Performance / Tour News

Jazz This Week: Dave Liebman, Slso Guitar Festival, Erin Bode, Shaun Robinson Group, Ivory and Gold, and More

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
November 13, 2008

There have been some technical difficulties here today at StLJN HQ, and so we must offer a slightly less-expansive-than-usual guide to the notable jazz and creative music performances in St. Louis over the next few days:Tonight, the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra Guitar Festival continues with a chamber concert at the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts featuring Jason Vieuax and Steven Mackey. For more on the Guitar Festival, see StLJN's previous coverage and check out the preview story by ...

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The Sheldon Offers Online Presale of Bela Fleck Tickets, Discount for Paula West Concert

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
November 13, 2008

The Sheldon Concert Hall is offering a special online presale for tickets to the Bela Fleck/Africa Project show scheduled for Wednesday, April 1, 2009. Tickets are priced at $45 and $55, and the online presale begins at 10:00 a.m., Thursday November 13. To order, visit www.metrotix.com/promotions and use the promotional code BELA08.The Sheldon also is offering a $10 discount on online orders for tickets to see singer Paula West, who will perform at the hall on Saturday, November ...

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Luaka Bop's Kassin+2 Play Us Dates for the First Time Since '05

Source: All About Jazz
November 12, 2008

Continuing the trilogy of The Plus 2's, Moreno/Domenico/Kassin+2, Futurismo nimbly threads the lyricism and playfulness of its predecessors Music Typewriter (2001) and Sincerely Hot (2004). The +2s arrive on the scene again, this time alongside other bands from Brazil, like Bonde de Role and CSS, all of whom demonstrate that music from other places is no longer considered outside of the mainstream. The album includes tracks that feature collaborative work with Sean O'Hagan (High Llamas) who co-wrote and sings with ...

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"Kill Devil Kill" Experimental Music Curated by Tim Kuhl - Tonight!

Source: All About Jazz
November 12, 2008

"Kill Devil Kill", a night of experimental music curated by drummer Tim Kuhl, is being performed TONIGHT at Europa in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. The show features some creative music from a duo, quartet and a massive 80's pop music instrumental ensemble lead by Thelonious Monk Winner, Jon Irabagon. Come out Tonight it's FREE! 8pm - Cycling Accidents w/ Aaron Redlin - Bass & Tim Kuhl - Drums 9pm - “4" w/ Jon Irabagon - Tenor Sax, Ben Gerstein - ...

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Tim Kuhl Group at Lakeside Lounge on November 18th

Source: All About Jazz
November 12, 2008

The Tim Kuhl Group on going residency, at the Lakeside Lounge, continues Tuesday November 18th. The Show begins at 10pm SHARP, one set on hour till 11pm. This residency has been continuing once a month in NYC's east village since March 2006. Come out and see what it's all about. Never a cover at the Lakeside. Musicians: Rick Parker - Trombone Nir Felder - Guitar Tim Kuhl - ...

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Bassist Bruno Raberg at the The Outpost 186 in Cambridge, MA

Source: All About Jazz
November 12, 2008

Sweden-born experimental/jazz bassist and composer Bruno Raberg will perform with various bands this month. His 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 the album, “The improvisations are a study of the understanding between the four….the way each player nimbly threads his way into the spaces set by the others is quite astonishing…Raberg, as may well be expected, comes up with another delectable ...

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David 'Homeboy' Edwards Some Well-Aged Blues from the Mississippi Delta

Source: Michael Ricci
November 12, 2008

REVIEW David (Honeyboy) Edwards during his 11-song set on Monday night at the B. B. King Blues Club and Grill.

Delta blues, maybe more than any other genre of American music, is rooted in time and place. Although scholars and critics still bicker about the musics precise parameters, nearly all agree it was conceived and realized in an almond-shaped wedge of northwest Mississippi during the first half of the 20th century.

David (Honeyboy) Edwards, who was born in ...

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Jessica Lurie New CD Release - Shop of Wild Dreams, December 3 2008, Brooklyn Lyceum

Source: All About Jazz
November 12, 2008

WHAT: JESSICA LURIE ENSEMBLE - SHOP OF WILD DREAMS CD Release

WHEN: Wednesday December 3, 2008 8 pm

WHERE: Brooklyn Lyceum, Park Slope 227 4th Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11215 (718) 857-4816

COST: $10

WHO: Jessica Lurie - saxophone, flute, songs Todd Sickafoose - bass Allison Miller - drums Art Hirahara - piano Brandon Seabrook - banjo ...

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