Performance / Tour News

Steely Dan | 6.18.09 | Florida

Source: JamBase
June 27, 2009

Words by: B. Getz | Images by: A. Hicks

Steely Dan :: 06.18.09 :: St. Augustine Amphitheater :: St. Augustine, FL

Donald Fagen - Steely Dan :: 06.18 :: Florida On a steamy Thursday night in the First Coast swampland of Northeast Florida, Steely Dan's summer tour hit the St. Augustine Amphitheater, drawing a high-dollar sold-out house.

For nearly two hours, the Dan tore through bop, jazz, Latin ...

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Yes/Asia: Only Time Will Tell

Source: JamBase
June 27, 2009

By: Dennis Cook

Yes Two of England's finest art rock ensembles, Yes and Asia, begin a North American tour that will run through August. Tonight they perform at the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, CA, followed by a performance at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas on Saturday night. Last year Yes celebrated their 40th anniversary and the original lineup of Asia reunited in 2007 to ...

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Pollstar: Wynton Marsalis, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Returning to the Sheldon in March

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
June 27, 2009

The online tour information service Pollstar has added a listing showing a performance by Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra on Saturday, March 13, 2010 at the Sheldon Concert Hall.Marsalis and the JaLCO (pictured) were in St. Louis most recently in February 2008 to perform at The Sheldon's benefit gala, which usually happens sometime in late winter or early spring.It seems entirely plausible that they might be booked for a return appearance in ...

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Peter Martin, Lamar Harris to Perform Free Concerts at Saint Louis Art Museum

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
June 27, 2009

Pianist Peter Martin (pictured) and trombonist/producer Lamar Harris will each play a free concert during July at the Saint Louis Art Museum during July as part of the Museum's Art After 5 series.Martin, who has worked with internationally known jazz performers such as Dianne Reeves, Chris Botti and Christian McBride, will perform at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, July 17 in the Museum's Grigg Gallery.Harris will play with his groups the L and Groove Therapy at 7:00 ...

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Bill Connors to Join Corea, Clarke & White for September 2nd Hollywood Bowl Concert

Source: All About Jazz
June 26, 2009

It's official: pianist Chick Corea, bassist Stanley Clarke and drummer Lenny White will be joined September 2nd by guest guitarist Bill Connors at the Hollywood Bowl kick-off gig of their fall tour. The band, now billed as Corea, Clarke & White, will also be joined by legendary violinist Jean-Luc Ponty and song stylist Chaka Khan.

Inspired by what his friend and fellow Miles Davis alumnus John McLaughlin was doing with Mahavishnu Orchestra, Corea originally brought Connors extraordinarily expressive electric guitar ...

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The Panorama Jazz Band Invites Its Audience to Play Along

Source: All About Jazz
June 26, 2009

For the past 14 years, the Panorama Jazz Band's variegated mash-up of world beats has consistently challenged expectations about what New Orleans jazz can be. Equally at home anchoring a second-line parade as a traditional Jewish wedding, the band's raucous party music, which it has performed everywhere from Gypsy campfires to Carnival parades, combines sounds from all over the globe. According to bandleader and clarinetist Ben Schenk, the group's polyglot repertoire would be nothing without the historic discipline of a ...

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African-Born Lionel Loueke Next up in Glenwood Springs' Summer of Jazz

Source: All About Jazz
June 26, 2009

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado — Lionel Loueke brings his unique combination of jazz guitar and African roots influences to the Glenwood Springs Summer of Jazz stage in Two Rivers Park tonight. The third in the summer concert series begins at 7 p.m. at the park pavilion. Loueke joins local jazz aficionado and KDNK disc jockey Wick Moses for a concert preview discussion from noon to 1 p.m. today at the Colorado Mountain College Glenwood Center on Blake Avenue. Cost for the ...

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Jazz Artists Seek out Future Fans

Source: All About Jazz
June 26, 2009

Musicians hope to expand beyond regular devotees, bring in the younger generation It was 8 p.m., and jazz cellist Raymond Chu — better known as “Magic Ray" — was setting up for a performance at the Mosaic Caf in College Park, a hip restaurant and hookah bar that caters to students and young people. Chu, a statistician who lives in Lanham, said he did not expect an enthusiastic response to the June 12 performance. Most people go to Washington, D.C. ...

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