Jimmy Herring will be  performing both nights at the upcoming  Abstract Logix New Universe Music Festival. On November 20, Saturday, he will be performing with his own outfit, The Jimmy Herring Band and on the second night, Sunday, November 21, Jimmy will be appearing with The Lenny White Group as well as in the Final All Star Jam- A Special Tribute to John McLaughlin with many musicians and special Guest.

Tickets for the event can be purchased directly at the Lincon Theatre Website

In support of his new album Anomaly, tour will feature peerless guitarist
Jimmy Herring (Widespread Panic, The Dead, Allman Brothers)

Press Release (New York): Via his genre-defining stint in Return To Forever, his long-admired contributions to Miles Davis’s legendary Bitches Brew album, and sessions with everyone from Gil Evans to Stan Getz to Joe Henderson, Lenny White has played a crucial role in expanding the boundaries of jazz, adding a thrilling dose of rock muscle to its inherent improvisational fabric. His influence is widely felt, and his still-evolving creative genius has been recently featured on a triumphant worldwide Return To Forever reunion tour in 2008 and on separate trio tours in 2009 with fellow fusion mavericks Chick Corea and Stanley Clarke and with Clarke and pianist Hiromi. May 18, 2010 saw the release of Anomaly on artist friendly hip music outfit Abstract Logix, his first solo statement in well over a decade – a cracking album that fulfilled handily White’s vision of recording a fusion album with the intensity and power of a rock session.

Now, in support of Anomaly, White is taking to the road as a solo artist. “It’s been over ten years since I toured with my band, playing my music,” he explains. White’s focus will be on the new compositions from Anomaly, although he adds, “I will go back a bit, too.” Joining White on this tour will be guitarist Jimmy Herring, whose incisive, probing playing with outfits as varied as the Allman Brothers, the Aquarium Rescue Unit, the Dead, Phil Lesh and Friends, Widespread Panic, and Project Z has made him one of the most admired musicians in contemporary improvisational music. “Jimmy is a special guitarist,” White explains. “Some guys just have a unique way of playing a song with an identifiable sound, Jimmy is one of those musicians. He’s progressive but he has that great southern approach that results in such a beautiful combination.”
Herring is equally enthralled to be involved with White’s music. “Lenny White has been one of my favorite drummers since the first time I heard him play,” Herring enthuses. “His work on Return to Forever’s Romantic Warrior album is some of the best drumming ever recorded. He’s a true master of his craft.”

Full tour dates are below. The shows promise improvisational fireworks, tightly-wound compositions, and dynamic interplay that only masters of Herring and White’s level can achieve. “We need to restart a revolution,” White explains, “so that we can take back the music and stop the fluff.”

Widespread Panic’s Dirty Side Down Summer Tour included a record-breaking, three-night sell out at Denver’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre (in 7 minutes), three sold out nights at the Chicago Theater, festival headlining dates, a performance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, taped an appearance on National Public Radio’s World Cafe (airing August 20) and a blistering show at New York’s Radio City Music Hall.

Visit http://www.widespreadpanic.com/ontour.php for  the latest Widespread Panic dates

Photographs by Colin Vereen- 2

Photographs by Colin Vereen- 1

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2009 marks the formation of the Jimmy Herring Band, featuring Herring on guitar, drummer extraordinaire Jeff Sipe (Aquarium Rescue Unit, Jazz is Dead, Shawn Lane), prolific jazz maverick Greg Osby on saxophone, multifaceted keyboardist Scott Kinsey (Tribal Tech), and musical chameleon Oteil Burbridge (spring tour only) on bass (Allman Brothers, Aquarium Rescue Unit).

The Jimmy Herring Band will be performing a wide range of material, including compositions from Herring’s long-awaited and much-acclaimed 2008 solo debut “Lifeboat.” In addition, there will be some cover tunes from various influential records from the 60′s and 70′s and select favorites from the catalogues of the individual band members. Herring is understandably excited about the prospect of performing this music with this lineup over an extended period of time. “It’s a shot of adrenaline to get to play with musicians who are pushing the envelope and breaking down the walls that exist between genres of music. Each of these musicians inspires with every note they play.”

“Lifeboat” is the debut solo album from Jimmy Herring released on Abstract Logix Music.

Current dates on the Tourdates Page

NOTE: ALL SHOWS TO START AT 9 PM or EARLIER. PLEASE CONTACT VENUE FOR EXACT TIMINGS
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Jimmy Herring :: Lifeboat

Joining Jimmy Herring on his album are Jeff Sipe on Drums, Oteil Burbridge on Bass, Kofi Burbridge and Matt Slocum on keyboards and Greg Osby on saxophones. Derek Trucks is a special guest appearing on 2 cuts.