Performance / Tour News

Tania Maria Live in Yerevan

Source: All About Jazz
August 31, 2009

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"The Believer": John Coltrane Memorial Concert's 32nd Annual Weekend, Sept. 26-27

Source: Mary Curtin Productions
August 31, 2009

THE 32ND ANNUAL JOHN COLTRANE MEMORIAL CONCERT presents “THE BELIEVER” a weekend of concerts & visual art featuring “The Believer: Concert 1” with The John Coltrane Memorial Ensemble: Carl Atkins, Leonard Brown, Sa Davis, Mark Harvey, Tim Ingles, John Lockwood, Bill Lowe, Jason Palmer, Bill Pierce, George W. Russell Jr., Syd Smart, Stan Strickland, Alvin Terry & Gary Valente; with special recognition of Edmund Barry Gaither [held on Saturday, September 26, 7:30 pm, at Northeastern University] and “The Believer: Concert ...

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Big Apple Jazz Presents Omar Edwards with the Alex Violette Sessions at Minton's Playhouse

Source: Michael Ricci
August 31, 2009

Gordon Polatnick of Big Apple Jazz partners with The Uptown Lounge at Minton's Playhouse to present tap dancer Omar Edwards with The Alex Violette Sessions every Tuesday night throughout September.

Edwards, a longtime performer at Minton's Playhouse, will be appearing with the rising star saxophonist Alex Violette for the first time. Violette recently completely a successful tenure at Minton's by performing with his group on Monday nights in August. His hard-driving saxophone playing both honors and updates the bebop tradition ...

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Acclaimed British Vocalist at Jazz Alley in Seattle for Four Nights

Source: Seattle Jazz Scene
August 30, 2009

Is there another art form in which longevity offers as many creative dividends as jazz? While the gruesome pantheon of players cut down in their prime dominates the music's mythos, consider the honor roll of remarkably productive autumnal improvisers. Among tenor saxophonists alone, the octogenarian club includes James Moody, Jimmy Heath, Red Holloway, Benny Golson, Von Freeman, Sam Rivers, Frank Foster and Frank Wess. Jazz singers, however, rarely reach their later years with voice intact, which is what makes Cleo ...

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Aardvark Jazz Orchestra: All Blues Show at Scullers Jazz Club on September 30th

Source: Mary Curtin Productions
August 30, 2009

Aardvark Jazz Orchestra: All Blues Wednesday, September 30, 2009 at 8:00 pm, one show only Scullers Jazz Club Doubletree Guest Suites 400 Soldiers Field Road, Boston, MA Admission: $18 Reservations and information: 617-562-4111 The celebrated Aardvark Jazz Orchestra will open its 37th season at Scullers with a show of “All Blues,” painting the many shades of blues in jazz from Miles and Duke to Mingus and Basie to ...

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September Spirit

Source: Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes
August 30, 2009

There is a lot of programming diversity going on near and far for jazz and jazz venues in September. These caught my interest. I know I will catch at least one of them in person. And it is a great time to confirm that jazzlives#September 2-- Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles - The original members of Return to Forever reunite for a concert that will open Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke and Lenny White's first worldwide trio tour. For this ...

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The Waitiki 7 Announce Fall Tour to Support Adventures in Paradise -- Sept. 20-24

Source: Fully Altered Media
August 29, 2009

Release Date: August 18, 2009 (In Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of Hawai'i's Statehood)

Adventures in Paradise, the debut album by The WAITIKI 7, is a contemporary re-imagining of the classic Exotica sound introduced on the islands in 1959 the year of Hawaii's statehood. Martin Denny, a transplanted mainland pianist who tapped into the tropical zeitgeist, stirred together several disparate elements, and created a whole new sound in the process."Exotica floats in the zone between soundscapes and an early world ...

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Nappy Brown Memorial Show Scheduled for Sunday, October 18, 2009 at the Double Door Inn in Charlotte, North Carolina

Source: Just Roots PR
August 29, 2009

A memorial show to honor the late Nappy Brown will take place Sunday, October 18, 2009 at the Double Door Inn in Charlotte, North Carolina,.

The lineup includes Mookie Brill, Maurice Williams, Mac Arnold, Audrey Turner, Robin Rogers, Betty Pride, Scott Cable, Bob Margolin, and more!

Tickets are $15 at the door and $12 in advance. Doors will open at 5pm, the show will begin at 6pm.

The Double Door Inn is located at 1218 Charlottetowne Ave., Charlotte, NC 28204. ...

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