Performance / Tour News

BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center Presents: The Gabriel Alegria Afro Peruvian Sextet - February 5

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
January 28, 2009

BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center Presents: The Gabriel Alegria Afro Peruvian Sextet THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5 @ 8:00 PM, $35 / $25 (students and seniors save $10) Concert at BMCC Tribeca PAC’s 900 seat theater is the highlight of Alegria’s North American Tour – “Gabriel is a talented and inspired leader and a positive force in the Peruvian Jazz movement.” --Ron Carter “On his sharp new album ‘Nuevo Mundo’, trumpeter Gabriel Alegria teases out affinities between modern jazz ...

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Review: Dave Holland Quintet at the Sheldon Concert Hall

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
January 28, 2009

Jazz critic Whitney Balliett famously called jazz “the sound of surprise," and while the Dave Holland Quintet certainly had plenty of surprises up their sleeves during Saturday night's performance at the Sheldon Concert Hall, the show also served to demonstrate the virtues of familiarity within the context of a working band.Holland has been developing variations on this small-group concept for more than a decade, and the current lineup has been in place for several years. This continuity means ...

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Boney James to Play the Pageant on Wednesday, March 25

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
January 28, 2009

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Peter Leitch to Show Photos, Give Concert at Webster University

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
January 28, 2009

Peter Leitch is best known to jazz fans as a New York-based guitarist and composer, but it's his skills as a photographer that will be on display next month in St. Louis when his new photography show “New York to New Orleans, 2000 - 2007" opens with a reception from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Friday, February 27 at the May Gallery in Webster University's Sverdrup Building, 8300 Big Bend Blvd.Leitch, who has worked with musical luminaries including ...

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Frishberg Branches Out

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
January 28, 2009

Dave Frishberg lives very much in the present but makes no bones about his fascination with the past. After all, his last CD was titled Retromania. So it's no wonder that the producers of a new piece of musical theater sought out Frishberg to write the words and music. Anyone familiar with “I'm Hip," “My Attorney Bernie," “Peel Me a Grape," “Listen Here" or his dozens of other songs knows that he's prepared to capture irony, whimsy and tenderness.

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That 1 Guy: New Gear/Tour

Source: JamBase
January 28, 2009

THAT 1 GUY Debuts New 'Magic Pipe' Instrument With extensive U.S. and Canadian tour beginning on January 30

That 1 Guy “That 1 Guy brought the concept of the one-man band into the 21st century." - The Washington Post

Uniquely talented one-man band, That 1 Guy, is launching a 50+ date tour through Canada and the northern and eastern United States on January 30. The tour comes fresh off the heels of That 1 Guy's acclaimed fall tour ...

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Michael Musillami Trio + 3 to Make New York Debut January 31st

Source: Improvised Communications
January 28, 2009

On Saturday, January 31st, guitarist/composer Michael Musillami's newest ensemble, the Michael Musillami Trio + 3, will make its New York debut at Cornelia Street Cafe. The group will be performing new original music, which it will then record the following day for its forthcoming release on Playscape Recordings. The Michael Musillami Trio + 3 augments Musillami's longstanding core trio, featuring bassist Joe Fonda and drummer George Schuller, with trumpeter Ralph Alessi, multi-instrumentalist Marty Ehrlich and vibraphonist Matt Moran.

“Guitarist Musillami ...

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Igor Butman and Yuri Bashmet Team up for "Crossover Concerto"

Source: Now Forward Music
January 27, 2009

Igor Butman, Russia’s “Most Celebrated Jazz Man” (JazzTimes), and Yuri Bashmet, the “Most Formidable” (New York Times) Violist Today Team Up for Crossover Concerto Eight-City U.S. Tour Kicks Off on February 20 in Seattle and Ends on March 1 in Chicago, with stops in LA, SF, Cleveland, North Bethesda (MD), Boston, and NYC Igor Butman’s Latest CD Magic Land Garners Rave Reviews New York, NY - Three years ago, saxophone virtuoso Igor Butman and viola maestro Yuri Bashmet teamed up ...

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