Performance / Tour News

Anders Bergcrantz with the CTI All Star Band!

Source: All About Jazz
June 30, 2009

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Scenes at Jazz Alley - July 12 - Only 10 Bucks!

Source: Seattle Jazz Scene
June 30, 2009

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Andrew Drury Group at I Beam on July 10th

Source: All About Jazz
June 30, 2009

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Chris Botti - Live In Concert at Greek Theatre L.A. on July 9th

Source: All About Jazz
June 30, 2009

Jazz/pop trumpeter Chris Botti with special guest Renee Olstead will be coming to the Greek Theatre on July 9 at 7:30 PM. Tickets on sale now. The popular contemporary-music performer just released Chris Botti in Boston on CD/DVD formats. Chris Botti in Boston features Botti along with a bevy of name artists performing live with the Boston Pops Orchestra at Symphony Hall in September 2008. Fully documented as a concert film and album, the night is an intimate and soulful ...

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Dave Allen Quartet at 55 Bar on July 1st

Source: All About Jazz
June 30, 2009

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The Either/Orchestra to Play the Lily Pad, Cambridge, July 12

Source: All About Jazz
June 30, 2009

The Either/Orchestra will be appearing at the Lily Pad in Cambridge, on the afternoon of Sunday, July 12, two sets starting at 2 pm. We love these kid-friendly early Sunday shows, playing with minimal amplification in the tiny Pad. Suggested donation will be $12. http://www.lily-pad.net Sadly, it will be Godwin's Last Stand (with the E/O, anyway, for now...), as our fabulous alto saxophonist Godwin Louis has been accepted into the highly selective Monk Institute, located in New Orleans at this ...

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Esperanza Spalding Charismatic and Soulful Maturing Star of Jazz

Source: Michael Ricci
June 30, 2009

Esperanza Spalding carried herself like a worldbeater at Central Park SummerStage on Sunday afternoon, and resistance was largely futile.

In her ebullient singing and her agile bass playing, Ms. Spalding radiated a cyclone-force charisma, along with the fresh-faced self-conviction that only precocity can bestow. But the hourlong show was more than a reminder of her talent. It was heartening confirmation of her recent growth: as an artist, a bandleader, a vocalist and a star attraction, if not always in that ...

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Aretha Franklin at the Hollywood Bowl

Source: Michael Ricci
June 29, 2009

Everyone knows that Aretha Franklin supports President Barack Obama. Her appearance at his January inauguration, singing My Country Tis of Thee in a gray wool cloche with a spectacular bow, connected the celebrated singers work in the civil rights movement with the election of Americas first black president.

Franklin reiterated her admiration for Mr. Obama during Friday night's concert at the Hollywood Bowl -- even trotting out a sequined version of “The Hat" for her finale -- and added another ...

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