Performance / Tour News

Marlon Jordan: Cooking-N-Jazz at Old Point Bar

Source: All About Jazz
June 29, 2009

Old Point Bar is very excited to have Marlon Jordan entertain our patrons on Saturday, July 4th from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Join Marlon as he serves Hot Jazz as well as a sizzling dish of Shrimp Creole made in the tradition of his family through several generations. Between sets, Marlon will spend time on the grill preparing barbecued oysters and grilled fish. On the West bank of the River at 545 Patterson, Old Point Bar is located in ...

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Creole Club Latin Jazz Legacy Series

Source: All About Jazz
June 29, 2009

Creole Restaurant and Music Supper Club continues to raise artistic and showcase standards while invigorating the Harlem Jazz scene and proudly presenting the Latin Jazz Legacy Series featuring the top artists in the Latin Jazz genre

CHEMBO CORNIEL LATIN JAZZ QUINTET CD Release Party July 10th & 11th 8 & 10 PM

Latin rhythms with Jazz roots reflect Chembos complex technique, style, and wealth of knowledge in the folkloric, Latin and jazz idioms. He ...

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Harris-Stowe State University to Present Jazz Concert on August 29

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
June 29, 2009

Harris-Stowe State University will present a jazz concert to benefit its Wolff Jazz Institute at 7:00 p.m. Saturday, August 29 in the Dr. Henry Givens Jr. Administration Building's Main Auditorium. The concert will feature an ensemble fronted by trombonist Wycliffe Gordon, tenor saxophonist Houston Person, and trumpeter Randy Sandke, with a rhythm section of drummer and vibraphone player Chuck Redd, pianist Rossano Sportiello, bassist and singer Nicki Parrott and drummer Eddie Locke, as well as St. Louisans Jim ...

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Duke Ellington's Family Teams up with Grenada to Honor Bobby Short in Central Park Extravaganza

Source: All About Jazz
June 28, 2009

The series of events marking the 110th Anniversary of Duke Ellington continues: On Wednesday, July 1 at 6:30 p.m., The Duke Ellington Center for the Arts will host a spectacular and unprecedented event in Central Park featuring their Duke Ellington Big Band and 14 grand pianos on the Great Mall. Mercedes Ellington, granddaughter of the Duke and the shows producer, will pay personal tribute to Bobby Short, the famous pianistwho, 14 years ago on the same date, unveiled the Duke ...

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Marlon Jordan: Cooking-N-Jazz at Old Point Bar

Source: Sylvain Music Notes
June 28, 2009

New Orleans - Old Point Bar is very excited to have Marlon Jordan entertain our patrons on Saturday, July 4th from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Join Marlon as he serves Hot Jazz as well as a sizzling dish of Shrimp Creole made in the tradition of his family through several generations. Between sets, Marlon spends time on the grill preparing barbecued oysters and grilled fish. On the West bank of the River at 545 Patterson, Old Point Bar is ...

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Sten Hostfalt/Blaise Siwula at Goodye Blue Monday NYC June 30

Source: All About Jazz
June 28, 2009

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Claudio Roditi at the Turning Point Cafe (Piermont, NY) Monday June 29th

Source: All About Jazz
June 27, 2009

MONDAY JAZZ at the Turning Point Cafe Piermont, NY (South of Tappan Zee Bridge, North of GWB in Rockland. Only 25 minutes from NYC, NJ, CT, Westchester, and Orange. A great intimate setting ideal for Jazz.) June 29th World Class Jazz Mondays 8pm-11pm Monday Jazz Series Season Finale Brazilian Jazz Master, Grammy Nominee Trumpeter Claudio Roditi Featuring Nilson Matta, bass; ...

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Michael Jackson Spent His Final Night Alive in His Favorite Spot on Earth: The Stage

Source: Michael Ricci
June 27, 2009

Onstage at Staples Center, associates say, the performer radiated joy as he prepared for his comeback tour.

At Staples Center Wednesday night, the performer did a full run-through of his planned comeback concert. He and his company -- dancers, musicians, singers, aerial performers, choreographers and costumers -- planned to fly to England early next week for final dress rehearsals at London's O2 Arena, the site of the pop superstar's 50-night sold-out run.

By lunchtime Thursday, Jackson was in cardiac arrest. ...

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