Performance / Tour News

Jazz Along Route 66

Source: All About Jazz
February 27, 2010

The sounds of jazz playing in the Los Angeles Basin

Casmosquad The Baked Potato Fri., February 26 San Fernando Valley

The Dave Robaire Trio Blue Whale Fri., February 26 Chinatown/ Elysian Park

Flattop Top Cafe 322 Fri., February 26 Foothill Cities

Masta & the Edge of Soul Cafe Cordiale Fri., February 26 San Fernando Valley

Keen ...

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Cuneiform Artists on Tour - March, 2010

Source: Michael Ricci
February 27, 2010

In addition to these once-a-month postings, you can always go here to see a weekly updated list of who/what/where. AHLEUCHATISTAS March 31 - Sinister Noise - Rome, Italy April 1 - Jarmusch Clube - Caserta, Italy April 2 - Black House Blues - Avellino, Italy April 6 - Gala Hala - Ljubljana, Slovenia April 7 - Tetris - Trieste, Italy April 10 - Nexus - Saalfelden, Germany April 11 - Stadwerkstatt - Linz, Austria April 13 - Velblound - South ...

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Medeski, Martin and Wood to Perform at the Showbox

Source: Seattle Jazz Scene
February 27, 2010

The jazz trio Medeski Martin and Wood first performed together in 1991 at the now-defunct Village Gate nightclub in downtown Manhattan, in a style neither they nor others put a name to. They sounded as much like a rock band as a jazz group, creating some new fans, and puzzling some others. In retrospect, the trio (also known as MMW), which performs Saturday night at the Showbox at the Market, was part of a shift in jazz, although few were ...

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STS9 | 02.18 - 02.21 | Northwest Run

Source: JamBase
February 27, 2010

Words by: Jonathan Zwickel | Images by: Dave Vann

Sound Tribe Sector 9 (STS9) :: 02.18.10-02.19.10 :: Crystal Ballroom :: Portland, OR

Sound Tribe Sector 9 (STS9) :: 02.20.10-02.21.10 :: Showbox :: Seattle, WA

STS9 :: 02.13 :: Oakland, CA There's a bigger picture to STS9 than a song-by-song concert review allows. It's an idea I've articulated elsewhere: STS9 is a barometer for the health of electronic dance music. When electronic dance music is vital and populist, STS9 ...

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JFJO | 02.10 | Santa Cruz

Source: JamBase
February 27, 2010

By: Dennis Cook

Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey :: 02.10.10 :: Moe's Alley :: Santa Cruz, CA

Wow, what a different band.

JFJO by Jeremy Charles Tilted gently but firmly by Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey's fully interlocked, supremely slinky sound waves at Moe's Alley, I couldn't escape the feeling of newness and excitability generated by the band. But, I also couldn't slip the feeling that I was watching an almost entirely different being from the one I encountered at my ...

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Darcy James Argue Sells Out!

Source: Inverted Garden by Eric Benson
February 27, 2010

That's right, the indie jazz world's favorite composer/conductor is taking his Reign-of-Terror–loving, Extraordinary Renditions–hating act from the halls of Williamsburg and the Bowery to Wynton's Jazz Palace in the Sky. To quote the man himself, “Zounds!"

In all seriousness, this is great news—a marker of Secret Society's recent successes and JALC's expanding horizons. Argue's Dizzy's Club gig will come as part of the new CareFusion Jazz Fesitval, a rebooted and vastly improved version of the bloated JVC Jazz Festival that ...

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Bluesman to Storm Santa Monica

Source: All About Jazz
February 26, 2010

When noted bluesman Guitar Shorty blazes into Harvelle's nightclub in Santa Monica on Saturday, he'll come armed with his trademark fiery ax and a crack backup band. He'll also be packing a new CD, “Bare Knuckle," chockfull of fresh blues tunes seemingly designed to be played live.

The 70-year-old virtuoso cut his first record for Chicago-based Cobra Records in 1957, followed closely by several originals recorded for Pull Records in Los Angeles in 1959. Touring for music giants Ray Charles ...

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Tom Petty Plans "Mojo" Tour

Source: All About Jazz
February 26, 2010

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers on Thursday revealed plans for a North American tour in support of their upcoming release of Mojo (Reprise), their first studio album in eight years. Produced by Live Nation, the tour will kick off May 6 in Raleigh, NC, the beginning of a 36-city trek across the U.S. and Canada. Joe Cocker will open for the band at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on May 22, with a supporting act to be determined for ...

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