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Live , Lama is an explosion. Six people on stage, and enough instruments to make the most eager musician blush. Lama is six people playing their hands, throats and feet till they swell up.
Nils Martin Larsen is a unique talent that up to now primarily has been famous for playing the keys in electronica jazz collective Jaga Jazzist, into which he was inducted at the age of eighteen. Three years down the road he has produced a handful of good songs which he presents in a world he refers to as Lamaland. On stage he has with him four other musicians who, in combination with the light design of Nils Martin’s brother, create a very special audiovisual live experience. Lama gave a very concert at Oslo venue Blå earlier this month, and we simply had to book them. When seeing Lama live, one can’t help but think of other quality acts. There’s no doubt that Lama is inspired by both Sigur Rós and Mew as well as Jaga Jazzist and Kim Hiorthøy. If you like one or more of these artists, then you’re sure to dig Lama. Welcome to Lamaland! Source: Oya Festival
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by Henning Bolte
Lama is a young Portuguese/Canadian trio with a firm foothold in both Rotterdam and Porto. Lama is trumpeter Susana Santos Silva, double bassist Gonçalo Almeida and drummer Greg Smith. Lamaçal, Lama's second album on Clean Feed, was recorded live during the Portalegre Jazz Fest in 2012, and features well known clarinetist/saxophonist Chris Speed as a guest. Santos Silva, Almeida and Smith are remarkable musical characters who have something to tell and who have also succeeded in establishing a strong group ...
read moreLama: Look What You Made Us Do
by John Kelman
Its performance rattled more than a few cages at Punkt 2008, in Kristiansand, Norway. Still, Lama's debut, Guidebook to Lamaland (Spoon Train Audio, 2008), was really a solo album hiding beneath a group name, with the exception of one cathartic live track that featured the full group. Lama's sophomore disc, Look What You Made Us Do, is still the brainchild of the group's leader, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Nils Marten Larsen. But this time it's a flat-out group effort and, consequently, ...
read moreLama: Guidebook to Lamaland
by John Kelman
One of the greatest attractions of Norway's Punkt Festival is the discovery of groups who may not have a large audience yet, but certainly will in the future. At Punkt Elope, which spotlighted up-and-coming talent at Punk '08, the undeniable winner was Lama, a group led by multi- instrumentalist/vocalist Nils Martin Larsen. Combining electronics with dense guitars and largely lyric-less vocals, Lama's performance rattled more than a few ears. In its ability to traverse a broad range of dynamics with ...
read moreDrummer And Artistic Director Adonis Rose Releases First Live Recording Entitled Piece Of Mind Live At The Blue Llama On Legendary Danish Jazz Imprint Storyville Records
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Grammy Award-winning jny: New Orleans drummer Adonis Rose is scheduled to release his latest album Adonis Rose Piece Of Mind Live At Blue LLama, on September 25, 2020, on the historic Storyville Records jazz imprint. The album, recorded live last summer at the Blue LLama Jazz Club in Ann Arbor, MI, features a stellar line-up including Tia Fuller (alto saxophone); Maurice Brown (trumpet); Sasha Masakowski (vocals); Miki Hiyama (piano/keyboards); and Jasen Weaver (bass). Piece of Mind is Rose’s first released ...
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StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Spotlight on Ben LaMar Gay
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week, let's take a look at some videos featuring Chicago-based multi-instrumentalist Ben LaMar Gay, who's coming to St. Louis to perform in a concert presented by New Music Circle on Saturday, October 5 at Off Broadway. While Gay has been working in Chicago's busy improvised music scene for a while, he gained a new level of national recognition in 2018 with the release of Downtown Castles Can Never Block the Sun, his first official" album as a solo artist. ...
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Kendrick Lamar Wins Pulitzer Prize For 'Damn'
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HypeBot
Kendrick Lamar has won the Pulitzer Prize for music for his album Damn. Lamar is the first rapper to win the award which has previously only gone to classical and jazz artists, including Wynton Marsalis and Ornette Coleman. The Pulitzer Prize board on Monday called Damn, “a virtuosic song collection unified by its vernacular authenticity and rhythmic dynamism that offers affecting vignettes capturing the complexity of modern African-American He released Damn in 2017 to great acclaim with its lead single Humble" topping the ...
