Performance / Tour News

Amanda Carr and Kenny Hadley Big Band Jazz Brunch

Source: MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
November 13, 2009

The New England Center for the Performing Arts is presenting Amanda Carr and the Kenny Hadley Big Band jazz brunch at Mechanics Hall in Worchester on Sunday, November 15 at noon. The event is being hosted by WBZ radio personality Jordan Rich. The event includes a culinary feast promptly at noon followed by a big ban program. Joining Ms. Carr and the band is a chorus of singers from the Franklin Performing Arts Company. Tickets to the brunch/concert are available ...

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Live Music: Noah B's "Know Thyself" and Peter E "Trumpeter"

Source: See! Hear! by Richard Kamins
November 13, 2009

Another exciting weekend of live music coming with 2 of the best events happening around the same time on Friday November 13.Late last year, I picked up a DownBeat magazine and saw a listing of 2008 grants winners. On that list was Noah Baerman, pianist/composer/teacher/author and Middletown resident. He'd received a “New Works" grant from from Chamber Music America/The Doris Duke Foundation to write an extended work for a large ensemble.  The fruits of that grant will have ...

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Mike Stern at Chris' Jazz Cafe on November 20 & 21, 2009

Source: All About Jazz
November 13, 2009

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Carnegie Hall Presents Brazilian Singer/Guitarist Milton Nascimento in Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage on November 18 at 8:00 PM

Source: Michael Ricci
November 11, 2009

Celebrated Brazilian singer, songwriter, and guitarist Milton Nascimento gives a rare New York performance in Carnegie Hall's Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage on Wednesday, November 18 at 8:00 p.m. Recognized for his distinctive falsetto, tonal range, and intimate singing style, Nascimento has won international acclaim not only for his works in world music, but also in pop and jazz genres through collaborations with arists ranging from Wayne Shorter and Pat Metheny to James Taylor and Sting. The Grammy and Latin Grammy Award-winning ...

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Rashied Ali Tribute at Fat Cat

Source: All About Jazz
November 10, 2009

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Serpentine Comes to Oslo

Source: All About Jazz
November 10, 2009

Oslo, November 11th 2009

Gaute Solaas is working on bringing together a new line-up with fellow Norwegian saxophonists Trygve Seim and Tore Brunborg, to be named SERPENTINE. The band will go live spring 2010, and is currently looking for bookings in Europe.

The material is largely Solaas own, but the Serpentine book will be augmented by Seim and Brunborg along the way.

Stylistically the band hovers between the modern North-American and the modern Scandinavian traditions, with a focus on blending ...

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Dave Allen Quartet at Nublu Jazz Festival (NYC) on November 13th

Source: Michael Ricci
November 10, 2009

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Israeli Jazz Festival 2009 at Chris' Jazz Cafe

Source: All About Jazz
November 10, 2009

Jazz, born out of the diversity and rhythm of American life, is jumping to the beat of Israels mix of cool Mediterranean nights, the hustle and bustle of busy Tel Aviv cafes, and the multi cultural rhythms of a nation where west and east meet. Jazz has been embraced by a new generation of young Israeli musicians and now its gracing the stage for the Philadelphia Israeli Jazz Festival 2009.

For four nights, Chris' Jazz Cafe, in partnership with Consulate ...

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