Jazz Attack will kick off their tour on April 14th at the Jacksonville Jazz Festival in Jacksonville, Florida, then continue on to other jazz fests on the summer circuit, as well as regular dates. The foursome will be touring nonstop through late August, with several dates into October. Their band on the road will be drummer Rayford Griffin, guitarist Dwight Sills, keyboardist Ron Reinhardt and bassist Stan Sargeant.
This year's show will differ a bit from last time, Braun told SmoothJazz.com, because "at our age, two years is a long time and nobody can remember what we did in 2005! Fans think we make it look easy, but we really do need to rehearse to get an idea of what we're going to present. Even if we know the material by heart, we can't just jump in front of people and wing it. And, of course, there's the added challenge of introducing new songs from our new album. But we're confident the fans will love them because on every tune we worked on, our main criteria was, will it kill live? We're hoping the energy we created in the studio will translate to the stage."
Braun says he learned his concert philosophy from none other than Rod Stewart: "People are coming out to see a show, and Rod Stewart always used to say, he said: 'Thank you for spending your hard-earned money on my show,'you know. And you know what? That's true. You have to, as an artist, be grateful because people work hard for their money. And to choose to come out and see a show, they don't necessarily want to see an artist standing on stage thinking that it's an audience's privilege to come and see them."
Braun told us: "For me, I feel like I want people to walk away from this show with an experience that's so much more than just putting on my CD. I want them to feel like we've had some sort of experience together and they can walk away saying, 'Boy, I'll never forget that,'you know, 'That was a wonderful night.'"
Dates for Rick Braun's Jazz Attack Summer tour are as follows:
April 14th - Jacksonville, FL - Jacksonville Jazz Festival
April 15th - Santa Rosa Beach, FL - Sea Breeze Festival
April 20th - Phoenix, AZ - Celebrity Theater
April 21st - Las Vegas, NV - Las Vegas Jazz Fest
May 6th - West Palm Beach, FL - SunFest
May 12th - Temecula, CA - Thornton Winery
May 19th - Cerritos, CA - Cerritos Performing Arts
May 31st - Washington, DC - 15th Annual Capitol Jazz Festival
June 1st - York, PA - Shrine Capitol Performing Arts Center
June 2nd - Philadelphia, PA - Keswick Theatre
June 3rd - Westbury, NY - North Fork Theater
June 8th - Clearwater, FL - Ruth Eckard Hall
June 15th - Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun
June 20th - Cleveland, OH - Palace Theatre
June 21st - Kettering, OH - Frazee Pavillion
June 22nd - Detroit, MI - City of Southfield Civic Center
June 23rd - Healdsburg, CA - Rodney Strong Vineyards
June 24th - Big Bear Lake, CA - Big Bear Ski Resort
July 14th - Sacramento, CA - Radisson Hotel
July 20th - St. Louis, MO - The Pageant
July 21st - Chicago, IL - Chicago Theater
July 29th - Spring Mountain, NV - Jazz Under The Stars, Spring Mountain State Park
August 4th - Valencia, CA - The Paseo Tennis Club
August 11th - Long Beach, CA - Long Beach Jazz Festival
August 25th - Michigan City, IN - Guy Foreman Amphitheater, Washington Park
October 14th - Catalina, CA - Catalina Jazz Festival
By: Adrianne Stone - icebergradio.com
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