Performance / Tour News

Santana Legend Gregg Rolie Prepares for Summer Tour

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
June 9, 2010

Houston, TX - Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Gregg Rolie, best known for his vocals and keyboard work with legendary music groups Santana and Journey, will be playing select dates with his band throughout the summer. The Gregg Rolie Band will be performing electrifying versions of several Santana classics such as “Evil Ways", “Black Magic Woman" “Soul Sacrifice", “Jingo" and “No One To Depend On" as well as tracks from Rolie's previous effort 'Roots' and new songs. The ...

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'70s Hits Headline Summer Evening at the Blue Vine with the Marc Hoffman Duo

Source: blueplate pr
June 9, 2010

(SALISBURY, NC) - Billy Joel, Elton John, Steely Dan and Todd Rundgren will provide some of the inspiration for an evening of live music in downtown Salisbury when the Marc Hoffman Duo performs at The Blue Vine on Friday, June 11, from 9-11:30 p.m. Singer/composer/pianist Marc Hoffman and bassist Sean Tarleton have prepared a playlist for the evening's performance that “you just don't hear that often," Hoffman said. “I love to perform these '70s songs, so it's going to be ...

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URB Alt Festival 2010 Declares That 5 is the Magic Number During NYC Summer with Muthawit, Faith, Jneiro Jarel, Twin Shadow, Leila Adu and More!

Source: 4961 Polemics
June 9, 2010

Popular URB ALT Festival celebrates 5th Anniversary with a 2001: A Space Odyssey tribute featuring Jneiro Jarel at The Harlem School of the Arts; outdoors in Saint Nicholas Park with Faith, Twin Shadow and others; a Galapagos Artspace Miles Davis “Bitches Brew" tribute featuring URB ALT Orchestra; and a night of movies and music at 92Y Tribeca with Leila Adu and MuthaWit Orchestra

“URB ALT Festival features artists that are exemplars of boundary crossing, synthesis and unification." - The Village ...

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Court Jesters and the Twenty-Three Fellows, the King's Minstrels

Source: All About Jazz
June 3, 2010

Although by the fourteenth century, minstrels had passed the time of it's greatest glory, which had been the period of the troubadours, the courts of kings and nobles were still the center of activities for the better class of musicians and entertainers.

While the lower orders of the profession roamed the highways, picking up a living where ever they could, their more skillful brethren usually attached to the households of the wealthy and powerful, where they not only received superior ...

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Cuneiform Artists on Tour, June 2010

Source: Michael Ricci
June 2, 2010

JASON ADASIEWICZ'S ROLLDOWN August 4 - The Hideout - Chicago, IL August 5 - The Sugar Maple - Milwaukee, WI August 8 - The Hungry Brain - Chicago, IL ALGERNON June 22 - Millennium Park - Chicago, IL (free noon concert!) BROWN VS BROWN June 13 - 20th Musiques Innovatrices Festival - St. Etienne, France THE CLAUDIA QUINTET June 27 - Bang on a Can Marathon - NYC, NY June 28 - 45 Bleecker - 45 Bleecker Street, NYC, NY ...

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Assaf Kehati Trio Featuring Legendary Drummer, Billy Hart. June in Washington, DC and Baltimore, MD.

Source: Michael Ricci
June 2, 2010

Assaf Kehati Trio featuring legendary drummer, Billy Hart will perform on June 4th and 5th at Twins Jazz in Washington, DC. Playing at 9pm and 11pm each night. The trio will also perform on June 6th at An Die Musik Live in Baltimore, MD. Playing at 5pm and 7pm.

Tickets ($20 in DC and $15/$10 students in MD) are available at the following links:

Twins Jazz

An Die Musik Live

“Israel- born, Boston resident guitarist Assaf Kehatis group grabs a ...

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A Futurist Art with Complex Latin Beats

Source: Michael Ricci
June 2, 2010

Over the last 10 years there has been a small and steady movement to increase the audience for the Brazilian jazz composer Moacir Santos, who died in 2006.

The movement has mostly happened in Brazil; here it's all uphill. You still can't find “Coisas," Santos's best album, on iTunes, and the CD sells for $70 on Amazon.

Santos was not the usual jazz composer, and didn't leave the usual trail. He spent most of his working life writing scores for ...

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Chicago Live Jazz Music (May 29-June 5, 2010) Schedule

Source: JAZZzology by Richard Watters
June 1, 2010

Here is what's happening with the live music Chicago Jazz Scene for the dates May 28th thru June 5th, 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 Andy's Jam SessionMondays - 5 pm May-Hal Tsuchida Trio / 9pm Guy King's Organ Trio5 pm June - Chicago Jazz ...

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