Performance / Tour News

Text of Light (Feat. Lee Ranaldo, Alan Licht, and Ulrich Krieger) @ Cinefamily

Source: SoCal Creative Music
March 9, 2010

This Wednesday night Text of Light in Los Angeles! This is a truly rare and incredible west coast performance:Join Sonic Youth guitarist Lee Ranaldo, collaborating live with saxophonist Ulrich Krieger and guitarist Alan Licht, as he goes to the blasphemous extreme with live scores to the films of Stan Brakhage and other mid-century American cinema avant-gardists. According to Licht, Text of Light “does not perform soundtracks to the films of Stan Brakhage. Rather, it uses the films as ...

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Simon and Garfunkel Tour

Source: JamBase
March 9, 2010

SIMON & GARFUNKEL ANNOUNCE NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES IN CANADA & U.S. TO FOLLOW DUO'S FIRST-EVER JAZZ FEST APPEARANCE

Simon & Garfunkel Beginning in Vancouver on April 29, the majority of Simon & Garfunkel's dates will be in Canada, bringing the pair to multiple cities for the first time in many years - and several others for the first time ever - in addition to selected dates in the U.S.

The pair recently performed a heralded set at ...

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Terry Silverlight at the Bitter End in NYC on April 20th

Source: Michael Ricci
March 8, 2010

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Jazz and Sushi March Schedule

Source: Seattle Jazz Scene
March 8, 2010

Pony Boy Records Presents JAZZ and SUSHI Friday Nights - Hiroshis Restaurant 2501 Eastlake Avenue East, Seattle, WA ph: (206)726-4966, no cover, 7:30 - 10:00

A very fine line-up to swing into spring. Come check out some of the fine artists on Pony Boy Records, and preview some of our newest recording artists.

Sushi master Hiroshi and his gang prepare a full menu of Japanese cuisine that is fresh, tasty, and full of flavor ...

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Fareed Haque's Flat Earth Ensemble Performing Thursday, March 18 at 2720

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
March 8, 2010

Guitarist Fareed Haque (pictured) was in St. Louis most recently back in December to perform with his band Garaj Mahal at 2720 Cherokee (aka 2720). Apparently, it must have worked out well for all concerned, because Haque is coming back to 2720 - this time with his band the Flat Earth Ensemble - on Thursday, March 18.The Flat Earth Ensemble includes Haque, keyboard player Willerm Delisfort and tabla drummer Subrata Bhattacharya, and plays what's described as “a free ...

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A Week in the West with the John Scofield Quartet

Source: Michael Ricci
March 8, 2010

The John Scofield quartet with Mulgrew Miller on piano, Ben Street on bass, and Kendrick Scott on drums will be hitting the west coast from north to south in a week. Scofield is taking a break from his Piety Street tour to hit the west coast with this fine jazz quartet. They will perform on March 9th and 10th at Jazz Alley in Seattle. Then on Tuesday, March 11th through Sunday, March 14th they are at Yoshi's in Oakland. For ...

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Chicago Live Jazz Music Calendar 2010 (March 5 - March 12)

Source: JAZZzology by Richard Watters
March 7, 2010

Here is what's happening with the live Chicago Jazz Venues for the dates March 5th thru March 12th, 2010... Hyde Park Alliance for Arts & Culturehttp://hypachicago.org/passport/Passport To Jazz at Robie House withSarah Marie Young Trio“Plays it Wright"Friday, March 12, 2010 6:30 - 9:00 pm5757 South Woodlawn Avenue$10 - includes 2 drink tickets (advance tickets required) Family Piano/Joplin's Java Cafe114 South Genesee StreetWaukegan, IL 60085(847) 775-1988Friday, ...

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Butch Morris leads first Seattle 'conduction' a group concert made up on the spot

Source: Seattle Jazz Scene
March 7, 2010

Conductor Butch Morris concludes a 10-day Cornish College residency with a “conduction" a spontaneously directed ensemble performance unlike anything else. It takes place Saturday, March 6, at Poncho Concert Hall. On paper, the practice that Butch Morris calls “conduction" sounds like a recipe for musical chaos. But after more than three decades, Morris is a maestro of spontaneously directed ensemble performance, an artist capable of transforming an ad-hoc group of musicians into a thrilling vehicle for instantaneous arranging and composing. ...

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