Performance / Tour News

The Bad Plus Reviewed on RFT's "A to Z"

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
January 13, 2009

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The Blue Note 7: And They're Off

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
January 13, 2009

In the second concert of their 50-stop national tour, the Blue Note 7 drew a full house Friday night at The Seasons Performance Hall in Yakima, Washington. From the opener, Horace Silver's “The Outlaw," to the encore, Bud Powell's “Dance of the Infidels," the all-star band dipped into the vast repertoire of compositions by artists who have recorded for Blue Note Records in its 70-years. Although the Blue Note 7 have recorded one album, the little time they have ...

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Free Improv Orchestra to Perform Wednesday, January 21 at the Way out Club

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
January 13, 2009

Saxophonist and Freedonia Music proprietor Jay Zelenka emails with word of a special event next week:“On Wednesday, January 21, The Way Out Club will host a unique musical event featuring the Stone-Zelenka-Ota Free Improv Orchestra. The one-time performance of this 15-man big band presents some of St. Louis' premier improvising musicians in a concert of St. Louis' own home grown Free Jazz.This show honors the visit of noted Japanese bass clarinet & alto sax player, composer and ...

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Girls Night out Weekly Thursday 8-12 Jazz Jam at Chalkers Pub

Source: All About Jazz
January 13, 2009

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The Winter Jazzfest Acts Onstage and on the Market

Source: Michael Ricci
January 12, 2009

During the windup to his prime-time slot at the fifth annual Winter Jazzfest on Saturday, the trumpeter Steven Bernstein assumed the rapid-fire patter of a salesman.

Mr. Bernstein was onstage at Kennys Castaways with Sex Mob, his rambunctious small band, and he was in fact being serious. (He also leads Baby Loves Jazz, which has won awards from parent councils.) His pitch was aimed, with stagy transparency, at those audience members who were in town for the yearly conference of ...

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Mark Rapp / Heather Greene at Le Poisson Rouge

Source: All About Jazz
January 12, 2009

Mark Rapp named one of the “top emerging jazz trumpeters" (Downbeat), Mark Rapp bridges the gap between modern and contemporary jazz music.

Under the tutelage of Ellis Marsalis, Rapp earned a Masters in Jazz at the University of New Orleans. He has performed with Branford Marsalis, Wess Anderson and Walter Blanding Jr among many others and has toured with rock band Hootie & The Blowfish.

His featured performances at the JVC 2008 Newport Jazz Festival ended with a standing ovation. ...

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U2 to Play New Single at Brit Awards

Source: All About Jazz
January 12, 2009

U2 will play its new single, “Get on Your Boots," at the BRIT Awards ceremony on Feb. 17 at London's Earls Court.

The band's new album, No Line on the Horizon, arrives March 2 internationally and a day later in North America. The band has previously won seven Brit awards, five of them for best international group.

The BRIT Awards will live on ITV1 and are sponsored by MasterCard. The other confirmed performer is Pet Shop Boys, recipient of the ...

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Henry Grimes Times!

Source: Margaret Davis Grimes
January 12, 2009

Monday, January 19th release date for Henry Grimes Solo, the phenomenal double-CD set Henry Grimes Times on the ILK Music label. Henry playing acoustic bass and violin for more than 2&1/2 hours of continuous improvisation! Thursday, January 22nd, 6 p.m: Deep Tones for Peace fundraiser at the United Nations in New York City, with Henry Grimes playing solo bass, and others among the Deep Tones for Peace musicians listed below also playing at the fundraiser either in person or in ...

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