Performance / Tour News

The Ventura Jazz Ochestra Debut

Source: All About Jazz
September 23, 2008

The Ventura Jazz Orchestra makes its concert debut at the Libby Bowl in Ojai on October 11th from 7pm to 10pm, as part of a benefit concert for the Ojai Library. The band's founder Dean Adams explains the outfit's origins: “Back in May, 2008 I wrote this article sharing my vision about starting a Jazz Big Band. I remember when I was younger (I'm 45 now), walking down a street fair checking out the booths and enjoying the smell of ...

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Robin Eubanks and EB3 to Perform on Jazz at Bucknell Series

Source: All About Jazz
September 23, 2008

Jazz at Bucknell will host a performance by Robin Eubanks and EB3 on Wednesday, Oct. 1, at 8:30 p.m. in Bucknell Hall. The performance is free to the public as part of Bucknell University's ongoing Jazz at Bucknell First Wednesdays series. Eubanks, on trombone, electric trombone, percussion and loops, will be joined by Sam Barsh, keyboards and bass lines, and Kenwood Denard, drums and bass lines. Considered the premier jazz trombonist of his generation, Eubanks has recorded seven albums as ...

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The Duo and Bjorkestra 9/23

Source: JamBase
September 23, 2008

BENEVENTO-RUSSO DUO WITH TRAVIS SULLIVAN'S BJORKORKESTRA Spiegelworld - September 23, 2008

Benevento/Russo Duo On Tuesday, September 23, The acclaimed organ and drum pioneers Benevento/Russo Duo take the stage at Spiegelworld with Travis Sullivan's Bjorkestra for an unforgettable evening of instrumental music plus very special guests.

Ticket Prices: $20.00. Buy Tickets Here.

Other scheduled Duo dates include October 16 at Higher Ground Burlington, VT and New Year's Eve at B.B. King Blues Club New York, NY with Surprise Me ...

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Firehouse 12 to Present Conference Call on September 26th

Source: Improvised Communications
September 23, 2008

On Friday, September 26th, New Haven's Firehouse 12 will present a two set performance by the longstanding jazz collective, Conference Call. The group's all-star line-up of creative music scene veterans includes German multi-reedist Gebhard Ullmann, pianist Michael Jefry Stevens, bassist Joe Fonda and drummer George Schuller. Conference Call is on the road this fall celebrating both its 10th anniversary and the release of its latest CD, Poetry in Motion (Clean Feed).

“Conference Call as a whole swings with a gleeful ...

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Sten Hostfalt's G-Factor @ Otto's NYC

Source: All About Jazz
September 23, 2008

Sten Hostfalt's G-Factor Live at Otto's NYC 538 E 14th St (btw Avs. A and B) Friday, September 26 2008 7pm / No Cover Sten Hostfalt - guitar / bass Matt Renzi - saxophone / clarinet Marko Djordjevic - drums “Inimitable, There Are Few Musicians Like Sten Hostfalt" ~ PM NYC / Paper Magazine “Sten Hostfalt ...

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My Morning Jacket | 09.19.08 | Berkeley

Source: JamBase
September 23, 2008

Words by: Dennis Cook | Images by: Jay Blakesberg & Dave Vann

My Morning Jacket :: 09.19.08 :: Greek Theatre :: Berkeley, CA

Jim James rockin' the cape :: 09.19 :: Greek by Blakesberg All day - hell, all week - leading up to My Morning Jacket's performance at the legendary Greek Theatre in the navy bluest city in America, all the hardcore music aficionados around me had butterflies, real twittering excitement about a ...

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Ahmad Jamal Strikes up the Orchestra

Source: All About Jazz
September 22, 2008

Can this really be the fifth season of Jazz at Lincoln Center at Rose Hall? Already there are young people filling seats at the Rose Theater who probably feel that JaLC has been around forever, and even take it for granted. They'd probably be amazed to hear that listeners in the 1940s thought it was a big deal whenever jazz made it to one of the major concert halls, like Carnegie or Town Hall, and probably couldn't imagine a world ...

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Compositions by Marsalis and Shorter a Seductive Blend

Source: All About Jazz
September 22, 2008

Composers have been marrying elements of jazz and classical music for a century with drastically uneven results. The aesthetic bliss promised by the union is too seductive for many composers to ignore, but the challenge is daunting. So if you're Wynton Marsalis, you seek advice from a master. When Marsalis finished his 1999 oratorio “All Rise" for orchestra, jazz band and chorus, he shared the score with the composer-pianist John Lewis of the Modern Jazz Quartet, who had dedicated a ...

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