Performance / Tour News

Hollywood's Catalina Club

Source: All About Jazz
September 18, 2009

Catalina Bar & Grill has certainly lived up to its slogan “Nothing But The Best In Jazz" by presenting a veritable Who's Who of jazz legends.

This supper club, with its Old World charm provides a warm and inviting environment for its guest, while enjoying a superb meal and great live jazz.

September/ October Play Dates

Brian BROMBERG Band Patrice Rushen, Will Kennedy, Gary Meek and Larry Antonino Friday, September 18th through Sunday, September 20th

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Jazz This Week: Sonny Rollins, Chris Botti, Trio 3, Old Webster Jazz and Blues Festival, St. Louis Rivermen, and More

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

There's lots going on in St. Louis over the next few days, as it's the busiest weekend of the fall so far for jazz and creative music. Let's go to the highlights: Tonight, local funk/hip-hop band Fresh Heir does a free concert for the Jazz at Holmes series at Washington University.On Friday, trumpeter Chris Botti returns to town to perform at the Fox Theatre, making good on a date that was postponed from last year. (You ...

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Keyboardist Jason Yates Hand-Picked to Tour U.S. in Citizen Cope’S Band

Source: 1888 Media
September 17, 2009

Los Angeles CA…The go-to keyboard / Hammond B3 organ player for Ben Harper, Natalie Merchant (Tigerlily), Macy Gray, Michael Franti and G. Love has once again been handpicked to round out Citizen Cope’s touring band which is gearing up to traverse the U.S. through the end of 2009. The next leg of dates are:

Sep 17 2009 9:00P Mystic Theatre Petaluma, California Sep 18 2009 9:00P The Fillmore San Francisco, California Sep 19 2009 ...

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Jets Overhead to Perform at Neil Young's Bridge School Concert and CMJ in Support of No Nations

Source: 1888 Media
September 17, 2009

Los Angeles, CA – Victoria, BC quintet JETS OVERHEAD is set to play select U.S. shows in support of NO NATIONS (Vapor Records), their second full-length album.

Oct 14 - The Roxy, Los Angeles, CA (with The Temper Trap) Oct 17 – The Crocodile, Seattle, WA (with The Temper Trap) Oct 22 - Arlene's Grocery, New York, NY (CMJ - 11pm set time) Oct 24 – Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View, CA (Bridge School Benefit ...

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Time to Take Susan Boyle Seriously

Source: Michael Ricci
September 17, 2009

She should no longer be considered a sideshow. As she proved again, on 'America's Got Talent,' she should be appreciated for her singing ability.

Susan Boyle placed her hands on her abdomen as she sang the last note of the song “Wild Horses" Wednesday on the finale of “America's Got Talent," taking the familiar stance of a trained singer, carefully locating her breath. The pose concluded a performance that was exactly what Boyle's mentor, Simon Cowell, could have hoped for ...

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Canadian Afrobeat Band MR. Something Something on Tour

Source: Michael Ricci
September 17, 2009

Canada's Premiere Afrobeat Group Breaks Loose on October Tour

Since 2003, Mr. Something Something have been exploring new musical territory with their unique mix of pop, jazz and West African rhythms. On Shine Your Face, the band's fourth album, the Toronto-based collective of dancefloor activists look for new ways to fuse the modality and improvisations of jazz with danceable poly-rhythms, strong melodies and intelligent lyrics, all in order to make dancers think and thinkers dance.

The band's music has been ...

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Todd Mosby to Give Free Concert/Clinic on Tuesday, September 22

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
September 17, 2009

Guitarist Todd Mosby has announced he'll be presenting a free concert and clinic at 6:00 p.m. next Tuesday, September 22 at the Music Center of Kirkwood, 113 W. Jefferson.In an email promoting the event, Mosby promises to “reveal my personal Mysteries of Music 101" to “all students, hackers, curiosity seekers, music lovers and teachers of all levels. My unique, streamlined and simplified approach to playing popular, finger style and pick style guitar over any tune using 8 universal ...

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A Jazz Heaven Returns to the Kranzberg Arts Center on Sunday, October 11

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
September 17, 2009

Following a sold-out debut performance in August, singer Wendy Gordon will stage a revamped version of her cabaret show A Jazz Heaven at 4:00 p.m. Sunday, October 11 at the Kranzberg Arts Center, 501 S. Grand.A Jazz Heaven tells the story of a meeting between singers Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday at New York's Savoy Ballroom, through songs made famous by each singer, Gordon's original poetry, and live music from a three-piece ensemble.The new version of ...

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