Performance / Tour News

Chris Tarry's Duck Hero @ Bowery Poetry Club

Source: All About Jazz
December 31, 2008

BASSIST CHRIS TARRY PERFORMS WITH HIS NEW GROUP DUCK HERO! AT THE BOWERY POETRY CLUB IN THE EAST VILLAGE, MANHATTAN ON SUNDAY, JANUARY 4, 2009 AT 9 PM BROOKLYN, NY: Celebrated Canadian electric bass export Chris Tarry will perform with his brand new sextet, Duck Hero at The Bowery Poetry Club in Manhattan on Sunday, January 4, 2009. The group features frequent co-conspirators Henry Hey (Rudder) and Pete McCann, and adds to the mix vocalist JD Walter, extra six-string shredder ...

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Jan 2009 -- Josh Roseman Announces New 12-Piece Big Band

Source: All About Jazz
December 31, 2008

Virtuoso Trombonist, Composer, Producer, and Bandleader JOSH ROSEMAN has just announced the full realization and definition of his 12-piece, all-star, multi-coastal ensemble, EXTENDED CONSTELLATIONS. A year in the making, ROSEMAN's visions have coalesced in a special Suite composed via a commission from The Jazz Gallery (NYC), to be premiered January 16th - 17th by the band, which features luminaries PETER APFELBAUM, BARNEY MCALL, TED POOR, Kneebody's SHANE ENDSLEY, and other edgy voices and rising stars from Brooklyn's new jazz scene. ...

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Jazz Clubs Listings New York

Source: Michael Ricci
December 31, 2008

New Years Eve in the Big Apple

Cotton Club New Year's Eve 2009 Wednesday, Dec 31 8:00p at Plan B Lounge and Eatery, Vancouver, BC The Cotton Club New Years Eve 2008 Plan B Lounge is transformed this New Years Eve. Let us transport you back to The Roaring Twentiesthe birth of the Jazz Agebathtub gin joints and Chicago Gangsters.Flapper Fashion and the model-T. Put on your best Zuit Suit and duck ...

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Jazz This Week: Jazz on New Year's Eve, and More

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
December 31, 2008

For whatever reasons, in recent years New Year's Eve has not been a particularly good time to hear jazz in St. Louis, and once again NYE 2008 looks to be an evening of relatively few options for jazz aficionados.If you're looking to have dinner and drinks and hear a band play some straight-up instrumental jazz, the best possibilities might very well be a couple of regular weekly gigs that this year just happen to fall on NYE - ...

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Ian Anthony the Band at Uncle Mike's in NYC

Source: All About Jazz
December 31, 2008

Ian Anthony The Band will be performing at Uncle Mikes' this Saturday, January 3rd, from 7:00 to 8:00 pm. The lineup will feature: Rupak Chatterjee, tenor saxophone Takeshi Otani, piano Jeffrey Garfin, drums Ian Anthony, bass Cost: $10 Uncle Mike’s is a new bar in Tribeca which opened their doors on November 1st 2007. They are located at 57 Murray Street between Church and West Broadway. Uncle Mike’s has a beautiful space, a huge ...

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Elton John's New Year's Eve Party at the O2 London

Source: All About Jazz
December 30, 2008

The O2 has the ultimate NYE party with the legend that is Elton John to help you welcome in 2009.

Elton John has been wowing audiences with his Red Piano show in Las Vegas since 2004 and Elton John's New Year's Eve Party will see him perform his greatest hits at the biggest party in town. The show, the biggest of Elton's extensive career, has been conceptualized and designed by acclaimed photographer and good friend of Elton, David LaChapelle. It's ...

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Terrence McManus/Mark Helias/Gerry Hemingway at The Stone (NYC) on January 1

Source: All About Jazz
December 30, 2008

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St. Louis Cabaret Announces Shows for Winter/Spring 2009

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
December 30, 2008

When the Cabaret at Savor closed in late June, impresario Jim Dolan vowed that he'd be back presenting shows before long. True to his word, Dolan has formed a new not-for-profit organization called Cabaret St. Louis, and after presenting several shows this fall, now he has announced a schedule of shows to be held at the Sheldon Concert Hall and the new Kranzberg Center for the Arts during the winter and spring of 2009.The schedule kicks off with ...

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