Performance / Tour News

Youman Wilder and Weird Stories Live from Here

Source: All About Jazz
April 4, 2009

Youman Wilder and Weird Stories have not been on the music scene much in the past year. After performing over 470 shows in an 2 year period decided to take a long sabbatical from touring.

The band decided to work on different projects as well as continuing work on the humanitarian work the band has come to be known for.

Xavier Paul the young pianist decided to return to New Orleans and worked as a part time music teacher in ...

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World Premiere Matt Herskowitz's "Jerusalem Trilogy" at Victor Borge Centennial Celebration

Source: All About Jazz
April 4, 2009

Montreal-based pianist and composer Matt Herskowitz, the lead thinker behind MaD Fusion, a regular contributor to the Absolute Ensemble and Artist-in-Residence at the Lyric Chamber Music Society of New York, is presenting the world premiere of his latest work, “Jerusalem Trilogy," as part of the Victor Borge Centennial celebration at Scandinavia House in New York City on April 29, 2009.

Presented by the Lyric as part of their CHAMMZ (Chamber Music + Jazz) Series, the evening explores music of the ...

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Omar Sosa and the Afreecanos Quartet at Jazz Bakery

Source: Michael Ricci
April 3, 2009

When Omar Sosa walked onstage at the Jazz Bakery on Thursday evening, magisterially dressed in head-to-toe white, he carried with him a candle in one hand and a small carved deity in the other.

Then, seated before his piano, he began tapping out notes in tandem with percussionist John Santos' extraordinary mlange of found and sampled sounds, including cymbals, chimes, a cellphone ring tone and a child's music box playing “Frre Jacques." Once in a while, Sosa reached inside his ...

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Chick Corea & John McLaughlin at the Keswick Theatre on April 26, 2009

Source: All About Jazz
April 3, 2009

For the first time since they blew the lid off modern jazz on Bitches Brew with Miles Davis, CHICK COREA and JOHN McLAUGHLIN reunite now in their own group: the stunning electro-acoustic quintet FIVE PEACE BAND.

Corea, an enduring master of acoustic and electric pianoand guitar virtuoso McLaughlin led two of the most seismic jazz-rock bands of the '70s: Corea's RETURN TO FOREVER and McLaughlin's MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA . With the Five Peace Band they give a nod in Miles' direction, ...

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Dixieland Jazz

Source: All About Jazz
April 3, 2009

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Vampire Suit at Tea Lounge - April 9th

Source: All About Jazz
April 3, 2009

Vampire Suit the Brooklyn based ensemble will be performing at the Tea Lounge, 837 Union St., Brooklyn on April 9th at 9:00 pm.

Vampire Suit's latest record, A New Song is now available online at cdbaby.com and other download music services.

The music has enduring beauty that touches on the heart of the Middle East's musical culture while exhibiting western flair. Open improvisations and the spirit of the belly dance coexist, encouraging the traditional undulated hip movements as a supplement ...

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Kelli O'Hara No Cartwheels (for Now), but Oodles of Spunk

Source: Michael Ricci
April 3, 2009

Americas sweetheart: inside the hothouse of the Broadway musical that label, applied to movie stars from Mary Pickford to Julia Roberts, would surely belong to Kelli OHara.

Her winsome portrayal of Nellie Forbush in the revival of South Pacific cinched the title for her. On Wednesday this radiant, wholesome singing actress from Oklahoma with one foot in country music and the other in opera brought her spunky all-American charm to the Caf Carlyle for two weeks.

Kelli OHara has started ...

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Ascension of the Blues - An American Musical Journey Comes to Marin 142 Throckmorton Theater

Source: All About Jazz
April 3, 2009

Ascension of the Blues - An American Musical Journey Comes to Marin’s 142 Throckmorton Theater for Two Nights Only, April 3 and 4, 2009

Bay Area music critic, Paul Liberatore, declared, “Ascension of the Blues is a heart-stopping show that vibrated the sidewalk and made the sun come out on a rainy day." The Detroit Free Press called Ascension of the Blues “…provocative and original with a sexy soulful strut... This is one wild ride. Ascension lifted me ...

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