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KDTU & The Greyboy Allstars at Jazzfest
Karl Denson's Tiny Universe kicks off their April run to Jazzfest this Friday with a show in Charlotte NC at the Visulite Theatre. KDTU will make several more festival and club stops in the South on their way to Jazzfest including Asheville, Atlanta, Jacksonville, Athens, Charleston, Knoxville and Oxford. All club dates except New Orleans will be with On the One supporting. The late night show at The Howlin' Wolf on April 24 has Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk and fellow Greyboy Allstars member Robert Walter supporting (with an all star quartet and a few surprises). The House of Blues show on April 26 will have Big Sam's Funky Nation and DJ Soul Sister on the bill. Karl will also be performing as a special guest at the Maple Leaf on Wednesday April 29 for an all night performance by Robert Walter's 20th Congress.
In other Tiny Universe news, Karl will be entering the studio in May to work on his next record with esteemed guest Meshell Ndegeochello. If all goes well, we expect a late summer release. KDTU has also added dates on June 6th at the Telluride Jazz festival and July 2nd in Snowmass Colorado for a free show to kick off to their summer season.
Southern tour, Chicago this Weekend & new Jazzfest date!
After sold out shows in San Francisco this past weekend, KDTU continue their first tour in 4 years with a return to the south in April. The tour starts in Charlotte on the 17th at the Visulite Theatre with our friends On The One supporting, the band then headlines the Earth Day celebration in Asheville on the 18th and closes the Sweetwater 420 fest in Atlanta on the 19th. The Tiny Universe will then do a few club plays, spending 420 at the Freebird in Jacksonville, 4/21 at the Georgia Theatre in Athens and 4/22 at the Music Farm in Charleston, all with On The One as support. 4/23 finds the band outside in Knoxville before heading to New Orleans for the funk fiesta at the Howlin Wolf, doing a late night set with Ivan Neville's Dumpstafunk and Robert Wallter and Friends supporting. A quick trip up to Oxford for a closing slot at the Double Decker fest on 4/25 before the band wraps up April with a second Jazzfest show in New Orleans at the House of Blues on the 26th with special guests Big Sam's Funk Nation and DJ Soul Sister. Tickets for the House of Blues will go onsale through KDTU fanclub ticketing tomorrow March 25th at non CST, with a public onsale Saturday at noon PST at hob.com. KDTU should hit the stage around 10:30 for two long sets and fan ticketing can be found at www.KarlDenson.com for this and all shows.
The Tiny Universe will be in the Midwest this weekend with a show at the Double Door in Chicago on Thursday, Trocaderos in Minneapolis on Friday (with Porter, Batiste and Stoltz supporting), and finishing the weekend at the Majestic Theatre in Madison with James Brown drummer Clyde Stubblefield and his band opening the show.
You can also catch Karl on a few dates with the groove supergroup The Greyboy Allstars, for dates and info please visit www.greyboyallstars.com
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Karl Denson's Tiny Universe: http://karldensonstinyuniverse.frontgatetickets.com
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KDTU TOUR DATES ADDED
Karl Denson's Tiny Universe have confirmed several new dates, including stops Northern Cali at the HopMonk Tavern in Sebastopol on March 17th, and two nights at The Red Fox Tavern in Eureka on the 18th and 19th, followed by two nights in San Francisco on the 20th and 21st with Robert Walter's 20th Congress.
KDTU will continue touring throughout March, hitting Chicago at the Double Door on Thursday the 26th, Trocadero's in Minneapolis on Friday the 27th, and the Majestic Theatre in Madison on Saturday the 28th.
In April, KDTU is pleased to announce a special perfofrmance in New Orleans at The Howlin' Wolf with Dumpstaphunk and Robert Walter.
Tickets for KDTU shows are available from: http://karldensonstinyuniverse.frontgatetickets.com
CATCHING UP WITH KARL DENSON
Karl Denson is one of the hardest working men in show business. Over the course of his career, the revered saxophone and flute player has played with Lenny Kravitz and formed several successful bands of his own including The Greyboy Allstars, Karl Denson's Tiny Universe and now his new project, KD3: The Karl Denson Trio.
Denson's roots are in jazz, but he's also played rock, funk, groove-jazz, hip-hop, and soul for the last two decades. Denson shows no signs of slowing down and is excited to be releasing new music with The Greyboy Allstars this month and a debut album from his new group KD3 in June. He's touring with The Greyboy Allstars throughout April and May in support of the new record and will tour with KD3 from June throughout the rest of the year.