The Pacific Jazz Institute at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley Fall & Winter Calendar | 2013

STANDARD SHOW TIMES

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Sunday at 7:30pm

Thursday, Friday & Saturday at 7:30pm and 9:30pm

Show admission listed next to artist dates

Stanley Clarke Band

Grammy-winning double bass and electric bass virtuoso

August 15 – 18, $26.50

 

Lee Ritenour (guitar), Larry Goldings (Hammond B3) and Peter Erskine (drums)

Distinguished crossover music masters

August 20 – 25, $26.50

 

Marcia Ball

“A sensational, saucy singer and superb pianist… where Texas stomp-rock and Louisiana blues-swamp meet.” – USA Today

August 27-28,  $22.50

 

Keiko Matsui

 Leading innovator of contemporary fusion jazz celebrates 25th Anniversary Tour

 with new release Soul Quest

August 29  – September 1, $25.50

 

Jon Cleary

New Orleans based funk and soul singer, songwriter and pianist

September 3 – 4, $18.50

 

Larry Coryell and the Eleventh House Reunion Band

featuring Randy Brecker, Alphonse Mouzon, Mike Mandel and Danny Trifan

Limited engagement concert –

Jazz guitar great with original members of the Eleventh House

Nellie McKay

Witty singer/songwriter touring in support of her new release, Home Sweet Mobile Home

September 10-11, $24.50

 

Earl Klugh

12-time Grammy-winning master guitarist, statesman of contemporary jazz,

September 12 – 15, $28.50

 

Jacqui Naylor

“Naylor remains one of the most superbly arresting vocalists around.” – JazzTimes

September 17 – 18, $22.50

 

Eliane Elias

Sultry
Brazilian pianist/vocalist/arranger combines the sensuous, sun-splashed
melodicism of Brazil with the harmonic sophistication of New York City.

September 19 – 22, $28.50

 

Phronesis

British/Scandinavian Jazz Trio – “One of the most exciting bands

on the planet today.” -Jazzwise

September 24, $20.50

 

Meklit Hadero

“Meklit
Hadero… combines N.Y. jazz with West Coast folk and African flourishes,
all bound together by Hadero’s beguiling voice, which is part sunshine
and part cloudy day.” -Filter Magazine

September 25, $18.50

 

David Grisman Quintet

Influential mandolinist and father of “Dawg” music, a unique blend of folk, swing, bluegrass, Latin, jazz and gypsy. 

September 26-29, $26.50

 

14th Sister City Jazz Day with Aki Miyafuji Kobe’s 2013 Vocal Queen

September 30, $10 suggested donation

 

Yellowjackets

Celebrating over 30 years of music with their latest release “A Rise In The Road”

 – debut project with new band member, bassist Felix Pastorious

October 1-2, $24.50

 

Karrin Allyson Quartet

“No matter what she performs,

Ms. Allyson is one of the most grounded singers working today.” – New York Times

October 3-6, $24.50

 

Dave Holland – Prism: featuring Kevin Eubanks, Craig Taborn and Eric Harland

Visceral new project marking 40 years since Holland’s debut recording as a leader

October 8 – 9, $26.50

 

FOURPLAY

Bob James, Harvey Mason, Nathan East and Chuck Loeb – formidable contemporary jazz quartet

October 17 – 20, $35.00

(Presale show, 6 shows)

 

Gerald Albright

One
of the biggest stars of R&B, contemporary and straight-ahead jazz,
the twice Grammy-nominated saxophonist has earned his reputation as a
“musician’s musician.”

October 31 – November 3, $28.50

 

Steve Smith and Vital Information 30th Anniversary Tour

A
formidable jazz/fusion juggernaut whose longevity surpasses every major
fusion group… “Vital Information is one of improvised music’s best-kept
secrets, the tunes are adventurous and they always groove.” – JazzTimes

November 5 – 6, $22.50

 

Rachelle Ferrell

Ferrell
has made her mark not as a straight-ahead jazz singer and pianist, but
as a crossover artist who is equally at home with gospel, pop, classical
music and jazz.

November 7 – 10, $26.50

 

Steve Tyrell with special guest Diane Schuur

Jazz’s top two Grammy-winning vocal crooners

November 14-17 $30.50

 

The Four Freshmen

American
male vocal band that blends open-harmonic jazz arrangements with the
big band vocal group sounds founded in the barbershop tradition.

November 19 – 21, $26.50

 

The Taj Mahal Trio

Composer
and multi-instrumentalist, Mahal is a two-time Grammy winner and one of
the most influential American blues and roots artists of the past
half-century.

November 22- 24, 26-27 and November 30 – December 1, $32.50

(Presale show, 13 shows)

 

Angie Stone

Over 5 million albums sold worldwide and ten singles on the R&B charts

December 5 – 8, $44.50

(Presale show 7 shows)

 

Louis Hayes and the Cannonball Legacy Band feat. Vincent Herring, Jeremy Pelt, Rick Germanson and Dezron Douglas

For more than 40 years, Hayes has been a catalyst for energetic swing,

straight ahead post-bop and modern jazz.

December 9, $22.50

 

Mike Stern Band featuring Randy Brecker, Anthony Jackson and Keith Carlock

Jazz fusion all-star band

December 10 – 11, $26.50

 

David Lanz

Grammy-nominated new age pianist celebrates 25th anniversary

of Cristofori’s Dream

December 23, $29.50

 

 

 

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