Performance / Tour News

April 16 - Northern VA - Ed Palermo and the Army Blues Perform the Music of Frank Zappa

Source: All About Jazz
April 10, 2009

On Thursday, April 16, big band leader and arranger Ed Palermo will conduct the U.S. Army Blues ensemble in a program of the music of 20th century composer Frank Zappa. As a jazz arranger, composer, bandleader and saxophonist, Ed Palermo works magic with Frank Zappa’s music. Since 1994, he has devoted the bulk of the performance by his NY-based, 16-piece Ed Palermo Big Band to his arrangements of Zappa’s compositions. These big-band jazz arrangements are no mere transcriptions; they are ...

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Fifth Annual "Midnight Preserves" Series in New Orleans

Source: All About Jazz
April 10, 2009

April 24-May 2, New Orleans: Preservation Hall is proud to announce the return of Midnight Preserves, the popular late-night Jazz Fest music series hosted by the world-renowned home of Traditional New Orleans Jazz. Now in its fifth year, Midnight Preserves offers music fans the opportunity to experience intimate performances from legendary New Orleans artists as well as rare small-venue performances from some of the biggest names on the national scene. Tickets are now on sale via ticketweb.com.

Performers include Zigaboo ...

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Mary Halvorson & Jessica Pavone / Jack Wright Quartet @ Lilypad on April 16

Source: All About Jazz
April 10, 2009

Thursday - April 16th The Lily Pad 1353 Cambridge Street - Inman Square Cambridge MA 7 PM MARY HALVORSON & JESSICA PAVONE Mary Halvorson - guitar/vocals Jessica Pavone - viola/vocals “The guitarist Mary Halvorson and the violist Jessica Pavone have worked together in ensembles led by the avant-garde eminence Anthony Braxton, and separately in a wide array of upstart new-music groups. As an acoustic duo they produce something distinct and ...

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Ingrid Jensen, Jon Wikan, "Huevito" Lobaton & Gabriel Alegria Afro-Peruvian Sextet Open Tutuma Social Club (NYC)

Source: MFA - Mitchell Feldman Associates
April 10, 2009

New York, NY - Tutuma Social Club, a new restaurant/music venue in New York City combining the best in live contemporary Afro-Peruvian Jazz with the fusion cuisine of Peruvian tapas and other dishes, opens April 28, 2009 with the debut of several series exploring a variety of musical themes. Peruvian percussionist and zapateo dancer Freddy ‘Huevito’ Lobaton will kick off Ritmos Negros del Peru (Black Rhythms of Peru) at 8 p.m.Tuesday, April 28 and Wednesday, April 29; Canadian trumpeter Ingrid ...

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Grammy Museum Taps Eleni Mandell, Billy Bob Thornton for April Events

Source: Michael Ricci
April 10, 2009

Downtown's 4-month-old Grammy Museum is doing its part to get guests hip to Eleni Mandell's recent album, Artificial Fire.

The local chanteuse will bring her jazz-stoked pop songs to the institution April 14, engaging in a Q&A with museum chief curator Ken Viste before the performance. Tickets are $15 and come bundled, Prince-style, with a CD (2007's live effort Voxhall and WUK).

Mandell, long a local favorite, will perform in the museum's pristine 200-seat theater, which recently has played host ...

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Artists Oleg Kireyev and Keith Javors at the Iridium Jazz Club (NYC) on April 15

Source: All About Jazz
April 10, 2009

Oleg Kireyev and Keith Javors Trio Featuring: Oleg Kireyev, saxophones Keith Javors, piano Boris Kozlov, bass E.J. Strickland, drums In a continuing collaboration of East and West, Russian jazz saxophonist Oleg Kireyev joins the Keith Javors Trio in an exciting evening of straight-ahead jazz with world influences. The show will feature a quartet setting of new originals and standards, some of which were recorded for BCD Records concluding their tour ...

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Big Deep - Benefit Concert for Deep Listening Institute

Source: All About Jazz
April 10, 2009

On Saturday, April 18, 2009 at 8 pm the Friends of Deep Listening Institute will host Big Deep, a benefit concert at The Kitchen in New York City. The lineup of performances include a duo with Roscoe Mitchell and Pauline Oliveros, the Deep Listening Band with Stuart Dempster, David Gamper and Pauline Oliveros, video artist Benton-C Bainbridge and an afterparty with DJ Olive and DJ Oliveros.

In addition to these special performances, Deep Listening Institute will be honoring Roscoe Mitchell ...

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“Rock of Ages” Hits Broadway with Eighties Anthems, Hair to Spare

Source: All About Jazz
April 10, 2009

The newest jukebox musical on Broadway begins with an announcement from Whitesnake’s David Coverdale: “No flash photography unless you’re really, really hot and willing to show us your boobs".

Rock of Ages, a show featuring Eighties hits from Poison, Styx and Journey, made the leap to the Great White Way last night, April 7th, after a three-month off-Broadway stint.

The musical, which features onetime American Idol hopeful Constantine Maroulis and an onstage metal band led by Night Ranger’s Joel Hoekstra, ...

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