Performance / Tour News

Papo Vazquez Pirates Troubadours at Brooklyn Public Library

Source: Michael Ricci
March 21, 2010

Jazz trombonist Papo Vazquez's Afro-Caribbean ensemble, Pirates Troubadours, will be hosted by the Brooklyn Public Library at the Dr. S. Stevan Dweck Center for Contemporary Culture on Thursday, April 1 for a free concert from 7 to 8:30 PM. The Dweck Center's entrance is located at the Central Library on Eastern Parkway near Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn. This performance is part of the 11th Annual Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival. Papo Vazquez Pirates Troubadours are Willie Williams (sax), Zaccai Curtis ...

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Broadway Star Sutton Foster Will Present Concerts at the Kirk Douglas Theatre

Source: Michael Ricci
March 21, 2010

Tony-winner Sutton Foster will give two concerts featuring songs from her Broadway shows as well as her own selection of favorites at 8 p.m. April 29 and 30 at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City.

“An Evening With Sutton Foster" will be part of the Center Theatre Group's DouglasPlus series.

Foster won the 2002 Tony and Drama Desk awards for playing the naive heroine in “Thoroughly Modern Millie." She also has starred on Broadway in “Shrek: The Musical," “Young ...

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Jazz Venues in Manhattan

Source: All About Jazz
March 21, 2010

DARCY JAMES ARGUE'S SECRET SOCIETY (Tuesday) Part of the 40th-anniversary festivities for the New England Conservatory jazz program. At 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. Jazz Standard 116 East 27th Street, Manhattan (212) 576-2232 jazzstandard.net

JOHN BUNCH TRIO (Thursday) At 7 and 9 p.m. Brasserie Ruhlmann 45 Rockefeller Plaza, at 50th Street (212) 974-2020 brasserieruhlmann.com

REGINA ...

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Devin Gray + Gerald Cleaver Duet at KORZO (Brooklyn) on April 13th

Source: Michael Ricci
March 21, 2010

Tuesday April 13th, 11PM Devin Gray + Gerald Cleaver DUET Two Drums + Improvised music Konceptions @ KORZO 667 5th Avenue [bet. 19th + 20th streets] Brooklyn, NYC 11215 718.285.9425 korzorestaurant.com Subway: R or M train to Prospect Avenue There is a $7 cover charge per set. Korzo features amazing Eastern European cuisine and an impressive array of wine, bourbon, scotch and beers on tap. “The long-running progressive-jazz series Konceptions ...

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Magos Herrera to Perform at Galapagos Art Space on April 15 and BAMcafe on May 21

Source: DL Media
March 20, 2010

Vocalist Magos Herrera set to perform in Brooklyn, featuring music from Distancia, her debut CD on Sunnyside Records - Galapagos Art Space on April 15- BAMcafe Live on May 21“The Mexican-born Herrera sings in Spanish, English and Portuguese. But really, what she does on Distancia transcends language. She's blending elements from various traditions, stretching the very notion of jazz singing, pushing past the diva pleasantries into a sound that's bold, thrilling and effortlessly global." - Tom Moon, NPR ...

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Larry Goldings Presents "Boogaloo & Beyond Dance Party" at Vitello's April 2, 2010

Source: All About Jazz
March 20, 2010

Larry Goldings will present “Boogaloo & Beyond" with the great Anthony Wilson on guitar, the beautiful, rich and detailed sound of tenor saxophone giant Bob Sheppard and Mike Green on drums. This is a return engagement for this show at Vitello's Jazz and Supper Club at 4349 Tujunga Avenue, Studio City, Ca. There will be Boogalooing from 8p to midnight and reservations for the Dance Party can be made at 818-769-0905 or www.vitellosrestaurant .com. The organ king Larry Goldings burns ...

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Tamela D'Amico Graces the Stage at Catalina Jazz Club for One Night Only - April 11, 2010

Source: Allegro Media
March 20, 2010

Take a recipe perfected by Frank Sinatra.... mix equal parts of Billie Holiday and Barbra Streisand, a teaspoon of Ella Fitzgerald...add a dash of Peggy Lee and you've got a hot fresh talent named Tamela D'Amico. This is an artist that brings a delicious and surprising twist to the world of jazz. Just one taste and you'll be craving more. It's no surprise that television star, Peter Krause, a veteran of groundbreaking quality projects himself (Six Feet Under, Dirty Sexy ...

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Gilberto Gil's Human-Powered Tour

Source: Michael Ricci
March 20, 2010

For the Brazilian musical idol Gilberto Gil, the cultural always is the political -- and vice versa.

It has been that way since the 1960s, when Gil and several artistic comrades were imprisoned and driven into London exile by Brazil's ruling military junta. Ostensibly, Gil and his colleagues, including Caetano Veloso , were guilty of stirring up the populace with a genre-shattering, socially alert, Afro-rock hybrid called tropicalismo.

It was indeed a radical act in a country that takes music ...

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