Now this looks like something worth taking in if you are going to be near any of the tour cities in the States over the next couple months, beginning this Friday (18th Aug) in the Big Easy....

New York, NY – The 2006 BMW Pop-Jazz Live Tour will get off to a rousing start with a special debut show in the birthplace of jazz at the historic jazz venue Tipitina’s French Quarter, 8/18 at 8pm.

The New Orleans show—conceived as a “tribute” to the Big Easy in recognition of New Orleans’ singular contribution to jazz history—will feature the tour headliner Mike Phillips, who appears courtesy of Hidden Beach Recordings. Phillips, a NAACP Image Award Nominee, regularly tours and collaborates with the likes of Stevie Wonder, Prince and Jill Scott.

Phillips will be joined by local jazz legends Kermit Ruffins and Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews. The invited audience will include community leaders, dignitaries, local jazz musicians and New Orleans residents. “We want this special show to serve as a post-Katrina reunion that brings the community together,” said Michael Aiken, Managing Director of Spring LLC, the driving force behind the tour. “The show demonstrates our thanks for the city’s contributions to jazz and music and gives our guests at Tipitina’s a well-deserved opportunity to just have a good time and see old friends.”

Dedicated to “re-inventing” jazz for a younger, sophisticated and hipper generation/audience with new ideas on what jazz should be, the 2006 BMW Pop-Jazz Live Tour will then travel to six other cities:

+ Chicago, 13 Sep
+ Washington D.C., 19 Sep
+ New York, 21 Sep
+ Atlanta, 26 Sep
+ San Francisco, 10 Oct
+ Los Angeles, 12 Oct

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OK, Herr Hussmann, how do we get some tickets!? And why not bring Mr Phillips & Co to Valencia next Spring??



Further information about Mike Phillips and the tour is available at
www.ipopjazz.com.