Performance / Tour News

Nu-Art Series to Present Concerts by Trio 3, Rasul Siddik

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
September 9, 2009

The Nu-Art Series, run by trumpeter, gallery owner and former arts administrator George Sams out of his Metropolitan Gallery downtown, is kicking off its fall 2009 season this month with two concerts featuring former St. Louisans who have earned international acclaim in the jazz world.The group Trio 3, featuring saxophonist and former St. Louisan Oliver Lake (pictured), bassist Reggie Workman and drummer Andrew Cyrille, will perform on Saturday, September 19. The following week, trumpeter Rasul Siddik returns home ...

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Jazz Icon Sonny Rollins Kicks Off Kimmel Center Presents 2009/10 Season, September 25

Source: Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
September 8, 2009

“...Rollins is still the reigning god of the tenor saxophone, one of jazz's most innovative and influential pioneers... a volcano of fierce inventiveness and raw, urgent power." Washington Post

“Nobody rivals his fluid mastery..." Boston Globe

Jazz icon Sonny Rollins kicks off Kimmel Center Presents 2009/10 season on Friday, September 25, 2009 at 8pm in Verizon Hall, as part of a 23-city international tour. Rollins, who turns 79 on September 7, is one of the few remaining titans of a ...

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Explore Bogot by Bus with Guitarist Jesse Cook

Source: Michael Ricci
September 8, 2009

Festive World-pop single at radio ahead of September 29 album release, Extensive concert itinerary to support The Rumba Foundation If Jesse Cook was an actor instead of a Juno award winning guitarist, hed be considered a method actor, someone who immerses himself completely in the world of the characters he portrays to deliver authentic performances cloaked in realism. For his eighth album, The Rumba Foundation, which will be released September 29th by E1 Music, the Canadian headed to Colombia equipped ...

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Rocky Mountain Jazz Fever

Source: All About Jazz
September 7, 2009

Denver Colorado Jazz Venues. While Denver may not be the birthplace of jazz, Denver does have a particularly active jazz scene.

As central as Denver is, most popular touring jazz acts try their best to reach Miles Davis status in the Mile High City.

Denver even has two radio stations devoted to jazz, jazz89 KUVO Public Radio and Smooth Jazz 104.3. But live jazz is where the magic happens and Denver has many jazz clubs to choose from, many located ...

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Victor Bailey Band in Jim Thorpe (PA) on September 26

Source: Michael Ricci
September 7, 2009

For Jazz Bassist Victor Bailey, It Just Comes Naturally Though Philadelphia native Victor Bailey is one of the greatest jazz bassists ever, its not easy to sum up his music. Firmly established in the long lineage of extraordinary Philly bassists such as Tyrone Browne, Alphonso Johnson, Stanley Clarke, and Jaco Pastorius, one might call Bailey's music jazz fusion or post-funk-jazz, but while his sound may be hard to categorize, its easy to say that he was born to play. Bailey's ...

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Tribute to Lester Young with the Brad Linde Ensemble

Source: Michael Ricci
September 7, 2009

The Brad Linde Ensemble celebrates the 100th Birthday of Tenor Saxophonist Lester Young with several performances in 2009. On August 26, 2009, the Brad Linde Ensemble pays tribute to the “President of the Tenor Saxophone" at Washington DC's historic Bohemian Caverns. Show starts at 8pm and will feature tenor saxophonists Brian Settles, Charles Phaneuf, Matt Rippetoe, and Sarah Hughes on new arrangements by Brad Linde and Matt Musselman. www.bohemiancaverns.com On August 28, 2009, the ensemble features tenor saxophonists Ted Brown, ...

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Seattle Music Scene

Source: All About Jazz
September 6, 2009

Bonnie Raitt, Taj Mahal Date/Time:Sun., September 6, 7:00pm Price: $49.75 GA, $79.75 reserved Chateau Ste. Michelle 14111 N.E. 145th St. Woodinville, WA

Bonnie Raitt and Taj Mahal Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Bonnie Raitt has been palling around with Harlem-bred bluesman Taj Mahal since the '60s, bonding through a mutual love of roots music.

But this is the pairs first tour together; they'll be co-headlining under the name BonTaj ...

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Dave Matthews Band at the Greek

Source: Michael Ricci
September 6, 2009

For DMB, the joy is back. The Dave Matthews Band has channeled its grief over a player's death into a revitalized sound after nearly 20 years together.

Reporting from San Francisco and Fresno - It was Aug. 19, 2008, and the Dave Matthews Band was mourning the loss of one of its own. LeRoi Moore, the shy saxophonist who'd been with the band throughout a nearly two-decade journey from tiny bars to stadiums and stardom, had died unexpectedly earlier in ...

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