ARTISTS ON TOUR
Please visit the Tours Page at Cuneiform Records for updates.
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London's Empirical are expanding jazz's reach with their music (embracing the future while respecting the past) and via innovative means ("pop-up jazz lounges" in Tube stations) to introduce jazz to the mainstream public. In 2019, in addition to playing live in the UK, Empirical bring their music for the first time ever to the USA, performing at festivals, jazz venues and art spaces.
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May 6 - Ronnie Scott's - London, UK
June 1 - CBSO Centre - Birmingham, UK
June 2019: first ever USA Tour!
June 22 - Rochester Jazz Festival - Rochester, NY
June 23 - Rhizome - 6950 Maple St, NW - Washington, DC
June 24 - Keystone Korner - 1350 Lancaster St - Baltimore, MD
June 25 - Dizzy's Club - Jazz At Lincoln Center - NYC, NY
June 26 - Dizzy's Club - Jazz At Lincoln Center - NYC, NY
June 28 - Edmonton Jazz Festival - Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Fall 2019: UK Tour
October 4 - Wakefield Jazz Club - Wakefield, UK
October 5 - Stapleford Granary - Cambridge, UK
December 12 - Bonington Theatre - Nottingham, UK
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A truly phenomenal jazz-rock / electric jazz/ Canterbury-inspired jazz-fusion group based in France, Forgas Band Phenomena is led by composer/ multi-instrumentalist Patrick Forgas, a respected fixture on the European music scene for more than 4 decades. Celebrates a NEW Cuneiform release, L’Oreille Électrique, the band performs this summer in Italy.
June 8 - La Casa di Alex - Milan, Italy
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The exuberant Swiss jazz/ pop/ beyond quartet - named after the American triple-Gold Medal winner at the 1904 Summer Olympics - continue to celebrate their Cuneiform release, Tilt, by touring the Northern European jazz festival and club circuit. In April, they'll tour Russia for the first time.
April 8 - Cully Jazz Festival - Cully, Switzerland
April 15 - Kozlov Club (Mansarda stage) - Moscow, Russia
April 16 - Nikitin - Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
April 17 - Topographia Culture Center - Tula, Russia
April 18 - JFC Jazz Club - St Petersburg, Russia
April 19 - Dreadnought - Kaliningrad, Russia
April 20 - Sound Museum - St. Petersburg, Russia
April 22 - City Jazz Center - Yaroslavl, Russia
April 23 - Dubrava Culture Center - Sergiev Posad, Russia
April 24 - Jewish Culture Center - Moscow, Russia
April 25 - Petrovsky Book Club - Voronezh, Russia
June 26 - Orpheum - Graz, Austrial
June 27 - Porgy and Bess - Wien, Austria
Listen to & buy: Tilt
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One of the most adventurous and talented guitarists and improvisors on the planet, Henry Kaiser has with numerous fellow avant icons, releasing recordings on Cuneiform & other labels. In May, Cuneiform release his new album with Five Times Surprise.
April 20 - Fly! Fly! Fly! Fly! Fly! A Tribute to Cecil Taylor - CounterPulse - 80 Turk Street - San Francisco, CA 94102 [ performing Dark to Themselves, performed by Orkestrova—a flexible expansion of the Rova Quartet, including guitarists Jean-Paul Bourelly and Henry Kaiser, bassist Jason Hoopes, and drummer Donald Robinson]
April 21 - Sweetwater Music Hall - 19 Corte Madera Avenue - Mill Valley, California 94941 [performing John Coltrane's 'A Love Supreme' featuring Henry Kaiser, John Hanrahan, Scott Looney, Murph Murphy, Mads Tolling]
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Released this month on Cuneiform, Escape of the Fire Ants announces the arrival of Swiss band Le Rex as an international force: street smart & road-tested, ferociously grooving & lyrically charged, a new millennium jazz brass band powered by indie rock energy & attitude.
April 6 - Sonarraum U64 - Bern, Switzerland [Escape of the Fire Ants record release show!]
May 17 - Kulturcinema - Arbon, Switzerland
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Performing regularly at The Iridium and The Falcon, the Big Apple's beloved Ed Palermo Big Band, led by jazz composer/ arranger/ saxophonist Ed Palermo, hones its chops before the entire band travels overseas to perform at Germany's legendary Zappanale, the world's premiere festival devoted to the musical legacy of Frank Zappa.
April 13 - The Falcon - 1348 Route 9W - Marlboro, NY 12542
April 22 - The Iridium - 1650 Broadway - NYC, NY
May 20- The Iridium - 1650 Broadway - NYC, NY
June 15 - The Falcon - 1348 Route 9W - Marlboro, NY 12542
June 17 - The Iridium - 1650 Broadway - NYC, NY
July 15 - The Iridium - 1650 Broadway - NYC, NY
July 19 - 21 - Zappanale #30 - Bad Doberan, Germany [a very rare chance to see the EPBB outside of the New York/New Jersey area]
August 12 - The Iridium - 1650 Broadway - NYC, NY
August 17 - The Falcon - 1348 Route 9W - Marlboro, NY 12542
October 19 - The Falcon - 1348 Route 9W - Marlboro, NY 12542
December 21 - The Falcon - 1348 Route 9W - Marlboro, NY 12542
December 31 - The Falcon - 1348 Route 9W - Marlboro, NY 12542
Listen to & buy:
Ed Palermo Big Band albums on Cuneiform
     
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One of France's major experimental musicians and a key figure in the development of electronic rock, guitarist and electronic musician Richard Pinhas will tour Japan in September 2019.
