Performance / Tour News

Marlene Verplanck Celebrates Her 20th CD at a Free Concert at Manhasset Public Library

Source: Carolyn McClair Public Relations
February 18, 2009

Vocalist Marlene VerPlanck celebrates her 20th CD, Once There Was a Moon, at a free concert at Manhasset Public Library, 30 Onderdonk Road, on Sunday, February 22, from 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. and at The Baha'i Center, The John Birks Gillespie Auditorium, 53 West 11th Street, on Tuesday, February 24, at 8:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

Joining Ms. VerPlanck at The Baha'i Center will be Tedd Firth, piano; Steve LaSpina, bass; and Ron Vincent, drums.

Throughout her career, Marlene VerPlanck ...

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Richie Goods and Nuclear Fusion Live at the Zinc Bar on March 10th

Source: Two for the Show Media
February 18, 2009

Bassist, Composer, & Bandleader Richie Goods will be performing with his group Nuclear Fusion at The Zinc Bar in New York City on March 10th, 2009 in celebration of his newest release Richie Goods & Nuclear Fusion - Live at The Zinc Bar (Richman Productions) Set Times are 9:30 PM, 11:30 PM and 12:30 PM.

Essential listening for advocates of electric-jazz Glenn Astarita

Richie Goods and Nuclear Fusion Richie Goods - bass Mike Clark ...

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Cher Says She’S Living ‘Like a Nun’ in Vegas

Source: All About Jazz
February 18, 2009

In order to rest her voice during the day, the singer doesn’t speak.

Cher’s concert stand in Las Vegas may be the ultimate representation of Sin City: it’s decadent, glitzy, oversized, over-the-top and a thrill-a-minute experience.

But when she leaves the Colosseum at Caesars Palace at the end of her performance, the 62- year-old singer leads a lifestyle quite opposite from the kind that Las Vegas has come to represent: She stays out of the casinos, refrains from drinking, doesn’t ...

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SFJAZZ Collective to Perform in Ottawa on March 1, 2009

Source: All About Jazz
February 18, 2009

Celebrated jazz artists perform together in Ottawa for the first time

“Sheer, out-of-the-box musicality… revealed the joys and complexities of free improvising." – Los Angeles Times

Ottawa (Tuesday, February 3, 2009) – Joe Lovano, Dave Douglas, Miguel Zenon, Robin Eubanks, Renee Rosnes, Matt Penman and Eric Harland are each giants of the jazz genre. The Ottawa Jazz Festival is proud to present all seven musicians performing together in their first Ottawa appearance as San Francisco’s SFJAZZ Collective at Dominion-Chalmers United ...

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Gnosis Featuring Herb Robertson at The Yippie Cafe (NYC) on February 21

Source: All About Jazz
February 18, 2009

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Tim Kuhl's "3" @ Goodbye Blue Monday

Source: Two for the Show Media
February 18, 2009

Tim Kuhl's “3" is a project of free form experimental music performed by some NYC's most talented and adventurous musicians, in a trio setting ... This show also features the Kami Quintet in town from Paris, France. You should really check them out!!

“3" features... 9p - Tim Kuhl + Jon Irabagon + Eivind Opsvik 10p - Tim Kuhl + Ben Gerstein + Ryan Mackstaller 11p - The Kami Quintet ...

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Black Rep Announces Sunday Concert Series

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
February 18, 2009

The St. Louis Black Repertory Company has announced a new Sunday night concert series to be presented at the Grandel Theater, and several of the acts involved may be of interest to local jazz enthusiasts. The series' jazz-related offerings include singer Brian Owens and the Cole Sessions Trio, who will kick off the series at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 1; singer Anita Jackson, who will perform on Sunday, March 29; and the jazz/Latin/world music band Farshid Etniko, ...

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At the Vanguard, a Conversation for Three, Running Hot and Cool

Source: Michael Ricci
February 17, 2009

Near the end of his second sold-out set at the Village Vanguard on Sunday night, the drummer Paul Motian started into one of his friskier tunes, “23rd Street Theme.”

The tenor saxophonist Chris Potter and the pianist Jason Moran, who round out a group he calls 3 in 1, breezed through the syncopated melody together. Then came an illuminating contrast, as each of Mr. Motian’s attentive partners took a turn pairing off with him.

Their approaches weren’t divergent so much ...

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