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U.S. Postal Service Jazz Stamp Revealed
Later this year, the U.S. Postal Service will begin selling a postage stamp honoring jazz music. Here is the design and the press announcement from the USPS website. Jazz Appreciation With this stamp, the U.S. Postal Service is proud to pay tribute to jazz, America's musical gift to the world, and to the musicians ...
Boston Jazz Club Featuring Irish Music This St. Patrick's Day, March 17
Boston's popular jazz club, the Beehive, is holding its annual Erin Go Beehive to celebrate St. Patrick's Day on Thursday, March 17, 2011, from 5:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m., partnering with the Boston Irish Tourism Association. Featured performers this year include Matt & Shannon Heaton, harpist Maeve Gilchrist, Irish drummer Paddy League, and singer Sheila Linnehan. ...
Oscar Winner David Seidler to be Honored at Our Time Gala 4/11
Academy Award Winner David Seidler to Be Honored at Our Time Gala on April 11th; Best Actor Oscar Winner Colin Firth Confirmed as Honorary Chair, as 'The King's Speech' Shines a Global Spotlight on Stuttering with Best Picture Win Superstar Carly Simon to Perform at Gala as Well Our Time congratulates their 2011 Gala Honoree David ...
New Orleans Invades Austin at SXSW
I am a big fan of the HBO show Treme, and the party that they are going to be throwing at South By Southwest in Austin this year to kick off their second season looks like a lot of fun. The event, starting at noon on Thursday, March 17th, will celebrate the April 24th Season Premiere ...
Daren Burns' Onibaba to play Tophest 2011, a benefit to help LA Musician Chris Spilsbury, March 25th
Daren Burns ensemble, Onibaba is slated to play Tophest 2011, a benefit to help LA musician Christopher Spilsbury raise funds to pay his medical expenses for a car accident he was involved in last December 2010. Also appearing that night will be Los Angeles jazz musicians, Otmaro Ruiz and Joe LaBarbera and DJ Christoforo LaBarbera. Onibaba ...
Recursive Improvisations: The Art of Eric Metcalfe, With Jason Moran and Naomi Beckwith
An introduction to the art of Canadian avant-garde artist Eric Metcalfe opens out into a discussion of the complex relationship among jazz, art, and contemporary global culture. Thursday, March 24, 2011, 7:30 pm 301 Philosophy Hall, Columbia University Morningside Campus Free and open to the public Vancouver-based artist Eric Metcalfe (b. 1940) ...
Monument Eternal: Alice Coltrane's Spiritual Aesthetics, with Franya Berkman, Lewis and Clark College
Monday, March 28, 2011, 8:00 pm 622 Dodge Hall, Columbia University Morningside Campus Free and open to the public. The author will sign copies of her book at the event. Alice Coltrane was a composer, improviser, guru, and widow of John Coltrane. Over the course of her musical life, she ...
Umphreys McGee: Umbowl II Details
TICKETS SACKED WITHIN MINUTES, VIP PACKAGES STILL AVAILABLE Umphrey's McGee brings the ultimate fan experience back to Chicago with UMBowl II on April 2, 2011 at Park West. The uniquely interactive state-of-the-art intimate concert event will keep both band and fan on their toes with the audience calling all of the plays during four, 45 minute ...
Improvisation Day at Kingston University, London
The Improvised Space: Techniques, Traditions and Technologies A Research Day on Improvised Music Kingston University, London Wednesday 6th April 2011 10:30am-6:00pm, Concert 6:30pm The Department of Music at Kingston University presents a research day on improvised music, with special guests Evan Parker and Bennett Hogg. The programme includes presentations, demonstrations ...
St. Louis Jazz Club to Celebrate 60th Anniversary on Saturday, May 14
The St. Louis Jazz Club will celebrate its sixtieth anniversary on Saturday, May 14 with a pair of performances at the Concord Farmers Club. The venerable presenters of monthly concerts of traditional jazz and swing will feature Red Lehr and the St. Louis Rivermen (pictured) from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., followed that evening by a ...
