Performance / Tour News

McNeil and McHenry Redux

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
September 19, 2008

John McNeil and Bill McHenry have reemerged with their quartet, cleverly timing their next appearance and new affiliation with the fuss surrounding that other current phenomenon, a massive worldwide financial crisis. Here's the announcement popping up in e-mail in-boxes from Truckee to Tokyo.

This Friday, Sept. 19th at Cornelia St. Cafe

The John McNeil/Bill McHenry Quartet Returns!

The boys took a brief hiatus to recover from the rigors of their recent New England tour. Dealing with surging, ...

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Louie Bellson Returns for Concert

Source: All About Jazz
September 19, 2008

World-renowned drummer, composer and author Louie Bellson returns home to the Quad Cities for a special guest performance with the Manny Lopez Band on Wed., October 15 in the Redstone Room at the River Music Experience, 129 Main St., Davenport, Iowa. Doors open at 5:30 pm, and concert starts at 6 pm. Admission is $15 per person, and tickets go on sale online Sept. 24 at rivermusicexperience.org. Louie Bellson is also scheduled to make a special 'meet and greet' appearance ...

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Musicircus

Source: RVAjazz
September 19, 2008

We followed our ears to nooks in the store, finding musicians and ensembles around every corner. The musicians had almost nothing to do with each other, save for the fact that sound is their art.From MusicircusBefore you even entered Chop Suey Books this evening, a sized-down No BS! Brass Band greeted you with their signature flavor on the street.Directly inside the doors stood the Four Story Sax Quartet to the right, Marty McCavitt's trio to ...

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Greyboy and Pfunk NYE in SF

Source: JamBase
September 19, 2008

Greyboy Allstars & Parliament Funkadelic - New Year's Eve at The Warfield

Greyboy Allstars Greyboy Allstars are pleased to announce New Year's Eve 2008 at The Warfield in San Francisco. This will be a co-bill with George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic with both bands playing full shows!

Where are the boys? Well, Karl Denson has been joining his old bandleader Lenny Kravitz on the road all over Europe, Asia, and South America for the last six months and will be ...

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Blaise Siwula/Sten Hostfalt + Tim Berne/Herb Robertson/Terrence McManus NYC

Source: All About Jazz
September 18, 2008

WHAT: LIVE in CONCERT at ABC No Rio New York City

WHEN: Sunday, September 21st 2008 at 8 pm

WHO: TIM BERNE - saxophone HERB ROBERTSON - trumpet TERRENCE McMANUS - guitar

WHEN: Sunday, September 21st 2008 at 9 pm

WHO: BLAISE SIWULA - saxophone STEN HOSTFALT - guitar

WHERE: ABC No Rio New ...

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Boston Gears up for Berklee Beantown Jazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz
September 18, 2008

Travel to Boston, Massachusetts in September, and you will find that baseball and American football aren't the only games in town. As VOA's Doug Levine tells us, non-stop action of the musical kind can be found at the 8th Annual Berklee BeanTown Jazz Festival - September 26-27. By the time the Boston Red Sox get ready to host its longtime baseball rivals, the New York Yankees, at Fenway Park on September 27, the Berklee BeanTown Jazz Festival will have wrapped ...

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The Legends of Jazz with Ramsey Lewis Tour

Source: All About Jazz
September 18, 2008

AARP, the world's largest advocacy organization for the 50+ community, will bring its 10-city Legends of Jazz with Ramsey Lewis tour to the Rehoboth Jazz Festival, Rehoboth Beach, on Oct. 17 featuring three-time Grammy winner, radio and TV personality and master pianist Ramsey Lewis. Lewis will be joined by Grammy winning saxophonist Paquito D'Rivera, Grammy nominated singer Kurt Elling and the smooth jazz quartet Fourplay. Each concert (at the Rehoboth Beach Convention Center) will feature the best in traditional, Latin ...

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Jazz Vocalist Russ Lorenson Debuts at Rrazz Room

Source: All About Jazz
September 18, 2008

Jazz vocalist Russ Lorenson makes his debut at San Francisco's swankiest venue with a brand-new show, “Standard Time, “ for one performance only, October 12 at The Rrazz Room at the Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason Street, San Francisco, CA, 94102. There used to be a time when pop music was jazz, when the hippest singers were also the most popular, and when the elastic swing of jazz propelled feet as well as toes. But with the dominance of hip-hop, the ...

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