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Woody Allen and the Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band are going on tour in August. We broke the story with the dates along with an exclusive interview with trombonist Jerry Zigmont. We now have the full list of venues as well as links to buy tickets. It is unusual for Allen and the band […]
Woody Allen fans know Jerry Zigmont. He’s the trombonist for the Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band, the outfit that have been playing every Monday night with Woody Allen for decades. Year after the year, the band plays almost every week (with a small break for the holidays and to make films) at The Carlyle […]
A New York institution will continue into 2015. Woody Allen has been playing his clarinet most Monday nights for decades. After a short European and holiday break, Allen and the Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band have announced dates for the new year. The bands first 2015 show is on Monday 12th January 2015. Pianist […]
Woody Allen and his regular band – the Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band – have just finished a three date tour of Europe. A rare European concert performance, we are wrapping up photos, videos and reviews of the tour. The first concert was at the Monte-Carlo Opera House. https://twitter.com/jerryz/status/549689992885571584 View this post on Instagram […]
Woody Allen and his long time band – the Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band – are returning to Europe this December. Following dates already announced for Monte Carlo and Barcelona, they have added a third in Badajoz, Spain. The concert takes place on 30th December, and will be held at the Palacio de Congressos. […]
Woody Allen turns 79 today! Yes, next year is a much nicer looking number, but we still wish him all the very best on this day. Allen’s 79th year was a dramatic one. His year started with Blue Jasmine and Cate Blanchett winning all the awards she could. He followed it up with his 44th […]
Last week, Woody Allen and the Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band announced a concert date in Spain. That concert visit is now turning into a tour, with a second date added – in Monte Carlo, Monaco. The performance will take place at Opéra Garnier in Monte-Carlo, Monaco. It will be on the 29th December […]
Woody Allen and the Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band has kicked off a new season at the Carlyle Hotel in New York. You can catch the band every Monday night until Christmas. Allen and band have been performing their regular Mondays for decades, but so far this season we have already had one surprise […]
In the 60s and 70s, Woody Allen appeared many times on the Dick Cavett Show, usually for a few laughs. In our video of the week, here’s Allen on the same show, but this time playing clarinet. According to Allen, he has played clarinet every day for decades. He just commenced another season at the […]
A little Annie Hall reunion happened on Monday night. Jeff Goldblum, who had the briefest of cameos in ‘Annie Hall‘, joined Woody Allen and his regular jazz band onstage for a song. Allen, of course, has held his regular Monday night slot at The Carlyle Hotel for decades. His performances with the Eddy Davis New […]
Woody Allen, more weeks than not, plays clarinet with the Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band, Monday nights at the Carlyle Cafe in New York City. Adhering to his usual schedule, Allen and the band have locked in appearances from September through to December. The bands trombonist Jerry Zigmont has put new dates on his […]
Woody Allen has held his regular engagement of playing clarinet in the Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band for decades. The band has made plenty of crossovers into Allen’s film career and now they have revealed they are recording a secret track for the Bullets Over Broadway musical. The band themselves sent us tweets from […]
Woody Allen famously plays jazz on Mondays, almost every one, with the Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band at the Carlyle Hotel in New York City. It’s such a regular occurrence, we don’t cover it on Woodywatch. But this past week saw a very special performance, and very much worth covering. A holocaust survivor named […]
We don’t usually post Woody Allen’s Jazz endeavours in our videos of the week, mainly because he does it every single week! His Monday night residency with the Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band at the Carlyle in New York City continues as strong as ever. But just before Christmas, Allen and the band visited […]
At age 78, Woody Allen’s showing no signs of slowing down. Along with his films and writings, Allen’s been a fixture of the New York Jazz scene, appearing almost every Monday night at the Cafe Carlyle with the Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band. That residency is set to continue into 2014. The Cafe Carlyle […]
Woody Allen turns 78 on 1st December 2014. His 77th year has been as busy as the 50 or so that preceded it. He released 43rd film as a directed (Blue Jasmine) and finished production his 44th (Magic In the Moonlight) in the South of France. He appeared in a film that was a tribute […]
With production wrapped on his 2014 film and European press completed for Blue Jasmine, Woody Allen is returning to his regular jazz engagement. Starting this week, Woody Allen and the Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band will perform every Monday night at the Carlyle in New York until Christmas. The band performed for most of […]
Woody Allen performed two concerts this summer in France with the Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band this summer, taking their regular Monday night New York show across the pond. The two concerts, one in Lyon, one in Antibes, were held in the middle of Allen making his 2014 film. Now the band have posted […]
Woody Allen and the Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band have just completed their second and last concert in France, in the town of Antibes. In the audience were the stars of Allen’s newest film, currently in production in France – Colin Firth, Emma Stone (and her partner Andrew Garfield) and Erica Leerhsen. Pretty cool […]
Woody Allen is currently in France, directing his 2014 film. But not one to ever rest, he played a gig in Lyon last night with his regular jazz band – The Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band – as part of Nuits de Fourvière. Some pictures appeared in Twitter, there’s an official poster as well as […]