Performance / Tour News

Maria Neckam at Bar Next Door with Jon Cowherd and Thomas Morgan

Source: Michael Ricci
August 3, 2009

Tonight, Monday, August 3rd, Maria Neckam (voice) will perform her music with Jon Cowherd (keys) and Thomas Morgan (bass) at Bar Next Door, downstairs at La Lanterna (129 MacDougal Street. subway to W4St) 8-11:30pm (3 sets. cover is $10 for the whole night)

About Maria Neckam Born in Vienna, Maria grew up surrounded by the constant presence of the city's music and rhythms. Immersed in the rich musical traditions around her she developed a deep passion for all kinds of ...

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Trio 3 (Lake/Workman/Cyrille) + Geri Allen Celebrate New Release, "At This Time" @ Birdland, August 5-8

Source: The Cinarae Group
August 3, 2009

"One of the Best Performances of 2008 (TRIO 3 with Geri Allen @ Birdland (August 26, 2008)" --Laurence Donohue-Greene, All About Jazz “Pure musical symmetry" as three world-renowned musicians, Oliver Lake (reeds) Reggie Workman (bass) and Andrew Cyrille (drums), merge to apply a sparse yet tight, rhythmic concept to the totally open harmonics of the reeds, bass and drums. TRIO 3 “pushes the envelope" taking the audience gladly swingin' with them.

TRIO 3 has transformed the energy of their hugely ...

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Drummer Winard Harper Plays Jazz Alley in Seattle Aug. 4-5

Source: Seattle Jazz Scene
August 3, 2009

As a young lion in the mid-1980s, drummer Winard Harper came of age in the midst of a jazz boom. Resurgent legends mentored budding players, providing them with invaluable experience and exposure. Record labels sought out young artists, and clubs rushed to book their bands. Harper first gained attention as a supple timekeeper in 1982 with tenor sax titans Dexter Gordon and Johnny Griffin. But it was his four-year run with vocalist Betty Carter that catapulted the Baltimore native into ...

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Dizzy's Club Coca Cola August Dates

Source: All About Jazz
August 2, 2009

Jazz line up at Dizzy's Club Coca Cola Lincoln Center

Bill O'Connell's Triple Play w/Dave Valentin & Richie Flores Featuring Bill O'Connell, piano; Dave Valentin, flute; Richie Flores, drums/percussion Mon, Aug 3 7:30pm & 9:30pm Cover: $20 Students: $10 w/valid student ID

Cedar Walton Quartet Featuring Cedar Walton, piano; Vincent Herring, alto saxophone; David Williams, bass; Joe Farnsworth, drums Tue-Sun, Aug 4-9 7:30pm & ...

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Herbie Hancock & Lang Lang at Hollywood Bowl

Source: Michael Ricci
August 2, 2009

Herbie Hancock and Lang Lang Duo Debut at the Hollywood Bowl with the Los Angeles Philharmonic

From vastly different musical worlds, two undisputed titans of the keyboard Herbie Hancock and Lang Lang will meet on the Hollywood Bowl stage for a night of explosive pianistic pyrotechnics not to be missed!

Hollywood Bowl 2301 North Highland Avenue Hollywood, CA 90068 323.850.2000

Performances: Friday, August 7, 2009, 8:30 PM Saturday, August 8, ...

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Steely Dan Cool Blast of the 70's, with LP's Spinning

Source: Michael Ricci
August 2, 2009

One of Steely Dans three backup singers, Carolyn Leonhardt, symbolically lowered a phonograph needle onto an LP.

After a couple of seconds to allow for the silent lead-in groove, this years version of the band started the song “Black Cow," from the album Aja: bass and drums behind the beat, 13th chords from the guitar.

“Aja" was performed in full, nearly flawlessly, on Tuesday at the Beacon Theater, the first in a series ...

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Sotomayor Confirmed by Bronx Orchestra

Source: Michael Ricci
August 2, 2009

The Senate may not have confirmed Judge Sonia Sotomayor as the newest Supreme Court justice, but Symphony Space and Arturo O'Farrill, the jazz musician, seem confident.

The performance space has joined with the Bronx Museum of the Arts and R. D. Rice Construction Inc. to commission a piece by Mr. OFarrill to be performed by his Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra honoring Judge Sotomayor, a Bronx native, the orchestras publicist said in a release.

Noting that his orchestras mission is to preserve, ...

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The Swing Solution to Perform at a Day of Remembrance, a Tribute to WW II Veterans

Source: Jeff Rzepiela Public Relations
August 2, 2009

The Swing Solution will perform at A Day of Remembrance, A Tribute to WW II Veterans and Members of The Greatest Generation.

This is a celebration of the contributions of American Veterans to world peace, their role in the development of this country, and the lifestyle we Americans enjoy to this day. The plan is to recreate a day in 1945 at San Jose's History Park, including autos and military equipment from the period, people dressed in the costumes of ...

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