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Founded in 1979 by composer/ guitarist/ keyboardist Roger Trigaux, the Belgian band Present is widely acknowledged and celebrated as one of the leading lights of the Rock In Opposition (R.I.O.) / avant-progressive / Chamber Rock scene, notable for producing genre-transcendent, non-commercial music outside the mainstream music industry.
May 11 - Rock In Opposition Festival 2019 - Les Abbatoirs - 18 route de l’Isle d’Abeau - 38300 Bourgoin Jallieu - France
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UK electronic ensemble Radio Massacre International bring "Berlin School electronics" into the 21st century and onto the live stage. The longstanding improvisational synth & electronics trio has released dozens of recordings - including 3 on Cuneiform – and mesmerized festival audiences worldwide.
October 12 - Awakenings - Lea Hall Pavilion, Sandy Lane - Rugeley, Staffs - UK
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Schnellertollermeier has an immense presence – that’s the first thing you notice. Initially, you only hear concise, repetitive patterns, but you can already feel their powerful energy while performing, their will to play out and not to yield to any ceremonial, reductionist modes.
April 3 - ROXY - Ulm, Germany
April 4 - Het Bos - Antwerpen, Belgium
April 5 - Bimhuis - Amsterdam, The Netherlands
April 6 - Merleyn - Nijmegen, The Netherlands
April 7 - Hafen 2 - Offenbach, Germany
April 8 - Cafe Wagner - Jena, Germany
April 12 - L'Amalgame - Yverdon-Les-Bains, Switzerland
April 13 - tba - Basel, Switzerland
April 24-27 - in residence at Live In Vevey - Vevy, Switzerland
May 9 - XJAZZ Festival - Berlin, Germany
May 10 - Rock In Opposition Festival 2019 - Les Abbatoirs - 18 route de l’Isle d’Abeau - 38300 Bourgoin Jallieu - France
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Recognized by DownBeat Magazine as a "National Treasure," composer/ improvisor/ trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith is one of the most renown musicians in American Creative Music. Releasing countless albums that top critics' polls, Smith has won numerous music awards, including being winner of the Jazz Journalist Association's 2017 Musician of the Year Award and DownBeat 2017 Critics Poll awards for Trumpeter of the Year, Jazz Artist of the Year & Jazz Album of the Year.
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UK's legendary Soft Machine
[l-r: Roy Babbington, John Marshall, John Etheridge, Theo Travis] follow up their marathon global tour with an extensive series of concerts in their UK homeland.
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May 2 - London Jazz Cafe - London, UK
May 10 - Town Hall - Sutton Coldfield, UK
June 2 - Lichfield Jazz & Blues Festival - Lichfield, UK
June 22 - Gulbenkian Theatre - Canterbury, UK
August 4 - tba - Porretta Terme, Italy
September 13 - Lowestoft Jazz Festival - Lowestoft Beach, UK
October 5 - Apollo - Scarborough, UK
October 6 - Spa Zephyr Longue - Leamington, UK
October 10 - The Crescent - York, UK
October 11 - Green Hotel - Kinross, UK
October 16 - Robin 2 - Wolverhampton, UK
October 17 - Band On The Wall - Manchester, UK
October 19 - Saffron Hall - Saffron Walden, UK
October 22 - The Stables - Milton Keynes, UK
October 24 - Bonington Theatre - Nottingham, UK
October 26 - Empire Shepherds Bush - London, UK
October 27 - Academy - Sheffield, UK
October 30 - Earl Haig Club - Cardiff, UK
November 9 - Storey's Field Centre - Cambridge, UK
November 10 - Warwick Arts Centre - Coventry, UK
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THE SPELLCASTERS
SPELLCASTERS revive, celebrate and expand the distinct hybrid (rock/ bluegrass/ blues/ country) guitar music unique to the Washington DC region and associated with the late guitarist Danny Gatton. The DC-based all-star quintet is three great guitarists – Anthony Pirog, Dave Chappell, Joel Harrison – and Danny Gatton's stellar rhythm section, John Previte (bass) and Barry Hart (drums). In May 2019, Cuneiform releases their first album: Music from the Anacostia Delta.
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May 8 - The Bitter End - 147 Bleecker St [between Thompson and LaGuardia] - New York, NY 10012 [CD release show!]
May 9 - 49 West Cofferhouse & Winebar - 49 West St. - Annapolis, MD 21401 [CD release show!]
May 13 - Blues Alley - 1073 Wisconsin Avenue [in the alley] - Washington, DC [CD release show!]
May 14 - Keystone Korner - 1350 Lancaster St - Baltimore, MD [CD release show!]
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Led by composer and guitarist Grzegorz Lesiak, Tatvamasi is a Polish instrumental ensemble whose music bridges the worlds of avant jazz, progressive rock, European folk musics and experimental music.
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Thumbscrew is the all-star collaborative trio of Mary Halvorson (guitar), Tomas Fujiwara (drums), and Michael Formanek (acoustic bass). Their two new albums on Cuneiform – Ours and Theirs – p laced on numerous Best Albums of 2018 lists worldwide, including the 2018 NPR Music Jazz Critics Poll, Popmatters' Best Jazz of 2018, and many more. Brilliant live performers, they've performed at festivals and served numerous residencies at art centers and prominent venues in the US and abroad.
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