Performance / Tour News

New Orleans Guitar Virtuoso Jimmy Robinson at Carrollton Station in New Orleans on November 28th

Source: All About Jazz
November 18, 2008

New Orleans guitar virtuoso Jimmy Robinson will do a solo, acoustic show in New Orleans at Carrollton Station on Friday, November 28th. He will be joined by special guests Bonerama's Mark Mullins on trombone, Johnny Sketch And The Dirty Notes' Marc Paradis on cello, and master percussionist Michael Skinkus. Plenty of solo material from the critically acclaimed Vibrating Strings and lots of collaboration with guests. Huffington Post Article Guitar Virtuoso Jimmy Robinson at New Orleans' Ogden: “After Hours" ...

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Birdland Jazz Club Announces December 2008 Schedule

Source: O&M Co.
November 18, 2008

GRADY TATE & FRIENDS, ROY HAYNES QUARTET, FREDDY COLE QUARTET, BENDING TOWARDS THE LIGHT: A Jazz Nativity, CHRISTMAS with HILARY KOLE, LOUIS HAYES QUINTET: Cannonball Adderley Legacy Band, NEW YEARS EVE: Hilary Kole with Chico OFarrill's Jazz Orchestra, ANDY FARBER & HIS ORCHESTRA featuring Hilary Kole, CHICO OFARRILL'S AFRO-CUBAN JAZZ ORCHESTRA, CAST PARTY, & MORE!

Birdland (315 West 44th Street between 8th & 9th Aves.) is pleased to announce an exciting line-up of extraordinary entertainment for the month of December. ...

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Firehouse 12 to Present Taylor Ho Bynum & Spidermonkey Strings November 21st

Source: Improvised Communications
November 18, 2008

On Friday, November 21st, cornetist/composer Taylor Ho Bynum and his improvising chamber jazz ensemble, SpiderMonkey Strings, will present the New Haven premiere of his innovative secular oratorio, Madeleine Dreams, at Firehouse 12. Inspired by the novel Madeleine is Sleeping (Harcourt), a 2004 National Book Award finalist written by his sister, Sarah Shun-lien Bynum, the piece draws text from the book while further exploring its theme of “the logic of dreams.” SpiderMonkey Strings, which takes its name from two mythical tricksters, ...

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Of Montreal | 10.29 | Montreal

Source: JamBase
November 18, 2008

Words by: Kevin Schwartzbach | Images by: Adam Scotti

Of Montreal :: 10.29.08 :: Metropolis :: Montreal, Canada

Of Montreal :: 10.29 :: Montreal Theatrics have long been a key element in many rock concerts. Few bands, however, put on a performance quite like Athens, GA natives Of Montreal. Between a troupe of masked stage performers and the outrageously flamboyant stage antics of Kevin Barnes (lead singer/guitar/bandleader/songwriter) it can be hard to ...

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Tribute to Jorge Luis Borges at Barbes

Source: All About Jazz
November 17, 2008

Un Instante: Tribute to Jorge Luis Borges JULIO SANTILLAN: guitar & voice SOFIA TOSELLO: voice Tuesday, November 18th. 7pm BARBES 376 9th. St. (corner of 6th. Ave.) Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY 347 422-0248 no cover! F train to 7th. Ave. “Un Instante” is a suite composed by Julio Santillan. The work combines his music, based on argentine rhythms like tango and milonga, with the brilliant poetry of Jorge Luis Borges, one of ...

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Beyonce: Lady Sings the Blues

Source: Michael Ricci
November 16, 2008

Portraying troubled blues icon Etta James in the film Cadillac Records was a real eye-opener for the singer, but it's Streisand she'd really like to emulate.

Reporting from New York -- On a recent slate-gray afternoon in New York, Beyonce zipped quickly through the front door of trendy Rivington Hotel on Manhattan's Lower East Side. The singer, her hair pulled back tightly, was wearing an immaculate black suit and perfectly knotted necktie that gave her a playful “Victor\Victoria" look, one ...

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Sonya Kitchell and the Slip | 10.24 | S.F.

Source: JamBase
November 15, 2008

Sonya Kitchell & The Slip :: 10.24.08 :: The Independent :: San Francisco, CA

Sonya Kitchell & The Slip :: 10.24 :: SF, CA Sonya Kitchell has good taste and is wise beyond her years. She chose a darling trio of fine musicians, The Slip, to back her national tour supporting her sophomore LP, This Storm (released September 2 on Decca Records). They rolled through San Francisco, kicking up dust at The ...

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Headcount | 11.03.08 | NYC

Source: JamBase
November 15, 2008

HeadCount :: 11.03.08 :: Highline Ballroom :: New York, NY

Marc Brownstein :: 11.03 :: NYC There was definitely something in the air at the Highline Ballroom as we all stood on a precipice, looking down on one side at a world that would irrevocably change the next day. You could literally feel it in the air, something palpable. Amongst the usual scents wafting through the crowd - the cloying tang of patchouli, the sweet, acrid reek of world ...

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