Performance / Tour News

Monterey Jazz Festival All-Star Group at Orange Co. Performing Arts Center on April 24

Source: Michael Ricci
April 6, 2010

By Larry Taylor

Always at the forefront of modern jazz, the one-and-only Monterey Jazz Festival has taken to the road with a roster of musical heavyweights representing today's very best including: nine-time Grammy-nominated and NEA Jazz Master Kenny Barron on piano; Grammy-nominated Regina Carter on violin; Grammy winner Russell Malone on guitar; Grammy-winning vocalist Kurt Elling; bassist Kiyoshi Kitagawa and Grammy-nominated Johnathan Blake on drums. This impressive ensemble, Monterey Jazz Festival On Tour, makes a stop at the Orange County ...

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LCD Soundsystem: Tour Dates

Source: JamBase
April 6, 2010

LCD SOUNDSYSTEM CONFIRMS NORTH AMERICAN HEADLINE DATES

LCD Soundsystem has announced a series of North American headline dates in support of its forthcoming third album, This Is Happening, which will be released May 18 in the U.S. on DFA/Virgin.

LCD Soundsystem Commencing with a May 20-21 two night stand at New York City's Terminal 5, the new shows are preceded by LCD's April 16 Coachella main stage set and an almost completely sold out April 20-May 9 U.K./Europe tour. A ...

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The Heavy: North American Tour U.K. Band Supports Sharon Jones

Source: JamBase
April 6, 2010

THE HEAVY TO RETURN TO NORTH AMERICA SUPPORTING SHARON JONES AND THE DAP KINGS / PLUS HEADLINE SHOWS AND FESTIVAL DATES

The Heavy The Heavy are coming back to North America for tour dates spanning May, June and July for their longest North American tour to date. They will be supporting Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, headlining some of their own shows, and performing at Festivals such as Sasquatch!, Jazz Fests in Victoria/Vancouver and more.

The Heavy ...

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Umphrey's McGee: Hall of Fame Class of 2010

Source: JamBase
April 6, 2010

Umphrey's McGee Hall of Fame Class of 2010

The votes have been tallied, and the Class of 2010 Hall of Fame results are in!

Umphrey's McGee asked fans to select their top shows from 2004 through 2009 - shows that would be representative of that particular year. The votes have been tallied and the winning shows - including the previously unreleased matrix of the 2006 Atlantic City appearance - have been compiled and are presented on two DVDs, in both ...

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Neil Young: Twisted Road Solo Tour with Bert Jansch

Source: JamBase
April 6, 2010

14 SOLO DATES WITH INCREDIBLE BRITISH FOLK GREAT OPENING SHOWS

Neil Young With stops in D.C., Louisville, Nashville, Atlanta and more, the Twisted Road Tour is one of Neil Young's most extensive live solo outings in ages. The 14-date tour begins at the Palace Theatre in Albany, NY on Tuesday, May 18 and concludes Monday, June 7 at Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas, TX. Find a full listing of tour dates here.

Opening for Young on all dates is British ...

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Matt Wilson Quartet to Play This Thursday, April 8 at Hixson Middle School

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
April 6, 2010

This just in: Drummer Matt Wilson (pictured) is bringing his quartet to St. Louis for a concert at 7:00 p.m. this Thursday, April 8 at Hixson Middle School, 630 S. Elm in Webster Groves.Wilson and his band - saxophonist Jeff Lederer, trumpeter Kirk Knuffke and bassist Chris Lightcap - will be joined onstage by the Webster Groves High School “Jazz 1" ensemble. Wilson played in St. Louis most recently in March 2009 at the Black Cat Theatre. His ...

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Wadada Leo Smith and His Golden Quartet

Source: Michael Ricci
April 5, 2010

The spirit of Miles Davis was in the air at Barnsdall Gallery Theater on Saturday night. A genre deeply tied to its history, jazz is somewhat unique in that its players are inevitably linked to those who defined their given instrument's sound. Take on the saxophone and John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins shadow your work. Master the piano and the names Bill Evans and Thelonious Monk are frequently invoked. So while the Davis comparisons may have been unavoidable as trumpeter ...

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Tizer to Perform in Support of Boulder's "Empty Places" Project

Source: Brody PR
April 5, 2010

BOULDER, CO/LOS ANGELES, CA -- Nationally known jazz fusion keyboardist and composer Lao Tizer brings his Los Angeles-based band TIZER to his hometown of Boulder for a fundraiser on May 7 at the Boulder Theater. The event will support the “Stories That Fill the Empty Places" project, a photo documentary by Boulder photographer Ralena Gordon that will capture the history of mental institutions in the U.S. TIZER features an all-star lineup including Jeff Kollman - guitar, Rufus Philpot - bass, ...

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