Jazz & Blues Concerts

Harry Allen in Concert

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Last minute schedule changes might not be reflected in this itinerary, so please check with each venue before attending!


2008

APRIL

4/3/08 – Sarasota, FL, Glenridge Performing Arts Center, with Diane Linscott.

4/11-12/08 – NYC Smalls, shows at 9:00PM & 10:30PM, located on West 10th Street at 7th Avenue South, NYC, with The Harry Allen–Joe Cohn Classic Jazz Quartet.

4/15/08 – 4/19/08 – NYC, Birdland.

4/27/08 – Portsmouth, NH, The Press Room, 6-9PM, located at 77 Daniel Street,  call (603) 431-5186 for reservations and information.

4/29/08 – 5/2/08 – Tour of France.


MAY

5/3/08 – 5/4/08 – Tour of Belgium.

5/13/08 – Hilton Head Island, SC, Hilton Head Prep School Auditorium for The Jazz Connection (Hilton Head Symphony), with Bob Alberti, piano, and vocalist Lynn Roberts.

5/16/08 – 5/18/08 – Odessa, Texas, The West Texas Jazz Party.

5/22/08 – 5/25/08 – Sacramento, CA., The Sacramento Jazz Jubilee.

5/27/08 – 6/7/08 – Tour of Germany with Scott Hamilton and The Olaf Polziehn Trio.


JUNE

6/9/08 – Paris, France, Duc des Lombards, with The Four Others (tribute to The Four Brothers).

6/12/08 – Satander, Spain, with The Four Others (tribute to The Four Brothers).

6/13/08 – San Sebastian, Spain, with The Four Others (tribute to The Four Brothers).

6/14/08 – Marciac, France, with The Four Others (tribute to The Four Brothers).

6/17/08 – Methuen, MA., The Sahara Club, with Ken Peplowski.

6/20/08 – 6/26/08 – Tour of Germany.

6/27/08 – 7/6/08 – Ascona, Switzerland, Ascona Jazz Festival, with The Harry Allen – Joe Cohn Quartet.


JULY

7/11/08 – 7/20/08 – Perugia, Italy, Umbria Jazz Festival,  with The Harry Allen – Joe Cohn Quartet

7/26/08 – Hackettstown, NJ, Jazz in July,  with Ken Peplowski.

7/29/08 – NYC, 92nd Street Y, Jazz in July.

7/31/08 – 8/3/08 – Chicago, IL., The Jazz Showcase.


AUGUST

8/8/08 – 8/10/08 – Brecon Jazz Festival, Wales, UK.

8/12/08 – 8/17/08 – NYC, Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola: Jazz at Lincoln Center, with Trio da Paz, Maucha Adnet, Joe Locke, Romero Lubambo, Nilson Matta, Duduka DaFonseca.

8/19/08 – 8/24/08 – NYC, Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola: Jazz at Lincoln Center,  with Trio da Paz, Maucha Adnet, Joe Locke, Romero Lubambo, Nilson Matta, Duduka DaFonseca.


SEPTEMBER

9/14/08 – Topeka, KS., 3-5PM, Topeka Jazz Workshop, with Stephanie Nakasian and Hod O’Brien.

9/15/08 – Kansas City, MO. Kansas City Jazz Ambassadors, with Stephanie and Hod O’Brien.

9/20/08 – Princeton, NJ, 2:30-3:30PM, Jazzfeast 2008, Palmer Square Green.

9/28/08 – Boise, Idaho, Boise State University, with The Harry Allen – Joe Cohn Classic Jazz Quartet.


OCTOBER

10/4/08 – 10/6/08 – Blackpool, England, Swinging Jazz Party 2008.

10/7/08 – Rawtenstall, England, The Rhythm Station.

10/17/08 – 10/18/08 – Hilton Head Island, S.C. The Jazz Corner,  with The Harry Allen – Joe Cohn Classic Jazz Quartet.

 


NOVEMBER

11/1/08 – 11/9/08 – Jazz Fest at Sea, cruise out of Tampa, FL.

11/15/08 – 11/22/08 – Joe Segal Cruise out of Miami, FL.

11/30/08 – 12/7/08 – Jazz Dagen/Arbors Records Cruise, Crystal Symphony, out of Los Angeles along the Mexican Riviera.

Past McMahon Jazz Medicine Concerts

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The Two Tenors

Harry Allen Quartet and
Scott Hamilton at the 1st
McMahon Jazz Medicine
Concert, June 17, 2005,
New York City

Clip length: 1:27
Size: 1.4 MB


Jazz for the Heart Release Party

Harry Allen Quartet with guests John Bunch and Carmen Leggio perform Night Train at the 4th McMahon Jazz Medicine Concert, April 8, 2006, New York City

Clip length: 1:19
Size: 1.3 MB


Return of the Two Tenors

Harry Allen Quartet, Scott Hamilton and pianist John Bunch performing February 16, 2007, at Bogardus Mansion, New York City

Clip length: 7:09
Size: 10.1 MB

Some of the great artists who have performed at past McMahon Jazz Medicine concerts:

About the Harry Allen Quartet:

With over 30 CDs to his credit, award-winning tenor saxophonist Harry Allen, the son of a big band drummer, has been immersed in jazz since he was a child. A graduate of Rutgers with a Bachelor of Arts degree, Harry started recording back in 1989 in a session with Kenny Baron. His CDs have been recognized for their excellence and have won such accolades as the Gold Disc and New Star awards. Harry’s art has taken him to jazz clubs and festivals all over the world, and has placed him alongside such jazz greats as John and Bucky Pizzarelli, Rosemary Clooney, Tony Bennett, and many more. His saxophone style is reminiscent of the melodic, mainstream approach of such tenorists as Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster, Lester Young, and Stan Getz.


The Harry Allen–Joe Cohn Quartet. From left to right: Chuck Riggs, Joe Cohn, Harry Allen and Joel Forbes.

About Scott Hamilton:

From the first note of “Man With a Horn,” you know you’re listening to something special from the great ballad player, Scott Hamilton. The name of Scott Hamilton’s new CD, Nocturnes & Serenades, with eight ballads, is very appropriate. This is the CD you want to put on late in the evening, lower the lights, open up a bottle of your favorite brew, put your arms around your woman, and dream the night away. This is “Jazz for Lovers” if there ever was one.

Scott is taking a tip from his protégé Harry Allen who has issued two all-time great sellers, Jazz for the Soul and Jazz for the Heart, all ballads, under his new label McMahonJazzMedicine.com.


To hear sample tracks from Scott’s new CD, click on the album cover above.


About John Bunch:

John Bunch’s long and impressive career includes work with the big bands of Woody Herman, Benny Goodman, and Maynard Ferguson, and the smaller groups of Buddy Rich, Zoot Sims and Gene Krupa. When he has had some time off from these engagements he has produced his own well-regarded albums, of which Tony’s Tunes (right), focusing on the Tony Bennett songbook, is a fine example.

 


To hear sample tracks from Tony’s Tunes, click on the album cover above.

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