Performance / Tour News

A Jazz Heaven to Evoke Billie, Ella and Miles on Saturday, August 8 at the Kranzberg Arts Center

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
July 17, 2009

Via email, singer Wendy Gordon shares the news that that she'll be presenting a new show called A Jazz Heaven (When Billie & Ella Met Miles & Friends) at 5:00 p.m. Saturday, August 8 at the Kranzberg Arts Center, 501 N. Grand (at Olive).The cabaret-style performance, set in the late 1940s at the Savoy in New York City, tells the stories of jazz greats Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis and others through music associated with each of ...

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Paul McCartney Returns to Ed Sullivan Theater

Source: All About Jazz
July 16, 2009

Paul McCartney returned to the legendary Ed Sullivan Theater on Wednesday night to tape an appearance for the 'Late Show with David Letterman,' 45 years after the Beatles made their landmark U.S. television debut on 'The Ed Sullivan Show.'

Echoing the Fab Four's final rooftop concert, the 67-year-old played a seven-song set on top of the theater's marquee.

Before the performance, McCartney sat down for a long interview with Letterman, opening with the host teasing Macca about never accepting the ...

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Terri Lyne Carrington Headlines Free Outdoor Concert

Source: All About Jazz
July 16, 2009

Berklee College of Music and ParkARTS present music outdoors in Roxbury's historic Fort Hill neighborhood with the Terri Lyne Carrington Group and opener the Berklee City Music All-Stars. The annual Jazz at the Fort concert is free and will be held on Sunday, August 2, at 5:00 p.m., at the four-acre Highland Park on Fort Avenue, Roxbury, MA. Rain date is August 9. Folding chairs, blankets, and picnics are encouraged. Jazz at the Fort is accessible from the MBTA's Orange ...

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Berklee's 2009 Free Summer Concert Series

Source: All About Jazz
July 16, 2009

Berklee presents the Regattabar Courtyard Series featuring rising young artists from a variety of styles – including Swing, a World Mix, Latin, and contemporary jazz – with Executive Chef Peter Davis flipping burgers on the grill. It takes place Mondays – July 20, 27, and August 3, 10, 17, 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. – in the Charles Hotel Courtyard (behind the hotel) at One Bennett Street, Cambridge. The concerts are wheelchair accessible. Monday, July 20 – Katie Thiroux Trio: ...

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Steven Kroon Quintet at Creole July 17th & 18th

Source: Ann Forster
July 16, 2009

NEW YORK -- Creole Restaurant and Music Supper Club continues to invigorate the Harlem Jazz scene with its Latin Jazz Legacy Series featuring the Steven Kroon Quintet Friday, July 17th and Saturday, July 18th, Showtimes 8:00pm and 10:00pm at Creole, 2167 Third Avenue, Corner of 118th Street, NY, NY 10035. (212) 876-8838.

Steven Kroon (congas & percussion), Adam Perez (piano), Waldo Chevez (bass), Bryan Carrott (vibraphone), Craig Rivers (sax & flute), Alex Garcia (drums) The sultry jazz Latin style of ...

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Live in Brooklyn! Bernie Worrell, Blackbyrd McKnight, Melvin Gibbs and JT Lewis are SOCIALYBRIUM July 29-30

Source: All About Jazz
July 16, 2009

Bernie Worrell, Blackbyrd McKnight, Melvin Gibbs and JT Lewis are SOCIALYBRIUM Making their Brooklyn debut TWO NIGHTS ONLY at Littlefield 622 Degraw St., b/w 3rd and 4th Avenues Wednesday July 29 and Thursday July 30 Doors 8PM, $10 New album coming in October on LiveWired Music! How often does a bona fide member of the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame and the co-founder of one of the most influential groups of ...

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John Patitucci Trio to Perform at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola on August 11-16 in Support of "Remembrance"

Source: DL Media
July 16, 2009

THE JOHN PATITUCCI TRIO FEATURING JOE LOVANO AND BRIAN BLADE TO PERFORM AT DIZZY'S CLUB COCA-COLA AUGUST 11-16 IN SUPPORT OF REMEMBRANCE Concord Music Group is proud to announce performance dates for the John Patitucci Trio at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola on August 11 through 16. The trio, featuring saxophone maestro Joe Lovano and brilliant drummer Brian Blade, will make their world premiere, unveiling original compositions from their forthcoming August 4 release, Remembrance.Patitucci, at the top of his class ...

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California '66 Revue Tour Brings Electric Prunes, Love and Moby Grape's Jerry Miller to U.S. Cities

Source: conqueroo
July 16, 2009

Eastern and Midwestern tour to commence in Philadelphia on August 4, wrapping up in DC area on August 18

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Three premiere bands of the Los Angeles psychedelic era of the late ’60s will join forces August 4-18, 2009 for the California ’66 Revue tour. The Electric Prunes, Love and, for the April 12-18 dates, Jerry Miller from Moby Grape will bring the spirit of Sunset Strip and San Francisco in the late ’60s up the East ...

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