Performance / Tour News

Steve Turre Embracing His Latin Side at Smoke NY

Source: Michael Ricci
December 20, 2008

The trombonist Steve Turre has an unforced affinity for Latin jazz and the sort of deep instinct that manifests over time.

Born into a Mexican-American family, he grew up in the San Francisco area, absorbing a wide range of sounds, including Latin music. That background has turned out to be vital in a career that has included stints with the salsa band Conjunto Libre and with the great percussionist-bandleaders Mongo Santamara and Tito Puente. But Mr. Turre, who turned 60 ...

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Rodriguez | 11.23.08 | San Francisco

Source: JamBase
December 20, 2008

By: Jim Welte

Rodriguez :: 11.23.08 :: Great American Music Hall :: San Francisco, CA

Rodriguez It's almost asking too much of Sixto Diaz Rodriguez to match the marvel of his back story with a concert nearly four decades after the release of his last album. The Detroit psychedelic folk-soul singer, dubbed “an urban Bob Dylan" in the late 1960s, saw his life as a professional musician come to a halt in 1972 after poor record sales. But after ...

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LNAC to Present Concerts by Bhob Rainey, Tatsuya Nakatani

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
December 20, 2008

Via an email from Brett Underwood (who's recently added “blogger" to his multi-hyphenate resume), word comes that the Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center has added two concerts of improvised music to its schedule. Saxophonist Bhob Rainey, who's made Christmas week stops at LNAC the last couple of years, will be back in St. Louis next Tuesday, December 23 to perform a solo concert at the venue. Then on Saturday, January 17, percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani will visit the ...

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Joel, John Tour Tickets Selling Briskly

Source: Billboard Magazine
December 20, 2008

In a positive sign for the 2009 touring season, sales for the upcoming Billy Joel/Elton John co-headlining tour are “through the roof," according to Wilson Howard, president, Live Nation Music Southeast, who calls the tour “a smash." The configuration for the upcoming tour, which begins March 2 in Jacksonville, Fla., is 360 degrees, significantly boosting capacity in the arenas. Tickets range from $49.50-$175. In addition to Jacksonville, the tour will play Tampa (March 5), Charlotte (7), Cincinnati (10), Atlanta (14), ...

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Misha Piatigorsky Trio to Perform at Smoke - NYC

Source: Two for the Show Media
December 20, 2008

Pianist, Composer, & Bandleader Misha Piatigorsky will be performing with his Trio at SMOKE Jazz Club in NYC on Thursday January 8th, 2009. Sets at 8:00, 10:00, & 11:30 PM “Misha Piatigorsky is perhaps the most gifted of all the great pianists I've had accompany me over the years." - Mark Murphy The Misha Piatigorsky Trio Misha Piatigorsky – Piano Boris Kozlov –Bass Ari Hoenig - Drums Misha Piatigorsky bio: Misha Piatigorsky, winner of ...

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The Arturo O’Farrill Sextet at Birdland

Source: Two for the Show Media
December 20, 2008

The Arturo O’Farrill Sextet will be performing at the Birdland Jazz Club in NYC from Thursday thru Saturday January 1st – 3rd, 2009. Kick off the new year right here with a three-night-only run of Arturo O'Farrill's sextet! Son of the legendary bandleader Chico O'Farrill, Grammy-nominated pianist and composer Arturo O'Farrill directs Symphony Space's Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra, Birdland's weekly Chico O'Farrill Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra, and formerly the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra at Jazz at Lincoln Center. ARTURO O'FARRILL SEXTET

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Roswell Rudd / Lafayette Harris Duo Live at the Rubin Museum NYC

Source: Two for the Show Media
December 20, 2008

The Roswell Rudd / Lafayette Harris Duo will be performing in concert at The Rubin Museum in NYC on January 16th, 2009 at 7:00PM as part of the 2009 Winter/Spring Harlem in the Himalayas Series. In addition to an original composition inspired by Himalayan art, trombonist Roswell Rudd and pianist Lafayette Harris will play the music of the great jazz pianists including Fats Waller, Herbie Nichols, Thelonious Monk, Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington, and James P. Johnson and original music by ...

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Norah Jones Two Men with the Blues Willie Nelson and Wynton

Source: All About Jazz
December 19, 2008

Blue Note Special/ Norah Jones will make a special guest appearance at the Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis concerts at Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Jones is scheduled to perform a selection of songs on both nights.

The concert is part of Blue Note 70th Anniversary events taking place throughout New York. In January 2007, Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis performed live in The Allen Room at Jazz at Lincoln Center and the event was recorded for the ...

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