O's June Jazz

Source: All About Jazz
June 13, 2010

Doug Mac Donald Trio With John Heard, bass and Roy McCurdy, drums June 14th

John Altman Quartet June 15th

Latin Jazz Louie Cruz Beltran Quartet June 16th

Janis Mann Quartet June 17th

Scotty Barnhart, Trumpet John Heard Trio John Heard, bass, Roy McCurdy, drums June 18th

Chuck Manning, Sax John Heard Trio June 19th

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Jane Ira Bloom Trio with Mark Helias & Bobby Previte at Cornelia Street Cafe on June 13th

Source: Michael Ricci
June 12, 2010

Soprano saxophonist, composer and former NASA artist Jane Ira Bloom brings her trio to Cornelia Street Cafe for the first time on June 13th with long-time bandmates bassist Mark Helias and drummer Bobby Previte. They're fresh out of the recording studio with new compositions from Bloom's latest project that jetison the band into zero-g and beyond.

Don't miss these seasoned sonic explorers as they navigate the space ways.

Cornelia St Cafe 29 Cornelia St New York, ...

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Sten Hostfalt 3 or 4 at Nublu NYC Feat. Ole Mathisen & Marko Djordjevic

Source: Michael Ricci
June 12, 2010

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Some Enchanting Evening

Source: Michael Ricci
June 12, 2010

South Pacific has a way of making grown men cry. Kenneth Tynan started his 1951 review of the musicals London premiere with the confession, I wept, and there is nothing in criticism harder than to convey ones gratitude for that.

The tears shed for the beautifully sung Lincoln Center Theater production, which opened Wednesday at the Ahmanson, were mainly for the miraculous score by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. This expertly assembled hit parade of tunes from 1949 reveals ...

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Esperanza Spalding, Liberation Fighter for Jazz

Source: Michael Ricci
June 12, 2010

If you really want to hear Esperanza Spalding get excited talking about jazz, ask her about its effect on 5-year-olds she introduces to free jazz.

Speaking by phone from her home in Portland, Ore., the effervescent young bassist's conversational tempo shifts into another gear as she talks about leading a jazz workshop at an elementary school. Working with pianist and band mate Leo Genovese, Spalding introduced free improvisation to the kids as a musical twist on Cops and Robbers. Spalding ...

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The Sounds and Songs of Stanley Cup Rivals

Source: Michael Ricci
June 12, 2010

While the Flyers and the Blackhawks have waged a fierce battle for the Stanley Cup, the singing of “God Bless America" and “The Star-Spangled Banner" has its own competition for bragging rights between the cities of Philadelphia and Chicago.

Kate Smith singing “God Bless America," which had become a Flyers talisman, in 1975. The Flyers won the Cup that year.

If it happens on ice and it involves hitting and scoring, The Times's Slap Shot blog is on it. Go ...

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Big Apple Jazz Gigs

Source: All About Jazz
June 11, 2010

TIM BERNE AND LOS TOTOPOS (Wednesday) Alto saxophonist and composer with a group featuring Matt Mitchell on piano, Oscar Noriega on clarinets and Ches Smith on drums. Tuesday at 8 p.m. I-Beam Music 168 Seventh Street, between Second and Third Avenues, Gowanus, Brooklyn ibeambrooklyn.com Wednesday at 8 p.m. the Stone Avenue C and Second Street, East Village thestonenyc.com

RICHARD BONA GROUP

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Just Announced! One Night Only!- June 24th, 2010 - Diego el Cigala at the Hammerstein Ballroom in NYC.

Source: Two for the Show Media
June 10, 2010

Special one night only performance by Flamenco singer Diego El Cigala. Spanish Romani Flamenco singer Diego El Cigala will be performing with his band and special guests at The Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City on Thursday June 24th, 2010 at 8:00 PM in celebration of his upcoming release on Deutsche Grammophone titled “Cigala & Tango" - Tickets are now available at Ticketmaster. “Diego has one of the most beautiful flamenco voices of our time, a voice of sweetness that ...

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