Performance / Tour News

Salongo at The Afrikan Poetry Theatre (Queens) on March 20th

Source: Michael Ricci
March 17, 2010

The Afrikan Poetry Theatre Proudly Presents Salongo with Eddie Allen (leader) - trumpet Bruce Williams - alto sax Craig Rivers - tenor sax Oscar Perez - piano Gene Torres - bass Diego Lopez - drums Roman Diaz - percussion Saturday, March 20, 2010 Performance Time: 8:00 - 11:00pm Center For Culture/the Afrikan Poetry Theatre 176-03 Jamaica Ave. Queens ...

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Judy Wexler's "Talkin' About My Generation" at Vitello's March 24th

Source: Michael Bloom Media Relations
March 17, 2010

Judy Wexler makes her debut at Vitello's Upstairs with a new show called “Talkin' About My Generation," featuring music from the 60's-70's, with songs by Richie Havens, the Zombies, Procol Harum, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Donovan, Melanie, and many more. “Talkin' About My Generation" sets out to capture the musical zeitgeist of the times with a distinctive jazz twist, taking the audience on an adventure through psychedelia, the sexual revolution, social commentary, and protest songs. Judy is backed by Jeff ...

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Keith Jarrett at Disney Hall Review

Source: Michael Ricci
March 17, 2010

Always a keen observer of audience habits, to put it mildly, a chatty Keith Jarrett couldn't resist telling a packed Disney Hall that he'd noticed a pattern among jazz crowds lately. I remember lines of people waiting to see the new thing, he said playfully from a lone spotlighted microphone stand opposite his piano. Now, there are lines of people waiting to see old things. Of course, when the old thing in question is the 64-year-old Jarrett, its understood that ...

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Sizzling Hot Jazz Musical "The Wild Party" Makes St. Louis Premiere

Source: Michael Ricci
March 16, 2010

New Line Theatre, “the Bad Boy of Musical Theatre," continues its nineteenth season of provocative, adult, alternative musical theatre with the St. Louis premiere of Andrew Lippa's rowdy, raunchy, jazz musical THE WILD PARTY, running April 22-May 15, 2010, at the Washington University South Campus Theatre (formerly CBC High School), 6501 Clayton Road, just east of Big Bend. Tickets are on sale now, through Metrotix, 314-534-1111.

Have you ever been so angry, so desperate, so trapped, that your only choice ...

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Cort Guitar Workers Solidarity Concert Thursday, March 18

Source: SoCal Creative Music
March 16, 2010

This is an important event that all musicians and humans with any sort of conscience should be concerned about. The Cort workers in Korea make most of the guitars in the world and were treated unfairly and poorly and then laid off when they tried to complain and unionize. Please plan on attending and help stop unfair business practices in the guitar industry:At the beginning of the year, we asked you if you knew who made your guitars. ...

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Boston Jazz Club Celebrating St. Patrick's Day with Celtic Band

Source: MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
March 16, 2010

To celebrate St. Patrick's Day in America's most Irish city, the Beehive Jazz Club in Boston is hosting its third annual Irish celebration on Wednesday, March 17, from 5:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m, featuring Celtic band Tri. Tri consists of award-winning bagpiper Matthew Phelps, fiddler Doug Lamey and guitarist Cliff McCann. They'll be joined by step dancers Pamela Campbell and Christine Morrison. Beehive Chef Rebecca Newell has created several Irish-inspired specials including corned beef and cabbage flatbread with sauerkraut and ...

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Fishtank Ensemble: Gypsy Wagons, Slap Bass and Mad Loves

Source: rock paper scissors, inc.
March 16, 2010

Gypsy Wagons, Slap Bass, and Mad Loves: The Unseen Musical Forces behind Fishtank Ensemble

Parked next door to a sandwich truck sits a hand-built, mule drawn “Gypsy wagon," like an apparition from a bygone era, in the driveway of a contemporary hillside home in Hollywood, California.

Belonging to Fishtank Ensemble, it embodies the wild and wooly journeys of the band's eclectic and eccentric members - vocalist Ursula Knudson, violinist Fabrice Martinez, guitarist Doug “Douje" Smolens, and bassist Djordje Stijepovicwho share ...

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Rising Star Renee Wilson Comes Home to New Orlens to Premiere Featured Documentary and Release Debut CD

Source: Michael Ricci
March 15, 2010

Introducing Rene Wilson Sultry, soulful, reminiscent and simply beautiful are just some words that have been used to describe the voice of Rene Wilson. Her unique style is a juicy, eclectic blend of folk, soul, jazz, rock, pop, blues and whatever else she decides to conjure up in her creative kitchen. Renee's intimate and resonant voice takes you back, drives you forward and emotionally takes you places you never even knew you wanted to go, leaving you wanting more and ...

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