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NEW TOUR INCLUDES APPEARANCES AT
COACHELLA, SXSW, NOLA JAZZ AND MORE


Seun Kuti

After a whirlwind summer 2011 tour, Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 return this spring on a mammoth cross country tour – taking in 30+ dates across the breadth and width of the US – distinguished by the variety of venues and events in the tour schedule, with shows in the clubs, theaters, performing arts centers and the spring’s biggest festivals: SXSW, Coachella, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Fest, Houstin I-Fest, International Festival of Louisiana, Lake Eden Arts Festival and many more. Check all the dates below.

Tour Dates

  • 3/15 – SXSW – Austin, TX
  • 3/16 – Neumo’s – Seattle, WA

  • 3/17 – Mt. Tabor Theater – Portland, OR

  • 3/18 – W.O.W. Hall – Eugene, OR

  • 3/21 – Center for the Arts – Grass Valley, CA

  • 3/23 – Moe’s – Santa Cruz, CA

  • 3/24 – Mateel Cultural Center – Redway, CA

  • 3/28 – Belly Up – Aspen, CO

  • 3/29 – Boulder Theater – Boulder, CO

  • 3/30 – Granada Theater – Lawrence, KS

  • 3/31 – Englert Theater – Iowa City, IA

  • 4/1 – House of Blues – Chicago, IL

  • 4/4 – Variety – Atlanta, GA

  • 4/5 – Duke Performances – Durham, NC

  • 4/6- Soundstage – Baltimore, MD

  • 4/7 – Club Helsinki – Hudson, NY

  • 4/8 – Highline Ballroom – New York, NY

  • 4/12 – UW Madison – Madison, WI

  • 4/13 – Rhythm Foundation – Miami, FL

  • 4/14 – The Cedar – Minneapolis, MN

  • 4/15 – Coachella – Indio, CA

  • 4/16 – Campbell Hall – Santa Barbara, CA

  • 4/18 – UC San Diego – San Diego, CA

  • 4/19 – Zellerbach Hall – Berkeley, CA

  • 4/20 – UCLA Royce Hall – Los Angeles, CA

  • 4/22 – Coachella – Indio, CA

  • 4/24 – KTAOS Solar Center – Taos, NM

  • 4/25 – Albuquerque Museum Amphitheater – Albuquerque, NM

  • 4/27 – New Orleans Jazz Festival – New Orleans, LA

  • 4/29 – Houston International Festival – Houston, TX

  • 5/2 – House of Blues – New Orleans, LA

  • 5/13 – Lake Eden Arts Festival – Black Mountain, NC

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    FUNDRAISING CONCERT FOR

    UC BERKELEY JAZZ AND IMPROVISED MUSIC FUND


    Art Lande

    The Department of Music at the University of California, Berkeley presents a special fundraising concert for the Jazz and Improvised Music Fund (JIM) on Saturday, April 10, 8:00pm at Hertz Hall, Berkeley, CA. Famed improvisers Art Lande (Pianist/Drummer) and Paul McCandless (Saxophonist/Multi-Instrumentalist) will perform a program of original compositions and free improvisations, and UC Berkeley professor and pianist Myra Melford will direct the Berkeley Nu Jazz Collective debuting student arrangements and compositions. There will be a preconcert Q & A with Lande and McCandless, for ticket holders, from 7:15 7:45pm.

    Tickets are $15 general admission; $10 students, seniors, and groups of 10+; $5 UC Berkeley students. Tickets may be purchased at Hertz Hall one hour prior to performance (7:00pm) or in advance by calling (510) 642-9988 or visiting http://tickets.berkeley.edu.

    The JIM Fund, under the direction of Melford and UC Berkeley faculty member and trumpeter Christy Dana, was created by and for UC Berkeley music students. Its primary purpose is to raise money and support for studies in jazz and contemporary improvised music, especially in light of recent budget cuts. The JIM Fund strives to provide new instruments and audio equipment, to increase the number of master classes and coaching sessions with world-class musicians, along with establishing an endowment. JIM allows students to study, perform and collaborate on a variety of approaches to improvised music by creating a thriving community of musicians.

    Since its founding in 2009, JIM has created the Berkeley Nu Jazz Collective, produced an innovative collaboration between improvisers in food and in music, presented a master class with the progressive Jazz supergroup Kneebody, and held concerts with world-class musicians Denny Zeitlin, Taylor Eigsti, Matt Wilson, and Mark Dresser.



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    SATURDAY FEBRUARY 4 FROM 9AM TO 1AM PST

    On Saturday, February 4 from 9am to 1am PST, KPFA in Berkeley will broadcast their annual Grateful Dead fund-raising marathon. Hosted by David Gans annually since 1986, the program is set to include rare recordings from the archive; some unreleased Jerry Garcia Band recordings; Bonnie Simmons‘ January 1976 KSAN interview with Jerry Garcia; a live performance by the David Nelson Band from Hawaii; The Fall Risk live in the KPFA performance studio; and more surprises yet to be announced.

    Tune in live on KPFA 94.1 FM on Saturday, or listen to the stream at kfpa.org, dead.net, , and nugs.net.

    KPFA will be auctioning photos and other memorabilia in advance of the February 4 marathon. Please click here for more information.



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