Performance / Tour News

Tim Siciliano Trio with Dominic Duval and Brian Willson @ Brooklyn College, October 2nd

Source: All About Jazz
October 2, 2008

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The Mingus Big Band "Charles Mingus - Son of Watts - Musical Caravan Project" on October 3-4

Source: All About Jazz
October 2, 2008

DCA PRESENTS THE MINGUS BIG BAND FOR TWO CONCERTS AS PART OF THE “CHARLES MINGUS - SON OF WATTS - MUSICAL CARAVAN PROJECT"

Please join DCA for The Mingus Big Band concerts celebrating the music of Charles Mingus:

Friday, October 3, 2008 at 8:00 p.m. Madrid Theatre: 21622 Sherman Way, Canoga Park, CA 91303 Tickets for the Madrid Theatre concert are available for purchase at 818.347.9419.

Saturday, October 4, 2008 at 8:00 p.m. Warner ...

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Jazz Vocalist Lorenson Debuts at Metropolitan Room with “Standard Time”

Source: RL Productions
October 2, 2008

Jazz vocalist Russ Lorenson returns to New York after a two-year absence to make his debut at Manhattan’s “must-go-to venue” with a brand-new show, Standard Time, for two performances only, October 25 at 9:45pm and October 28 at 9:30pm, at The Metropolitan Room, 34 West 22nd Street, New York, NY 10010. Tickets are $25 per person, plus 2- beverage minimum, available by phone at (212) 206-0440. Did the Great American Songbook stop being written in 1959? ...

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Singer/Songwriter Kate Schutt at World Cafe Live, Philadelphia on October 12th

Source: All About Jazz
October 2, 2008

Singer/songwriter Kate Schutt performs with her trio band at The World Cafe Live (Philadelphia) on Sunday, October 12. Doors and brunch at 12noon Music from 12:45-1:45pm Kate Schutt - guitar / vocal Orrin Evans- piano Justin Faulkner - drums World Cafe Live (Upstairs) 3025 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 215-222-1400 worldcafelive.com Tickets: $28.50 -- Includes live entertainment, all buffet items, tax, gratuity, and processing ...

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Lenore Raphael Plays Two Shows to Open for Jon Faddis at Ronnie Scott's London

Source: LenMar Promotions
October 2, 2008

Just added as part of her tour of the UK, USA jazz pianist/Steinway Artist Lenore Raphael will perform two shows at Ronnie Scott's famed jazz club in London on Friday and Saturday, October 17 and 18th. Opening for The Jon Faddis Quartet, her UK-based rhythm section will include bassist Geoff Gascoyne and drummer Sebastian de Krom on Friday and bassist Paul Morgan and drummer Martin Drew on Saturday night. Called “Queen of Swing" by several jazz writers, Ms Raphael has ...

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Global Drum Tour Starts

Source: JamBase
October 2, 2008

Global Drum Project: October Tour 2008 Percussion All-Stars Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Giovanni Hidalgo, and Sikiru Adepoju Hit West Coast, Northwest, Midwest, Colorado, and Texas

Global Drum Project Mickey Hart's three decades as the innovative percussion engine of the Grateful Dead, earned him Rock & Roll Hall of Fame status and worldwide notoriety. Years of constant touring also afforded him a platform for introducing his lifelong interest in multicultural sounds (rooted in childhood exposure to his ...

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Jazz St. Louis to Present Community Concerts, CD Listening Club

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
October 2, 2008

With the 2008-09 season at Jazz at the Bistro now well underway, Jazz St. Louis is launching two new initiatives this month.The first is the Whitaker Community Concerts, a series of free Thursday night performances featuring St. Louis-based musicians at various venues around the metro area. The Community Concerts series kicks off at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 16 with a concert by singer Kim Massie at the Foundry Arts Centre in St. Charles.JSL director of ...

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Monday Night Concert Series Features Webster University Jazz Faculty

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
October 2, 2008

Webster University has released the rest of the 2008-09 schedule of Monday night concerts by the University's jazz faculty. Here's the lineup:Monday, October 13: The Paul DeMarinis Sextet, featuring DeMarinis on saxophones, Debby Lennon (vocals), Dave Black (guitar), Nick Schlueter (piano), Ben Wheeler (bass) and Kyle Honeycutt (drums).Monday, October 27: The annual TKT Memorial Jazz Scholarship Concert, which this year will pay tribute to the musical legacies of Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, and Billy Eckstine. The ...

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