Performance / Tour News

A Big Weekend of Music

Source: Seattle Jazz Scene
May 29, 2010

Folklife Festival is this weekend. In addition there is a lot of great jazz music which will hopefully keep the rain away. Ron Carter's Golden Striker Trio featuring Russell Malone and Mulgrew Miller is at Jazz Alley all weekend.

Thomas Marriott will be in residency at The New Orleans performing tonight with his quartet and on Sunday night with a Tribute to Art Blakey (this show is filling up fast so call 206-622-2563 to make a ...

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Miles Davis Tribute Concert in Chicago

Source: Miles Davis Online
May 29, 2010

It's practically becoming a cultural rite in Chicago: the annual Memorial Day celebration of Miles Davis' birthday, led by the brilliant Chicago pianist Robert Irving III.

Irving, who worked closely with Davis from 1979 to 1988, will preside over the third annual event at 8:30 p.m. Monday at the Velvet Lounge. (Davis would have turned 84 last Wednesday; he died in 1991, at age 65.)

For Irving, the event represents much more than just an excuse to play classic tunes ...

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Ellis Hall Performs Ray Charles Tribute at Boston Symphony Hall on Saturday, May 29

Source: MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
May 29, 2010

Ellis Hall, protege of the great Ray Charles, plays a special tribute concert to Charles on Saturday, May 29, at Boston Symphony Hall, starting at 8:00 p.m..Among the hit songs Hall is performing: Georgia on my Mind; Hit the Road Jack and Unchain my Heart.The concert is part of the 125th anniversary celebration of the Boston Pops taking place this spring.Boston Symphony Hall301 Massachusetts AvenueBoston1 888 266-1200BSO.orgFor other ...

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Venissa Santi Quintet to Play the Jazz Standard July 21st (Two Sets)

Source: Michael Ricci
May 28, 2010

Cuban American jazz vocalist Venissa Santi is on a kick of Billie Holiday. She will present an Afro-Cuban tribute to Billie, perform arrangements of favorite and obscure tunes as well as Venissa's signature repertoire.

About Venissa Santi

Venissas artistry stems from the necessity to express the many influences that have nourished her spirit as a Cuban American. She was born in Ithaca, New York and hails from a long line of Cuban artists. But it was her grandfather, ...

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Catching up with Chad McCullough

Source: Seattle Jazz Scene
May 28, 2010

Trumpter Chad McCullough has had a busy 2010 and things haven't been letting up.

After a January spent performing in Europe under his own name, touring and recording earlier this year with Andrew Olivers Kora Band, McCullough is currently on an 14 city tour across Canada and the western U.S. with the international cooperative group Tunnel Six featuring Ben Dietschi, saxophones (Toronto, ON); Andrew Oliver, piano (Portland, OR); Brian Seligman, guitar (Toronto, ON); Ron Hynes, bass (Halifax, NS) and Tyson ...

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Jazz This Week: Marlena Shaw, Will Matthews, Glendale Jazz Festival, and More

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
May 27, 2010

If you'd like to hear some jazz as part of your Memorial Day weekend, there are a number of noteworthy shows coming up over the next few days in and around St. Louis. Let's go to the highlights:The week's best-known headliner is singer Marlena Shaw (pictured), who's in town to perform tonight through Saturday at Jazz at the Bistro. Shaw's music encompasses jazz, soul, R&B, gospel, pop and many other influences; for more on her, and some performance ...

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Linda Presgrave to Open Jazz at Holmes Summer Series on Thursday, July 8

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
May 28, 2010

Pianist, composer and St. Louis expat Linda Presgrave (pictured) sends word that she'll be returning home to play a free concert kicking off the summer Jazz at Holmes series at Washington University on Thursday, July 8.Presgrave, who now lives in NYC, will be joined by her husband Stan Chovnick on soprano sax, along with trumpeter Randy Holmes, bassist Dave Troncoso and drummer Jim Guglielmo.The Jazz at Holmes concerts take place from 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. ...

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Sounding Manhattan Jazz

Source: All About Jazz
May 28, 2010

DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER: TO BILLIE WITH LOVE (Thursday) Ms. Bridgewater, the jazz singer who once earned an Olivier Award nomination for her theatrical portrayal of Billie Holiday, revisits that touchstone. (Through June 6.) At 8 and 10:30 p.m. Blue Note 131 West Third Street, Greenwich Village (212) 475-8592 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting(212) 475-8592end_of_the_skype_highlighting bluenote.net

PETER APFELBAUM AND NY HIEROGLYPHICS (Friday and Saturday)

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