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Jonathan Richman Announces Twenty-Seven Shows in January & February

January 6, 2010

Los Angeles, CA - Jonathan Richman has announced a new run of shows with drummer Tommy Larkins. These twenty-seven shows, including a four-night residence in Austin, TX and a three-night stand at the Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn, NY will kick off another full year of touring. Upon wrapping up these dates, Richman will put ...

NYC's Jazz Standard Jan. Lineup

January 6, 2010

NYC'S JAZZ STANDARD SWINGS INTO NEW YEAR WITH SEVERAL OF JAZZ'S RISING STARS, VETERANS, AND NEW MUSIC ENSEMBLES The Mingus Big Band The Jazz Standard, one of the nation's premier jazz clubs, presents another month of great jazz in January. From January 7-10 master pianist Kenny Barron with an all star quintet, followed on ...

Wilco: March/April U.S. Dates

January 6, 2010

WILCO ADD MARCH/APRIL U.S. DATES Wilco Wilco will play a run of 16 concerts in Eastern U.S. cities beginning in Miami, FL on March 22 and culminating in Pittsburgh, PA on April 11. The concerts are presented as “An Evening with Wilco" and will feature extended, varied sets exploring material from each of the accomplished Chicago ...

Interview: Dick Hyman (Part 1)

January 6, 2010

Few pianists have been there and done that as often as Dick Hyman. In addition to playing with Charlie Parker, Lester Young, Tony Scott and Red Norvo, Dick studied with Teddy Wilson and recorded with Benny Goodman, Zoot Sims and virtually every other jazz great you can think of in the 1950s. In the late 1960s, ...

Catching up (2): Peacock, Copland, Hubbard, Nimmer, Green

January 6, 2010

Gary Peacock and Marc Copland, Insight. Marc Copland, Alone (Pirouet). Copland's previous explorations on the fine German label Pirouet were four trio CDs and one by a quartet. In these new ones, he pares down personnel but not his signature keyboard touch, melodic inventiveness or harmonic astringency. Peacock, the brilliant bassist, gets top billing in the ...

Line for Lyons, Twice

January 6, 2010

Rifftides reader Ty Newcomb sent a link to video of the Dutch singer Fay Claassen doing Gerry Mulligan's “Line for Lyons." After enjoying it, I noticed that YouTube has another version of the piece by The Dave Brubeck Quintet. What to do? Why, show you both, of course. First, we see and hear the composer with ...

Joe Locke Group to Perform at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola on January 26-31 in Support of "For the Love of You"

January 6, 2010

JOE LOCKE GROUP FEAT. VOCALIST KENNY WASHINGTONRETURNS TO DIZZY'S CLUB COCA-COLA ON JANUARY 26-31PERFORMANCES IN SUPPORTOF FORTHCOMING RELEASE FOR THE LOVE OF YOU E1 Entertainment is proud to announce performance dates for the Joe Locke Group featuring vocalist Kenny Washington at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola on January 26th ...

Tokyo Rosenthal Announces New Release and Northeast Tour

January 6, 2010

Chapel Hill, NC -- Rock and Sock Records recording artist, Tokyo Rosenthal, announced today that his new album, Ghosts will be released on January 18. This will be Rosenthal's latest studio album since the highly acclaimed Love Won Out which broke into four different music charts. Ghosts features the previously released single, Mister Tell Me Bout ...

The Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University Presents "Too Hot to Handel: The Jazz - Gospel Messiah!"

January 6, 2010

Returning to the Auditorium Theatre for the 5th year January 16th and 17th, 2010 In a musical celebration of the life and legacy of Dr. King is Handel's Messiah like you've never heard it, incorporating jazz, blues, gospel, bebop and other all-American musical forms for an exuberant, joyful experience. Features soloists Rodrick Dixon, Alfreda Burke and ...

#6 For December 2009!---- Tony Foster's "In Between Moods" on the Earshot National Campus/Community Radio Charts!

January 6, 2010