Performance / Tour News

Catch the Brooklyn Big Band at Cafe Iguana (NYC)

Source: Michael Ricci
December 14, 2009

The Brooklyn Big band performs regularly at Cafe Iguana in NYC.

The band, led by Tim Armacost and Craig Bailey, plays a blazing style of original music on the first and third Mondays of every month at Cafe Iguana, at 240 W. 54th st, just west of Broadway. The group is celebrating the release of its first recording, Live at Sweet Rhythm, on Candid Records.

Cafe Iguana, 240 W. 54th St, near Broadway

Every 1st and 3rd Monday of the ...

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San Francisco Jazz Vocalist Kim Nalley Stars in the World Premiere of Her New Musical

Source: Michael Ricci
December 14, 2009

San Francisco jazz vocalist Kim Nalley stars in the world premiere of her new musical “Ella: The American Dream." Nalley penned this Ella Fitzgerald tribute, a quintessential rags to riches story that takes audiences back to 1930's Harlem, Savoy Ballroom and birth of the swing era. Based on new historical findings about Ella Fitzgerald's humble beginnings, this production will have audiences snappin' their fingers, feeling optimistic and yearning for more with its original music, jazz standards and Lindy Hop dancing. ...

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Cocoa Martini: Unique, Elegant Jazz Vocals

Source: Seattle Jazz Scene
December 12, 2009

from The Seattle Times:

The concept behind the vocal jazz group Cocoa Martini seems both familiar and novel, three women who sing songs that most of us know well, backed by a quartet.

When performing, the three singers, who straddle age 50, dress in elegant, evening dresses and take turns singing most of the songs, harmonizing on about a third of them, taking care in between to joke, address the audience and talk about their experience with the music.

Familiar, ...

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Travis Shook: Successful Jazz Pianist Makes a Concert Stop Back Home

Source: Seattle Jazz Scene
December 12, 2009

from The Olympian: TRAVIS SHOOK TRIO - SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12 The United Churches 110 11th Ave. S.E. Olympia, 7:30pm, $15

After being signed to a major-label record deal at age 23, jazz pianist Travis Shook took some career detours.

But the winding road is leading uphill these days. This weekend, its brings the award-winning musician back to his boyhood home in Olympia.

His concert Saturday with drummer Matt Jorgensen and bassist Phil Sparks, both ...

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Philharmonia: Lesh, Weir, Greene Acoustic Benefit Show

Source: JamBase
December 12, 2009

Philharmonia Acoustic Benefit Show On December 20 in San Francisco Intimate Concert to Feature Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, Jackie Greene and More

Phil Lesh On Sunday, December 20, 2009 Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, Jackie Greene and others will gather at an undisclosed San Francisco venue for an “intimate holiday sing-along party" to support the Bay Area Women's & Children's Center.

The concert is being put together by the Unbroken Chain Foundation. Ticket sales start December 11 and will ...

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Dark Party | 12.01 | San Francisco

Source: JamBase
December 12, 2009

Words by: Justin Gillett | Images by: Michael Mullady

Dark Party :: 12.01.09 :: Mighty :: San Francisco, CA

Dark Party :: 12.01 :: San Francisco It's been almost four years since Eliot Lipp released his debut LP, Tacoma Mockingbird, and already the producer extraordinaire has grown into one of the preeminent names on the electro circuit. Whether he's performing with Lipp Service (which includes Alex B and Lane Shaw of Pnuma Trio), or more recently with Dark Party, ...

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Jazz St. Louis Offering 2-for-1 Tickets for Oliver Lake/Russell Gunn Performances at Jazz at the Bistro

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
December 12, 2009

Jazz St. Louis is offering two tickets for the price of one for next week's performances at Jazz at the Bistro by the Oliver Lake Organ Trio with special guest Russell Gunn .The regular price for tickets is $30 for Wednesday and Thursday, $35 for Friday and Saturday, with sets at 8:30 p.m. and 10:15 p.m. To get the two-for-one discount, you must purchase your tickets by calling the Jazz St. Louis offices at 314-289-3040 and using the ...

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Spanish Fan Calls Police over Saxophone Band Who Were Just Not Jazzy Enough

Source: Michael Ricci
December 12, 2009

Festival-goer claims it was 'psychologically inadvisable' for him to hear Larry Ochs Sax and Drumming Core perform Jazzman Larry Ochs has seen many things during 40 years playing his saxophone around the world but, until this week, nobody had ever called the police on him. That changed on Monday night however, when's Spain's pistol-carrying Civil Guard police force descended on the Sigenza Jazz festival to investigate allegations that Ochs's music was not, well, jazz. Police decided to investigate after an ...

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