Performance / Tour News

EM Come Home Tour ... Call Spielberg! Elliott Murphy--the Extra Musical Man. (Opening Act for Four Dates: Jann Klose)

Source: Anne Leighton
December 2, 2009

He won't be alone, and he won't be afraid, but we want Elliott Murphy to come home. And he will this December. Elliott Murphy, the man who could have written a book but chose rock and roll instead is coming home to play. Elliott Murphy, who “remains the poet laureate of rock and roll," says Blurtonline's Rev. Keith Mondo Gordon, has more songs to be heard. The Rock Troubadour who found major airplay in the 1970s for his critically acclaimed ...

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Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour, February 5 - May 1, 2010

Source: Monterey Jazz Festival
December 2, 2009

Monterey Jazz Festival On Tour In 2010

MJF/52 All-Star Band Features Kenny Barron, Regina Carter, Russell Malone,Kurt Elling, Kiyoshi Kitagawa, And Johnathan Blake

34-Date Tour Kicks Off February 5, 2010 In Connecticut, Continues Through 32 Cities In 17 States From February - May, 2010

December 1, 2009, Monterey, CA; The Monterey Jazz Festival, a leader in jazz education and presentation since 1958, announces the thirty-four date, nationwide, six-week tour of the MJF/52 All-Stars, billed as the Monterey Jazz Festival on ...

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BT3 Brings Radical Guitar Pyrotechnics & Hard Jazz/Funk Grooves to Rose Live Music -- Thursday, December 17th @ 9PM

Source: Michael Ricci
December 1, 2009

From a lifetime of breaking boundaries, leading an award-winning, DC-based hip-hop/fusion band, Miscellaneous Flux, and collaborating with numerous musical pioneers, guitarist Ben Tyree, at last, steps forward with his own ground-breaking, improvisational, sci-fi/jazz/funk trio project, BT3. On Thursday, December 17th at 9pm, Tyree will present BT3 at Rose Live Music (345 Grand St - btwn Havemeyer & Marcy - Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY). Incorporating Coltrane-esque melodic sheets of sound, funk-derived and classical finger-style rhythm playing as well as chord voicings not ...

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Jamie Cullum to Perform Sunday, March 14 at Roberts Orpheum Theater

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
December 1, 2009

This just in: British singer/songwriter/pianist Jamie Cullum (pictured) will return to St. Louis on Sunday, March 14 to perform at the Roberts Orpheum Theater downtown.As of right now, tickets are available only as premiums from local PBS affiliate KETC (Channel 9), which is airing Cullum's special Live at Blenheim during its current pledge drive. Cullum's last appearance here in March 2006 also was welcomed by KETC.A $120 contribution to KETC will get you two tickets to ...

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Wayne Krantz, Tim Lefebvre, Keith Carlock at Sullivan's N.Y. Dec. 9-10

Source: All About Jazz
December 1, 2009

For two nights only, Wednesday December 9th and Thursday December 10th, one of the greatest modern electric trios, Wayne Krantz, Tim Lefebvre and Keith Carlock will play Sullivan Hall, New York.

Hot on the heels of their critically acclaimed CD Krantz,Carlock, Lefebvre (Abstract Logix, 2009), these two shows will feature material from that CD as well as music from a collaboration which stretches back to '97.

Wayne Krantz is one of the most exciting and original of guitarists currently on ...

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Jazz Vocalist Showcase with Jay Clayton at Crossroads Lounge in Baltimore

Source: Michael Ricci
November 30, 2009

This Thursday, Dec. 3, internationally acclaimed vocalist, composer, and educator Jay Clayton will present a jazz vocalist showcase in the Crossroads Lounge at the Radisson Hotel at Cross Keys. The live jazz performances for December include a range of new artists and kick-off with Jay Clayton and four talented and emerging female jazz singers. Jay Clayton is an internationally acclaimed vocalist, composer, and educator, whose work spans the terrain between jazz and new music. She began her career in 1963 ...

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Antonio Ciacca's Harlem Jazz Collective Performs at Minton's Playhouse

Source: Michael Ricci
November 30, 2009

Jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader Antonio Ciacca will lead a new musical consortium, The Harlem Jazz Collective, in performances every Saturday night in December at Minton's Playhouse.

The concerts, showcasing new compositions as well as time-honored classics, feature an ever-rotating ensemble with Mr. Ciacca serving as the core artist.

The music begins at 10:00 p.m. with an after-hours jam session commencing at midnight. All artists are invited to perform after midnight as well as to bring their originals to workshop ...

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Kevin Frenette Trio @ The Whitehaus on 12/5

Source: Michael Ricci
November 30, 2009

Saturday, December 5, 2009 The Whitehaus Family Record 10 Seaverns Avenue Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 8PM The Kevin Frenette Trio Kevin Frenette (guitar) James Rohr (fender rhodes) John McLellan (drums) Boston area guitarist Kevin Frenette has performed throughout the Northeast USA making music that is inspired by both avant-garde jazz and contemporary improvisation. He studied guitar, composition, and music theory at UMASS-Dartmouth where he received a BA in Theory/Composition. He ...

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