The Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour 55th Anniversary Celebration will be launching next month and the lineup details have been announced.The tour is set to feature vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater, bassist and musical director Christian McBride, pianist Benny Green, drummer Lewis Nash, saxophonist Chris Potter, and trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire.
The tour will include 45 shows and will kick off on January 10, 2013 in Santa Cruz, Calif., and will make stops in 40 cities across North America through April 28.
The 2013 tour will take place in two legs, from January 10 – February 3, and March 20 – April 28.
01/10 -Santa Cruz CA Kuumbwa Jazz Center - (7PM and 9PM)
01/11 -Eugene OR Hult Center for the Performing Arts
Silva Concert Hall
01/13 -Costa Mesa CA Segerstrom Center for the Arts
01/15 -Santa Barbara CA Lobero Theater
01/18 -Davis CA Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts
01/19 -Berkeley CA Cal Performances / Zellerbach Hall
01/20 -Calgary AB Epcor Centre for the Performing Arts
01/22 -Seattle WA Benaroya Hall / Seattle Symphony
01/23 -Northridge CA Valley Performing Arts Center
CSU Northridge
01/25 -Nashville TN Nashville Symphony
01/26 -Durham NC Carolina Theatre
01/27 -Newport News VA Christopher Newport University's
Ferguson Center for the Arts
01/31 -Boston MA Celebrity Series of Boston
Berklee Performance Center
02/01 -Washington DC John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Terrace Theater (2 sets)
02/02 -Philadelphia PA Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
Merriam Theater
02/03 -Princeton NJ McCarter Theatre Center / Matthews Theatre
03/20 -East Lansing MI Wharton Center for the Performing Arts
Cobb Great Hall
03/21 -Traverse City MI City Opera House
03/22 -Chicago IL Chicago Symphony Center Orchestra Hall
03/23 -Kansas City MO American Jazz Museum / Gem Theater
03/24 -Baton Rouge LA Manship Theatre at the Shaw Center
for the Arts (2 shows)
03/26 -Indianapolis IN Madame Walker Theatre Center
03/27 -Champaign IL Krannert Center for the Performing Arts University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
03/28 -Detroit MI Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall
03/29 -Columbus OH Lincoln Theatre
03/30 -Morristown NJ Community Theatre at Mayo Center
for the Performing Arts / MainStage
04/02 -New York NY Blue Note
04/03 -New York NY Blue Note
04/04 -New York NY Blue Note
04/05 -New York NY Blue Note
04/06 -New York NY Blue Note
04/07 -New York NY Blue Note
04/11 -West Palm
Beach FL Raymond F. Kravis Center
for the Performing Arts / Dreyfoos Hall
04/12 -Gainesville FL Phillips Center for Performing Arts
University of Florida
04/13 -Tampa FL David A. Straz, Jr. Center
for the Performing Arts / Ferguson Hall
04/14 -Naples FL Philharmonic Center for the Arts / Hayes Hall
04/18 -Columbia MO Missouri Theatre Center for the Arts
04/19 -St. Louis MO Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center
04/20/12 Fayetteville AR Walton Arts Center / Baum Walker Hall
04/21 -Germantown TN Germantown Performing Arts Centre MainStage
04/24 -Boulder CO Boulder Theater
04/25 -Santa Fe NM Lensic Performing Arts Center
04/26 -Mesa AZ Mesa Arts Center / Ikeda Theater
04/27 -Salt Lake City UT JazzSLC at the Capitol Theatre
04/28 -Anchorage AK Alaska Center for the Performing Arts
Atwood Concert Hall
