Performance / Tour News

Leonard Cohen Adds Second Show L.A.Live UPDATES: TX,Boston and more

Source: All About Jazz
March 9, 2009

Leonard Cohen plays L.A. Live and Now you’ve got two chances: Even before his April 10 gig at Nokia Theatre goes on sale.

Leonard Cohen has added a second date at the L.A. Live venue, April 11. Both shows go on sale Monday at 10 a.m.

Love Leonard Cohen and desperately want to see him during his coming tour but just don’t think you can brave the triple-digit heat in Indio for his Coachella appearance? You’re in luck.

The 74-year-old ...

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M83 Electronica Act Gets Overwhelmed by Orchestration in an Intriguing but Unwieldy Disney Hall Showcase

Source: Michael Ricci
March 9, 2009

The gauzy French electronica band M83 regularly admits to the big influence of schlocky '80s teen movies on its sound.

So to contextualize its orchestral debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at Disney Hall on Saturday night, let's use a familiar metric: the cast of “The Breakfast Club."

The band's hazy breakout album Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts conjured Molly Ringwald -- moody and distant with occasional glimmers of flamboyance. Follow-up Before The Dawn Heals Us was M83's ...

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A Diva Meets a Duke Meet in a Cathedral’s Vastness

Source: Michael Ricci
March 9, 2009

In spirit and design Duke Ellington’s “Sacred Concerts” are forgiving, like the force they celebrate. These three suites, composed between 1965 and 1973, are for anybody, not just for adepts of jazz or Christian believers. They don’t entirely depend on the irreproducible magic of Ellington’s own musicians: they include gospel choirs, recitation and here and there some fairly mundane music that doesn’t require a great band. They’re modern in the creole of their musical style and lyric diction; they have ...

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A Tradition for 20 Years: Allman Band at the Beacon

Source: Michael Ricci
March 9, 2009

Michael Springer’s vacation starts on Monday. As usual, though, he won’t be traveling far from his home in Valley Stream, Long Island.

For most of the next three weeks, he and his wife will be spending their evenings in Manhattan, taking part in one of the city’s most curious rites of spring: the Allman Brothers Band’s annual run of shows at the Beacon Theater.

Since 1989 the Allman band has played at the Beacon 175 times — and Mr. Springer, ...

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Lauren Sevian's LSQ Plus Jacob Yoffee Quartet @ The Jazz Gallery

Source: All About Jazz
March 9, 2009

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For Those We Love Jazz Benefit Concert

Source: All About Jazz
March 9, 2009

For one night only, JANE MONHEIT, Grammy Award winning jazz legend PAQUITO D'RIVERA, the Grammy Award winning vocal ensemble NEW YORK VOICES, and LOUISE ROGERS will perform on the same stage in a special concert to benefit the Alzheimer's Association, New York City Chapter. The concert, hosted by Bill Ritter of WABC-TV, will take place on Wednesday, April 22, 2009 at 7:30 p.m., at Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center.

Rogers and Peter Eldridge (of New York Voices) joined forces ...

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Dave Allen Trio at Bar Next Door, March 12th

Source: All About Jazz
March 9, 2009

Dave Allen Trio with Ted Poor - drums, John Hebert - bass

At Bar Next Door downstairs at La Lanterna March 12th 8-11pm 129 MacDougal St

Allen has a fully developed and mature approach to composition, technical command of his instrument, and the inspirational fortitude to pull wonderful music from the ensemble. Each piece is like an aural painting or film in the way it slides across the psyche. Farrell ...

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Dave Valentin at Creole (NYC) on March 13th and March 14th

Source: All About Jazz
March 9, 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. On March 13th & 14th, we present; ...

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