Performance / Tour News

A McCartney Homecoming at Citi Field

Source: Michael Ricci
July 19, 2009

Paul McCartney played Citi Field 44 years after the Beatles first played Shea Stadium. McCartney came to Citi Field on Friday night to bring a new ballpark one thing that cant be built in: memories. No one was better qualified.

As a 23-year-old Beatle, Mr. McCartney introduced rock to a stadium audience on August 15, 1965, when the Beatles played a 34-minute set at Shea Stadium, which Citi Field replaced. The Beatles returned to Shea in 1966 on what would ...

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Philip Glass to Perform Film, Opera Works at Hollywood Bowl

Source: Michael Ricci
July 19, 2009

The musician made his name in, and shattered the mold of film music scores. By the 1980s, Philip Glass had earned a healthy reputation working in the concert hall, art films and the theater. That didn't mean he slid easily into Hollywood.

“When I first started doing Hollywood films," Glass, 72, said by phone from his home in New York, “I was told I wasn't writing real film music. I said, 'What is real film music?' And the person said, ...

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Litchfield Jazz Gets a New Home

Source: Michael Ricci
July 19, 2009

WHEN people tell Vita West Muir that they don’t know anything about jazz, she tells them, “There isn’t anything to know — you just have to listen.” Ms. Muir is the executive and artistic director of Litchfield Performing Arts, which she established in 1981. Her aim to make jazz more accessible will be helped this year by the creation of common ground for the organization’s centerpieces, the Litchfield Jazz Festival and Litchfield Jazz Camp. For the first time since its ...

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The Jazz Bakery Goes Grammy (Museum)

Source: All About Jazz
July 18, 2009

This Sunday marks the first of a planned series of tribute concert / fundraisers at the Grammy Museum for the still-homeless jazz venue, and the bakery's fans are bound to recognize some familiar faces.

Guitar great and UCLA faculty member Kenny Burrell leads the way along with Hubert Laws, Alan Bergman, the Alan Broadbent Trio, Tierney Sutton, Bill Henderson and Mike Melvoin.

“Curb Your Enthusiasm's" Jeff Garlin hosts this evening, which should add some levity to what will probably be ...

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Jazz at Kirkland Uncorked This Weekend

Source: Seattle Jazz Scene
July 18, 2009

PonyBoy Records will be presenting the music this Saturday and Sunday at the Kirkland Uncorked Festival. The event is held in downtown Kirkland’s Marina Park at 25 Lakeshore Plaza, Kirkland, Washington Saturday, July 18 2:00 - 3:15 JAY THOMAS QUARTET Jay Thomas, John Hansen, Chuck Kistler, Phil Parisot 3:30 - 4:45 CAROLYN GRAYE QUARTET Carolyn Graye, Tony Foster, Chuck Kistler, Greg Williamson 6:30 - 7:45 MONKSTONE THEOCRACY Bill Anschell, Jon Hamar, Greg Williamson, Mike West 8:15 - 9:30 KAREN SHIVERS ...

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McTuff at Jazz Alley This Sunday

Source: Seattle Jazz Scene
July 18, 2009

Jazz Alley continues their Sunday night series featuring local jazz artists to packed houses … lets hope this series continues! SUNDAY, JULY 19 - McTUFF JAZZ ALLEY 2033 Sixth Ave., Seattle; (206-441-9729 or jazzalley.com). 7:30 show is full, 9:30 show has been added! Be sure to make reservation, as they are required for FREE shows! The Pacific Jazz Institute at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley presents Seattle’s own McTuff. Band members are Joe Doria (Hammond B3 Organ), Skerik ...

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Wilco | 06.27.09 | Berkeley

Source: JamBase
July 18, 2009

Words by: Kayceman | Images by: Casey Flanigan

Wilco :: 06.27.09 :: Greek Theatre :: Berkeley, CA

Wilco :: 06.27 :: Berkeley, CA Because we still love rock & roll, that's why we love Wilco. 15 years of Midwest workingman's charm and Jeff Tweedy's relentless pursuit of songcraft have given us a wealth of pure, deep-hearted, true blue American rock & roll. And on a gorgeous Northern California ...

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Iran's Hafez Nazeri: Premiers Symphony in LA and NY

Source: JamBase
July 18, 2009

Iranian Composer Hafez Nazeri Premieres Rumi Symphony Project: Cycle One

Hafez Nazeri Hafez Nazeri, the 29-year-old Iranian composer, who's one of the most influential young composers around, plans on opening a new chapter of integrating Middle Eastern and Western traditions by blending the music of both cultures. Nazeri's music captures and preserves the essence and elemental structures of Persian music, while embracing new ideas developed out of Western Classical music such as orchestration, harmony, rhythmic patterns and melodic forms. The ...

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