Performance / Tour News

Mott the Hoople Reunion

Source: JamBase
January 26, 2009

ORIGINAL LINE-UP COMES TOGETHER FOR FIRST TIME IN 35 YEARS

Vintage Hoople “On tour as support to Mott The Hoople (the only time Queen ever supported anyone), I was always conscious that we were in the presence of something great, something highly evolved, close to the center of the 'Spirit of Rock 'n' Roll,' something to breathe in and learn from." - Brian May

In honor of the group's 40th Anniversary, Mott The Hoople will reunite on October 2nd & ...

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Oberlin Jazz Septet in Richmond

Source: RVAjazz
January 26, 2009

Seven student musicians from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, including one Richmond native, will be concluding a short tour in Richmond on Wednesday at Papa Ningo. With stops at notable jazz clubs like Chris's in Philadelphia, Rhythm House Cafe in Pittsburgh, and Cachaa and Dizzy's Club Coca Cola in New York, performance is only half of the group's mission. The other half is educating younger musicians at local high schools, like Huguenot High School in Richmond, which they will do ...

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Club Dates Around Town Los Angeles

Source: Michael Ricci
January 25, 2009

Monday 26th

Rocco Deluca @ Spaceland The scruffy singer-songwriter has made waves among Hotel Cafe types for his erudite yet still rich and earnest folk-pop-rock.

Robert Francis @ The Echo The local singer-songwriter performs with a gruff, world-weary timbre that his folk-rock feel decades older than the young man playing it.

Olin & the Moon @ Silverlake Lounge The local alt-country band leavens its expected Neil Young via Uncle Tupelo rustic rock with a ...

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Cyrus Chestnut Jazz with a Mission and a Groove

Source: Michael Ricci
January 25, 2009

The powerful and sometimes poetic jazz pianist Cyrus Chestnut has worked with a trio for about 15 years, since he first made his name. Thats a while.

The piano trio format remains as effective and economical today as it was half a century ago in fact its the kind of group that usually delivers the news about where mainstream jazzs aesthetics are but everyone needs a change of clothes once in a while.

At Dizzys Club Coca-Cola this ...

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Blue Note 7 at Royce Hall

Source: Michael Ricci
January 25, 2009

From an artistic perspective, tribute concerts can be a dicey thing. By nature what they celebrate is past achievements, something a bit at odds with a genre that's as theoretically committed to evolution and forward-thinking improvisation as jazz. But if ever there was a label that deserved whatever kind of party it wants, it's 70- year-old Blue Note Records.

Boasting a genre-defining back catalog that rivals any imprint in the business for depth and consistency (particularly during its ...

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Now Hip-Hop, Too, is Made in China

Source: Michael Ricci
January 25, 2009

BEIJING Over the last decade many students and working-class Chinese have been writing rap as a form of self-expression. Rougher and more rebellious than the well-scrubbed pop that floods the airwaves here, this kind of hip-hop is not sanctioned by broadcast media producers or state censors but has managed to attract a grass-roots fan base.

Hip-hop is free, like rock n roll we can talk about our lives, what were thinking about, what we feel, said Wang Liang, 25, a ...

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Charlie Hunter Reviewed at STLtoday

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
January 25, 2009

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Seattle Times: New Orleans Jazz Orchestra Captures Heartbeat of the City

Source: Seattle Jazz Scene
January 25, 2009

from The Seattle Times: The stage in Benaroya Hall was an ocean, vast and endless, the 16-piece New Orleans Jazz Orchestra an island. To encourage intimacy and interaction among the musicians, the men faced one another in a shape that resembled a horseshoe, the way a choir might arrange itself. Early in Thursday night’s performance, the first of five through Sunday afternoon at Benaroya, trumpeter and bandleader Irvin Mayfield announced they were going to turn the symphony hall into their ...

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