Event News

Musicians and Movie Stars Will Turn out for Obama's Inauguration

Source: Michael Ricci
December 24, 2008

Other presidents have come into office concerned about the arms race. This one, the economy. But when you're planning the parties that celebrate a new president's inauguration, the real issue on your mind is the battle of the bands. Right now, anyone who can turn on a microphone or knows somebody who plays an instrument probably could get a gig in Washington the week of Jan. 18. Simply put: The laws of supply and demand seem to apply to musical ...

Continue Reading...

Wynton Marsalis, Sandra Day O'Connor Lead "A Celebration of America"

Source: All About Jazz
December 23, 2008

Jazz at Lincoln Center and The Rockefeller Foundation will present *A CELEBRATION OF AMERICA* in the Kennedy Center - Eisenhower Theater on the occasion of the Presidential Inauguration and Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on Monday, January 19, 2009 live on CNN at 7 p.m.

The program will look back on the life of one of the greatest of all Americans, and forward to a new era under a new President. An all star cast will illustrate that American democracy ...

Continue Reading...

Holiday Spectacular Dinner Theater "Sleigh Bells Swing' Show Rivals Anything on Broadway

Source: Daniel Kassell - Authentic Marketing
December 22, 2008

The Edison Ballroom 228 West 47th Street (between 8th & Broadway) New York, NY 10036 212-201-7650 Reservations Required A hip Big Band show, just off Times Square, George Gee’s 22 tuxedoed musicians back the Singin' Sleigh Belles gals, a Sinatra clone singer, a sexy vocalist, a tap dancer plus gravity-defying Lindyhoppers. Famous B&W movie stars interact with Mickey Marcello’s seasonal anecdotes after a sumptuous four course dinner. The Grand Ballroom of the ...

Continue Reading...

Gypsy Jazz Jam Sessions @ Galaxie

Source: All About Jazz
December 20, 2008

CHICAGO, Ill. – The Galaxie announces a brand new series of bi-monthly jam sessions open to musicians and dancers of all types and levels, as well as fans of vintage films. The first three sessions will take place Friday, December 26, Thursday, January 8, and Thursday, January 22. Each session will have a host musician helping to organize and conduct the music portion of the event. Host musicians include Alfonso Pontecelli, of Swing Gitan, Dave Ramey of Deep Chicago Rhythm ...

Continue Reading...

Chalkers Pub & Bistro Presents Reg Schwager with Kiki Misumi Quartet on Saturday, December 20

Source: All About Jazz
December 20, 2008

Chalkers Pub & Bistro presents Reg Schwager with Kiki Misumi Quartet on Saturday, December 20, 6-9 p.m. for no cover charge. Reg has played with most of the top Jazz performers in Canada and beyond, has appeared on over 80 commercially released recordings and written hundreds of Jazz compositions. Last year he conducted an impressively successful Jazz guitar seminar for us. Hell be accompanied tonight by special guest Kiki Misumi, a cellist and singer-songwriter whos showcased in 17 countries and ...

Continue Reading...

Ghostlight's Spring Awakening Christmas Concert on December 29th

Source: Seth Cohen PR
December 19, 2008

Ghostlight Records is pleased to announce that, due to popular demand, a second Spring Awakening Christmas Concert has been confirmed, for December 29th. The special event, a Benefit for Safe Place, follows the label’s first sold-out Spring Awakening Holiday Show, which took place on December 15th. These shows are part of Ghostlight’s Late-Night Concert Series at Joe's Pub: The Spring Awakening Christmas Concert, #2 December 29th, at 11:30pm A Benefit for SafePlace The 12/29 concert will ...

Continue Reading...

Al Di Meola to Perform at Drom in NYC Friday, December 18, 2008

Source: All About Jazz
December 19, 2008

Al Di Meola will make a guest appearance 10:30 PM, Friday, December 18, at Drom, 85, Avenue A, in New York. Guitar Great Al Di Meola jams in New York It’s not often that you get the chance to hear jazz fusion guitar great Al Di Meola jam in an intimate club in New York. So when I heard he’d be playing with Turkish clarinet virtuoso Husnu Senlendirici at Drom on Monday night, I high-tailed it down to Avenue A. ...

Continue Reading...

Aretha Franklin to Sing at Obama Inauguration

Source: All About Jazz
December 18, 2008

Aretha Franklin will sing, the Rev. Rick Warren will pray and more than 11,000 U.S. troops will be watching over inauguration ceremonies in case of an attack during President-elect Barack Obama's swearing-in on Jan. 20. As many as 4 million visitors are expected to be on hand when Obama takes the noontime oath from Chief Justice John Roberts on the steps of the Capitol. The program is to feature poet Elizabeth Alexander; the Rev. Joseph Lowery, a veteran civil rights ...

Continue Reading...