Performance / Tour News

Denise Donatelli Birthday Bash

Source: All About Jazz
May 17, 2010

Denise Donatelli Birthday Bash! Thursday May 27th 8PM to Midnight

Come Celebrate with Denise and Friends at the famous Charlie O's in the Valley.

Hip Music, Great Vibes and oh yeah..The Cake!

Denise Donatelli vocals (AKA Birthday Girl) Andy Langham, piano Hamilton Price, bass Kevin Kanner, drums

Thursday May 27th Charlie O's Jazz Bar and Grill 13725 Victory Blvd. Van Nuys CA 818/989-3110

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Roseanna Vitro at the Deer Head Inn on May 21st

Source: All About Jazz
May 17, 2010

The famous Deer Head Inn in the small village of Delaware Water Gap is a hot jazz venue located in the serene and beautiful Pocono Mountains. Unpretentious, great food, and lovely rooms. Live jazz Thursday through Sunday. Check the Deerhead Inn's web site for current acts and for information about our jazz weekend packages.

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Friday, May 21, 7 to 11 pm, music charge $5 Bill Goodwin's “Bop Stew" with Special Guest Roseanna Vitro “The ...

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Hugh Masekela Amid Cup Fervor, Revisiting Pain of Apartheid

Source: Michael Ricci
May 17, 2010

My introduction to Hugh Masekela came in 1968. Amid great turbulence, assassinations and riots, Masekela's hit single “Grazing in the Grass" became the breezy anthem of a hot summer.

Masekela, we learned, was the South African-born trumpet player who had come to the United States in 1960 to escape the tyranny of apartheid. Far beyond the pop appeal of Grazing, Masekelas larger body of music reflected the agony, conflict and exploitation South Africa dealt with. Our paths finally crossed last ...

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New School John Coltrane Repertory Ensemble (Directed by Reggie Workman) @ The New School Performance Space on May 17th

Source: Michael Ricci
May 17, 2010

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Lisle Atkinson's Neo Bass Ensemble "A Bass Extravaganza," All-Star Bass Line-up @ Symphony Space on June 11th

Source: The Cinarae Group
May 17, 2010

In it's fifth consecutive year at Symphony Space, Karlisle Pro 1 presents Lisle Atkinson's NEO BASS Ensemble, a unique multi-bass ensemble that features the bass as “lead" instrument, putting the full range of the double bass on display: from lead instrument, harmonic front line, solo and rhythm section for a concert that's history in the making! Witness a reunion of former members of the famous New York Bass Violin Choir (Lisle Atkinson, Ron Carter, Richard Davis, Michael Max Fleming) as ...

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Monday Nite Blues in L.A.

Source: All About Jazz
May 17, 2010

The Like, Jail Weddings, Gestapo Khazi The Echo Mon., May 17 Under the baton of singer-guitarist Gabriel Hart, L.A.'s Jail Weddings purvey one of your grittier, scarier even, views of the '60s soul sound. JW is a mini-orchestra known to number up to 10 players including strings and brass and a beguiling batch of backing singers.

Altered The Baked Potato Mon., May 17

The Jim Cox Trio Charlie ...

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New York Kinda Jazz

Source: All About Jazz
May 17, 2010

TED NASH QUINTET (Wednesday and Thursday) The saxophonist Ted Nash, a prominent member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, with Frank Kimbrough on piano, Ray Drummond on bass and Willie Jones III on drums. Each night of the run will feature a guest trumpeter, starting with Brian Lynch on Wednesday (which is sold out) and Eddie Henderson on Thursday. (Through May 23.) At 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. Dizzys Club ...

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Eclipse String Quartet @ Royal/T - May 20th

Source: SoCal Creative Music
May 17, 2010

MAY 20 2010 @ 8PMECLIPSE STRING QUARTETROYAL/T8910 WASHINGTON BLVD. CULVER CITY, CA 90232310.559.6300$12 admission at the door. $8 for students and seniors RSVP on FacebookThe Eclipse Quartet will perform music for string quartet and precessed sound by Morton Subotnick, Roger Reynolds and Zeena Parkins.SARAH PARKINS - ViolinSARAH THORNBLADE - ViolinALMA LISA FERNANDEZ - ViolaMAGGIE PARKINS - Cello“A ferociously good quartet" - San ...

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