Jan 21, 2025 7:54 PM
Southern California Fires Hit the Jazz Community
Roy McCurdy and his wife had just finished eating dinner and were relaxing over coffee in their Altadena home, when he…
In support of his new Basin Street Records album, The Game Has Just Begun, New Orleans-based pianist/vocalist Henry Butler is planning an extensive concert schedule this summer and fall with his band and solo.
Confirmed dates so far include”
July 19-21: New York, Jazz Standard (Henry Butler Group)
July 26: New Orleans, LA Le Bon Temps Roule
Aug. 2: New Orleans, LA Steamboat Natchez (Henry Butler & Papa Henry and the Steamboat Syncopators)
Aug. 16: Lake Geneva Area, N.Y., Henry Butler Workshops (Solo)
Aug. 17: Upstate New York, Chenango Blues Festival (Solo)
Aug. 18: Upstate New York, Seneca Whale Watch Festival (Solo)
Aug. 26-26: Rome, Italy, Blues Festival (w/ band)
Sept. 27: New Orleans, Hyatt Regency (Dollars For Scholars)
Oct. 12: Escondido, Calif., California Center for the Arts
Oct. 13: Scottsdale, Ariz., Scottsdale Center for the Arts
Oct. 24: Houston, Houston Arena Theatre
Oct. 25: Tyler, Texas, Vaughn Auditorium at the University Texas at Tyler
Oct. 26: Fort Smith, Ark., Municipal Auditorium
Oct. 27: Fayetteville, Ark., Walton Arts Center
Oct. 29: Lincoln, Neb., Lied Center for the Performing Arts
Nov. 1: Springfield, Mo., Hammons Hall
Nov. 2: Elgin, Ill., Hemmens Cultural Center
Nov. 3: Rockford, Ill., Coronado Theatre
Nov. 5: Madison, Wis., Oscar Mayer Theatre Madison Civic Center
Nov. 8: East Lansing, Mich., Wharton Center for Performing Arts
Nov. 9: Lorain, Ohio, The Lorain Palace Civic Center
Nov. 12: Williamsport, Pa., Community Arts Center
Nov. 13: Elmira, N.Y., Clemens Center
Nov. 14: Schenectady, N.Y., Proctor’s Theatre
Nov. 15: Morristown, N.J., Community Theatre
Nov. 17: New Haven, Conn., Shubert Performing Arts Center
Nov. 21: Concord, N.H., Chubb Theatre Capitol Center for the Arts
Nov. 22: Uncasville, Conn., Wolf Den - Mohegan Sun Casino
Nov. 23: Portsmouth, N.H., Portsmouth Music Hall
Nov. 24: Orono, Maine, Hutchins Concert Hall, University of Maine at Orono
Dec. 12: New Orleans, Muriel’s (Eyes on You Gala)
For more information, go to www.basinstreetrecords.com
Gerald and John Clayton at the family home in Altadena during a photo shoot for the June 2022 cover of DownBeat. The house was lost during the Los Angeles fires.
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