Major events and performances, 2007-2011
| recent major events/festivals (2007-2011) |
December 27-31, 2011 — New York City
Birdland Big Band brings in the new year with a week long engagement at Birdland
December 14-16, 2011 — Brookyln, NY
Snarky Puppy records live DVD/CD “Ground Up” at Shapeshifter Labs
November 28-December 10, 2011 — Cologne, GERMANY
Concert series performing with the WDR Big Band in Germany
September 25-October 6, 2011 — USA
SPOKE USA tour promoting the new CD Succinct, including New York, Michigan, Ohio, Missouri, Colorado and Wyoming
August 4-7, 2011 — Marciac, FRANCE
TS Monk tentet plays the Marciac Jazz Festival
July 24 – 31, 2011 — Santa Fe, ARGENTINA
Teaching and performing in Trombonanza Low Brass festival
July 17, 2011 — Boston, MA
Spanish Harlem Orchestra, summer festival in Boston
July 14, 2011 — Rochester NY
Spanish Harlem Orchestra, summer festival in Rochester
June 22-25, 2011 — Nashville, TN
International Trombone Festival with Rutgers University trombone students performance winning the annual jazz trombone ensemble competition
June 14, 2011 — New York City
The Bjorkestra plays the Blue Note Jazz Festival, Highline Ballroom
May 16 – June 3, 2011 — PLANET EARTH
18 day full circle of the globe, including Boben en Lajna festival in Slovenia, Andy Hunter and Nicholas Boloukos concerts in Shanghai, Laura Fygi and JZ Big Band tour including Shanghai, Shen Zhen, Guang Zhou and Hong Kong and more
April 23, 2011 — New York City
Robin Eubanks with Andy Hunter tribute to classic impulse recordings of JJ Johnson and Kai Winding at the Jazz Standard
April 9, 2011 — A Coruna, SPAIN
TS Monk tentet in Spain
March 16-22, 2011 — Ivanovo and Yaroslavl, RUSSIA
Manhattan Time Quintet tour in Russia, with Alex Sipiagin, Gene Jackson, Boris Kozlov, and Misha Tsiganov
March 12, 2011 — Paris, FRANCE
Spanish Harlem Orchestra in Paris, Banleus Blues Festival
March 6, 2011 — Tucson, AZ
TS Monk tentet in Tucson, Arizona
February 12, 2011 — Atlantic City, NJ
Salsa legends from the 90’s, including La India, Frankie Negron, Tito Nieves, Eddie Santiago and other greats
February 5, 2011 — Chicago, IL
Mingus Big Band clinics and concert at New Traier Jazz Festival
February 3, 2011 — Dallas, TX
Starlight Orchestra plays at Cowboys stadium at an event for coaches and players in the Superbowl
December 28 2010-January 1 2011 — New York City
Birdland Big Band brings in the new year with a week long engagement at Birdland
December 22, 2010 — Dakar, SENEGAL
Richard Bona Group at the World Festival of Black Arts in Dakar, Senegal
December 5, 2010 — MARTINIQUE
Richard Bona Group at the Martinique Jazz Festival
October 11-19, 2010 — CHINA and JAPAN
Toshiko Akiyoshi/Lew Tabackin big band, tour in China and Japan
September 11-13, 2010 — Chicago, IL
with Ruben Blades, Tito Nieves and Gilberto Santarosa at Aragon Ballroom and benefit for Chicago White Sox charity
July 28, 2010 — Los Angeles, CA
Dave Holland Big Band at the Hollywood Bowl
July 7, 2010 — Los Angeles, CA
Richard Bona Group at the Hollywood Bowl
July 5 & 6, 2010 — San Francisco and Oakland, CA
Richard Bona Group at Yoshi’s Jazz Club
July 4, 2010 — Ottawa, CANADA
Richard Bona Group at the Ottawa Jazz Festival
July 2, 2010 — Montreal, CANADA
Richard Bona Group at the Montreal Jazz Festival
June 25, 2010 — Syracuse, NY
Richard Bona Group at the Syracuse Jazz Festival
June 21, 2010 — Jersey City, NJ
Mingus Dynasty high school clinic and performance in Jersey City
June 18-20, 2010 — New York, NY
Richard Bona Group residency at the Jazz Standard
June 18, 2010 — New York, NY
Andy Hunter Sextet records its album at Systems Two in Brooklyn, feat. Alex Sipiagin, Dave Kikoski, Boris Kozlov, Jason Marshall and Danny Fischer
May 24, 2010 — Accra, GHANA
Richard Bona Group festival concert in Accra, Ghana
May 22, 2010 — Rabat, MOROCCO
Richard Bona Group festival concert in Rabat, Morocco
May 4, 2010 — Chicago, IL
guest artist for Clinic and concert with Conant HS Jazz Bands
April 28, 2010 — Bogota, COLOMBIA
Richard Bona Group concert in Colombia
April 9, 2010 — New York City
Richard Bona Group concert at Town Hall, NY
March 29-April 4, 2010 — Lima, PERU
Teaching and performing in Peru Low Brass Festival at the National Conservatory, Lima
February 26, 2010 — Portland, OR
Mingus Big Band at the Portland Jazz Festival
