Performance / Tour News

United Way Raising Funds with Erin Bode Performance, Auction of Tickets to Jazz at the Bistro

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
August 15, 2009

Singer Erin Bode will be the featured entertainment at a charity event benefiting the United Way to be held from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Saturday, August 29 at Chandler Hill Vineyards, 596 Defiance Road in Defiance, MO (about 15 minutes west of Chesterfield.)“Chocolate, Wine and All That Jazz" will kick off the fall campaign for the United Way's Tri-County Division, which serves St. Charles, Lincoln and Warren counties. In addition to music from Bode and her band, ...

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SLSO Will "Swing, Swing, Swing" on Friday, October 9

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
August 15, 2009

Via a post by classical music critic Sarah Bryan Miller on the Post-Dispatch's Culture Club blog: The Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra will perform the music of Duke Ellington, Woody Herman, and Glenn Miller at an “SLSO Presents:" concert called “Swing, Swing, Swing" at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, October 9 at Powell Symphony Hall, 718 N. Grand Blvd.Victor Vanacore (pictured) will be the guest conductor for the evening, and members of the A Tall Order dance company also will ...

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Eastern Blok to Play Free Concert on Friday, August 28 at Saint Louis Art Museum

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
August 15, 2009

The “pan-cultural ensemble" Eastern Blok (pictured) is returning to St. Louis to play a free concert at 7:00 p.m. Friday, August 28 in the Saint Louis Art Museum's Grigg Gallery. The performance is part of the Museum's “Art After 5" series, which features free concerts from solo and ensemble musicians on the fourth Friday of each month.Based in Chicago, Eastern Blok “blends classical and jazz music with the rich folkloric traditions of Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia." The ...

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Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp

Source: Michael Ricci
August 15, 2009

Reporting from Lake Elsinore, Calif. — The great thing about minor league baseball is the intimate view it gives those who relish the game itself more than the race to the World Series or the high-priced superstars.

Bob Dylan offers much the same intimacy for music fans with another summer tour of minor league ballparks, accompanied this time byWillie Nelson, John Mellencamp and the Wiyos.

Their only Southern California stop was Wednesday night at Diamond Park, the home of the ...

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Review: Diana Krall Fights the Chill

Source: Michael Ricci
August 15, 2009

The cold and windy conditions at Livermore's Wente Vineyards Thursday night might have been great for growing grapes, but wasn't ideal for the sold-out crowd that turned out to see Diana Krall. And the jazz singer-pianist certainly sympathized. “I should have gotten some Diana Krall cashmere blankets made up for you," she quipped at one point. In lieu of that souvenir item, the Grammy award-winning star who performs at the Mountain Winery in Saratoga Tuesday and Wednesday did her best ...

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Denise Donatelli with Josh Nelson Trio at Spazio Tonight

Source: All About Jazz
August 14, 2009

Denise Donatelli w/The Josh Nelson Trio plays Spazio Jazz Club Sherman Oaks TONIGHT!

One of the jazz vocal worlds most eminently listenable talents. - Don Heckman, International Review of Music

Denise Donatelli, vocals; Josh Nelson, piano; Hamilton Price, bass; Kevin Kanner, drums.

Hope to see you there .... Friday, August 14th 8:00 pm to 11:30 pm

Spazio Jazz Club 14755 Ventura Blvd. Sherman Oaks, CA res: 818-728-8400

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Steely Dan Wrap Beacon Theatre Stand with Gaucho Gig

Source: All About Jazz
August 14, 2009

Last night Donald Fagan and Walter Becker got dressed, walked down the street and made a little lucre playing the most cynical music ever.

The event was the final night of Steely Dans long stand at New Yorks Beacon Theatre. Theyve been here since July playing the final three records of their early career 1976s Royal Scam, 1977s Aja, and Gaucho, an album so stinky with 70s jaundice it came out in 1980, the most 70s year of all time. ...

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Ted Kooshian's Standard Orbit Quartet at the Iridium in New York City

Source: Two for the Show Media
August 14, 2009

Pianist, composer, and bandleader Ted Kooshian will be performing with his Standard Orbit Quartet at the Iridium Jazz Club in New York City.

Performance on August 26th, 2009 in celebration of his new release on Summit Records titled Underdog and other Stories.

Ted Kooshian's Standard Orbit Quartet is out of this world! - Ken Dryden, allmusic.com

Ted Kooshian's Standard Orbit Quartet Ted Kooshian, piano Jeff Lederer, saxophones Tom Hubbard, bass

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