Performance / Tour News

West Coast Premiere of Uri Caine's "Othello Syndrome" Opens Stanford Lively Arts' 2009-10 Season

Source: All About Jazz
September 1, 2009

Stanford Lively Arts opens its 2009-10 season with the West Coast premiere of Uri Caine's “The Othello Syndrome" on Saturday, October 10 at 8:00 p.m. at Dinkelspiel Auditorium. Following up on his “Mahler Remix;" (presented by Lively Arts in 2008), the iconoclastic composer/jazz pianist returns with a hand-picked ensemble of A-list collaborators for this radical re-imagining of the classic Verdi opera and Shakespeare play.

“The Othello Syndrome" dates from 2003, when Caine was commissioned to write a piece for the ...

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Tierney Sutton Band Worshop and Sat Concert at Vitello's Jazz Lounge

Source: All About Jazz
September 1, 2009

Two-time Grammy Nominee Jazz vocalist Tierney Sutton and The Tierney Sutton Band will conduct an interactive Jazz Band Master Class followed by an evening concert Saturday September 19, 2009. Workshop 11a-3p and the evening concert will be 8p-11p Upstairs at Vitello's Jazz Lounge in Studio City, CA 4348 Tujunga Ave. This is part of the LA JAZZPRO RED CARPET JAZZ MASTER CLASS SERIES offered by the LA JAZZPRO CONNECTION. This is the sixth event in the series produced by April ...

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Best Secret Place to See World-Class Jazz Near the Pacific Ocean

Source: All About Jazz
September 1, 2009

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Sten Hostfalts 3 or 4 at Puppets NYC

Source: All About Jazz
September 1, 2009

Sten Hostfalts 3 or 4 live in concert at Puppets Jazz Bar NYC Saturday September 5 at 8pm ( 2 sets ) / $6 w. a 2 item purchase. Ole Mathisen - tenor saxophone Marko Djordjevic - drums Sten Hostfalt - guitar, bass, compositions 'Impressive, intense' - Time Out NY, 2009 'Inimitable' - PM NYC / Paper Magazine, 2007 'Groundbreaking' - Jazz ...

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Rusty Wright Band Fourteen Day Tour of South Korea and Japan to Entertain the Troops

Source: Just Roots PR
September 1, 2009

BLUZAPALOOZA IV starring the Rusty Wright Band, ships out Tuesday Sept. 1st for a marathon tour of South Korea and Japan.

RWB will do six shows in Korea and three shows in Japan including the Blues and BBQ Festival at Osan Airbase and Fujifest at Camp Fuji Japan.

Steve Simon, co-producer and founder of Bluzapalooza had this to say about the Rusty Wright Band. “The Rusty Wright Band is one of the most entertaining Blues bands in the country today ...

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The Jenn Chan Lyman Interview for urbanatomy.com

Source: Michael Ricci
September 1, 2009

The first time I saw Alec Haavik ('Hoe-vick', Norwegian pronunciation) on stage at JZ was one of the moments when I really fell in love with live jazz. If you've seen him on stage, you'll know what I mean. Charismatic and wacky, you can barely tell Alec apart from his saxophone when he's whizzing around on stage, shaking his crazy shock of hair to the beat. He's got an energy that not only infects the audience, but his fellow players ...

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It's Clobberin' Time!

Source: All About Jazz
September 1, 2009

Just because Alec Haavik is a minor celebrity and his band Friction Seven has a weekly gig at the coolest club in town doesn't mean they're too high on their horses to get down-and-dirty and mix it up with the local rockers in an old-fashioned BATTLE!

That's right, folks, the Friction posse are gonna THROW DOWN at YuYinTang on Sunday September 27 at 9:06 pm, in the 2009 Global Battle of the Bands - Shanghai heat. Ten bands will compete, ...

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Fred Hersch Solo Concert on September 11th, 2009 at Rubin Museum (NYC)

Source: Two for the Show Media
September 1, 2009

Fred Hersch Harlem in the Himalayas 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

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