Performance / Tour News

Kevin Frenette 5 with Joe Giardullo & Jeff Platz 4 with Daniel Carter @ The Lilypad on 4/4

Source: All About Jazz
March 25, 2009

Saturday April 4, 2009 The LilyPad 1353 Cambridge Street - Inman Square Cambridge, MA 02139 7:00 PM (sharp!) The Kevin Frenette Quintet (featuring Joe Giardullo) Kevin Frenette (guitar) Joe Giardullo (saxophone) James Rohr (piano) Ryan McGuire (bass) Eric Rosenthal (percussion) and The Jeff Platz Quartet (featuring Daniel Carter) ...

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China Jazz Scene

Source: All About Jazz
March 25, 2009

BEIJING

CD Jazz Cafe. Dongsanhuan Beilu, Choyng Next to Great Wall Sheraton Hotel. Tel: 6506-8288. The venue is modelled on a Paris jazz club, and just oozes cool style. Owner and saxophonist Liu Yuan is sensational and the club regularly hosts reknowned local and international artists. Has a good mixture of expats and jazz-loving locals. Friday and Saturday, 9: 30 pm-1:30 am

Moon Shanghai. 4 Gongti Beilu.

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Shanghai Jazz Club

Source: All About Jazz
March 25, 2009

Shanghai Jazz Club March/ April Calendar

Tues 3/24 Guitarist JOHN ZWEIG with STEVE FREEMAN on bass

Wed 3/25 Grammy Nominated Pianist KEITH INGHAM with Bassist KELLY FREISEN featured in WOODY ALLEN movies!

Thu 3/26 Guitar Legend BUCKY PIZZARELLI

Fri 3/27 and Sat 3/28 Star Saxophonist JAVON JACKSON QUARTET Celebrate His Acclaimed New CD!/2

Sun 3/29 SPECIAL EVENT Legendary Pianist DICK HYMAN All Seats by Tel Reservation Only 973.822.2899 ...

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Asheville Earth Day 2009

Source: JamBase
March 24, 2009

KARL DENSON'S TINY UNIVERSE TO HEADLINE APRIL 18 GATHERING

Karl Denson The 2nd annual Asheville Earth Day Celebration is set to take place on Saturday, April 18, 2009, at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Park in downtown Asheville, NC. The event will again be an all day celebration of the conscious community of Asheville, and will feature an expansive Eco-village, with consciously active organizations participating with informational booths, an Earth Echo Stage for educational speakers from the various organizations, and ...

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Stanford Lively Arts Tribute to Miles Davis Culminates with “50 Years of Kind of Blue: A Live Jazz Laboratory,” April 18

Source: All About Jazz
March 24, 2009

To commemorate the half-century anniversary of Miles Davis’ legendary 1959 album Kind of Blue, Stanford Lively Arts—in a collaboration with Stanford Jazz Workshop and the National Jazz Museum in Harlem (NJMH)—will present “50 Years of Kind of Blue: A Live Jazz Laboratory” on Saturday, April 18 at 8:00 p.m. at Kresge Auditorium. This unique concert will mirror the spontaneous and creative atmosphere of Davis’ original recording sessions with an ensemble of modern-day jazz virtuosos performing all new compositions they are ...

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"Louis & Keely" at the Geffen Playhouse

Source: Michael Ricci
March 24, 2009

He’s an Italian American jack-in-the box with unerring instincts for scat and swing. She’s a pageboy bob with perfect pitch and a cool-as-a-cucumber delivery. Together, their lounge act diverted the casino herds in the 1950s, inspiring the Rat Pack and leading the way to Sonny & Cher.

Louis & Keely Live at the Sahara, last year’s musical sensation performed and written by Vanessa Claire Smith and Jake Broder, is back in a revamped version of the show about the novelty ...

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Free Diana Krall Concert at the World Financial Center (NYC) on March 31st

Source: All About Jazz
March 24, 2009

Diana Krall Quiet Nights FREE LIVE PERFORMANCE

Tuesday, March 31st at 1pm In the Winter Garden at the World Financial Center in New York City

Come celebrate the release of Diana Krall's new CD Quiet Nights

Diana will perform selections from her new album with her quartet and a 30 PIECE ORCHESTRA!

ALBUM AVAILABLE MARCH 31, 2009

The Winter Garden is located at: Three World Financial Center 200 Vesey Street in lower Manhattan

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Wallace Roney: The Jazz Legacy Series at Creole in NYC

Source: All About Jazz
March 24, 2009

Creole Music Supper Club, in association with Brownstone Entertainment Complex, LLC, proudly present: The Jazz Legacy Series

Combine the exquisite dining experience of Creole with the flavor of Internationally known Jazz Artists... toss in the nostalgia of an ambiance found in elegant Supper Clubs and you have our Jazz Legacy Series. Brownstone Entertainment Complex, LLC; bringing Jazz back uptown to what was once the spawning ground of the Be-bop Era, and its traditions.

It was the late 80s; there was ...

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