Performance / Tour News

Jazz Phrasing Here, Flamenco Flair There

Source: Michael Ricci
May 18, 2009

Chano Dominguez, the Spanish pianist, came to the Jazz Standard on Saturday with an unusual quartet for a jazz club. From left, there was Mr. Domnguez on piano; Israel Surez, known as Pirana, on a percussion setup designed around the wood box called the cajon; the flamenco singer Blas Cordoba; and Tomas Moreno Romero, known as Tomasito, who deserves his own paragraph. Tomasito is a palmero, with the flamenco-tradition job of clapping through the music’s variously accented 12-beat cycles. He ...

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Progressive Nation Tour: Dream Theater/Zappa Plays Zappa

Source: JamBase
May 18, 2009

DREAM THEATER'S “PROGRESSIVE NATION 2009" TO TOUR NORTH AMERICA IN JULY/AUG WITH SPECIAL GUESTS ZAPPA PLAYS ZAPPA, PAIN OF SALVATION AND BEARDFISH

Dream Theater New York progressive metal veterans Dream Theater will take their Progressive Nation tour back on the road for its second incarnation with a run through America and Canada in July/Aug 2009.

In addition to a headlining set by Dream Theater, this year's package will feature the outstanding musicianship of Zappa Plays Zappa as well ...

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Hot Jazz and Cool Cocktails Combine for a Knockout Summer Lineup at Art After 5

Source: All About Jazz
May 18, 2009

A lively, diverse line-up of jazz and world music performers is taking center stage this spring in Art After 5 at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Each Friday evening, the Museum’s Great Stair Hall is transformed into a concert hall, complete with table service, cocktails, elegant caf-style appetizers, and desserts. Art After 5 features both emerging and established jazz performers, with forays on the first Friday of each month into other musical genres. Between sets visitors have a chance to ...

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Lynne Arriale "Nuance" Tour Continues with Chicago's Jazz Showcase Show - May 21-24

Source: All About Jazz
May 17, 2009

Star Lynne Arriale Headlines Show At Chicago's Jazz Showcase Featuring Hans Glawischnig and Anthony Pinciotti May 21 - May 24 Showtimes at 8:00pm & 10:00pm Plus Added Show: Sunday May 24th @ 4:00pm Jazz Piano Star LYNNE ARRIALE is set to perform at Chicagos popular Jazz Showcase, Thursday MAY 21-Sunday May 24, with 2 shows each night, at 8:00PM and 10:00PM, plus Sunday added show at 4:00PM. Jazz Showcase is located at Dearborn Station, 806 S. ...

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Sampling Barcelonas Jazz Beat

Source: Michael Ricci
May 16, 2009

Almost as a rule, jazz musicians travel more widely than their audiences. Because the jazz economy stretches well across the Atlantic Ocean, most viable careers in the music involve a number of local scenes.

The New York club circuit bears pervasive evidence of this fluidity, especially now. But sometimes its good to get the message in a stronger dose.

Thats one reason the Catalan Jazz Festival, a five-night series at the Jazz Standard, makes sense. As a reflection on the ...

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The Lynne Arriale Nuance Quartet only NYC Appearance on May 19th at 7:30pm & 9:30pm

Source: All About Jazz
May 15, 2009

Lynne Arriale headlines show at New York's Jazz Standard Only NY area performance “The Lynne Arriale Nuance Quartet" Featuring Lynne Arriale, Randy Brecker, George Mraz and Anthony Pinciotti Tuesday, May 19th - 7:30pm & 9:30pm (New York, NY) Jazz Piano Star Lynne Arriale's The Lynne Arriale Nuance Quartet is set to perform two shows at Manhattans Jazz Standard club (116 East 27th Street), Tuesday, May 19th at 7:30PM and 9:30PM. In addition to Ms. Arriale, the show features the amazing ...

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Contemporary Interpretation of Japanese Ghostly Ritual by the Kitsune Ensemble

Source: All About Jazz
May 15, 2009

In Edo-era Japan, a popular recreation known as The Gathering of 100 Ghostly Tales involved gathering around candlelight to tell ghost stories. At the conclusion of each story, a candle would be extinguished, until the final story was told in pitch black, and legend held that a ghost would appear in this moment. These Japanese seances were performed by Samurai to test their courage and by peasants to create chills through their bodies on hot summer nights.

New York City’s ...

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Keeping It Flexible, Careful Not to Raise a Ruckus

Source: Michael Ricci
May 15, 2009

The trumpeter John McNeil’s imagination is right on the line between jazz at its most secure and coded and jazz as an open window, letting anything in and out of its house. For the last five years or so he’s been running bands that tend to have a slightly arch repertory concept: the pointed and airy West Coast jazz of the 1950s or the pains and pleasures of the infamous amateur rock band the Shaggs. His new quartet, in its ...

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