Performance / Tour News

Radiohead Raise 500k for Haiti Relief w/ L.A. Concert

Source: JamBase
January 26, 2010

Radiohead Raise 500K For Haiti Relief with L.A. Benefit Show

Last night (Sunday January, 24), Radiohead raised over $500,000 for Haiti at a benefit show at Los Angeles' Music Box Theatre at The Fonda. Tickets were only available by auction with all proceeds going to the Oxfam Haiti relief fund. Tickets were auctioned off for as much as $2,000, and the lowest lucky winner got a ticket for $475.00.

01.25.10 :: Music Box at the Fonda :: Los Angeles, CA ...

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The Bad Plus | 01.08 | St. Louis

Source: JamBase
January 26, 2010

Words by: Patrick Shamel

The Bad Plus :: 01.08.10 :: Jazz at the Bistro :: St. Louis, MO

The Bad Plus :: 01.08 by John Barnes Amidst pianist Ethan Iverson's dry humor in addressing the crowd between songs and drummer Dave King's various children's musical instruments utilized for fills and perhaps intentional hilarity, what really stands out about The Bad Plus is their virtuosity and sharp improvisation in ...

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Mike Gordon March Tour

Source: JamBase
January 26, 2010

MIKE GORDON TO PLAY EIGHT SHOWS IN MARCH

Mike Gordon Mike and his band (longtime collaborator Scott Murawski on guitar, Vermonters Craig Myers on percussion and Tom Cleary on keyboards and Brooklyn drummer Todd Isler) will hit the road for an eight date March Tour beginning March 5 in Troy, NY and ending March 14 in Lebanon, NH.

The headlining club tour features a return to the Theatre of the Living Arts in Philadelphia and first time stops at Rams ...

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Jazz St. Louis Polling Fans on Potential Bistro Bookings

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
January 26, 2010

Once again this year, Jazz St. Louis is looking for input from local jazz fans regarding who they'd like to see booked next season at Jazz at the Bistro. Interested individuals may offer their opinions by responding to a survey on the Jazz St. Louis Web site.Musicians listed in the poll as under consideration for the Bistro's 2010-11 season include Patricia Barber, Bill Charlap, Stefon Harris, Lionel Loueke, Russell Malone, Gretchen Parlato, Jeremy Pelt, Chris Potter, Christian Scott, ...

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Premik Russell Tubbs with Bangalore Breakdown & Special Guests

Source: Michael Ricci
January 25, 2010

Friday,January 29th Cinema Arts Centre Huntington , NY 11743

Start: 8:00 $15 Members, $20 Public, $10 (Kids 16 & under)

The evening of the 29th will open with performer/guest introductions and poet Cheryl Wilson setting the tone with the reading of her musically inspired work Bangalore Breakdown. The program will then shift to a solid hour of Bangalore Breakdown compositions performed by 7 members of the ensemble.

This will be followed by a special ...

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Landon Knoblock's Creatures with Striking Features at Ibeam on Friday, Feb. 5th

Source: Michael Ricci
January 25, 2010

Creatures With Striking Features will perform at Ibeam on Friday February 5 at 9:30pm. The group features Phil Doyle on saxophone, Jeff Davis on drums, and Landon Knoblock on rhodes. Ibeam is located at 168 7th St. Brooklyn, NY. F, R, and G trains to 4th Ave and 9th st. Click here for Google Maps.. ibeambrooklyn.com. $10 donation. Creatures With Striking Features is a radical improvised music trio, traversing musical landscapes ranging from the avant-garde to ...

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Mandolinist Extraordinaire Chris Thile

Source: Michael Ricci
January 24, 2010

Mandolinist extraordinaire Chris Thile is only 28, but already he has shocked or changed the world in which he operates several times.

First, there was his breakout work with the acoustic trio Nickel Creek. More recently with the Punch Brothers, he wrote a large-scale song cycle for bluegrass band called The Blind Leaving the Blind (Nonesuch). As historical analogies to Thile, I would nominate Duke Ellington or Astor Piazzolla, who also tried to extend their once-humble idioms (jazz and tango, ...

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Yaacov Mayman Borislav Strulev New Chamber Jazz at Iridium Friday, February 26th

Source: Michael Ricci
January 24, 2010

Borislav Strulev -"He plays as if he were to the cello born. His sound, phrasing, coloring and technique already place him in position to follow the Russian tradition of cello playing. Watch this young man, and more importantly, listen to him." Byron Janis Yaacov Mayman, saxophone player, has been contributing his unique musical voice to the vibrant New York, Russia and Israel Jazz scene, equally earning high praise, as from his peers and musical critics, as from his multi-faceted audience. ...

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