Performance / Tour News

Dave Allen Trio at Bar Next Door on May 7th

Source: All About Jazz
May 4, 2009

Dave Allen Trio with Dave Allen - guitar/compositions Jochen Rueckert - drums John Hebert - bass May 7th at Bar Next Door (downstairs at La Lanterna) 8pm to 12 129 MacDougal St $10 cover “Allen has found a true voice, his effortless technique downplays the apparent complexity, paradoxically creating a cool surface sheen that has a white heat glowing beneath it...music that seduces both the body and mind--again and again." ...

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"Raising the Bar" Jazz Series Legacy Trio: Curtis Lundy, Rodney Kendrick and Craig Haynes at Beanrunner Cafe

Source: PublicEye
May 4, 2009

Earl John Powell presents “Raising The Bar” Jazz Series @ BeanRunner Cafe in Peekskill NY

The Legacy Trio Curtis Lundy, Rodney Kendrick and Craig Haynes Performing the music of Monk, Bud, Roy & Abbey Saturday, May 23rd 2009 @7:30 p.m.

Peekskill, NY: “Raising The Bar” Jazz Series presented by Earl John Powell, son of the amazing Bud Powell will feature a live jazz performance by The Legacy Trio featuring Jazz greats Curtis Lundy-bass, Rodney ...

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Jamie Cullum to Perform at Music Matters in Hong Kong

Source: All About Jazz
May 4, 2009

The organisers of Music Matters - the Asia Pacific Music Forum are delighted to announce that the grand finale to this year's event at the Grand Hyatt in Hong Kong will feature an exclusive performance from multimillion album selling Jamie Cullum. As a part of the closing session, Jamie will be interviewed at the piano about his life and inspirations by music industry legend, Ralph Simon. Additionally, Music Matters delegates will have the unique opportunity to ask the 29-year-old singer-songwriter-pianist ...

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Fred Smith Quartet Live at Beanrunner Cafe in Peekskill, NY

Source: PublicEye
May 4, 2009

FRED SMITH QUARTET Live Jazz @ BeanRunner Cafe Firday, May 22nd 2009 @ 8:00 p.m.

Peekskill, NY: Fri. 22— The renown Fred Smith Quartet will perform live at the BeanRunner Cafe Friday, May 22 @ 8:00 p.m. Admission $10. Seating is limited and will begin at 7:30. To reserve seating or for information, call the BeanRunner Cafe at (914) 737-1701 or e-mail [email protected]. The BeanRunner Cafe is located at 201 S Division Street @ Esther, Peekskill, NY. Log ...

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Seattle Times - Andrew Oliver Kora Band: A Fresh, Old Sound Breaks New Ground

Source: Seattle Jazz Scene
May 3, 2009

CD Release Party at The Jewelbox Theater (Rendevouz Restaurant & Bar, 2322 Second Ave., Seattle; $12 (206-441-5823 or jewelboxtheater.com). Why are there no new musical instruments? It’s as if the electric guitar was the ultimate innovation, the last nail in the coffin of music’s social supremacy. If fresh organic sounds are an endangered species, then Kane Mathis is Greenpeace. Mathis plays the kora, a 21-stringed West African harplike instrument made from a gourd wrapped in cow skin — and the ...

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Bonnie Raitt, Taj Mahal to Team for 'Bontaj' Tour

Source: Billboard Magazine
May 3, 2009

If Bonnie Raitt has her way, this summer's BonTaj Roulet tour with Taj Mahal will be the first of many such outings. “I trademarked BonTaj Roulet," Raitt tells Billboard.com. “I had the idea for this back when I did Lilith Fair, the whole idea of a touring mini-festival and ticket prices going to social causes. It's not only the beginning of what I hope will be many years of BonTaj, but a franchise I'd like to see grow to where ...

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Lindsey Buckingham: Live Tusk

Source: JamBase
May 3, 2009

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Jazz at the Bistro Announces Summer Schedule

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
May 3, 2009

Jazz St. Louis has announced the summer 2009 lineup of shows at Jazz at the Bistro. For regulars at the Bistro, it's a mostly familiar group of artists, with one notable exception: guitarist and singer Javier Mendoza, who will perform at the Bistro on Friday, May 29 and Saturday, May 30, filling the dates vacated when trumpeter Terence Blanchard's gig at the club was rescheduled to the first week in June.Mendoza usually is categorized as a Latin/pop/rock performer, ...

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