Performance / Tour News

The Dead | 04.17 | Albany, NY

Source: JamBase
April 19, 2009

Images by: Christopher Bull

The Dead :: 04.17.09 :: Times Union Center :: Albany, NY

The Dead (Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Warren Haynes and Jeff Chimenti) played the fourth show on their Spring Tour last night (Friday April 17, 2009) at the Times Union Center in Albany, NY.

Set I: Casey Jones, Cold Rain & Snow, Minglewood Blues > Into The Mystic, West L.A. Fadeaway, Brown-Eyed Women, Cumberland Blues Set II: Viola Lee Blues ...

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Saturday Nite Jazz in the Southland

Source: All About Jazz
April 18, 2009

Today's Jazz Events in The Southland

Melissa Morgan Quartet 8:00 pm Spazio Sherman Oaks

The Rat Pack - Live at the Sands 2:00 pm & 7:30 pm Orange County Performing Arts Center Costa Mesa

Tony Martin 8:00 pm Catalina Bar & Grill Los Angeles

Bill Tannebring 10:00 am Laguna Coffee Company Laguna Beach

Caltech Jazz Bands ...

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Jazz Gigs New York

Source: Michael Ricci
April 18, 2009

JAZZ in the New York Clubs

MICHAL ATTIAS QUARTET (Tuesday) At 8 p.m. The Stone Avenue C and Second Street, East Village

AB BAARS TRIO WITH KEN VANDERMARK (Sunday) At 7 p.m. Joes Pub, at the Public Theater, 425 Lafayette Street, at Astor Place, East Village

BOSSABRASIL FESTIVAL (Tuesday through Thursday) At 8:30 and 11 p.m. Birdland

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DeJohnette, Perez and Patitucci Trio at the Blue Note

Source: Michael Ricci
April 18, 2009

Intent on Mystery, a Trio Finds Common Ground, Jack DeJohnette, Danilo Prez and John Patitucci: Mr. DeJohnette, performing as part of a trio at the Blue Note.

For about the first 10 minutes of their opening set at the Blue Note on Tuesday night the drummer Jack DeJohnette, the pianist Danilo Prez and the bassist John Patitucci seemed mildly adrift. Their interaction began as a formless wash with percussive grace notes: bell chimes played with soft mallets, left to resonate. ...

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Taj Mahal, Bonnie Raitt Team for BonTaj Roulet Tour

Source: All About Jazz
April 18, 2009

Blues artist Taj Mahal will do his own set and then finish off with a collaboration with Bonnie Raitt on their tour.

Friends since the late '60s, Bonnie Raitt and Taj Mahal are teaming up for BonTaj Roulet, a 30-date tour from Aug. 6 to Sept. 25. Each show includes separate sets and a closing collaboration. Their first joint outing is long overdue, says Raitt, who opened for Mahal at Skidmore College in the early '70s. He co-produced her third ...

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Howlin' Blues and Dirty Dogs Starring Barbara Morrison Held over to May 16th

Source: Teresa Conboy PR
April 18, 2009

Howlin Blues and Dirty Dogs about the life and times of legendary blues singer Big Mama Thornton has been held over by popular demand beyond April 12th and will run until May 16th at the Stella Adler Theatre in Hollywood.

Starring blues and jazz vocalist Barbara Morrison as Thornton, the play includes music, dancing, comedy and drama.

Barbara Morrison plays an earthy, impassioned Big Mama--a primal, full-throated, aggressive blues shouter but sweet and mellow when the need arises musically, the ...

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Talent Trumps All for YouTube Sensation Susan Boyle

Source: Michael Ricci
April 17, 2009

An appearance on Britain's Got Talent propels the 47-year-old singer onto the world stage - with nary a speck of glitz or glamour. Less than a week ago, she was just another 47-year-old Scottish virgin.

Now, more than 13 million YouTube views later, Hollywood agents and talk-show bookers are jostling for a few minutes with Susan Boyle, a stocky, beetle-browed woman who would not ordinarily rate a second glance on the street.

“Do you understand what a big deal this ...

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Benedikt Jahnel Trio in New York

Source: Michael Ricci
April 17, 2009

Benedikt Jahnels Modular Concepts shines with crystal clarity and pure unsentimental emotion, from the first tone the music presents itself in such a natural way that one never questions but simply enjoys and follows along with it.

Jahnel is a virtuoso whose harmonies and rhythmically ingenious playing radiate both intensity and transparency. First and foremost he mediates, (via this first trio recording) as a musical architect with a sharp focus on proportions.

The modular building of his compositions gives the ...

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