Performance / Tour News

Nice Guy Trio Live at the Bluesix Acoustic Room

Source: BayTaper.com
May 5, 2010

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Chris Botti Blows into Worcester!

Source: Michael Ricci
May 4, 2010

Legendary Jazz Trumpeter, Chris Botti, Blows into Worcester! One Night Only - May 15, 2010 - Presented by Music Worcester

Worcester, MA, May 3, 2010 -- Music Worcester, Inc. presents jazz trumpet great, Chris Botti and Band on Saturday, May 15, 2010 at the Hanover Theatre for Performing Arts, 8PM. Sponsored by Fletcher, Tilton and Whipple, P.C., this appearance represents just one of Bottis 250-plus days on the road performing. Cream of the crop musicians in Botti's band round out ...

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The Tierney Sutton Band Scheduled to Jazz up Worcester in Smooth Style!

Source: Michael Ricci
May 4, 2010

Music Worcester presents The Tierney Sutton Band - One Night Only - Saturday, May 8, Tuckerman Hall (Tuckerman St., Worcester) 8PM.

The Tierney Sutton Band features legendary Jazz vocalist Tierney Sutton and her band of amazing, instrumental virtuosos Christian Jacob, Trey Henry, Kevin Axt and Ray Brinker.

From humble beginnings as a Wisconsin-born choir girl (unexposed to jazz until college) Sutton has grown up into her role as jazz vocalist. Educated at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Tierney became ...

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Guitarist Tom Lagana to Perform in Philadelphia at Chris' Jazz Cafe on Friday, May 21

Source: DL Media
May 4, 2010

Guitarist Tom Lagana to Perform in Philadelphia at Chris' Jazz Cafe on Friday, May 21 Performance in support of Harvest TimeEntertainment release SchematicHarvest Time Entertainment announces a performance date for guitarist Tom Lagana atChris' Jazz Cafe on Friday, May 21. Lagana will perform music from his new CD, Schematic(release date: May 18). The all-star line up includes venerated saxophonist George Garzone, bassist Tom Baldwin and drummer Todd Harrison. It's an evening not to be missed!For ...

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Claudio Roditi Quartet: A Birthday Celebration at Kitano New York on May 28 and 29 -- Performances in Support of "Simpatico"

Source: DL Media
May 4, 2010

CLAUDIO RODITI QUARTET: A BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONAT KITANO NEW YORK ON MAY 28 AND 29 PERFORMANCE IN SUPPORT OF RESONANCE RECORDS RELEASE SIMPATICOResonance Records announces performance dates for Brazilian trumpeter Claudio Roditi at Kitano New York on May 28 and 29. Roditi will perform music from his new CD, Simpatico(release date: February 9), with sets at 8pm and 10pm. Additionally, the performance will serve as a birthday celebration for Roditi, who will be joined by an all-star lineup ...

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Dave Pell & Med Flory Quintet @ Henri's

Source: All About Jazz
May 4, 2010

One of the legendary originators of the West Coast Jazz Sound, Dave Pell plays The Back Room at Henri's with the Med FLory Quintet.

FRIDAY, MAY 14 SHOWS 7 pm and 9 pm

DAVE PELL Tenor MED FLORY Alto RICHARD SIMON Bass FRANK STRAZZERI Piano FRANK CAPP Drums Featuring Young Tenor Star CHLOE FEORANZO

The Back Room at Henri's 21601 Sherman Way Canoga Park, ...

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Gigging: Lew Tabackin at Smalls

Source: Inverted Garden by Eric Benson
May 4, 2010

Nothing in Ken Burns's much-maligned, decade-old Official History of Jazz caused as much umbrage as Branford Marsalis's remark that in the 70s “jazz just kind of died; it just kind of went away for a while." As Nate Chinen chronicled several years ago in the Times, the 70s have been lovingly, exhaustively chronicled in the jazz blogosphere, with the indispensable Destination: OUT leading the way. This historical revisionism has been sorely needed—jazz didn't die during the '70s, but a whole ...

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Unity Theatre Ensemble to Revive Cotton Club Revue May 20-23

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
May 4, 2010

Unity Theatre Ensemble is reviving its critically acclaimed 2008 musical production The Cotton Club Revue for a weekend of performances starting Thursday, May 20 through Sunday, May 23 at the Ivory Theatre, 7622 Michigan Ave in south St. Louis.The Cotton Club Revue highlights the music and dance of Harlem in the 1930s, featuring songs made famous by Bessie Smith, Lena Horne, Ethel Waters, Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller, Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway. Unity's 2008 production of the show, ...

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