Performance / Tour News

Los Lobos/David Lindley | 12.06 | S.F.

Source: JamBase
December 16, 2008

Los Lobos/David Lindley :: 12.06.08 :: Fillmore Auditorium :: San Francisco, CA

Los Lobos The great treat of being absent from superb musicians for a spell is how wonderful it is to be dazzled anew by their magic. Such was the case for myself - and not a few others - at The Fillmore during the second night of Los Lobos' December run. Kicking around in some form since 1973, “The Wolves" might sport ...

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Afro Cuban All Stars Tour!

Source: All About Jazz
December 16, 2008

A secret satellite. A flying piano. A Cuban maestro who combines the musical sixth sense of Quincy Jones with the international savvy of James Bond. These are the stories behind the US return of Cuban music after half a decade, thanks to the Juan de Marcos & Afro-Cuban All-Stars national tour.

Cuba's unique, addictive sounds come to over forty cities including Berkeley, Chicago, Cincinnati, Dallas, Miami, Minneapolis, New York, Seattle, Tampa, and Washington, among dozens in between.

The man behind ...

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NYE with Critters Buggin and Garaj Mahal

Source: JamBase
December 16, 2008

New Year's Eve Ball with Critters Buggin, Garaj Mahal & DJ FunkFuzz 12/31/08 Olympia, WA's Historic Capitol Theatre

Critters Buggin Featuring Critters Buggin and Garaj Mahal, two of the West Coast's most progressive and talented bands, as well as artwork from Cascadia's most talented artists, food from the area's top chefs and with Olympia's Historic Capitol Theatre as the setting, the 1st Annual Olympia New Year's Eve Ball is the Northwest's premier NYE show to attend. Artists from ...

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Frankie Laine: Jazz Spectacular

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
December 16, 2008

Anyone who dismisses Frankie Laine as a camp pop singer really don't know enough about him. Of course, Laine is best known for recording an exhausting string of cap-gun Western-themed songs in the 1950s. But before selling his jazz soul for pop fame and fortune, Laine was an emotional jazz balladeer and a solid swinger of standards. Known as Mr. Rhythm, Laine in the late 1940s could bring his voice down to a confidential hush or open it up with ...

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Vibraphonist Tom Beckham CD Release at Smalls Jazz on December 16

Source: All About Jazz
December 16, 2008

December 16, 2008 - 10:30pm Smalls Jazz Club 183 West 10th Street New York, NY Featuring: Chris - Cheek - saxes Henry Hey - piano Matt Pavolka - bass Ferenc Nemeth - drums Recent Press “Tom Beckham has a refreshing approach to the vibraphone. He plays it with a gentle ear for harmony and development, with ideas that are wrapped in crystalline notes." -- ...

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Bill Kreutzmann Nye in Hawaii

Source: JamBase
December 16, 2008

GRATEFUL DEAD'S BILL KREUTZMANN: TWO SHOWS IN MAUI TO RING IN 2009 KREUTZMANN IS JOINED BY PAPA MALI, JAMES “HUTCH" HUTCHINSON AND MATT HUBBARD AT CHARLEY'S ON DECEMBER 29 AND AT VOYAGE EAST ON DECEMBER 31 LOOK FOR BILL KREUTZMANN FEATURING OTEIL BURBRIDGE AND SCOTT MURAWSKI ON TOUR IN FEBRUARY

Bill Kreutzmann Bill Kreutzmann, Grateful Dead drummer for the band's entire thirty-year career, rings in the New Year in the state he calls home ...

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Smashing Pumpkins | 12.05.08 | Denver

Source: JamBase
December 16, 2008

Words by: Tim Dwenger | Images by: Lisa Siciliano

Smashing Pumpkins :: 12.05.08 :: Ogden Theatre :: Denver, CO

Billy Corgan - Smashing Pumpkins :: 12.05 :: Denver, CO The press has not been kind to The Smashing Pumpkins during their recent 20th Anniversary Tour, causing even the band's new guitar player, Jeff Schroeder, to make note of the negative reviews on his blog.

“It's been difficult to write these entries amidst the somewhat ...

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Denise Donatelli Plays Dizzy's San Diego

Source: All About Jazz
December 15, 2008

Denise Donatelli comes to San Diego's Dizzy's Sun Jan 11th, her CD Release Event for What Lies Within featuring Denise Donatelli vocals, Geoffrey Keezer piano, guitarist Peter Sprague, Duncan Moore drums, Hamilton Price bass, & special guest saxophonist Bob Sheppard.

Denise continues to win audiences, performing at some of the city's leading jazz venues and jazz festivals throughout the country. She has performed with a long list of jazz luminaries and has been featured with the Stan Kenton Alumni Orchestra ...

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