Performance / Tour News

Review of Black Rep's Yesterdays Now Online

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
March 1, 2010

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Jason Parker Quartet Spring 2010 West Coast Tour

Source: Michael Ricci
February 28, 2010

The Jason Parker Quartet hits the road on May 6, 2010 for our first ever tour! We'll be traveling up and down the West Coast hitting some great jazz clubs along the way. I've been wanting to take this band on the road for three years and I've finally figured out a way to make it work. We'll be playing tunes from our latest CD, “No More, No Less", and debuting some new material as well. Itinerary: May 06 - ...

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Live Jazz Music Calendar Chicago 2010 (Feb26-Mar05)

Source: JAZZzology by Richard Watters
February 28, 2010

Here is what's happening with the live Chicago Jazz Venues for the dates February 26th thru March 5th, 2010...Hyde Park Alliance for Arts & Culturehttp://hypachicago.org/passport/Passport To Jazz with Reginald RobinsonOriental Institute, 1155 E. 58th St., 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.Sunday, March 7, 2010Reginald Robinson, acclaimed pianist/composer of ragtime and early jazz and blues styles, comes to the Oriental Institute to perform in conjunction with the new special exhibit Pioneers to the Past: American ...

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WACO at TOST This Sunday

Source: Seattle Jazz Scene
February 28, 2010

photo by Daniel Sheehan

The Washington Composers Orchestra (WACO) is back at TOST starting this Sunday night February 28th at 8 p.m.

Featuring compositions by Robin Holcomb, Tom Varner, Wayne Horvitz and others, this ensemble features a fantastic line-up of great Seattle players performing scores originally written for the New York Composers Orchestra as well as more recent compositions

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513 N. 36th St, at Evanston St., Fremont, Seattle (across street from the Lenin statue)

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Douglass Street Music Collective Presents Unicycles

Source: Michael Ricci
February 28, 2010

On Thursday, March 4 at 9:00 p.m., Douglass Street Music Collective will present Unicycles, a relay-style series of solo performances by an ensemble cast of six up-and-coming Brooklyn improvisers. The cast, which collaborates in various other groups including Gleason's Twins, Dollshot, and Cuddle Magic, will assemble one fat B-52 of sonic pleasure, piece by piece. The evening will consist of three sets of improvisations-in-tandem. Cole Kamen-Green: trumpet/electronics Noah Kaplan: saxophone Wes Matthews: piano Joe ...

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Anglique Kidjo Brings African Experiences to Her Craft

Source: Michael Ricci
February 28, 2010

Benin-born pop diva makes her Disney Hall debut on Sunday night.

The term clanked off Anglique Kidjo's ear when she first heard it. “African American." How could someone be American and African at the same time, she wondered? “You think I'm stupid because I'm a little girl?" Kidjo asked the person who'd used the expression. She was 9 years old. Speaking by phone recently, the Benin-born Afro-pop diva, who will make her Walt Disney Concert Hall debut with her four-piece ...

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Celebrating 75 Years of Grooves in Village

Source: Michael Ricci
February 28, 2010

Joe Lovano and Us Five, including, from left, Mr. Lovano, Francisco Mela and Esperanza Spalding, are celebrating the Village Vanguard's 75th anniversary this week.

A warm sense of occasion surrounds this week's Village Vanguard engagement by the saxophonist Joe Lovano. The club just commemorated its 75th anniversary, another mile marker in a storied and still vital history.

And Mr. Lovano, leading the group from his most recent album, “Folk Art" (Blue Note), is celebrating something else besides: his 30th year ...

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Lake Norman Orchestra to Perform "Homeland" by Marc Hoffman

Source: blueplate pr
February 28, 2010

(SALISBURY, NC) - The Lake Norman Orchestra, under the direction of Eduardo Cedeno, will perform “Homeland," an original piece by Salisbury, NC, composer Marc Hoffman, on Saturday, March 13, in the Mack Gray Auditorium in Statesville, NC. The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. According to Hoffman, “Homeland" expresses his feelings about growing up in Salisbury. “Having been born and raised in a small town, I came to know the simple strength and sense of well-being often found in that ...

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