Drummer Eric Kamau Gravatt & Source Code To Play The Artists Quarter In St. Paul

Event:
Jan. 9th & 10th
(9:00 pm)
The Artists Quarter
St. Paul, MN
Perhaps New York is the epicenter of jazz, no argument. But here in the Twin Cities reside some of the truly international figures of jazz, including Anthony Cox and Eric Kamau Gravatt, to name a distinguished pair. And this weekend at the Artists Quarter (January 9th-10th), we [...]

Funeral Services For Jazz Trumpeter Freddie Hubbard: Remembering a great jazz musician

Funeral services for Freddie Hubbard will be held at 1:00 pm on Tuesday, January 6th at the Faithful Central Bible Church’s Tabernacle. It is located at 321 North Eucalyptus Avenue (East of 405/West of LaBrea) in Inglewood, CA. The funeral service will be open to the public. There will also be a viewing beginning [...]

Riverside’s Mission Inn Closes Down Lounge Act: Long time performer Henry “Skipper” Franklin looks for a new gig

Bassist extraordinaire Henry “Skipper” Franklin has been performing five nights a week at Mission Inn Hotel in Riverside for very close to ten years. He has used a variety of pianists over the time, keeping the mix well stirred.
Of great pianists working in the business, Gary Matsumoto comes from a fine educational [...]

Sonny Fortune To Play The Jazz Showcase in Chicago

Sonny Fortune, the great post bop alto saxophonist, flutist and composer, appears at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago for four nights from Thursday, January 8th through Saturday, January 11th. Fortune is a riveting improvisor who can play inside or out with a logic and passion that never loses the listener. In his monthly Jazz [...]

Press Release: Jazz Pianist & Composer Fahir Atakoglu Performs At Nighttown

Legendary Jazz Pianist & Composer Fahir Atakoglu Live At Nighttown. Legendary Jazz composer Fahir Atakoglu will be performing live on January 22nd at 8:00 pm at Nighttown in support of his latest CD, Istanbul in Blue, which has reached #1 on the JazzWeek World Music Charts, at NightTown in Cleveland, Ohio.

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Don’t Miss Pharoah Sanders At Yoshi’s In Oakland, CA

Event:
Jan. 2nd – 4th
(Fri-Sat: 8:00 pm & 10:00 pm; Sun: 7:00 pm)
Yoshi’s Jazz Club
Oakland, CA
Jazz legend Pharoah Sanders descends on the Bay area to play Yoshi’s in Oakland on Friday, January 2nd through Sunday, January 4th. He will also make his way to Santa Cruz for one night at the Kuumbwa Jazz Center [...]

Rockefeller Foundation Presents “A Celebration Of America”: In honor of the presidential inauguration and Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Event:
Jan. 19th, 2009
(7:00 pm)
Kennedy Center’s Eisenhower Theater
Washington D.C.

Jazz at Lincoln Center and The Rockefeller Foundation will present “A CELEBRATION OF AMERICA” in the Kennedy Center’s Eisenhower Theater on the occasion of the Presidential Inauguration and Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on Monday, January 19, 2009 live on CNN at 7 p.m.

The evening’s program will look [...]

Keep Your Calendar Clear For The 19th Annual VF Outlet Berks Jazz Fest

The 19th annual VF Outlet Berks Jazz Fest, presented by the Berks Arts Council, runs March 27 through April 5 and will bring to fans a wide array of musical styles, including contemporary and traditional jazz, soul, blues, big band and one-of-a-kind ensemble shows. Shows are held at major venues as well as intimate club [...]

Press Release: Upcoming performance by jazz vocalist Paulette Dozier

Six years and two CDs later, jazz vocalist Paulette Dozier is finally back at the Biltmore Hotel this December 2008. Her return is long overdue, but her performance makes the wait well worth it. Set in the beautifully coiffed gardens of the hotel’s poolside Cascade Restaurant, this extraordinary entertainer performs a repertoire mixed with festive [...]

Orange County Performing Arts Center Welcomes New York Voices: A night of favorite yuletide tunes as well as jazz classics

Event:
Dec. 12th-13th, 2008
(7:30 pm, 9:30pm)
OCPAC
Costa Mesa, CA
Grammy Award-winning New York Voices will add a special beat to the holidays for audiences at the Orange County Performing Arts Center December 12th and 13th, when they perform favorite yuletide tunes as well as jazz classics in Samueli Theater. New York Voices’ holiday songs will include “Let It [...]