Performance / Tour News

NOMO Live in Philadelphia @ M Room on August 12th

Source: Michael Ricci
August 5, 2009

"This is the instrumental band to watch. Period." --All Music Guide Wednesday, August 12 2009 @ M Room 15 W. Girard Ave. Philadelphia, PA 21+ | $8 | 8:00PM OUT NOW: NOMO - INVISIBLE CITIES (UBIQUITY) Less than a year after the acclaimed Ghost Rock, NOMO have completed its spirited sister album—recorded during the Ghost Rock sessions and tours. Invisible Cities is informed by their ceaseless travelling, and visits to places both ...

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Barbara Morrison's 60th Birthday Celebration Jazz and Blues Party Set for Saturday, September 12th at John Anson Ford Theatre

Source: Nina Gordon Public Relations
August 5, 2009

Special Guests Include Gerald Wilson, Tierney Sutton, and Other Top Artists “She’s earthy, real, sassy, swingin’, sensual, blues-drenched, and epitomizes everything great jazz singing is all about.” --Short North Gazette, Ohio

Celebrate the life and legacy of Barbara Morrison when the acclaimed jazz and blues vocalist commemorates her 60th birthday and 35th anniversary in show business on Saturday, September 12th at the John Anson Ford Theatre (located at 2580 Cahuenga Blvd. East), from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Directed ...

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He's Got Rhythm (of Every Variety)

Source: Michael Ricci
August 5, 2009

Ari Hoenig has a slightly compulsive relationship with his drum set. He doesn’t find the groove and cruise, or at least not for long: he looks for ways to irrigate his band’s music, to get trickles of rhythm seeping into all the cracks.

And at regular intervals he changes the rhythm, pouring it out or stoppering it, turning its emphasis around, subdividing or refocusing it and making it follow the melody.

For the last four years he’s had a regular ...

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Sheldon Concert Hall Offering Online Presale of Single Tickets for 2009-10 Season

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
August 5, 2009

The Sheldon Concert Hall is offering online ticket buyers a special pre-sale of single tickets for concerts in its 2009-2010 season. The pre-sale begins at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, August 6, two days before the general public on-sale date of August 8. The Sheldon's 2009-10 jazz series will include concerts by singer Dee Dee Bridgewater, trumpeter Nicolas Payton, pianist and singer Eliane Elias, pianist Cyrus Chestnut and singer Steve Tyrell, while the Coffee Concerts series features a number ...

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Jazz This Week: Anita Rosamond, a Jazz Heaven, Cornet Chop Suey, and More

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
August 5, 2009

Though it's vacation time in St. Louis, with most of our town's larger jazz presenters inactive until after Labor Day, there are a few noteworthy shows this week to call to your attention:Tonight, singer/pianist Anita Rosamond (pictured) will wrap up this year's Whitaker Music Festival with a free concert at Missouri Botanical Garden. Rosamond's band for the evening will include two members of the popular soul/jazz/funk ensemble Good 4 The Soul - keyboardist Adaron “Pops" Jackson and drummer ...

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Chicago's Jazz at Symphony Center Series

Source: All About Jazz
August 4, 2009

The complete 2009/10 Chicago's Jazz at Symphony Center season calendar

October Friday October 16, 2009, 8:00 p.m. Dianne Reeves: Strings Attached Dianne Reeves, vocals; Russell Malone, guitar; Romero Lubambo, guitar

Friday October 30, 2009, 8:00 p.m. Dave Holland and Friends/Vijay Iyer Trio Dave Holland, bass; Jason Moran, piano; Chris Potter, saxophone; Eric Harland, drums VIJAY IYER TRIO Vijay Iyer, piano

November Friday November 13, ...

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Beethoven Billy Bragg Ninth Concert, August 29th to Feature Dwight Trible, Asia America Youth Orchestra Under the Baton of David Benoit

Source: Teresa Conboy PR
August 4, 2009

The North American premiere of Billy Bragg's version of Ode to Joy, the choral finale of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony will take place Saturday, August 29th at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica, 7:00 10:00 p.m. The Asia America Youth Orchestra will perform the piece under the baton and musical direction of David Benoit. At the concert Bragg will perform and lead the audience in a sing-along of the choral.

In keeping with The Ninths spirit of international connection the concert ...

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World Premiere of Wynton Marsalis's American Symphony November 19, 20 & 21, 2009

Source: Michael Ricci
August 4, 2009

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Robert Spano will present the world premiere of Wynton Marsalis's American Symphony in Atlanta November 19-21, 2009. This will be Mr. Marsalis's first all-orchestral composition. A jazz musician, trumpeter, composer, bandleader, advocate for the arts, and educator, Wynton Marsalis has helped propel jazz to the forefront of American culture. His prominent position in American culture was solidified in April 1997, when he became the first jazz artist to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize ...

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