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The Göz/Kurtág Jr./Lukács Trio & Lukas Ligeti at Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) on May 20, 2017 at 7:30 pm

Source: Isabelle Deconinck
May 16, 2017

A double bill featuring THE LÁSZLÓ GŐZ / GYÖRGY KURTÁG Jr. / MIKLÓS LUKÁCS TRIO—an opto-acoustic experimental music performance & THE WORLD OF COMPOSER LUKAS LIGETI With Ariadne Greif (soprano), Ji Hye Jung (marimba), Members of wild Up and Ligeti’s ensemble Notebook Bing Theater at Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) Saturday, May 20, 2017 at 7:30 pm Balassi Institute–Hungarian Cultural Center in New York and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) are pleased to ...

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Performance / Tour

Studio Senakwami Presents: The Gustavo Casenave Quartet Featuring John Patitucci on June 9 at The Appel Room

Source: Scott Thompson Public Relations
May 16, 2017

Gustavo Casenave is a three time Latin Grammy Award nominee, a Steinway Artist and a 2015 ACE Awardee. Mr. Casenave is a Uruguayan pianist and composer who has collaborated and recorded with artists such as Yo-Yo Ma, Bette Midler, Eddie Gomez, Robert Duvall, Neil Sedaca among many others. The Quartet features the acclaimed, Grammy nominated jazz bassist John Patitucci. Mr. Patitucci was a member of three Chick Corea groups: the Electrik Band, the Akoustic Band and the Quartet. He has ...

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Event

Cuban Drummer Francisco Mela Returns To New York's Cornelia Street Café To Lead The Crash + One

Source: ARE GROUP
May 15, 2017

Cuban drummer Francisco Mela (Joe Lovano, McCoy Tyner, Chucho Valdés) will return to Greenwich Village's Cornelia Street Café to lead his ensemble, The Crash Trio + One, for a one-night performance on May 20, 2017. Joining him that evening will be Tony Malaby (tenor sax), Leo Genovese (piano), and Gerald Cannon (bass). 2017 has been a busy year for Mela thus far, with a performance with McCoy Tyner at the Cully Jazz Festival in Switzerland, European dates in late April with his band ...

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Performance / Tour

Friends, Colleagues And Students To Celebrate Janet Lawson In NYC on May 15th

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
May 14, 2017

Friends, current and former students, and many of the incredible musicians she has collaborated with over the years will gather on Monday, May 15th 2017 from 7 to 10pm at the extraordinary Minnie Petrie Synagogue at Hebrew Union College- Jewish Institute of Religion, 1 West 4th St. (near Broadway) in New York City, to offer a loving, healing tribute to Janet in celebration of her incredible impact on so many artists and students of jazz. Engaged in a health crisis, ...

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Music Industry

King Crimson Guitar Legend Trey Gunn's 7d Media Label To Merge With DiN Records

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
May 14, 2017

Trey Gunn (King Crimson, KTU, Security Project, solo artist) started 7d Media 15 years ago. The label began mainly as a vehicle for his own releases/projects and those of his closest colleagues (Tony Levin, Pat Mastelotto etc…) The label has steadily grown and now encompasses a variety of releases connecting both progressive rock (Stick Men, Markus Reuter, TU etc…) to some of the more unusual world music (Phurpa, Inna Zhelannaya, Kimmo Pohjonen, etc…) Based in the UK, the DiN label ...

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Performance / Tour

Melissa Kassel & Tom Zicarelli Group at Lilypad in Cambridge on June 4

Source: Melissa Kassel
May 13, 2017

Melissa Kassel & Tom Zicarelli Group : Melissa Kassel Vocalist, Tom Zicarelli Pianist, Bruce Arnold Guitarist, David Clark Bass & Gary Fieldman Drums. June 4 at 6:30 p.m. Lilypad 1353 Cambridge Street Cambridge, MA $12.00 cash at the door. Melissa Kassel & Tom Zicarelli invite you to an eclectic evening of original music and jazz standards. About Melissa Kassel & Tom Zicarelli Group Keven Lowenthal the Boston Globe writes that “This smart, sensitive, and quietly adventurous ...

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Event

King Crimson To Tour North America Summer 2017 In Support Of Forthcoming Live Ep "Heroes"

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
May 11, 2017

Seminal rock band King Crimson begins their 2017 North American tour with the summer leg including a 17-show run spanning June 11 to July 10. The “Radical Action Tour 2017” will begin at Seattle's Moore Theatre on June 11. The tour will run through cities Saratoga, Oakland, San Diego, Los Angeles, Denver, and Minneapolis. King Crimson ends June with appearances at the Chicago Theatre on June 28 and Kodak Hall in Rochester on June 30. The band begins July with ...

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Performance / Tour

Urbanity US Tour June 2017

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
May 11, 2017

The collaboration between Albare and Phil Turcio started 27 years ago when Albert Dadon–aka Albare–was looking for a new pianist for his band. At the time Phil had just turned 18. Albare recalls, “He was not even the youngest member of the band then; our drummer just turned 17.” “These guys sounded so good, it was a pleasure already to play with them.” Phil explains that he and Albare hear music in the same way, “Everything I throw at Albare ...

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