Event News

July 20 Buddy Guy Tribute Concert in Chicago's Millennium Park

Source: All About Jazz
April 28, 2008

Blues guitarist Jimmie Vaughan will headline a special tribute concert on July 20 honoring Chicago blues legend Buddy Guy during the Great Performers of Illinois festival in Millennium Park. Guy, an internationally acclaimed blues guitarist and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, will receive the first Great Performer of Illinois award for his outstanding contributions to popular music and American culture.

The free concert, which will begin at 8 p.m. at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Chicago's Millennium Park, ...

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Westchester Jazz Orchestra to Perform Works of Antonio Carlos Jobim on June 7th in Chappaqua

Source: All About Jazz
April 28, 2008

Westchester, NY -- The Westchester Jazz Orchestra has been called a “local" orchestra “in about the same way as, say, the New York or Berlin Philharmonic Orchestras are local." On June 7, this world-class big band will welcome summer with the works of Antonio Carlos Jobim, who first captivated Americans with his early-1960s mega-hits The Girl from Ipanema and Desafinado. The concert will be held at 8 PM at the Seven Bridges School, 222 Seven Bridges Road, Chappaqua, NY. WBGO's ...

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Born with the Blues, Chasing a Dream: Pedro Rodriguez, Chilean Jazz Guitarist to Give Concert on May 2, 2008

Source: All About Jazz
April 28, 2008

Pedro Rodriguez brings his unique brand of Latin Jazz and The Blues to a New York audience on Friday, May 2, culminating a journey of many years and many miles from his hometown of Santiago, Chile.

The son of a medical doctor who played the trumpet, Rodriguez grew up in Santiago, listening to Jazz, Tango and Beatles records. As a teenager, he found a guitar stashed in a closet and started to play. “I decided I wanted to be a ...

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Grammy Winning Blue Shoe Project Hosts Free Blues Fest Featuring Grammy Winners

Source: Just Roots PR
April 28, 2008

Bring the kids, Blue Shoe also hosting education event at festival

Colleyville, Texas - On Saturday, May 10, 2008 from 2 PM to 9 PM, Grammy-winning non- profit organization The Blue Shoe Project will host Colleyville's first-ever blues festival in The Village at Colleyville development, 62 Main Street, Colleyville, Texas (at the intersection of Highway 26 and Main Street in Colleyville). Headlining the event will be national recording artist Elvis T. Busboy and The Blues Butchers, featuring five-time Grammy Award ...

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Opera's Lauren Flanigan Added to Yazbek 5/22 Benefit

Source: Seth Cohen PR
April 28, 2008

Metropolitan Opera Star Lauren Flanigan Added to David Yazbek's May 22nd Benefit Concert for Riverspace and Riverkeeper “I Think This Might be an Extremely Weird Show," Proclaims Yazbek JOE'S PUB IN NY & WORLD CAF LIVE IN PA ALSO CONFIRMED FOR YAZBEK IN MAY, AS IS BOSTON CONCERT “Remarkably Well-Crafted Images That Startle But Please" Rock/pop artist David Yazbek has confirmed that Metropolitan Opera star Lauren Flanigan has been added to his May 22nd Benefit Concert for Riverspace and Riverkeeper. ...

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The Sean Smith Quartet Performs Tuesday, May 6 @ The 55 Bar

Source: All About Jazz
April 25, 2008

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Bar-One Production & Publishing CD Release Party at the Priory in Newark, NJ

Source: DP Public Relations
April 25, 2008

PLACE: THE PRIORY 233 W. MARKET ST. NEWARK, NJ (973-639-7812) DATE: APRIL 25TH, (That's a Friday night!) TIME: 7:00PM UNTIL 11:00 NO COVER FOOD AND DRINKS 1 DRINK MINIMUM Robert Barone - Basses Vida Key - Vocals Reese Key - Vocals Asa Vaughn - Vocals Kalvin Krisiti - Vocals Danny LaPorte - Keyboards Gordon Lane - Drums

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Jazz Fest is yet Another Survivor of Katrina

Source: All About Jazz
April 24, 2008

Beijing has nothing on N'awlins. “The Thumpolympics are on!" says Quint Davis, producer/director of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, the annual music marathon that was almost crippled by Hurricane Katrina. MORE: Jazz Fest revels in its roots The roots music celebration, unfolding Friday-Sunday and May 1-4, seems poised to match its pre-storm heights. Attendance is expected to exceed last year's 375,000 (300,000 came in 2006, down from 400,000 in 2005, before Katrina). For the first time since 2005, ...

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