Performance / Tour News

Donald Vega Trio Live at Smalls (NYC) July 20, 2009

Source: Two for the Show Media
July 14, 2009

Pianist/Composer Donald Vega will be performing with his Trio at Smalls in New York City on Monday, July 20thth, 2009 - Set times are 7:30 PM & 9:00 PM Donald Vega - Piano Yasushi Nakamura - Bass Peter Van Nostrand - Drums SMALLS 183 West 10th Street New York City July 20th, 2009– Show times: 7:30 PM & 9:00 PM Admission $20 About Donald Vega Donald Vega's style and virtuosity ...

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Arturo O'Farrill Quintet Live at Louis Armstrong House

Source: Two for the Show Media
July 14, 2009

Latin Jazz Pianist Arturo O' Farrill To Perform August 11 At Free Jazzmobile Concert At Louis Armstrong House Museum.

Louis Armstrong was famous for playing trumpet on his balcony to the delight of his neighbors in working-class Corona, Queens. Continuing the tradition, the Louis Armstrong House Museum is pleased to present Arturo O'Farrill and his Quintet on Tuesday, August 11, for the eighth edition of Jazzmobile at LAHM. Organized for the benefit of our neighbors and the general public, the ...

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Young Violinist Touches Older Heartstrings

Source: Michael Ricci
July 14, 2009

Since February, Knecht has been playing at a VA medical center in Loma Linda. He's convinced that his music can free patients, if briefly, from the prisons of their own bodies and minds.

Alexander Knecht unpacked his violin and sheet music and slipped into Marvin Baker's dimly lit hospital room.

“Hello, Mr. Baker, is it OK if I play a hymn for you?" he asked brightly.

The 81-year-old patient, bedridden by a series of illnesses and unable to respond, stared ...

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Kate Schutt - New Fall Tour Dates!

Source: All About Jazz
July 14, 2009

ArtistShare is pleased to announce that Kate Schutt will be touring the Northeast to support her new album, Telephone Game. She will be making stops in: September 3 Philadelphia, PA Chris' Jazz Cafe September 4 Boston, MA The Lily Pad September 5 Portland, ME North Star Music Cafe Be sure to catch Kate, and her fantastic band as they pass through a city near you, and don't forget ...

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Younger Brother the Bigger-Band Sounds of a Trance-Music Duo

Source: Michael Ricci
July 13, 2009

Jam bands and the trance-music branch of electronica share a fondness for open-ended marathon dancing, fluorescent colors and neo-hippie fashion.

While one relies on live musicians and the other on loops and samples, they keep finding common ground. Younger Brother, which performed at Terminal 5 on Thursday night, is a jam-trance alliance that encompasses introspection as well as head-bobbing beats.

On its two albums, A Flock of Bleeps from 2003 and The Last Days of Gravity from 2007 (both on ...

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Let It Be, Paul

Source: All About Jazz
July 13, 2009

McCartney is back. Will he stick with the hits?

Usually, when a music legend announces, “And here's a song from my latest record," the unspoken response from the audience is “OK, but you'd better follow it with some hits." Sometimes this dynamic makes sense; mega-artists tend to draw big crowds even after the muse of inspiration has long since left the building. But as Paul McCartney prepares to play seven dates in four U.S. cities this summer, he happens to ...

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Paul McCartney to Appear on Letterman and Tour Dates

Source: All About Jazz
July 13, 2009

Paul McCartney will be appearing on the Late Show with David Letterman this Wednesday night

July 15th at 11.30pm on CBS. Be sure to tune-in if you can, as it sounds like a very special edition of the show.

McCartney Announces US Summer Tour Dates

Citi Field New York, NY July 17, 2009 Friday 6:30 pm July 18, 2009 Saturday 6:30 pm July 21, 2009 Tuesday ...

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Soft Machine / Jeff Aug 2009 Tour Dates

Source: All About Jazz
July 13, 2009

July 17, 2009 will be the world premiere of the Jeff Aug World Record Tour documentary film by Daniel Munding of Live-In TV.

See video trailer below. ...then its off to the U.S. for a quick coast-to-coast tour.

JEFF AUG Raw Fingers & Steel Strings U.S. Tour 2009 Presented by DAddario Strings, Dunlop & Planet Waves Guitar Accessories 18.08.2009 - New York City, NY, The Living Room (7pm showtime) 20.08.20009 - Washington, ...

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