UPCOMING CONCERT ANNOUNCEMENTS: BEAT KAESTLI, KEITH WASHINGTON, NICK COLIONNE, MATTHEW HERBERT, CARMEN LUNDY & MORE…

Upcoming Concert Announcements……….Beat Kaestli Quartet @ The Bacchus Room in New York on Aug. 16……….Guitarist Nick Colionne is the featured performer at the upcoming third annual Art and All That Jazz Festival on Aug. 19 in Burnsville, MN. Colionne, whose latest album has reached the Top 10 on the national smooth jazz charts is returning as headliner for the second consecutive year……….Keith Washington appears at the Old School Celebrity Funk Fest Cruise from Aug. 19-24. The cruise will de docking at Grand Cayman Island and Ocho Rios, Jamiaca along its voyage……….Matthew Herbert performs with full band and Skye (from Morcheeba) @ Irving Plaza in New York on Aug. 23……….Kenny Dope will be performing a special DJ set at Cielo in New York on Aug. 24……….Rainier Truby is in for an exclusive DJ set at Cielo on Sept. 7……….Jazz And The New Songbook Artists will be making a stop at the Ford Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, CA and will feature Carmen Lundy, Regina Carter, Robert Glasper, Steve Turre and over a dozen more artists. It’s set for Sept. 10. Lundy is currently featured on 4 popular CDs: Geri Allen's Timeless Portraits and Dreams on Telarc, Jazz Vocalists Hear & Now on Concord Jazz, Hallmark Productions Vintage Collection, and on Mayra Casales' new release, Woman on Fire………. McCoy Tyner. Kenny Garrett, Antonio Jackson, Carmen Lundy, Omar Sosa, and Christian McBride will participate at this year’s sixth annual BeanTown Jazz Festival on Boston’s South End from Sept. 29 through Oct. 1……….Dimitri From Paris and Gilles Peterson will be mixing at the BBE 10th Anniversary on Sept. 30 at the Canvas Kings Cross Goods Yard in London, U.K.……….Spyro Gyra will be at the Community Hall at Fort Lewis College in Telluride, CO on Nov. 16.