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Enter the "Peter Kerlin Octet - Salamander" Giveaway at All About Jazz!
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Justin Vargo
All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Innova Recordings Peter Kerlin Octet - Salamander giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on February 18th. Click here to enter the contest (Becoming a fan of Peter Kerlin at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck! Your Friends at Innova Recordings About Salamander Pieces morph and shift all the while retaining hypnotic core elements. Salamander is a non-conventional and intriguing album ...
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The 2nd Valamar Jazz Festival in - Porec, Istria (Croatia)
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Michael Ricci
The 2nd Valamar Jazz Festival will be held at seven different locations in Poreč, July 6-9, 2011
The first evening of the main program will be held on July 7, 2011 in the Euphrasian Basilica, the most beautiful integrally preserved monument of early Byzantine architecture in the Mediterranean region. In the unique sacral setting of the basilica, the audience will have the opportunity to listen to one of the leading European jazz artists, Richard Galliano, and his Piazzola Forever Septet. ...
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UDC Receives Calvin Jones Big Band Jazz Festival Proclamation
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Felix E. Grant Jazz Archives
Mayor Vincent C. Gray has issued a proclamation to the University of the District of Columbia in honor of the Calvin Jones BIG BAND Jazz Festival, which is celebrating its milestone 25th anniversary on April 25, 2011. We are delighted that the Mayor has recognized what has proven to be a signature event for our program, the University and Washington, DC. We are also excited that Congressman John Conyers, Jr., the longtime advocate for jazz, is serving as our Honorary ...
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Red Llama Recording Artist Kevin Sandbloom Reinterprets Joni Mitchell's Historic "Blue"
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Chris M. Slawecki
One of the most notable aspects of the seventies was the sheer number of epic recordings. Red Llama recording and touring artist Kevin Sandbloom has announced plans to release his interpretation of one of the most critically acclaimed LP's from the era: Joni Mitchell's 1971 Blue album. With plans to release the album this year, Sandbloom plans to capture the spirit of the album while infusing it with a fresh modernity.
Joni Mitchell is hands down one of the greatest ...
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The Dalai Llama's Advice on Building a Fan Base
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How the artist and fan relationship is manifested on Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, the artist's own web site and bolg as well as at live shows, can make or break a career. (Just ask Kayne West.) Too often, artist and fan interactions feel forced or even worse, driven entirely by commerce. (Buy my fabulous new album!) Anyone trying to build and maintain a Tribe faces similar dilemmas, even The Dalai Lama. How does one of the world's most respected religious leaders ...
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Jazz This Week: Reggie Thomas, Lamar Harris, Denise Thimes, Classical Jazz Quartet, and More
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
If you can evade the ghosts, ghouls, zombies, vampires, werewolves and assorted other creatures of the night that no doubt will be stalking the streets of St. Louis this Halloween weekend, there's plenty of jazz and creative music to be heard around town over the next few days. Let's go to the highlights... Tonight, singer Denise Thimes performs at the Sheldon Concert Hall in her annual benefit for the Mildred Thimes Foundation, named after her late mother. Thimes' special guest ...
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1st Kalamata (Greece) Jazz Festival
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Konstantinos Yaxoglou
Kalamata's first ever summer jazz festival! Amazing musicians from Greece, Holland, Bulgaria, Serbia, Sweden, New York and Mani come together to celebrate good music and groove! Miyagis' Dream, Freak Brothers Band, Harris Lambrakis Quartet, Tzoum, Dimitris Pantelias Group, Blazin' Quartet from Amsterdam and the enigmatic NOW vs. NOW with Jason Lindner, Panagiotis Andreou and Mark Guiliana from downtown New York will make this a musical experience to remember! The festival starts after the 16th International Dance Festival of Kalamata and ...
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