Performance / Tour News

Ben Williams and Sound Effect to Play May 22 in Saratoga Springs, NT

Source: Michael Ricci
May 2, 2010

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Sten Hostfalt & Blaise Siwula Live at GBM NYC May 10

Source: Michael Ricci
May 2, 2010

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NYC's Jazz Standard Announces May Line-Up

Source: AMT Public Relations
May 2, 2010

JAZZ STANDARD Presents Some of Todays Leading Vocalists and Pianists During the Month of May JAZZ STANDARD, one of the nations premier jazz clubs, presents another month of great jazz in May. Pianist Mulgrew Miller will lead a trio introducing vocalist Alvin Stone Maddox (May 45) followed by his all-star septet Wingspan (May 69). The beautiful duet sounds of vocalist Nancy King and pianist Fred Hersch will be heard (May 1112), followed by trumpeter Wallace Roney and his allstar group ...

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Jazz Legends Return to Historic Bohemian Caverns in Washington, DC

Source: The Phillips Agency
May 1, 2010

Washingtonians and visitors to the nation's capital can feel the past and glimpse the future of jazz music by visiting historic Bohemian Caverns, where a rich jazz experience awaits. A jazz spot whose roots date back to 1926, Bohemian Caverns is the city's oldest jazz club and a must-hear see jazz destination. It's located on Washington's legendary U Street Corridor, for many decades a Mecca of hip and cool culture. Some called the neighborhood Washington's Harlem. Bohemian Caverns was once ...

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Karl Denson's Tiny Universe | 04.23 | NY

Source: JamBase
April 28, 2010

Words by: Jarrod Dicker | Images by: Rob Chapman

Karl Denson's Tiny Universe :: 04.23.10 :: Brooklyn Bowl :: Brooklyn, New York

Karl Denson's Tiny Universe wrapped up their East Coast run in New York this weekend at the adult playground and music sanctuary Brooklyn Bowl with two nights of eclectic jazz and fiery funk. In a harmonious cosmos where jazz music reigns supreme, the Tiny Universe expelled a rare, extraordinary energy that is inimitable by any other funk ...

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Jazz St. Louis Announces Summer Schedule for Jazz at the Bistro

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

Jazz St. Louis has announce the summer 2010 schedule for Jazz at the Bistro, and it's a lineup filled with return appearances and weighted toward singers, with vocalists filling four of the nine summer weekends the Bistro will be open.There also will be a couple of less-familiar faces, as smooth jazz saxophonist Tim Cunningham will play the club in June for the first time in recent memory, and the up-and-coming trumpeter Keyon Harrold (pictured) will make his Bistro ...

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Orrin Evans Captain Black Big Band at Chris' Jazz Cafe on April 30, 2010

Source: All About Jazz
April 28, 2010

Orrin Evans brings his Captain Black Big Band to Chris' Jazz Cafe on April 30, 2010. Possible band members include bass: Eric Revis, Madison Rast, Mike Boone, Reid Anderson. drums: Donald Edwards, Byron Landham, Ralph Peterson, Gene Jackson, Nasheet Waits saxophone: Ralph Bowen, Sam Newsome, Tia Fuller,JD Allen And many more.....

Friday, April 30, 2010 Sets starting @ 8:00 PM Chris' Jazz Cafe 1421 Sansom St Philadelphia PA Info: 215-568-3131 ...

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The Ear Regulars Old-Time Jazz Swing, but Modern Metabolism

Source: Michael Ricci
April 28, 2010

The New York jazz landscape has always been defined partly by its underground, with the tacit understanding that such a region is usually zoned for experimentation.

That's as true as it ever was, but its an incomplete truth because of all that it overlooks. One case in point would be the Ear Regulars, the traditional jazz cohort led by the trumpeter Jon-Erik Kellso and the guitarist Matt Munisteri every Sunday night at the Ear Inn, on the westernmost edge of ...

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