Performance / Tour News

Juilliard Jazz Orchestra at Dizzy's

Source: All About Jazz
May 6, 2010

Juilliards student big band focuses on the music of two swing-era pianist-composers Mary Lou Williams and Duke Ellington.

In this engagement they featuring a distinguished guest, Kenny Barron, in the piano chair.

JUILLIARD JAZZ ORCHESTRA Dizzys Club Coca-Cola Frederick P. Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center 60th Street and Broadway (212) 258-9595 jalc.org $30 and $35 cover; $15 for students for select sets. Wednesday and Thursday ...

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Jazz: That's How It Grows

Source: All About Jazz
May 6, 2010

We slipped up last week and totally forgot the Monterey Jazz on Tour was at Royce Hall last Thursday. They're calling them the MJF/52 All-Stars, with pianist Kenny Barron, violinist Regina Carter, guitarist Russell Malone, vocalist Kurt Elling, bassist Kiyoshi Kitagawa and the brilliant Johnathan Blake on the drums. Real live jazz stars, most of them, and if not TMZ fodder, they certainly rate high in our passionate little music world. They're down in Costa Mesa at the Orange County ...

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Chick Corea, Eddie Gomez and Paul Motiam Play the Blue Note

Source: All About Jazz
May 6, 2010

Chick Corea, Eddie Gomez, Paul Motian: Futher Explorations of Bill Evans.

Chick Corea, an endlessly inquisitive pianist, spearheads a tribute to one of his quieter inspirations. His partners are both alumni of Evans trios: Eddie Gomez, a versatile and thoughtful bassist who also has many years of history with Corea, and Paul Motian, a deeply melodic drummer whose evasive pulse may add a welcome measure of mystery.

Blue Note 131 West Third Street, Greenwich Village ...

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Sade's Surprising Comeback

Source: All About Jazz
May 6, 2010

The Long War:Sade soldiers on. As breezy as they sound, Sades songs explore the heavier lifting inside love: commitment, consistency, friendship. Keywords Sade; Soft Jazz; Singers; Vocalists; Soldier of Love; Pride; Epic Records It sounds implausible now, but there was a time when soft jazz was almost radical. This brief moment should be credited largely to the English. In the early eighties, groups like Everything but the Girl and the Style Council developed a hybrid kind of pop that drew ...

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Nate Wooley Quintet to Perform Hands Together at Douglass Street Music Collective May 24th, 2010

Source: Michael Ricci
May 6, 2010

The Nate Wooley Quintet will be the featured performers at one of Brooklyns greatest new underground venues for jazz music on May 24th. The quintet, which premiered last year at The Stone, highlights compositions of its leader, Nate Wooley for his trumpet with the support of Matt Moran on vibraphone, Josh Sinton on bass clarinet, Eivind Opsvik on bass, and Harris Eisenstadt on drums. The group has been working through a series of new compositions, called Hands Together, that pay ...

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Challenges Abound in 2-Week Tribute

Source: Michael Ricci
May 6, 2010

The pianist Chick Corea, who always seems up for a challenge, is taking on another one. It's not some region of music that's new to him, or some techniquey Everest. It's not even especially Bill Evans, although his music lies at the center of the jazz tradition over the last half-century and is the pretext for Mr. Corea's current gig. The challenge is the drummer Paul Motian. Tuesday night started a two-week stand at the Blue Note for Mr. Corea, ...

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Boston Pops 125th Season Features Jazz and Blues Performances

Source: MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
May 5, 2010

Jazz Pianist Dave Brubeck The Boston Pops is celebrating its 125th anniversary this spring and summer with a tremendous line-up of performances from May 4 through July 4, 2010, including some stalwart jazz and blues artists and tributes to musical greats like Ray Charles and Duke Elington.On May 4, the opening night of the season, trumpet legend Doc Severinsen is guest artist, and pianist Michael Chertock is performing Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue.On May 19, ...

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A Warm Night at the Ear (May 2, 2010)

Source: Jazz Lives by Michael Steinman
May 5, 2010

It was in the eighties outside last Sunday but the unsually high temperature isnt the subject of this post.  Im sure that the warmth in the West Village was emanating from inside The Ear Inn (326 Spring Street) where fervent jazz was once again being played. 

This edition of The Ear Regulars had co-founders Jon-Erik Kellso and Matt Munisteri, joined by tenor saxophonist Andy Farber and bassist Danton Boller.  Jon-Erik was stuck in traffic (coming straight from gigging in his home ...

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