Performance / Tour News

Preservation Hall Jazz Band to Perform at Historic el Campani Theatre in Antioch, CA

Source: Michael Ricci
January 14, 2010

The Preservation Hall Jazz Band (PHJB), based in the city known as the birthplace of Jazz, New Orleans, LA, will make its only Northern California appearance scheduled in 2010 at the historic El Campanil Theatre in Antioch on March 6. Sponsored in part by a grant from the Dean and Margaret Lesher Foundation and the support of the Antioch Music Foundation, the concert will be held on Saturday evening at 8 p.m.

The building in New Orleans that houses Preservation ...

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Louis Moholo-Moholo with Lafayette Gilchrist at Jazzway in Baltimore on Feb. 6

Source: Michael Ricci
January 14, 2010

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Genre-Busting New Yorkers Gutbucket to Tour Europe, 2010

Source: Michael Ricci
January 14, 2010

GENRE-BUSTING NEW YORKERS G U T B U C K E T TO TOUR EUROPE IN JANUARY 2010 You can see the promo mailing with links to all the clubs here The meat of the matter is here: Gutbucket's Winter 2010 European Tour Dates: Saturday, January 16 jazzclub minden minden, germany Sunday, January 17 club hanseat salzwedel, germany Monday, January 18 GIG hannover, germany Tuesday, January 19 dumont aachen, germany Wednesday, January 20 workshop aachen, germany ...

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Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis "Portrait in Seven Shades" U.S. Tour in March 2010

Source: Michael Ricci
January 14, 2010

Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra will embark on the “Portrait in Seven Shades" U.S. Tour in March 2010. The band will perform selections from the suite as well as a repertoire to include tunes by Count Basie, Mary Lou Williams and others. Jazz at Lincoln Center announces the CD release of Portrait in Seven Shades, composed by jazz reedman Ted Nash and performed by the world-renowned Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis. Portrait in ...

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Jazz St. Louis Schedules Free Community Concert on Wednesday, February 10

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
January 14, 2010

Keyboardist Reggie Thomas and his group will join forces with the East St. Louis Senior High School Jazz Band for a free concert in February celebrating Black History Month and the music of Stevie Wonder.The event will be presented by Jazz St. Louis as part of its Whitaker Community Concerts series, and will take place at 7:00 p.m., Wednesday, February 10 at East St. Louis Senior High School, 4901 State Street.Thomas also will be featured at ...

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King Sunny Ade Coming to the Old Rock House on Tuesday, April 20

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
January 14, 2010

Nigerian singer and guitarist King Sunny Ade, who helped popularize African music in the US and Europe during the 1980s, is back on the road and is bringing His African Beats to St. Louis to perform at 9:00 p.m. Tuesday, April 20 at the Old Rock House, 1200 South 7th Blvd (between downtown and Soulard).Rooted in Nigeria's Yoruba culture, Ade's music was some of the first so-called “world" music to gain wide popularity in the West, and his ...

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With a Catalan Accent

Source: Michael Ricci
January 14, 2010

By Larry Blumenfeld for The Wall Street Journal When Chano Dominguez was a boy in Cadiz, Spain, he played the flamenco music his father loved on guitar. At the Jazz Standard in Manhattan in December, he reached briefly into the guts of his piano, damping its strings to make his notes sound as though plucked. He was performing “Freddie Freeloader," a Miles Davis tune, but save for Mario Rossy's acoustic bass, the stage evoked the flamenco of his native city ...

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The Sweet Remains Set Nashville Debut for 1/25 at Douglas Corner Cafe

Source: Seth Cohen PR
January 14, 2010

Critically Acclaimed Trio The Sweet Remains Makes Nashville Debut at Douglas Corner Cafe on January 25th USA TODAY Praises “Sumptuous Three-Part Harmonies" Chattanooga Show Confirmed for January 23rd Critically acclaimed folk-pop trio The Sweet Remains will make their Nashville debut on January 25th at Douglas Corner Caf. The Music City event - an industry showcase open to the public - will come on the heels of the band's debut in Chattanooga on January 23rd. Saturday. January. 23rd - 10pm

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