Performance / Tour News

Bonnie Raitt &Taj Mahal Tour

Source: JamBase
April 23, 2009

BONTAJ ROULET: BONNIE RAITT & TAJ MAHAL ALONE AND TOGETHER U.S. Tour set for August and September

Bonnie Raitt Taj Mahal This summer, Bonnie Raitt and Taj Mahal - two leading lights of modern blues - are joining forces for their first-ever tour together. The “BonTaj Roulet" tour will be a coast-to-coast, 30-date outing in August and September. These shows will feature Bonnie and Taj on stage alone and together. Bonnie, backed by her always-dazzling group, and Taj, ...

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Lincoln Center Announces Midsummer Night Swing: July 7-25, 2009

Source: All About Jazz
April 23, 2009

Tickets are on sale now for Lincoln Center's 21st Anniversary season of Midsummer Night Swing (every Tuesday through Saturday, July 7-25). Because of continuing redevelopment projects, this program will take place again this year in Lincoln Center's Damrosch Park, W. 62nd Street between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues. There is a larger stage and bigger dance floor this year 30% bigger so the site can accommodate everyone who wants to dance.

Midsummer Night Swing is 15 dazzling nights of dancing to ...

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Paul McCartney Gives the Event a Charge Breaks Curfew

Source: Michael Ricci
April 23, 2009

Attendance is strong, but the Beatle's well-received set lingers past curfew, when fines kick in.

Paul McCartney's opening-night set at the 10th edition of Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival won rave reviews, and the artist helped promoter Goldenvoice score recession-busting attendance figures. Undeterred by $269 three-day passes, the Friday-to-Sunday festival averaged more than 50,000 people per day, adding up to 160,000, Coachella founder Paul Tollett reported.

The tally is the third highest in Coachella history. The 2007 edition, at ...

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Jeff Beck Hits Strat-Sphere at the el Rey

Source: Michael Ricci
April 23, 2009

Jeff Beck guitar legend has jaws dropping and eyes popping Tuesday at the El Rey.

In the age of “Guitar Hero," in which anyone with a few hundred bucks to spend on a video-game system can feel like a world-class shredder in a matter of minutes, what's the real deal still have to offer?

For one, the living, breathing version doesn't necessarily burn out after it's been on for an extended period. British guitar god Jeff Beck, who's been making ...

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Folk Goddess Judy Collins Descends from Her Lofty Pedestal

Source: Michael Ricci
April 23, 2009

Judy Collins in a six-week engagement at Caf Carlyle.

It wasnt always so. But nowadays a Judy Collins concert is a seamless flow of music and storytelling. Alternating between the guitar and the piano, Ms. Collins offers a version of a personal musical history that is too complicated and rich to be covered in a single evening.

On Tuesday night at the Caf Carlyle, where she began a six-week engagement, the emphasis was on her folk-music side, and for more ...

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Maria Neckam Live at the Austrian Cultural Forum NY

Source: All About Jazz
April 23, 2009

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Firehouse 12 to Present the Noah Preminger Quartet April 24th

Source: Improvised Communications
April 23, 2009

On Friday, April 24th, Firehouse 12 will present a two-set performance by tenor saxophonist/composer Noah Preminger and his quartet. The Hartford native and widely acclaimed wunderkind is on the road building on the success of his 2008 debut, Dry Bridge Road (Nowt Records), which earned Best Debut of the Year honors in the prestigious Village Voice Jazz Poll. His group features the veteran talents of pianist Frank Kimbrough, bassist Joe Martin and drummer Jeff Davis.

In a recent feature in ...

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Central PA Friends of Jazz Present Mike Vax Big Band on April 26th at 6PM

Source: All About Jazz
April 22, 2009

The Mike Vax Big Band, Featuring Alumni of the Stan Kenton Orchestra Presented by the Central Pennsylvania Friends of Jazz (CPFJ) on Sunday, April 26th. All concerts held at 6p.m. at The Hilton Harrisburg located at 1 North 2nd Street, Harrisburg PA 17101. Phone: 717-233-6000 The Mike Vax Big Band-Featuring Alumni of the Stan Kenton Orchestra Opening at 5pm: The NorthernHigh School Jazz Band, Joe Nebistinsky, Director. Tickets for this event are $28 for General Adult Admission and $25 for ...

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