Performance / Tour News

Michael Jefry Stevens and Malcolm Lynn Baker in an Exclusive Duo Concert

Source: Michael Ricci
March 9, 2010

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Former Mothers of Invention Members Don Preston and Bunk Gardner to Tour East Coast

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
March 9, 2010

Los Angeles, CA - Don Preston and Bunk Gardner, both original members of the the legendary Mothers of Invention with Frank Zappa, are gearing up for an exciting east coast tour called The Don & Bunk Show. The duo will be playing a full range of Zappa's music from Freak Out to Zoot Allures. The evening will be full of the zany antics, wild improvisations and strange electronic music the early Mothers were famous for, along with the expert mastery ...

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Giuseppi Logan Plays Two Record Release Concerts

Source: Michael Ricci
March 9, 2010

Legendary saxophonist Giuseppi Logan will play two concerts with his group to celebrate the release of his first album in 45 years, The Giuseppi Logan Quintet. The album features two of his closest collaborators from the '60s; Dave Burrell and Warren Smith. He will perform in New York City at Bowery Poetry Club, Tuesday March 16th at 11pm. Giuseppi also returns to his birthplace, Philadelphia, on April 1 to perform for the first time in decades, at the Ars Nova ...

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Composer/Percussionist Lukas Ligeti Tours Afrikan Machinery This Spring 2010

Source: AMT Public Relations
March 8, 2010

Composer/Percussionist Lukas Ligeti Continues a Nationwide Tour of Afrikan Machinery Brilliantneatly bridges the classical-modernist-world-music divide. - The Scotsman (U.K.) Fresh off his first ever UK solo performances, composer/percussionist Lukas Ligeti continues to wow audiences with his post-minimalist polyrhythmic music in a nationwide Spring 2010 concert tour (see schedule below). Performing selections from his most recent album, Afrikan Machinery (Tzadik), Ligetis live repertoire for electronica percussion, specifically the Marimba Lumina (an innovative mallet instrument invented by legendary synthesizer pioneer Don Buchla), ...

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Jazz at the Wilbur Presents: An Evening with Lizz Wright

Source: Sue Auclair Promotions
March 8, 2010

JAZZ AT THE WILBUR Singer Lizz Wright In Concert at The Wilbur Theatre Thursday, April 8, 7:30 pm Yoko Miwa Trio To Open One of The Jazz World's Most Celebrated Rising Stars Heads to Boston Boston, MA--Jazz at The Wilbur will present “An Evening With Lizz Wright" on Thursday, April 8, at 7:30 PM at the Wilbur Theatre, 246 Tremont Street, Boston, MA 02116. The Yoko Miwa Trio will open the show. Tickets at ...

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Shepley Metcalf Celebrates the Songs of Fran Landesman

Source: Sue Auclair Promotions
March 9, 2010

SINGER SHEPLEY METCALF PRODUCES TRIBUTE TO JAZZ LYRICIST FRAN LANDESMAN WITH NEW CD

Something Irresistible: Songs of Fran Landesman + Simon Wallace

AND SCULLERS JAZZ CLUB SHOW

TUESDAY, MARCH 23 AT 8:00 PM

Boston, MA--If you are impressed by the haunting lyrics of the well-known tunes “Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most" or “Ballad of The Sad Young Men," then you should seek out this unique Scullers show celebrating the hippest of the hippest of all jazz lyricists, ...

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Night of Radical Guitar: Janet Feder and Miroslav Tadic with Vinny Golia

Source: SoCal Creative Music
March 9, 2010

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Danilo Perez Presents "Things to Come: 21st Century Dizzy"

Source: DL Media
March 9, 2010

Perez, who recently signed with Mack Avenue Records in 2009 and is expected to release his label debut in August, has brought together this diverse and global group of musicians to celebrate the music and bountiful inspiration of his mentor, Dizzy Gillespie. Perez's hand-picked all-stars, with roots in Afro-Cuban, be-bop, Indian, African, and Middle Eastern music, will more than honor Dizzy's legendary vision and keep true to the music that they've grown into all their lives.Things To ...

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