Performance / Tour News

Mike Baggetta Quartet @ Tea Lounge

Source: Michael Ricci
November 19, 2009

Thursday, November 19th Tea Lounge Brooklyn, NY www.tealoungeny.com

9pm + 10.30 $5

Mike Baggetta Quartet

Mike Baggetta : Guitar Jason Rigby : Saxophone Eivind Opsvik : Bass George Schuller : Drums

Performing music from “Small Spaces" (Fresh Sound New Talent) and new works.

Guitarist Mike Baggetta is one of his generations most original jazz improvisors and composers. He has performed and/or recorded with Tom Harrell, Conrad ...

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Antibalas: Brooklyn Residency

Source: JamBase
November 19, 2009

ANTIBALAS LAND RESIDENCY AT KNITTING FACTORY IN BROOKLYN

Antibalas After dedicating the last three years to providing the musical foundation and pulse for the latest off-and-on-Broadway sensation, Fela!, Antibalas brings the party back to its Brooklyn roots for a weekly residency at the iconic music venue, the Knitting Factory.

The concerts - to be held December 3, 10, 17, New Years Eve, and extending into January, 2010 - promise to hearken back to Antibalas' legendary Africalia! dance parties at Tribeca's ...

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Widespread Panic | 11.13 | Oakland

Source: JamBase
November 18, 2009

Word by: Kayceman | Images by: Josh Miller

Widespread Panic :: 11.13.09 :: Fox Theater :: Oakland, CA

Widespread Panic :: 11.13 :: Oakland It had been over two years since perennial road warriors Widespread Panic played a non-festival show in the Bay Area. Shacking up at the gorgeous Fox Theater in Oakland, CA for a three-night run, it was the second show on Friday the 13th that stuck out as special. There was nothing wrong with Thursday or ...

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Garaj Mahal Performing at 2720 on Friday, December 18

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
November 18, 2009

The jam/funk/jazz-fusion group Garaj Mahal is returning to St. Louis on Friday, December 18 to perform at 2720, the performance space and gallery recently opened by the production company Loyal Family in a former furniture store at 2720 Cherokee on the south side.Garaj Mahal features guitarist Fareed Haque, bassist Kai Eckhardt, keyboardist Eric Levy and drummer Sean Rickman, who replaced founding member Alan Hertz. St. Louis guitarist Teddy Presberg and his band will open the show.Tickets ...

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Preservation Hall Jazz Band Performs a Creole Christmas at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts

Source: Michael Ricci
November 18, 2009

Ring in the Holiday Season at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts with Preservation Hall Jazz Band as they perform classic holiday hits with a jazzy New Orleans twist Philadelphia,PA -- Celebrate the Holiday Season at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts with an incredible, family-friendly performance guaranteed to put you in the holiday spirit! Head down to the Big Easy with Preservation Hall Jazz Band as they perform holiday classics with a twist of ragtime, blues and ...

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Herb Alpert & Lani Hall Announce Tour Dates

Source: On Target Media Group
November 18, 2009

Acclaimed jazz duo Herb Alpert & Lani Hall have announced the dates for their upcoming tour in support of their new live CD and Concord Jazz debut Anything Goes. The tour begins December 3rd at the Nokia Theatre in New York, NY. Anything Goes, is Alpert & Hall's debut Concord recording as a duo. Produced by Herb and Lani and recorded live at various venues in Los Angeles, New York, San Diego, Boston, Seattle, Washington D.C., ...

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Larry Goldings and Hans Groiner Double Bill & West Coast Premiere Saturday Nov 21, 2009 Vitello's Studio City

Source: All About Jazz
November 18, 2009

Saturday Night, November 21st Austrian pianist and Thelonious Monk scholar, Hans Groiner, will play one set, followed by The Larry Goldings Quartet, Saturday November 21 from 8-11. Groiner, who will be making his west coast debut, says of the evening, “Das will be an honor to play opposite Larry Goldings, although I have never heard of him." Groiner and Goldings played at Smalls Jazz Club in New York to a sold out/packed house so get your tickets early. This event ...

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Poncho Sanchez Announces Seattle & New York Dates

Source: On Target Media Group
November 18, 2009

Legendary Latin jazz percussionist Poncho Sanchez has announced a handful of new performances in Seattle, WA, and New York, NY. From December 29-31, Poncho will be at Jazz Alley in Seattle. Then January 28-31, he will be at Blue Note in New York. Sanchez is performing in support of his new album and twenty-fourth Concord recording Psychedelic Blues. The album adopts a more Latin jazz influenced sound honoring the tradition of Sanchez's traditional Latin jazz roots ...

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