Performance / Tour News

Brunch and Concert Honoring Don and Heide Wollf to be Held at Harris-Stowe This Sunday, October 5

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

Longtime St. Louis jazz radio host and advocate Don Wolff and his wife Heide will be honored at an event this Sunday, October 5 at Harris-Stowe State University. “An Afternoon of Jazz" gets started with a brunch from 11:00 a.m. to noon, followed by tours of HSSU's Wolff Jazz Institute and a concert beginning at 1:00 p.m. with featured performers including singers Mae Wheeler, Gene Lynn, Anita Rosamond, Anita Jackson, Bill Tucker and Jeffrey Hardin and saxophonist Willie ...

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Harry Connick Jr. to Perform at the Fox Theatre on December 7

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

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Railroad Earth | 09.26.08 | S.F.

Source: JamBase
October 2, 2008

Words by: Dennis Cook | Images by: Susan J. Weiand

Railroad Earth :: 09.26.08 :: Fillmore Auditorium :: San Francisco, CA

Railroad Earth :: 09.26 :: San Francisco Walking into The Fillmore last Friday, I didn't know the titles of many songs or even all the band member's names in Railroad Earth. What I did know was that over the course of the past two years I've found myself increasingly smitten by them each ...

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Grammy Nominated Latin Jazz Guitarist to Appear at Ureni Restaurant in LA

Source: All About Jazz
October 1, 2008

Los Angeles - Over the past 15 years since he first appeared at the La Ve Lee Jazz Club in Studio City, Grammy nominated Latin jazz guitarist Luis Villegas has built a devoted following. So when the clubs owner, Karina Pisto, recently decided to take on booking performers for the Ureni Restaurant and Nightclub in Los Angeles as well, she didnt hesitate to contact Villegas.

Villegas and his band will perform at the club on Thursday evenings at 8 p.m. ...

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Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey Announce European Tour Dates & Final East Coast Shows of 2008

Source: All About Jazz
October 1, 2008

Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey return to Europe in October. Touring in support of Lil Tae Rides Again (Hyena), JFJO will perform in Great Britian, Ireland, Scotland, Holland, Germany and Sweden over the course of the three week tour.

Highlights will include performances at Guinness Cork Jazz Festival in Ireland and the 40th Umea International Jazz Festival in Sweden, as well as a Halloween performance in London to finish the run. Before jumping the pond, the Tulsa-based trio (Brian Haas on ...

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Performance: Paquito D'Rivera Plays at the University of South Indiana, Evansville, on October 10

Source: All About Jazz
October 1, 2008

The University Core Curriculum and the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra present Cuban jazz musician Paquito D’Rivera at 2 pm on Friday October 10 in Forum I in the Wright Administration Building at University of South Indiana. Multiple Grammy-award winning musician and composer D’Rivera will present a free musical 'informance' for the USI community, and the public is invited. A Havana, Cuba native, he began his career as a child prodigy and created various original and ground-breaking musical ensembles during his teen ...

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"A Love Letter to New York" at Carnegie Hall

Source: Cohn Dutcher Associates
September 30, 2008

The New York Pops, led by Vincent Falcone and Eric Stern, celebrates its hometown at Carnegie Hall on Friday, November 7, 2008 at 8 p.m. in “A Love Letter to New York”. The program features the World Premieres of original songs about New York City by composer Kenneth Laub, as well as music by Cole Porter and Stephen Sondheim. Clint Holmes headlines the concert with special guests Ashley Brown, Laura Bell Bundy and Linda Hart. Ms. Bundy, Ms. Hart, and ...

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A Melange of Jazz at Composers and Improvisers Festival

Source: All About Jazz
September 30, 2008

It had all the makings of a great musical event: virtuosity, passion, humor, drama and social commentary. All that was missing was a decent turnout at Saturday's Composers and Improvisers Festival in Middletown. The couple of dozen who did make it to the Oddfellows Playhouse were rewarded with nearly four hours of diverse and daring jazz-oriented explorations from four distinct creative sources. Joe Fonda, festival director and onetime Middletown resident, performed with Conference Call, a collaborative quartet that brought the ...

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