Performance / Tour News

The Avery Sharpe Trio Live in Brooklyn on May 9th

Source: Two for the Show Media
April 11, 2009

Bassist/Composer & Bandleader Avery Sharpe will be performing with his Trio at The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music Concert Hall in Brooklyn, NY on May 9, 2009 at 8:00 PM in celebration of their new Trio CD release Autumn Moonlight Avery Sharpe Trio Avery Sharpe - bass Onaje Allan Gumbs - piano Winard Harper - drums “Even in these times of extraordinary bass players, Sharpe stands out." --Leonard Feather, Los Angeles Times “"Long-time ...

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Fly at Jazz Standard on Thursday Night

Source: Michael Ricci
April 11, 2009

FLY Sax Trio Blasts Off Without the Burn

Its good to hear this group again. Fly, made up of the saxophonist Mark Turner, the bassist Larry Grenadier and the drummer Jeff Ballard, hasnt performed much in the last five years; after starting, it never really had time to develop. This would be strange for a group of such promise, except for the fact that the bassist and drummer both play in Brad Mehldaus trio, a band that works a great ...

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Gene Bertoncini and Roni Ben-Hur Duo at the Rubin Museum

Source: Two for the Show Media
April 11, 2009

Guitarists Gene Bertoncini and Roni Ben-Hur will be performing acoustically together in concert at The Rubin Museum in NYC on April 24th, 2009 at 7:00PM as part of the 2009 Winter/Spring Harlem in the Himalayas Series.

Gene Bertoncini- Guitar Roni Ben-Hur- Guitar

LISTINGS INFORMATION: Gene Bertoncini and Roni Ben-Hur Duo Rubin Museum of Art -150 West 17th Street New York, NY 10011 For Info Call: 212-620-5000 April 24th, 2009 Showtime- ...

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With Esa-Pekka Salonen, L.A. Has Been in Good Hands

Source: Michael Ricci
April 11, 2009

The prodigious Finn learned a lot from this city. In return, the composer-conductor, about to depart the Los Angeles Philharmonic, has made this a music capital to be envied.

In November 1984, a reserved, unknown, 26-year-old Finnish composer made his U.S. debut by conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic. He looked like a teenage movie star and tended to stare at his feet when he spoke in public. He was dynamic and startlingly confident on the podium, but, as he once ...

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Reivew: Leonard Cohen at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live

Source: Michael Ricci
April 11, 2009

“No matter how old you get, if you can keep the desire to be creative, you're keeping the man-child alive," the actor and filmmaker John Cassavetes once said. Cassavetes, who died at age 59, never really got to test out his assertion.

Leave it to his spiritual brother, Leonard Cohen, to prove the point. During his carefully staged but spirited three-and-a-half-hour performance Friday at Nokia Theatre at L.A. Live, the 74-year-old poet and chanteur represented for the wintery side of ...

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YouTube Orchestra Ready to Tune Up

Source: Michael Ricci
April 11, 2009

The YouTube Symphony Orchestra has settled on the program for its concert at Carnegie Hall on Wednesday evening, most of it to be conducted by its artistic adviser, Michael Tilson Thomas.

The selections range from the very old (Giovanni Gabrielis Canzon Septimi Toni No. 2) to the very new (works by Tan Dun and Mason Bates) and include a healthy dose of classic symphonic fare: the Allegro giocoso from Brahmss Fourth Symphony, Nuages from Debussys Nocturnes, the finale from Tchaikovskys ...

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Boos and Barbs for Billy Bob Thornton

Source: Michael Ricci
April 11, 2009

The civility and hospitality that Canada is known for were in short supply at a Thursday night concert in Toronto by Billy Bob Thornton and his band, the Boxmasters, The Toronto Star reported.

The performance came one day after Mr. Thornton gave a cantankerous interview to CBC, the Canadian public radio network, in which he frequently responded to the questions of his interviewer, Jian Ghomeshi, with silence or non sequiturs.

Asked what music he listened to when he was young, ...

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Daniela Schachter Quartet at Dizzys NYC

Source: Two for the Show Media
April 11, 2009

Pianist, Vocalist, Composer, & Bandleader Daniela Schachter will be bringing her Quartet to Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola in NYC- from April 21st thru April 25th, 2009

Daniela Schacter Quartet April 21st, 22nd and 23rd Dayna Stevens - saxophones, Oleg Osenkov - bass, EJ Strickland - drums, Daniela Schchter - piano/ vocals.

April 24th and 25th Dayna Stevens saxophones, Oleg Osenkov - bass, Anthony Pinciotti -drums,Daniela Schchter - piano/ vocals.

Daniela Schachter Quartet ...

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