Performance / Tour News

Review: Peter Gabriel at the Hollywood Bowl

Source: Michael Ricci
May 10, 2010

It's all too easy in the age of “American Idol" to forget just how profoundly powerful music can be in the hands of an absolute master like Peter Gabriel.

The veteran British artist -- one of the select few in the pop music world to whom the term “artist" is wholly appropriate -- brought his orchestral tour to the Hollywood Bowl on Friday and demonstrated once again his completely inspired command of the medium of live performance. Theatrics in pop ...

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Legendary John Heard Returns to Charlie O's

Source: All About Jazz
May 10, 2010

John Heard has worked almost constantly in the jazz world, for over four decades appearing on over 150 albums.

Heard's bass line has been the back bone working with Benny Carter, Rashan Roland Kirk, Hampton Hawes, Tete Montoliu, Oscar Peterson, Wes Montgomery, Cal Tjader, Willie Bobo, the Gerald Wilson Big Band, Freddie Hubbard, Count Basie, Sonny Rollins, Sonny Stitt, Milt Jackson, Ella Fitzgerald, Ahmad Jamal, Kenny Burrell, the Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabakin Big Band, the Louis Bellson Big Band, Joe Pass, ...

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Singer Sachal Vasandani to Perform June 3 in Saratoga Springs, NY

Source: Michael Ricci
May 10, 2010

Jazz vocalist Sachal Vasandani, hailed as one of the rising stars of the jazz world and praised for a “golden voice" enhanced by “emotion and intellect, will perform at 8 p.m. June 3 at the Spa Little Theater, Avenue of the Pines, Saratoga Springs, NY.

The Chicago-born artist first began attracting attention as a University of Michigan music major when he was named DownBeat magazine's Collegiate Jazz Vocalist of the Year in 1999.

After moving to New York and working ...

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Lauren Kinhan to Perform at Scullers Jazz Club on Wednesday, May 26

Source: DL Media
May 8, 2010

SINGER-SONGWRITER LAUREN KINHAN TO PERFORM AT SCULLERS JAZZ CLUB ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 26THAVALON CD RELEASE PARTY DL Media is proud to announce that singer-songwriter Lauren Kinhan will perform at Scullers Jazz Club on Wednesday, May 26th to celebrate the release of her newest album, Avalon. The 12 track release will be available through E1 Music on Tuesday, May 18th.Lauren Kinhan has been - and is - many things in her life: vocalist, ...

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Toots and the Maytals: Album 5/18 Spring/Summer Tour

Source: JamBase
May 8, 2010

NEW ALBUM FLIP AND TWIST OUT NOW DIGITALLY AND IN STORES MAY 18

Toots and the Maytals

Reggae legends Toots and The Maytals are happy to announce the release of the band's latest record Flip & Twist, released digitally last week and in stores May 18. For a taste of what the full album holds, the band is offering a FREE MP3 download of the song “Perfect Lover" available for download HERE.

One of reggae's founding fathers, Toots Hibbert has ...

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K. Curtis Lyle Presenting Benefit for Zimbabwe Nkenya on Tuesday, May 11

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
May 8, 2010

Poet K. Curtis Lyle and collaborators will present “Barackutopia," a performance piece paying tribute to and benefiting bassist Zimbabwe Nkenya, at 8 p.m. this Tuesday at the Kranzberg Arts Center. Lyle will perform his own poetic text, accompanied by sound designer, musician and multimedia artist David A.N. Jackson, bassist Josh Weinstein, and a score by Baikida Carroll.Admission is free, but donations will accepted at the door and will go to Nkenya, who suffered a stroke in November and ...

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Angela Bingham with Yotam Silberstein and Chris Higgins at Total Wine Bar This Sunday, May 9, 2010

Source: Michael Ricci
May 8, 2010

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Drummer Chico Hamilton Performs in Baltimore on May 15

Source: AMT Public Relations
May 7, 2010

NEA Jazz Master Chico Hamilton Continues His Twelve Tones of Love Album Tour in Baltimore Saluted by the Kennedy Center as “a living jazz legend", and appointed to the National Council on the Arts, world renowned jazz artist and composer Chico Hamilton will be performing with the highly regarded Euphoria, bringing “traditional jazz with a great connection to the past but performed with the tonal colors of the present." 88-year old Chico celebrates his latest album Twelve Tones of Love. ...

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