February 18-21 and 27, 2010 — Dallas TX, St. Paul MN and Brookfield WI
Nnenna Freelon Dreaming the Duke tour
February 1-11, 2010 — Mumbai, INDIA and Tokyo/Osaka JAPAN
Richard Bona Group tourin India and Japan
January 22, 2010 — Gainsville, FL
Nnenna Freelon Dreaming the Duke at University of Florida
October 29-30, 2009 — Presque Isle, Maine
Master classes and performances at the University of Maine
September 17-20, 2009 — New York City
Richard Bona at the Jazz Standard
September 7, 2009 — Detroit, MI
T.S. Monk at the Detroit Jazz Festival
September 5, 2009 — Tanglewood, MA
Nnena Freelon at the Tanglewood Jazz Festival
July 13-19, 2009 — Campinas, BRAZIL
Teaching and performing in Brazil’s largest ever brass festival
June 14, 2009 — Hollywood, CA
Dave Holland Big Band at the Playboy Jazz Festival
May 23, 2009 — Seattle, WA
Mingus Big Band at the Bellevue Jazz Festival
April 24, 2009 — Denver, CO
Mingus Big Band at the Greeley Jazz Festival
April 6-12, 2009 — Lima, PERU
Teaching and performing in Peru Low Brass Festival at the National Conservatory, Lima
April 2-5, 2009 — Florida and Georgia
Mingus Big Band southern US tour
March 5, 2009 — Wellington, NEW ZEALAND
Mingus Big Band at the Wellington Jazz Festival
March 3, 2009 — Macao, CHINA
Mingus Big Band theater performance in Macao
March 1, 2009 — Sydney, AUSTRALIA
Mingus Big Band at the Sydney Opera House
December 5, 2008 — New York City
End of year banquet party for NASCAR
November 1, 2008 — Las Vegas, NV
Featured jazz soloist at UNLV’s annual 76 trombones conference
October 4, 2008 — Seoul, KOREA
the Bjorkestra at Jarasum International Jazz Festival
September 19-22, 2008 — Shanghai, CHINA
bilingual festival host, performer in 3 different bands, and filming as TV host documenting Shanghai Jazz Festival
September 10-12, 2008 — Presque Isle, Maine
Master classes and performances at the University of Maine
September 2, 2008 — New York City
Guest Lecturer at the Jazz Museum in Harlem
August 3-10, 2008 — Santa Fe, ARGENTINA
Teaching and performing in Trombonanza Low Brass Festival
July 11, 2008 — Tokyo, JAPAN
Monday Michiru at the Liquid Room, Ebisu Tokyo
July 7 and 10, 2008 — Yokohama, JAPAN
Performances with Yokohama Artists Association
July 9, 2008 — Tokyo, JAPAN
Alex Sipiagin at Body and Soul
July 4, 2008 — Rome, ITALY
Riccardo Fassi Quintet at Villacellomontana Jazz Festival, Rome
June 25, 26, 2008 — Kumamoto, JAPAN
Class lecture and gig in Kumamoto, Japan
May 30-June 1, 2008 — Panama City, PANAMA
Teaching at Arts Festival and performing with Dino Nugent, Panama
April 22-27, 2008 — San Francisco, CA
Mingus Big Band at Yoshi’s Jazz Club
March 1, 2008 — New York City
Saturday Night Live house band, great show featuring Hillary Clinton and Rudy Guiliani
February 23, 2008 — Chicago, IL
Mingus Big Band at Elmhurst Jazz Festival
February 22, 2008 — Philadelphia, PA
Mingus Big Band at the Kimmel Center
January 26, 2008 — Boston, MA
Ochun at Harvard
October 25, 2007 — Salisbury, MD
Harlem Renaissance Orchestra at Salisbury University
September 19 – October 7, 2007 — RUSSIA, POLAND, GERMANY, ITALY
Mingus Dynasty tour in Russia (Moscow, Arhangelsk, Solovki Island, and Yaroslavl) Poland (Glokow), Germany (Hannover, Potsdam, Gutersloh, Kassel) and Italy (Milan – Blue Note Jazz Club)
September 2, 2007 — Chicago, IL
Mingus Big Band at the Chicago Jazz Festival
August 11, 2007 — Newport, RI
Mingus Orchestra at the Newport Jazz Festival
August 4, 2007 — Litchfield, CT
Mingus Big Band at the Litchfield Jazz Festival
July 21, 2007 — New York City
Harlem Renaissance Orchestra at Lincoln Center
June 27, 2007 — New York City
Mingus Dynasty at Madison Square Park
May 28-30, 2007 — Beijing, CHINA
Andy Hunter Septet and Lawrence Ku Septet, Beijing Nine Gates Jazz Festival concerts and clinics
April 26-28, 2007 — Hainan Island, CHINA
performing and bilingual hosting at the Sanya Yalong bay jazz festival
April 21, 2007 — Montreal, CANADA
Wayne Gorbea y Salsa Picante at Montreal Salsa Exchange
March 9-11, 2007 — Oberlin, OH
Guest speaker at China convention at Oberlin College
February 24, 25, 2007 — Shanghai, CHINA
Lawrence Ku Septet at Shanghai City Jazz Festival
January-February, 2007 — HangZhou, CHINA
Launch of Soulfire radio, new jazz radio station. Live performance and prerecording of lots of shows for the station
