Performance / Tour News

Eric Krasno and Chapter 2

Source: JamBase
May 30, 2009

Eric Krasno and Chapter 2 Tour Dates

Kraz Eric Krasno & Chapter 2 - the Super Soul Quartet featuring Eric Krasno, Nigel Hall, Adam Deitch and Louis Cato - will head to Mountain Jam before wrapping up the run at Sullivan Hall in NYC. The band has had some very special guests at its recent shows including Derek Trucks, Warren Haynes and Oteil Burbridge.

Eric has had a very busy spring, just wrapping up Soulive's spring tour in support of ...

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Daryl Sherman Jazz Tribute to Johnny Mercer June 1, 8 and 15

Source: All About Jazz
May 29, 2009

In celebration of her new Arbors CD Johnny Mercer: A Centennial Tribute, singer/pianist Daryl Sherman will be appearing three Mondays, June 1, 8, 15 (one 8pm show) at the Algonquin Hotel's Oak Room, NYC. Guest musicians sharing in this salute to one of America's greatest songwriters include James Chirillo, Boots Maleson, Wycliffe Gordon, Howard Alden and Jay Leonhart. The emphasis will be Mercer's collaborations with jazz luminaries such as Jimmy Rowles, Blossom Dearie, Marian McPartland in addition to Lionel Hampton, ...

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Cuneiform Artists on Tour: June 2009

Source: All About Jazz
May 29, 2009

AHLEUCHATISTAS June 12 - Lemp Arts Center - 3301 Lemp Ave - St. Louis MO 63118 (314) 771.1096 (with Upsilon Acrux and Yowie) June 13 - Booby's - 406 South Illinois Ave - Carbondale, IL 62901 (618) 549-3366 (with Upsilon Acrux and New Ledge Band) June 14 - New French Bar - Asheville, NC (with Upsilon Acrux) BIRDSONGS OF THE MESOZOIC (special tour to promote “Dawn of the Cycads", so founding member Roger Miller (Mission of Burma) is performing with ...

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Claire Martin Styles Sly Cy Coleman Songs Blas to Brokenhearted

Source: Michael Ricci
May 28, 2009

What goes on the road, stays on the road, is how the English jazz singer Claire Martin described When in Rome (I Do as the Romans Do), one of 15 songs with music by Cy Coleman at Tuesdays opening night performance of Witchcraft, her show with Richard Rodney Bennett at the Oak Room of the Algonquin Hotel. When in Rome has lyrics by Carolyn Leigh, Colemans greatest collaborator and the only major American lyricist whose bon mots consistently match Cole ...

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The Crystal Method | 05.06.09 | Boston

Source: JamBase
May 28, 2009

Words & Images by: Andrew Bruss

The Crystal Method :: 05.06.09 :: House of Blues :: Boston, MA

The Crystal Method :: 05.06.09 :: Boston The Crystal Method's tour inaugurating performance at Boston's House of Blues had everyone getting down and dirty on the dance floor, but what occurred on stage left the feeling that the set was more of a dress rehearsal for the rest of the ...

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Anders Holst Shares Summer Love at Feinsteins on July 2nd

Source: GoMedia PR
May 28, 2009

Seductive, lush and emotive, the music of Anders Holst has drawn accolades from fellow musicians such as Quincy Jones, and has earned him such critical kudos as “Anders Holst is a regal contender to become the new crowned prince of contemporary romantic music...." (Billboard magazine) and “The Sting of Stockholm is back and this time he's singing about love. Holst sings like a man comfortable in his own skin." (All About Jazz)

On July 2, the Swedish-born, New York City-based ...

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Lincoln Center Pop & World Music Advisory - July 2009

Source: All About Jazz
May 28, 2009

The music lineup at Lincoln Center Festival '09 includes US debuts by Algerian music icon Idir and Moroccan Chaabi singer Najat Aatabou; a double bill with Justin Adams and Juldeh Camara, and Issa Bagayogo; and a tribute to celebrated New Orleans songwriter Wardell Quezergue, featuring a roster of noted musical artists from that citys annual Ponderosa Stomp music festival.

The lineup for Midsummer Night Swing 2009 includes a Lincoln Center 50th Anniversary performance by Chubby Checker, the debut performance of ...

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Choreographer Alonzo King and Jazz Pianist Jason Moran Collaborate

Source: All About Jazz
May 28, 2009

TWO ARTISTIC VISIONARIES UNITE Choreographer Alonzo King and Jazz pianist Jason Moran come together to create a world premiere work

“Opposites attract - and never more so than in the contemporary classicism of Alonzo King. Start with the juxtaposition in a dancer's body of passionate, whirlwind arms with the sharply articulated legwork and formal step-vocabulary of academic ballet...it makes nearly every other kind of modern ballet look old-fashioned or simplistic." Lewis Segal, The Los Angeles Times

“The jazz ...

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