Performance / Tour News

Kelli O'Hara Sings Cole Porter at Boston Symphony Hall on June 9-11

Source: MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
June 9, 2010

Broadway star Kelli O'Hara is appearing with the Boston Pops at Boston Symphony Hall for a three-night engagement to perform some of the greatest hits of Broadway from the music of Cole Porter, on June 9, 10, 11, 2010.Considered one of Broadway's leading ladies, O'Hara will perform classics such as “Night and Day," “Love for Sale," and selections from the Tony Award-winning musical, Kiss Me Kate.The Boston Pops is celebrating its 125 season as one of ...

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Dave Peck at Jazz Alley - Monday, June 14

Source: Seattle Jazz Scene
June 10, 2010

MONDAY, JUNE 14, 7:30PM JAZZ ALLEY 2033 6th Avenue Seattle WA 98121 Reservations: 206-441-9729

Dave Peck - piano Jeff Johnson - bass Joe La Barbera - drums

Pacific Northwest pianist Dave Peck returns to Jazz Alley to debut his newest recording Modern Romance. Recorded live at Jazz Alley in the fall of 2007 this set of standard songs from the Great American Songbook continues the trios exploration into ...

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Sunday June 27 2010 Andy Milne and Dapp Theory @ Royal/T

Source: SoCal Creative Music
June 10, 2010

SUNDAY MAY 27 2010 @ 7PMANDY MILNE & DAPP THEORYROYAL/T8910 WASHINGTON BLVD. CULVER CITY, CA 90232310.559.6300$18 admission at the door. $12 for studentsDAPP THEORY is a quintet that blends contemporary funk, groove and hip-hop into jazzwith such seamless, casual precision its almost freaky. (LA Weekly)ANDY MILNE - KeyboardsJOHN MOON - PercussionAARON KRUZIKI- SaxophoneCHRIS TORDINI - BassKENNY GROHOWSKI - DrumsAs demonstrated on their recent ...

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Jim Fryer and Friends, Sweetly (June 2, 2010)

Source: Jazz Lives by Michael Steinman
June 8, 2010

I was at Birdland last Wednesday, listening to David Ostwalds Louis Armstrong Centennial Band. The LACB always attracts first-rank players, but this edition was remarkable because it was an All-Star All-Leader Band (with none of the expected tensions): David on tuba and vaudeville commentaries; Vince Giordano on banjo, vocal, and guitar; Jon-Erik Kellso on trumpet; Dan Block on clarinet and alto sax; Jim Fryer on trombone and vocals.

Although it has nothing to do with his musical virtues, Jim might ...

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When Bing Was King

Source: Michael Ricci
June 5, 2010

As a music-loving teenager from Massapequa, Ray Osnato haunted antiques shops and the offices of music publishers in Manhattan looking for original band arrangements from the era he loved most the 1920s and 1930s, when the syncopated rhythms of jazz insinuated themselves into the previously staid sounds of society dance music.

Some publishers “were rather amused that a young kid would come in and be interested in this stuff," Mr. Osnato, who owns some 700 band orchestrations of this preswing ...

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Kellaway in Boston and L.A.

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
June 3, 2010

When Roger Kellaway isn't performing in a club or concert, or practicing and composing at home, chances are he's out collecting honors. Recently, he picked up two in the city where he grew up, Boston. For one event, he and his friend Quincy Jones dressed in black gowns and medieval hats to receive honorary doctorates from Kellaway's alma mater. For another, he heard his music played by the Boston Pops. The news may have been in all of the Boston ...

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Los Lobos: Summer Tour

Source: JamBase
June 10, 2010

NEW ALBUM ARRIVES AUGUST 3

Los Lobos Los Lobos, the Grammy-winning East L.A. band, is on tour this summer in support of a brand new studio album. The new release, titled Tin Can Trust, will hit streets on August 3, 2010. The band's summer schedule brings them coast to coast, including a run of select shows with John Hiatt & The Combo and two dates with the Steve Miller Band.

Tour Dates Friday, June 11 Dinuba High School ...

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13th Annual Spirit of Jazz Concert Series Hosted by Oris Watches and WBGO - Jazz 88.3 FM Celebrates the Pianists

Source: OUTHOUSE pr
June 10, 2010

ORIS Watches and Tourneau, the worlds largest watch store, in conjunction with WBGO - Jazz 88.3 FM, are paying homage to jazz legends and bringing some of the greatest jazz acts to busy midtown Manhattan for the 13th consecutive year.

Gerald Clayton Trio will perform a free, lunchtime concert highlighting the music of great jazz pianists such as Oscar Peterson, Bill Evans, Erroll Garner and Thelonious Monk.

A retrospective exhibit accompanies the live music concert that showcases rare and never-before-seen ...

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