Performance / Tour News

Pollstar: Jeff Beck, Ozomatli Coming to St. Louis

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
January 27, 2010

The online touring information service Pollstar has just added a listing for a St. Louis show by guitarist Jeff Beck (pictured) on Thursday, April 29 at the Fox Theatre.It's one of seven new U.S. dates just added to the schedule for Beck, who doesn't tour all that often. (Perhaps some astute reader will chime in via the comments with info on when he last played St. Louis.)Beck's got a large and diverse fan base, from rock ...

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Nu-Art Series Matinees to Feature St. Louis Musicians Interpreting Famous Jazz Composers

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
January 27, 2010

The Nu-Art Series has announced a new series of weekend matinees presenting St. Louis musicians performing their own work and the music of a famous jazz composer.“The Jazz Composers Series: Re-Arrangements & Nu-Compositions" will begin Saturday, February 6 with a concert featuring bassist Darrell Mixon's quartet and the music of Charles Mingus and continue each weekend until April 17. Each concert will feature one set of the musician's own compositions and one set highlighting the work of a ...

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NYC Drummer/Composer, USC Alumnus Matt Slocum Announces West Coast Tour - March 11-15

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
January 27, 2010

NYC Drummer/Composer, USC Alumnus MATT SLOCUM Announces West Coast Tour - March 11-15. Featuring Josh Nelson (Seamus Blake, Matt Wilson, Natalie Cole) & Massimo Biolcati (Ravi Coltrane, Lionel Loueke, Terence Blanchard). In celebration of Slocum's debut CD, PORTRAITS - Available NOW! “Very impressive . . . A smoking drummer with plenty of taste . . . Highly recommended." - Brick Wahl, LA Weekly“It's a thrill to hear Matt's creativity, artistic diversity and sound statements on this wonderful outing ...

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Daniel Merriweather at the Troubadour

Source: Michael Ricci
January 27, 2010

The young Australian wanders away from the carefully produced retro soul of 'Love & War' for improvised flights of soul-funk fancy.

The only thing more memorable than Daniel Merriweather's vocals Wednesday night at the Troubadour was the face he kept making while delivering them. Wonderfully expressive, this guy: eyes squeezed shut, cheeks bunched up, mouth moved pretty much entirely to the left side of his head. Picture a huskier version of Mr. Schuester from “Glee" crossed with one of those ...

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Salute to Jazz at the Grammy Museum

Source: Michael Ricci
January 27, 2010

The Recording Academy started ramping up for Sundays Grammy Awards on Tuesday night, honoring influential guitarist and educator Kenny Burrell as part of its annual Salute to Jazz.

Held in the Grammy Museums cozy performance space, the evening felt like a more scaled-back affair compared with last years glitzy celebration of Blue Note Records at Club Nokia, but the fans making up the packed house (which included ever-dapper soul legend Solomon Burke) were no less devout as seats were tough ...

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Grammy Award-Winning Vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater Pays Tribute to the Legendary Billie Holiday at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts

Source: Michael Ricci
January 26, 2010

Grammy award-winning vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater pays tribute to the legendary Billie Holiday in a special performance titled “To Billie with Love" A Celebration of Lady Day Ms. Bridgewater will perform highlights from her upcoming album Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie With Love From Dee Dee Philadelphia, PA -- Valentines Day comes early when Grammy and Tony award-winning jazz vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater returns to the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts to perform highlights from her soon-to-be-released album Eleanora ...

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Jazz Standard Grooves on in February 2010 with Several of Jazz's Rising Stars, Veterans, and New Music Ensembles

Source: AMT Public Relations
January 26, 2010

JAZZ STANDARD, one of the natio'ns premier jazz clubs, presents another month of great jazz in February. On February 23, we present the exciting group Afinidad led by pianist Edward Simon and saxophonist David Binney along with some very special guests. Grammy Award-winner David Sanchez leads his group February 4-6. The thrilling jazz vocalist Rene Marie makes her long-awaited return to our stage for Valentines Weekend from February 1114. Two dynamic and different trios round out the month with the ...

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Daniel Schnyder and Matt Herskowitz Play "Schumann and All That Jazz"

Source: Michael Ricci
January 26, 2010

Jazz + Robert Schumann? Why not? On February 3rd, the Lyric Chamber Music Society will celebrate Schumann's 200th anniversary by featuring jazz arrangements of Schumann's works by virtuosos Daniel Schnyder (saxophone) and Lyric's Composer and Artist-in-Residence Matt Herskowitz (piano), along with their own compositions and selected works by Grieg, Schubert, and Bach. For more information and to reserve tickets, call 212-239-9190 or visit http://www.lyricny.org/concerts2009-2010.html today. First-time attendees bring a friend for free! About the Artists: Daniel Schnyder is known as ...

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