Performance / Tour News

A Jazz Guitarist Applies His Method to the Classics

Source: Michael Ricci
October 5, 2009

It could be argued that the practice of jazz in the last 10 years has been more original than at any time in the past. By original I don’t mean unprecedented; that’s a word for publicists, not musicians. I mean newly composed, rather than covering old songs or their chord changes. The guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel is important to the story of jazz since the late ’90s, and he’s rarely recorded anyone else’s music since then. But that changes with his ...

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Kat Edmonson at Jazz Standard

Source: DL Media
October 5, 2009

Kat EdmonsonSet to Perform at Jazz Standard, November 11Austin-based vocalist Kat Edmonson will perform with her sextet--tenor saxophonist John Ellis, pianist Kevin Lovejoy, bassist Danton Boller, drummer JJ Johnson and percussionist Chris Lovejoy--on Wednesday, November 11 at Jazz Standard. Edmonson made her debut at the venue in May while on a northeast tour with her Austin-based band.Nate Chinen of The New York Times says Edmonson “is a promising young jazz singer with a kittenish voice ...

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Giants of Jazz 12 Set to Honor Pianist Randy Weston on October 17

Source: DL Media
October 5, 2009

GIANTS OF JAZZ 12Randy Weston 2009 Jazz Master Honoree SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2009 7:30 PM SOUTH ORANGE MIDDLE SCHOOL 70 North Ridgewood RoadSouth Orange, NJ 07079 This one-night concert is hailed by The New York Times as “New Jersey's premier jazz festival." The Newark Star Ledger called it “The greatest one day jazz event in New Jersey, and probably the entire country."The 2009 Jazz Master Honoree ...

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Tim Kuhl Group @ Rose Live Music

Source: Two for the Show Media
October 5, 2009

Sunday October 11th @ 9pm, my band will perform at the fine Williamsburg, Brooklyn venue Rose, part of the Brooklyn Experiments Series. This group of musicians are not to be missed .. Pete Robbins - Alto Sax Rick Parker - Trombone Jonathan Goldberger - Guitar Ryan Mackstaller - Guitar Malcolm Kirby Jr. - Double Bass Tim Kuhl - Drums + Tunes

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Dave Matthews Band Mix “Whiskey” with Jams at Austin City Limits

Source: All About Jazz
October 4, 2009

At the end of the day, and especially at the end of this day at Austin City Limits, the crowd wanted the Dave Matthews Band they’ve known for the past 15 years or so.

After slogging through an insistent downpour and the resulting thick, oozing mud, the guys trading chest bumps and girls woo-hooing with the regularity (and irritation) of a snooze alarm would have accepted the DMB on auto-pilot. They needed no spectacle.

Dave Matthews Band, for certain, are ...

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"Tapestry Rewoven" Returns to Iridium

Source: All About Jazz
October 4, 2009

Feel the Earth Move! Laurie Krauz & the Daryl Kojak Octet bring the award-winning show, “Tapestry Rewoven," back to Iridium for first Tuesdays beginning November 3rd at 8pm and 10pm!

On the heels of their triumphant night at BB King's, Laurie Krauz & The Daryl Kojak Octet bring their acclaimed “Tapestry Rewoven" back to Iridium Jazz Club, Tuesday, November 3rd @ 8 & 10pm. Audience members call it “brilliant," “genius," and “a hurricane of entertainment," while the press has stamped ...

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Ancient Paths, Modern Voices' Illuminates Chinese Culture in O.C.

Source: Michael Ricci
October 4, 2009

My Sunday Arts & Books story on the “Class of 1978" -- the first group of Chinese musicians who were allowed to pursue their music studies at the Beijing Central Conservatory after the 10-year tumult of Mao Tse-tung's Cultural Revolution

Serves as a preview for the wide-ranging Ancient Paths, Modern Voices: A Festival Celebrating Chinese Culture that begins Oct. 11 with music, film, theater and cultural events at various Orange County locations including the Orange County Performing Arts Center, South ...

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Low End Theory: High-Concept Music

Source: All About Jazz
October 4, 2009

A new generation of experimental artists is using dazzling instrument technologies to create new genres of music at a club night in Lincoln Heights.

At Low End Theory, a weekly club night for experimental hip-hop and electronica artists at the Airliner in Lincoln Heights, there is one square foot of standing room where the music sounds perfect. To get there, patrons must climb a stairwell that opens onto a bleak stretch of Broadway Avenue, be frisked by a bouncer, proceed ...

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