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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Jazz, March 8-15
A full week again, with women jazzers leading the way, from local vocals to imported talent. Highlights This Week March 9-10. Fans of vocal swing and spot-on harmonies will welcome the return of The Manhattan Transfer. Nominated for multiple Grammies over their three-plus decades of performing, the quartet brings their infectious brand of jazz, big band ...
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom by August Wilson Opening at Huntington Theatre Company in Boston on Friday, March 9
Huntington Theatre Company is presenting August Wilson's award-winning play, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom at the Boston University Theatre, from March 9 through April 8, 2012. The play is part of Wilson's Century Cycle, and was Wilson's first Broadway hit. In the play, legendary 1920s blues singer Ma Rainey and her musicians gather in a run-down Chicago ...
Jazz Pianist Ramsey Lewis Playing at Scullers Jazz Club on March 8-9
Jazz pianist, composer and legend Ramsey Lewis brings his Sun Goddess Tour to Scullers Jazz Club in Boston on Thursday, March 8 and Friday, March 2012. Joining Ramsey on the tour is Henry Johnson, Tim Grant, Joshua Ramos and Charles Heath. Show times are 8:00 and 10:00 p.m. both nights. Tickets are $38 and can be ...
Vijay Iyer: The Surprise of Sound
The recent two-night Vijay Iyer mini-festival, dubbed “The Sound of Surprise," covered what Walker Art Center curator Philip Bither described as a “curious diversity" of the wide-ranging projects of the creative pianist. Iyer, whose work of the past fifteen+ years has garnered critical praise, Grammy nominations, and certainly, the “sounds of surprise," embodies that “curious diversity" ...
The John F. Kennedy Center For The Performing Arts Announces Its 2012-2013 Jazz Season
Inaugural season of Jason Moran to highlight: An Evening of Comedy & Music with David Alan Grier and the Jason Moran Ensemble The Music of New Orleans: The New Orleans Bingo! Show Performances by the Heath Brothers, Kurt Elling, and Dr. Lonnie Smith Supersized Jazz Club Election Night ...
Jazz This Week: Peter Martin and Inner Circle, Jack Wright, Rick Haydon, Jazz St. Louis' Annual Gala, Delfeayo Marsalis, and More
There's lots going on this week with jazz and creative music in St. Louis, and due to impending deadlines, not much time to tell you about it. So, without further preamble, let's go to the highlights.... Tonight, the free improvising saxophonist Jack Wright returns to St. Louis for the first time in four years for a ...
Steve Wilson Sets "Super Band" Tour for April, with Patrice Rushen, James Genus and Billy Kilson
Steve Wilson Injects Some Funk with 'Super Band' Tour in April; Four Nights at Jazz Standard in NY are Confirmed, as are Shows in D.C. and VA Wilson Hits His Stride, Builds New Collaborations for 2012 Acclaimed jazz saxophonist Steve Wilson aims to 'get funky' with his Super Band tour, set for April. The Steve Wilson ...
Nu-Art Series Announces Oliver Lake Exhibit, Eddie Henderson Concert
The Nu-Art Series has announced two events this month as part of their ongoing efforts to spotlight connections between jazz and visual arts. A new exhibit featuring paintings by saxophonist Oliver Lake (pictured, above left) and collages by S. Scott Davis III, who's a cousin of bassist Charles Mingus, will open with a reception at 5:30 ...
Jazz Drummer Kendrick Scott, Live from Berklee's Cafe 939, on March 8
Famed jazz drummer Kendrick Scott is performing a live concert at Cafe 939 in Boston's Back Bay. The show is part of the new collaboration between York area jazz station WBGO Jazz 88.3 FM, NPR, and Berklee College of Music, designed to to showcase Berklee alumni. Read the full press release here. The show is sold ...
Legendary Drummer Chico Hamilton Continues Monthly Concert Series at NYC's Drom
NEA JAZZ MASTER CHICO HAMILTON @ DROM As evidenced on his latest recording Revelation (Joyous Shout!), 90 year-old drummer/leader Forestorn “Chico" Hamilton is still creating vivid, positive, uplifting, and relevant music. Saluted by the Kennedy Center as a “Living Jazz Legend," and appointed to the President's Council on the Arts, this NEA Jazz Master is considered ...
