{"id":5646,"date":"2014-04-06T16:10:26","date_gmt":"2014-04-06T23:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/?p=5646"},"modified":"2014-04-06T16:10:26","modified_gmt":"2014-04-06T23:10:26","slug":"clear-thinking-on-the-tour-front","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/2014\/04\/clear-thinking-on-the-tour-front\/","title":{"rendered":"Clear Thinking On The Tour Front"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[contextly_auto_sidebar id=&#8221;SDrPu230TqXOI7eLIKxUpvARl1Zf4qN9&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>Best Press release of the week. Of course, it&#8217;s only Sunday.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Billy Mintz Quartet tours in New York May 2014<\/p>\n<p>No more sneaking oversize instruments past the airlines! No more cramped economy seats! No more European trains where you jump up in a panic every time the conductor makes an announcement in a language you don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t understand! No more gas guzzling tour buses that smell like a bathroom! The Mintz Quartet announces a glorious five-day tour where the band can literally walk from one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Billy-Mintz-by-Picket.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Billy-Mintz-by-Picket.jpg\" alt=\"Billy Mintz by Picket\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Billy-Mintz-by-Picket.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Billy-Mintz-by-Picket-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Billy-Mintz-by-Picket-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>gig to the next (or at least to the nearest subway stop)!\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8Drummer\/composer and band leader Billy Mintz commented thoughtfully, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Traveling is such a drag&#8230;you know? So, man, I just thought, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Hey, why not book a tour where we don&#8217;t have to actually, like, tour?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u00a8The tour features the original quartet from Billy\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 2013 leader debut, Mintz Quartet: John Gross: tenor saxophone; Roberta Piket, piano, organ; Putter Smith, bass; Billy Mintz, drums, percussion, compositions.\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8 Below is a list of all the performances. <\/p>\n<p>05\/24\/2014\t7:30 pm\tSmalls Jazz Club 183 W. 10th St., New York<br \/>\n05\/23\/2014\t8:00 pm\tIbeam\t         168 7th Street, Brooklyn<br \/>\n05\/21\/2014\t8:00 pm\tBarbes\t         376 9th St., Brooklyn<br \/>\n05\/19\/2014\t8:30 pm\tGreenwich House\t 46 Barrow St., New York<br \/>\n05\/18\/2014      9:30 pm Firehouse Space  246 Frost St., Brooklyn<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>For a <em>Rifftides<\/em> review of Mintz\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s most recent album, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/2013\/10\/recent-listening-in-brief-mintz-burrell-lefkowitz-brown-anschell-weston.html\"target=\"_blank\">go here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[contextly_auto_sidebar id=&#8221;SDrPu230TqXOI7eLIKxUpvARl1Zf4qN9&#8243;] Best Press release of the week. 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