Performance / Tour News

Julio Santillan New York Farewell Concert

Source: All About Jazz
March 21, 2009

Argentine composer-guitarist Julio Santillan will play his last concert as a New York resident on Friday, April 24th. at 9pm at El Taller Latinoamericano.

JULIO SANTILLAN SEPTET A Striking combination of jazz sensibility applied to argentinean folk rhythms. Boston Herald

SOFIA TOSELLO: voice NUNO ANTUNES: clarinet HADAR NOIBERG: flute PABLO ASLAN: bass SATOSHI TAKEISHI: percussion TBA: violin JULIO SANTILLAN: guitar / compositions

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'West Side Story' on Broadway

Source: Michael Ricci
March 20, 2009

The further we get in time from when “West Side Story” was written, the more the musicals mythic dimension come into focus. This beloved 1957 classic earns its timeless status not through the authenticity of its snapshot of gang-ridden New York but rather through its re-envisioning of Romeo and Juliet as a ravishing fusion of drama, dance and song.

Broadways new bilingual production of ;West Side Story, which opened Thursday at the Palace Theatre under the direction of Arthur Laurents, ...

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Baritone Saxophonist B.J. Jansen Selected to Perform at Launch Music Conference 2009

Source: JM Creative
March 20, 2009

Young Lion of the Baritone Sax, B.J. Jansen, blows into Lancaster, PA for a one-nighter as part of the first ever Launch Music Conference. After a year of Creative Hiatus, B.J. Jansen returns to public performance at Launch. With two successful and critically acclaimed international releases under his belt in 2008 on his own independent label, JansenMusic Records LLC, a new saxophone endorsement deal with Los Angeles based International Woodwind and finally hosting a new weekly ...

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Jazz This Week: Dr. Lonnie Smith, Duke Ellington Orchestra, Boney James, the St. Louis Jazz Cafe's Grand Opening, and More

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
March 20, 2009

Better weather, the official onset of spring, and a nicely varied slate of musical attractions make this a good week in St. Louis to get out and hear some live jazz and creative music.Here's a chronological look at the highlights of the next seven days, starting with veteran jazz organist Dr. Lonnie Smith (pictured), who opened last night and plays through Saturday at Jazz at the Bistro.For this visit to St. Louis, Smith is joined by ...

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Michelle Walker Live @ Smoke Sunday March 22nd 6PM-8PM

Source: All About Jazz
March 20, 2009

On Sunday March 22nd, 2009, Michelle Walker returns to one of her resident performance haunts on the New York Jazz scene, SMOKE Jazz Club, with a talented line up of instrumentalists joining her on stage: Ron Affif ~ Guitar Michael O'Brien ~ Bass John Davis ~ Drums

SMOKE Jazz Club Sunday March 22, 2009

2751 Broadway New York, NY 10025 212.864.6662 2 Sets: 6:00pm & 7:00pm ...

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Paul Kikuchi Solo at Gallery 1412

Source: Seattle Jazz Scene
March 19, 2009

FRIDAY, MARCH 20 - GALLERY 1412 1412 18th Ave, Seattle gallery1412.org Percussionist Paul Kikuchi will perform solo compositions and improvisations centered around the drum set, and his new series of original instruments entitled topographs, this Friday at Gallery 1412 in Seattle. Paul Kikuchi is a percussionist, composer, and instrument maker from Indianola, WA. He is a member of the acclaimed Empty Cage Quartet, Balkan-influenced Orkestar Zirkonium, and the rock band Battery D. He has performed and ...

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Pete Seeger 90th Birthday Concert at MSG

Source: JamBase
March 19, 2009

SPRINGSTEEN, ARLO, MORELLO, KRISTOFFERSON AND MANY MORE GATHER TO SALUTE AN AMERICAN TREASURE

His pickin' has us grinnin'... Clearwater: Creating the Next Generation of Environmental Leaders will host a benefit concert in celebration of Pete Seeger's 90th Birthday.

Sunday, May 3rd, 2009, 7:00 p.m. Madison Square Garden, New York, NY

American Express Pre-Sale Monday, March 23 at 9:00 a.m. EDT at americanexpress.com/entertainment. Regular tickets on sale Monday, March 30 at 9:00 a.m. EDT at ticketmaster.com

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Creative Nation Music Showcase at Hartford's Real Art Ways

Source: Improvised Communications
March 19, 2009

On Saturday, March 21st, Boston's Creative Nation Music will present two of its artists, the Garrison Fewell/Eric Hofbauer Duo and Eric Hofbauer & The Infrared Band, at Hartford's Real Art Ways. This event is part of the label's Creative Nation Music Showcase Tour, a package tour of four New England states featuring bands from its roster. Creative Nation Music is celebrating its fifth anniversary in 2009 with live events, new releases and the launch of a new series of rare, ...

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