Performance / Tour News

Marc Seales / Rochelle House at Jazz Alley

Source: Seattle Jazz Scene
March 27, 2009

Monday, March 30 at 7:30pm Marc Seales Quintet with Special Guest Rochelle House JAZZ ALLEY 2033 6th Avenue Seattle Reservations: 206-441-9729 jazzalley.com The Pacific Jazz Institute at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley presents pianist Marc Seales with special guest vocalist Rochelle House for one night only. Both artists are celebrating the release of new CD’s. Band members are Marc Seales (piano), Rochelle House (vocals), Thomas Marriott (trumpet), Evan Flory-Barnes (bass), Larry Barilleau ...

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Jazz This Week: Chris Botti, Legacy Jazz Quintet, Oikos Ensemble, and More

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
March 27, 2009

With spring definitely in the air here in St. Louis, it's looking like another good weekend to get out and hear some live sounds. Here's what's going on around town over the next few days with jazz and creative music:Tonight, the Jazz at Holmes series at Washington University will present a free concert from guitarist Chris Burchett and his quartet.Also tonight, the new St. Louis Jazz Cafe, open for its first full week of operations, features ...

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Anne Hathaway to Play Judy Garland on Broadway - Film

Source: All About Jazz
March 27, 2009

Anne Hathaway will go over the rainbow for the Weinstein Co. The Oscar-nominated actress is set to play Judy Garland in both film and stage adaptations of Gerald Clarkes 2000 biography, Get Happy: The Life of Judy Garland.

The project, which has not yet signed a writer or director, will be based on Gerald Clarke's biography of the same name, which TWC recently optioned. Clarke draws on numerous real-life sources to tell the life story of Garland, who began singing ...

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Musical Cline Twins March to Different Beats

Source: Michael Ricci
March 27, 2009

Drummer Alex and guitarist Nels grew up as jazz hounds around L.A., yet they ended up taking parallel but divergent paths.

For a pair of identical twins, it's surprisingly easy to tell Nels and Alex Cline apart.

Dressed in a T-shirt and dark, slim-cut jeans, spiky-haired Nels Cline looks the part of distinguished “guitar god," even at 52 years old. Rolling Stone paid the angular musician the compliment in 2007 after he rose through the L.A. jazz and improvised music ...

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Julian Lage One-Stop Hub for Avant-Garde Jazz

Source: Michael Ricci
March 27, 2009

JULIAN LAGE, a fastidious young guitarist, waited for the applause to subside before bantering with his audience at Firehouse 12 last Friday night. He and his band were playing songs from Sounding Point (Emarcy), his brand-new debut; the next piece, he said, had to do with exploring sound in a physical space, responding to the feeling of a room. And, he added, theres really no better room than Firehouse 12.

That comment didn’t come across as ingratiating, because Mr. Lage ...

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Jimmy Robinson/Woodenhead Gigs

Source: All About Jazz
March 27, 2009

New Orleans guitarist Jimmy Robinson will play several regional dates in early April.

Friday, April 3rd Jimmy will play an acoustic, solo set at ARTMOSPHERE in Lafayette, La. Also performing is Lafayette guitarist Shelton Skerrett. Jimmy will then perfom with his long-running (1975!) electric instrumenntal fusion group WOODENHEAD as they continue to rehearse and perform music from their 35+ year catalog.

The band has performed in concert with The Dixie Dregs, The Steve Morse Band, John McLaughlin and Mahavishnu, The ...

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Trumpeter Marlon Jordan at N.O. Jazz Fest

Source: Sylvain Music Notes
March 27, 2009

A must see at this years New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Presented by Shell (April 24-26 & April 30-May 3) is New Orleans trumpeter Marlon Jordan.

Jordans energized take on the classic Miles Davis Quintet sound takes place on opening day Friday, April 24 in the WWOZ Jazz Tent at 12:40 PM.

The 2009 Jazz Fest celebrates 40 years of musical and cultural history at this year's star-studded event. The Marlon Jordan Quintet brings Marlons clean, boppish lines laced ...

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Tim Kuhl Group: Brooklyn King CD Release Show

Source: Two for the Show Media
March 27, 2009

A night to celebrate the much anticipated new release KING by Brooklyn drummer Tim Kuhl.

KING features a strong, creative core group of musicians that have coined a sound that is both melodically accessible and improvisationally impressive.

FEATURING

Aidan Carroll - Bass Jon Irabagon - Tenor Sax Aki Ishiguro - Guitar Tim Kuhl - Drums + Tunes Ryan Mackstaller - Guitar Rick Parker - Trombone

Sunday March 29, 2009

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