New Releases for 2008

Live in Detroit
Emanuel Young with Howard Glazer and the EL34s

Release date - February 19. Random Chance's own rockin' EL34s backing up long-time Detroit blues master Emanuel Young in a set of live blues from the Hallagen Bar.

Emanuel Young

Bleecker-Bowery
The Michael Packer Blues Band

Release date - January 22. This band is a very active New York City based band that gives a very New York spin to the straight ahead blues.This CD includes reeds (sax, flute) and bongos with guitars, harmonica, bass and drums. Vocals by Michael Packer with backups.


Michael Packer

Performance

Howard Glazer

Wednesdays, May 7,14,28
Butcher's Inn
1489 Winder Detroit, MI
313 566-0966
Howard's open mic

Sunday, May 4
Your Place Lounge
17326 E. Warren Detroit, MI
313 881-4150
Open Jam

Saturday, May 30, 10:00pm
Erin's Pub
18339 E. 14 Mile Rd. Fraser, MI
586 294-1440

Wednesday, June 4, 11:00am
Campus Martius Park
800 Woodward Ave. Detroit, MI
313 962-0101

June 6 & 7
Redwood Lodge
5304 Gateway Ctr. Dr. Flint, MI
810 233-8000

Saturday, June 21 5-11pm
"Blues on the Beach"
Hersel's on the Bay
6024 Port Austin Rd. Caseville, MI
989 856-2650

Emanuel Young

Monday, June 23, 11:00am
Campus Martius Park
800 Woodward Ave. Detroit, MI
313 962-0101

Pyeng Threadgilli

Every Friday 10:00pm
NuBlue
62 Avenue C New York, NY
$7 cover

Tuesday 6/24/08
Yoshi's
510 Embarcadero West
Oakland CA
time TBA

Thursday 6/26/08
Stanford Shopping Center
180 El Camino Real; Menlo Park, CA
6:00 & 7:30pm

Friday 7/18/08
Jazz East
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
time TBA

Wednesday 7/22/08
San Sebastian Festival
Spain
Performance time TBA

Wednesday 7/23/08
San Sebastian Festival
Spain
Performance time TBA

Friday 7/25/08
Cognac Blues Festival
France
Performance time TBA

Saturday 7/26/08
Cognac Blues Festival
France
Performance time TBA

Sunday 7/27/08
Rocce Rosse & Blues Festival
Italy
Performance time TBA

Monday 7/28/08
TBA
Italy
Performance time TBA

Tuesday 7/29/08
TBA
Italy
Performance time TBA

Michael Packer Blues Band

Saturday, May 3
The Turning Point Cafe
468 Piermont Ave. Piermont, NY
845 359-1089

Tuesday, June 10
BB King Blues Club
237 W 42nd St. New York, NY
212 997-4144

Friday, June 20
Mexicali Blues Cafe
1409 Queen Anne Rd. Teaneck, NJ
201-833-0011
with Melvin Taylor

Saturday, June 21 5:00pm
Washington Square Music Festival

Saturday, June 21
"Make Music New York"
Waterside Plaza New York, NY
212-340-4227

Randy Weston

May 16 thru 19
International Center for Performance Studies
Tangiers, Morocco

Thursday, May 29
Randy Weston African Rhythms
"A Great Night in Harlem"
The Jazz Foundation of America
Apollo Theater
NYC, USA

Saturday, May 31
Randy Weston African Rhythms Trio
The 28th Annual Central Pennsylvania Jazz Festival
At the Harrisburg Hilton
Harrisburg, PA, USA

June 5 & 6
Randy Weston African Rhythms
Solo concert and duo concert with Billy Harper
Arts of Jazz Festival Toronto
Toronto, Canada

July 25
Randy Weston African Rhythms Sextet
Jazz & Rib Fest - Music in the Air
Columbus, OH, USA

Aug 16
Randy Weston African Rhythms Trio
Kafe Antzoki Bilbao, Spain

Aug. 24
]Randy Weston African Rhythms Trio
Charlie Parker Jazz Festival New York, NY

Sept. 27
Randy Weston African Rhythms Trio
Beantown Jazz Festival
Boston, MA, USA

Oct. 15 & 16
Randy Weston African Rhythms
Sextet concert and solo concert
Buenos Aires Jazz 2008
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Nov. 6 2008 Randy Weston African Rhythms Trio
Aula from the Alten Universität
Salzburg, Austria

Nov. 14
Randy Weston African Rhythms Trio
Jazz in Riads
Fès, Morocco