Performance / Tour News

Chris Berry Trio w/ Kang | 07.17 | Ukiah

Source: JamBase
July 29, 2009

Words by: Zachary Sampsel | Images by: Roger Franklin

Chris Berry Trio with Michael Kang :: 07.17.09 :: Ukiah Brewing Company :: Ukiah, CA

CB3 with Kang :: 07.17 :: Ukiah, CA With a little help from The String Cheese Incident's Michael Kang, the Chris Berry Trio brought some cool, island vibes to Ukiah on a sweltering Friday night in July.

The Ukiah Brewing Company, with its certified-organic menu, was the perfect spot to choose for a fundraiser benefiting ...

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"The CO-Operation" Featuring Bryan Carrott at "Jammin' on the Hudson" on August 9th

Source: Michael Ricci
July 28, 2009

Riverbank State Park, in association with Brownstone Entertainment Complex, LLC, for our fifth consecutive year are pleased to present: “Jammin' On The Hudson".

On Sunday August 9th we Present; The Co-operation. This Band is the brain-storm of its Bassist/Leader, who left working with Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers to form this band. Band alumni include John Hicks, Michael Carvin, Robin Eubanks, Clifford Adams, Steve Nelson, Wallace Roney, Bobby Watson, Chico Freeman and Wynton Marsalis... The objective of ...

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Free Jazz Concerts Every Sunday This Summer at the Levitt Pavilion in Pasadena

Source: Michael Ricci
July 28, 2009

Head over to beautiful Memorial Park, located on Holly and Raymond, every Sunday at 7 pm to catch the Levitt Pavilion Pasadena’s free summer Jazz series. Sundays at the Levitt have become a community staple, highlighting smooth, bebop, and straight ahead jazz styles. This season introduces nu jazz musicians as well who blend traditional jazz with other contemporary musical styles, in the spirit of artistic experimentation. The remaining shows of the season are: August 2, Claudia Villela; August 9, KJ ...

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Kilgore and Frishberg Head East

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
July 28, 2009

I am not in the business of promoting night club engagements. Nor do I intend to be. However, this is so rare an event on the east coast, I would hate to think that Rifftides readers in and about New York might fail to hear about it. As a companion unsolicited plug, allow me to call your attention to the most recent Kilgore-Frishberg collaboration on CD, Why Fight The Feeling, their collection of Frank Loesser songs. Full disclosure: I wrote ...

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From Babble to Rhythm, Cuban Style

Source: Michael Ricci
July 28, 2009

Near the close of his roughly hourlong concert at the Museum of Modern Art on Sunday night, Dafnis Prieto stepped out from behind his drum kit with a pair of claves in hand. He struck up a familiar pattern--the syncopated heartbeat, also called clave, that underpins virtually all Afro-Cuban music--and proceeded to scat in a polysyllabic babble. His utterances, however madcap, had a serious intent: all those consonant-studded phrases and skittering inflections evoked the clangor of a full percussion section. ...

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Jazz Buzz Las Vegas Recap: Boy Katindig @ Jazz on the Lake

Source: Michael Ricci
July 27, 2009

It was a 115 degrees that day. Yes, the heat was on, but wait..not only in Las Vegas but what's on Lake Las Vegas that evening. Fusion pianist/keyboardist Boy Katindig fired up more heat that night at Montelago's Jazz on the Lake Concert Series. Boy was it hot! Jazz fans filled the lawns to capacity and enjoyed fusion jazz from 7 till 10 PM.

As of the “norm" in a Boy K hit, no one wants to leave until the ...

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Seattle Times Review: Jazz Port Townsend Showcases a New Generation of Jazz

Source: Seattle Jazz Scene
July 27, 2009

PORT TOWNSEND — During a workshop she helped teach on the art of vocal jazz, Gretchen Parlato confessed that many of her favorite singers were those who “don't really sing." Several hours before she took the big stage at McCurdy Pavilion for her festival debut, she explained some of the singers she liked the most did not have the greatest technical ability, but rather a certain quality to their voice, a pleasing sound, an emotional gravity. To a large degree, ...

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Greg Loughman Trio Featuring Aubrey Johnson at Ryles (Boston) on August 4th

Source: Michael Ricci
July 27, 2009

As part of its ongoing Artist Showcase series, Ryles welcomes back the Greg Loughman Trio with special guest, 2008 Downbeat Student Music Awards' “Best Jazz Vocalist" Aubrey Johnson, Tuesday August 4, 8:30pm ($7 cover). Bassist Greg Loughman once again steps into the bandleader role for another appearance at Ryles. A year ago almost to the day, Loughman held a CD release party at Ryles of his current CD, Sinistral, which features original compositions and original settings of traditional standard jazz ...

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