Performance / Tour News

Natural Breakdown | 11.09 | New York

Source: JamBase
November 25, 2008

Words & Images by: Stephen Urban

Natural Breakdown :: 11.09.08 :: B.B. King Blues Club :: New York, NY

Natural Breakdown :: 11.09 :: New York When we arrived at B.B. King Blues Club the many Deadheads in town for the Philathon were already outside looking for miracles. I could see Natural Breakdown through the glass, sound checking onstage. Eric WaldMan, normally on keys, was strumming an acoustic guitar while Gene Lantigua was thumping away on bass. Dan Farella ...

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Widespread Panic | 11.19 | NYC

Source: JamBase
November 25, 2008

Images by: Jay Blakesberg

Widespread Panic :: 11.19.08 :: The Fillmore at Irving Plaza :: New York, NY

On November 19, Widespread Panic played to an intimate crowd at The Fillmore at Irving Plaza in New York to benefit the Bill Graham Memorial Foundation. Normally spread across a huge area, at the Fillmore Panic was confined to a much smaller stage, similar to the rooms they played on their rise to the top, and this close-knit environment provided photographer ...

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Performance: Michael Ward at Sweet Lorraine's, New Orleans on November 28 & 29

Source: All About Jazz
November 24, 2008

Michael Ward figures he's performed at a club, concert or event surrounding the Bayou Classic for the last 25 years or so. “I'm a Southern Knight," the hugely talented electric violinist and Southern University of Baton Rouge graduate declares with pride. Continuing the tradition, Ward plays a two-night stand at Sweet Lorraine's, Friday, November 28 following the big “Battle of the Bands" at the Dome and Saturday, November 29 after the main event. “It's an ideal spot for the adults ...

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A Jazz Bar Around the Corner: Mobius Collective at Rose Live Music, Williamsburg

Source: All About Jazz
November 24, 2008

In tough times, one of the best ways of dealing with any sitting-duck-presidency woe is to appreciate what Americans have always done best: jazz. Especially when it's free! Maybe for most, jazz is considered the provenance of music geeks or elevator music (for not-so-easy listening), but there's a bar in Williamsburg that has been changing that. It's called Rose Live Music, on Grand Street, a little place tucked back from the Bedford sprawl against Marcy Avenue. When it first opened, ...

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Review: Liebman Quartet Delivers Deeply Felt, Passionate Jazz

Source: All About Jazz
November 24, 2008

Art of Jazz series producer Bruce Eaton prefaced Saturday’s performance by the Dave Liebman Group with an apt quote: “We like to book working bands.” And though that might seem like a no-brainer, it really wasn’t one. In modern jazz, more often than not, musicians are picked up for specific recording projects, one-off dates, or brief tours. The idea of a “great quintet” or a “great quartet” seems almost archaic now, given the rate of turnover in jazz ensembles. Eaton’s ...

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Bruno Raberg with Curt Shumate Trio at Tosca Restaurant November 28th

Source: All About Jazz
November 24, 2008

Sweden-born experimental/jazz bassist and composer Bruno Raberg will perform with guitarist Curt Shumate at Tosca Restaurant.

WHO: Curt Shumate Trio Curt Shumate (guitar) Phil Grenadier (trumpet) Bruno Raberg (bass)

WHEN: November 28th 2008 8:30pm

WHERE: Tosca Restaurant 14 North Street Hingham, MA

Bruno’s latest album “The LifeLines” received reviews from various sources such as Hartford Courant, All About Jazz, Jazz.com, etc. Jerry D’Souza in All About Jazz describes ...

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Lunch Crowd Treated to Jazz Quintet at Amherst Regional High School

Source: All About Jazz
November 24, 2008

On a recent Friday, five members of the Jazz Workshop launched into the Miles Davis tune “So What" before a lunchtime audience of more than a dozen students. While the Jazz Workshop at the Amherst Regional High School has played before a lunch crowd before, this was the first time members were playing in the dark of the recently constructed black box theater and not in the well-lit cafeteria. With a pass, any student could listen during lunch. And rather ...

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Maria Schneider at Jazz Standard: November 25-30

Source: All About Jazz
November 24, 2008

Grammy award winner, Maria Schneider brings back her jazz orchestra to Jazz Standard and will conduct her amazing orchestra for four nights from 11/25/08 to 11/30/08 (except 11/27/08 due to Thanksgiving). Where: Jazz Standard 116 E.27th St. New York, NY When: 11/25/08 – 11/30/08 (except 11/27/08) Who: Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra Maria Schneider – composer & conductor Steve Wilson, Tim Ries, Rich Perry, Donny McCaslin, Scott Robinson – reeds Greg ...

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