Performance / Tour News

Mary Halvorson Versatile Guitarist Sort of Based in Jazz

Source: Michael Ricci
November 5, 2008

It was a typical night on the bandstand for Ms. Halvorson: intricate song forms met with startling jolts of insight that felt as rooted in experimental rock, folk and chamber music as in any subspecies of jazz.

Mary Halvorson was the picture of calm at the Greenwich Village club Le Poisson Rouge on a recent evening, slouched intently over her big hollow-body guitar. But the music she was making, with the violist Jessica Pavone, buzzed and bristled. Ms. Halvorson, 28, ...

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Kevin Frenette Quartet @ The Outpost on November 12

Source: All About Jazz
November 5, 2008

Wednesday November 12, 2008 OUTPOST 186 186 1/2 Hampshire Street Cambridge, MA 02139 8:00PM The Kevin Frenette Quartet Kevin Frenette (guitar) James Rohr (fender rhodes) John McLellan (drums) Ryan McGuire (bass) Boston area guitarist Kevin Frenette has performed throughout the Northeast USA making music that is inspired by both avant-garde jazz and contemporary improvisation. He studied guitar, composition, and music theory at UMASS-Dartmouth where he received ...

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Performance: The St Croix Jazz Orchestra at the Grand Ballroom, Stillwater on November 16

Source: All About Jazz
November 5, 2008

A Night at the Grand: Big Band Jazz will take place 4 to 6 pm Sunday, November 16, at Grand Ballroom, 301 Second St., Stillwater. Tickets are on sale now. This benefit concert supports the programming of ArtReach Alliance – connecting the community and the arts through music, theater, hands-on art experiences, visual arts and resources for artists. The evening features the St. Croix Jazz Orchestra and special guest vocalist Judi Donaghy. The Stillwater Area High School Jazz Ensemble I ...

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Performance: The St Croix Jazz Orchestra at the Grand Ballroom, Stillwater on November 16

Source: All About Jazz
November 5, 2008

A Night at the Grand: Big Band Jazz will take place 4 to 6 pm Sunday, November 16, at Grand Ballroom, 301 Second St., Stillwater. Tickets are on sale now. This benefit concert supports the programming of ArtReach Alliance – connecting the community and the arts through music, theater, hands-on art experiences, visual arts and resources for artists. The evening features the St. Croix Jazz Orchestra and special guest vocalist Judi Donaghy. The Stillwater Area High School Jazz Ensemble I ...

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Jazz Month Line-up Set: Bill Mays, Mark Sherman & Giacomo Gates at Manalapan, NJ

Source: All About Jazz
November 5, 2008

Free jazz concerts will heat up the headquarters location of the Monmouth County Library in November when the library presents Jazz Month 2008. The month-long event features four jazz concerts on Sundays, November 9 through November 30 at 2 pm. This year's concert series will begin with The Inventions Trio on November 9. The trio features pianist Bill Mays, trumpeter/flugelhornist Marvin Stamm, and cellist Alisa Horn. These classically trained jazz masters will perform fresh interpretations of wellknown classical themes, jazz ...

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Performance: Pentomino at the Arkansas Student Union Connections Lounge Tonight

Source: All About Jazz
November 5, 2008

University Programs will be presenting a unique opportunity to listen to and learn about jazz through a combination of lecture and performance by Pentomino at 6pm today in the Arkansas Student Union Connections Lounge. Pentomino is comprised of current and former UA students. Members include William Hobbs on piano, CJ Weatherford on tenor saxophone, Derek Jones on bass, Drew Packard on guitar, and Chris Wylie on drums. Their repertoire is broad, ranging from original pieces to Claude Debussy to Charlie ...

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Umphrey's McGee/the New Deal | 10.31 | S.F.

Source: JamBase
November 5, 2008

Words by: Nick Boeka | Images by: Susan J. Weiand & Dave Vann

Umphrey's McGee & The New Deal :: 10.31.08 :: The Warfield :: San Francisco, CA

Umphrey's McGee :: 10.31 :: Backstage at Warfield :: By Vann When one of the biggest, most celebrated party nights of the year lands on a Friday, you know weeks in advance that things are going to get a little nuts. Friends and fans came in ...

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Phil and Friends | 10.31.08 | NYC

Source: JamBase
November 5, 2008

Words by: Brian Bavosa | Images by: Robert Chapman

Phil Lesh & Friends :: 10.31.08 :: Nokia Theatre :: New York, NY

Lesh & Greene :: 10.31 :: NYC For the second consecutive year, Phil Lesh laced up a new pair of running shoes for an extremely ambitious set of shows that he simply calls the “Other New York City Marathon" (this show fell two days before the real marathon run throughout the five ...

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