Performance / Tour News

Happy Lunar New Year from Emeryville Taiko!

Source: All About Jazz
February 6, 2009

Come and join us on Saturday February 7 as we ring in the year of the Ox with performances in Albany and Oakland. Time and location are below, with links to the official web sites for each event.

Make this new year a great one; get fit, have fun, and make lots of noise! Come learn to play the big drums with us in Oakland. No experience or equipment necessary. Current schedule and details are in the Classes section below. ...

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Etta James Versus Beyonce: Divas Duel No. 2

Source: Michael Ricci
February 5, 2009

That woman he had singing for him, singing my song she's going to get her a__ whipped. ETTA JAMES-- 71

Etta James on Beyonc and President Obama, in a recording obtained by TMZ; the pop singer performed James' signature song, “At Last," for the President and First Lady at an Inaugural ball. The ballad became a hit in 1961.

Etta James must be taking lessons from Faye Dunaway in how to be a diva. Etta James came out ...

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Family Groove Company Tour

Source: JamBase
February 5, 2009

FAMILY GROOVE COMPANY ANNOUNCES WINTER TOUR 2009 Bassist Janis Wallin to Tour with Steve Kimock

Family Groove Company Arms in Music and Family Groove Company are proud to announce the Chicago quartet's 2009 Winter Tour. After a swing through the Southeast, the tour will see FGC make headlining appearances in major markets throughout the Midwest, before heading to Colorado for dates in Denver and Boulder among others.

FGC will hit some of the band's favorite venues over the ...

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Just Jazz: Saluting Andre Previn at 80 at Zankel Hall on February 19th

Source: Carolyn McClair Public Relations
February 5, 2009

Just Jazz: The Joyce Wein Series Presents Saluting Andr Previn at 80 with Andre Previn and David Finck At Zankel Hall February 19 ~ 8:30 PM NEW YORK - SALUTING ANDR PREVIN AT 80, a duo performance with Previn on piano and David Finck on bass, will take place at Carnegie Hall's Zankel Hall, 57th Street & Seventh Avenue, on Thursday, February 19, at 8:30 pm. The concert is presented ...

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Live Music Photographer David Oppenheimer Getting Around

Source: All About Jazz
February 5, 2009

Live music photographer David Oppenheimer has been keeping busy from the looks of his website, David works with many bands across several genres. Recent additions to his website's archive of concert photos include Phil Lesh and Friends at the Nokia theater in New York City and Widespread Panic's recent show in Asheville, North Carolina. David's latest work is the photo gallery of the 2008 Warren Haynes Christmas Jam. The 20th anniversary benefit concert spanned two nights and all proceeds went ...

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Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola March Lineup

Source: All About Jazz
February 5, 2009

Dizzys Club Coca-Cola March 2009 Lineup Monday, March 2 UPSTARTS! Jonathan Batiste Quintet

Tuesday-Sunday, March 3-8 Cyrus Chestnut & Eric Reed: Piano Duets/Trios/Quartets Featuring Cyrus Chestnut (piano) & Eric Reed (piano), Dezron Douglas (bass), Willie Jones III (drums).

Monday, March 9 Special Presentation Conversations with Christian: Christian McBride & Special Guests

Tuesday-Wednesday, March 10-11 Denny Zeitlin Trio w/ Buster Williams & Matt Wilson Featuring Denny Zeitlin ...

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The Necks at Redcat in Los Angeles on February 19th

Source: All About Jazz
February 5, 2009

"Entirely new and entirely now... The Necks' music is a thrilling journey into the unknown..." --The Guardian One of the great left-field cult bands working today, the trio from Sydney delivers a post-jazz, post-rock, post-everything sonic experience that has few parallels anywhere. Pianist Chris Abrahams, drummer Tony Buck and bassist Lloyd Swanton have earned plenty of adulation for their truly unique improvisational pieces that unwind repeating musical figures in tantalizing fashion, usually underpinned by an insistent deep groove. The players, ...

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Jazz at the Baird Presents Antoinette Montague Quartet

Source: All About Jazz
February 5, 2009

Jazz at The Baird presents jazz vocalist Antoinette Montague Quartet on Saturday, February, 28 at 8:00pm. The first of a four concert series held the last Saturday of each month, this event brings jazz greats up-close and personal Montagues first CD Pretty Blues combines passion and sophistication, making every song sound fresh, infectious and topical. Released in 2006, it has received high praise from both musicians and critics alike. A review by The Portland Observer states, Her ability to both ...

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