Performance / Tour News

Self-Generated Energy Fuels Go-for-Broke Improvisation

Source: Michael Ricci
August 27, 2009

The jolts in Linda Oh’s songs arrive early and continue all the way through. A young Chinese-Malaysian bassist raised in Australia, Ms. Oh has been studying and playing around New York for a year and a bit. Unless you’re involved in jazz education, there’s little reason you’d know of her before now, but suddenly you should. “Entry,” her first album — coming out in early October, through her own label — is music for trio: bass, trumpet and drums. Its ...

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Jazz This Week: "A Night of Jazz Greats" with Clark Terry; Eastern Blok; Free Outdoor Concerts; and More

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
August 27, 2009

Vacation season is winding down, and there are a number of noteworthy jazz and creative music performances over the next few days in St. Louis, including several free concerts. Let's take a look at the shows in chronological order:Tonight, saxophonist Willie Akins and his group will give a free concert as part of a city-sponsored series at O'Fallon Park.On Friday evening, the Chicago-based ensemble Eastern Blok will perform in the Saint Louis Art Museum's Grigg Gallery ...

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Jazz Mafia Performs Astounding 'Hip-Hop Symphony' -- And They're Taking the Show on the Road

Source: Michael Ricci
August 26, 2009

"Brass, Bows, and Beats: A Hip-Hop Symphony" is one of the most exciting new works of American music in years--a seamless fusion of jazz, funk, hip-hop, electronica, and digital turntable that deserves to be heard worldwide (now!), from the Main Stage in Monterey to the Auditorium Stravinsky in Montreux. With the first electronic-accented dirge beat of “Darkness and Light," San Francisco Yoshi's was enveloped in the promise of something very special about to unfold. By the time the magnificent, horns-blaring, ...

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Pianist/Composer/Vocalists Deanna Witkowski and Brenda Earle Share a Sacred Jazz Double-Bill at Cornelia Street Caf on Thurs, Sept 10 at 8:30 PM

Source: Michael Ricci
August 26, 2009

What: Deanna Witkowski Quartet and Brenda Earle’s Sacred Voices with Felipe Salles, soprano and tenor sax; Ike Sturm, bass; Scott Latzky, drums (Deanna Witkowski Quartet); Julie Hardy, Jonathan Kline and Nathan Hetherington, voices; Keith Ganz, guitar; Ike Sturm, bass; Jared Schonig, drums (Brenda Earle’s Sacred Voices) When: Thurs, Sept 10 from 8:30-10:30 pm Where: Cornelia Street Caf, 29 Cornelia St, New York (A, B, C, D, E to West 4th; 1 to Christopher St) Cost: $10 admission Witkowski has combined ...

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Del Tha Funky Homosapien | 08.17 | Brooklyn

Source: JamBase
August 26, 2009

Words by: Avi Scher | Images by: Aaron Marcus

Del Tha Funky Homosapien :: 08.17.09 :: McCarren Park Pool :: Brooklyn, NY

DJ Prince Paul & daughter Layla :: 08.17 :: McCarren Park Pool Many were disappointed last summer when news broke that McCarren Park Pool would once again become an actual pool, ending the newfound summer tradition of their weekly Pool Parties. It was a pleasant surprise when it was announced that the summer series would return at ...

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MMW: Fall Tour/Rad III

Source: JamBase
August 26, 2009

MMW to play NYC in November plus New Fall Tour Dates Added

MMW Medeski Martin & Wood will return to New York City to play Nokia Theatre on November 14, 2009. It will be their first big NYC show in several years, and it's sure to be a special event.

MMW's final installment of Radiolarians series Radiolarians III is out now (check it out below). Highlights include the passionate and gritty traditional “Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down," the anthemic ...

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Jane Monheit Takes Center Stage at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts

Source: Michael Ricci
August 26, 2009

First performance of Penn Presents 09/10 Jazz Series (Philadelphia, PA) Described by USA Today as simply sumptuous, Grammy- nominated jazz vocalist Jane Monheit returns to the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts to perform highlights from her most recent album The Lovers, The Dreamers and Me on Saturday, September 19, 2009 at 8:00 PM. Tickets for the performance are $20-$45. For tickets or for more information, please visit AnnenbergCenter.org or call 215.898.3900. Tickets can also be purchased in person at ...

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LA JazzPro Red Carpet Jazz Series Upstairs at Vitello's Studio City

Source: Michael Ricci
August 26, 2009

Earlier this year, Studio City's Vitello's started offering jazz as April Williams unleashed her Red Carpet Jazz series. The stellar talent and its elegant upstairs space has earned a good reputation among musicians and fans. It started out on Thursday nights and now is spilling over to additional days it has become so popular. “There's no ice-blending machines, there's no cash register, there's no phone," said drummer Peter Erskine, who's played Vitello's a number of times. “It sounded more like ...

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