Performance / Tour News

Cuneiform Artists on Tour - November, 2008

Source: All About Jazz
November 2, 2008

AHLEUCHATISTAS November 8 - New French Bar - Asheville, NC @ New French Bar (with The Usaisamonster) November 11 - Objekt 5 - Halle, Germany November 12 - TBA - Germany/ Austria November 13 - Boulevard Cafe - Bolzano, Italy November 14 - Sinister Noise - Rome, Italy November 15 - tba - Trento, Italy November 16 - Cave 12 -Geneva, Switzerland November 17 - Grrrnd Zero - Lyon, France November 18 - TBA November 19 - Kulturgasthaus Bierstindl - ...

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Fall into Jazz with Traditional and Out-Of-This-World Ensembles, November 17=21 at SF State

Source: All About Jazz
November 2, 2008

Student groups perform Big Band, Afro-Cuban, World, Gospel, Funk — and Stevie Wonder SAN FRANCISCO, October 31, 2008 — San Francisco State University’s annual Fall Into Jazz concert festival showcases the genre’s diversity and global influences. Each night at 7:30 from Nov. 17 to 21 features an advanced student group in Knuth Hall, including the Creative World and Afro-Cuban Jazz ensembles, Gospel Choir and a Vocal Jazz class’ performance of Stevie Wonder songs. SF State faculty members, who are all ...

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Particle w/Michael Kang | 10.09 | CO

Source: JamBase
October 31, 2008

Words & Images by: Jesse Borrell

Particle :: 10.09.08 :: Fox Theatre :: Boulder, CO

Particle w/ Kang :: 10.09 :: Boulder, CO Let me just put something out there. To all those listeners who may have lost faith along the way (including me at times), Particle still rocks. Hard. As I journeyed towards Boulder's Fox Theatre, passing by the hippie vendors and odd tour head, I wondered how the core spirit of the ...

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Warren's 20th XMAS Jam Extends to Two Nights!

Source: JamBase
October 31, 2008

Warren Haynes Presents: The Christmas Jam

For its Twentieth Anniversary, Warren Haynes Presents: The Christmas Jam will expand to two nights for the first time ever and will take place Friday December 12 and Saturday December 13 at the Asheville Civic Center in Asheville, NC. As always all proceeds from the Christmas Jam will be donated to Habitat For Humanity.

INITIAL LIST OF PERFORMERS (listed alphabetically) Warren Haynes & Peter Frampton :: Xmas Jam 2007 by W. Stein ...

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Jazz This Week: Metta Quintet, Lenihan and Williams, and More

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
October 31, 2008

Whether it's because of Halloween, the impending end of Daylight Savings Time, pre-Election Day activities, the economic recession, or something else entirely, it's a relatively slow weekend for jazz and creative music in St. Louis, with just a handful of shows to highlight:Tonight, guitarist William Lenihan and pianist Ptah Williams will play music from Miles Davis' album Bitches Brew in a free concert for the Jazz at Holmes series at Washington University. Also tonight, percussionist Thomas Zirkle gives ...

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Neil Young with Death Cab for Cutie at the Forum Tonight

Source: All About Jazz
October 30, 2008

Flannel rock god Neil Young may be long in the tooth, but his shows don't feel like cynical victory laps, meant to bring in money hand over fist so that he can afford another yacht (OK, a log cabin somewhere in the Canadian wilds, maybe).

Young has always kept it real, even when it's caused some controversy, like on his 2006 song “Let's Impeach the President." The mentor to acts such as Eddie Vedder and Tegan and Sara ...

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Pieces of a Dream Strikes the Band at the Cape May Jazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz
October 30, 2008

On Saturday November 8th, 2008, the Cape May Jazz Festival held in Cape May, New Jersey will be hosting its 30th festival in 15 years and presenting a line-up of some of the greatest jazz artists alive. Back by popular demand, Pieces of a Dream-with some of their greatest hits including “Warm Weather,” “Mount Airy Groove” and “Fo Fi Fo”- are ready to bring out their brilliant beats at this 15th annual Cape May Jazz Festival. Pieces of a Dream ...

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Trumpet Master Marvin Stamm to Headline Annual Open World Jazz Concert

Source: All About Jazz
October 30, 2008

Famed trumpeter Marvin Stamm and four Russian jazz artists from the Open World Cultural Leadership Program will perform at University of the Pacific on Nov. 14, along with the Brubeck Institute Jazz Quintet. Their performance and visit is hosted by the Brubeck Institute, located on Pacifics Stockton campus. The concert starts at 7:30 p.m. in the Faye Spanos Concert Hall.

The Open World Cultural Leadership Program is the embodiment of Dave Brubecks belief that the most effective diplomatic efforts are ...

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