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Live!Singapore: June 8-11, 2010

by Ian Patterson
July 1, 2010

Rarely do the worlds of jazz, classical music, world music and musical theatre come together in one place to hobnob and strut their stuff, but that was exactly what happened at Live!Singapore, an ambitious event organized by Koelnmesse and IMG Artists. Festival directors, producers, agents, managers, executives and artists of these four disciplines came from more than fifty countries, and gathered in Singapore to discuss the respective challenges they face in a rapidly changing world, both technologically and demographically speaking. ...

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Aldeburgh Festival 2010: Jazz at the Pumphouse

by Bruce Lindsay
July 1, 2010

Aldeburgh Festival Aldeburgh, UK June 13, 2010 Aldeburgh Festival is now in its 63rd year and is a well-established event in the UK music calendar. Known primarily for classical music and opera, major events take place in the beautiful concert hall at Snape, a few miles inland from this small town in the county of Suffolk. The festival also presents more contemporary events, including music and comedy, in the Pumphouse--a rectangular brick ...

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Domenic Landolf: New Brighton

by Dan Bilawsky
July 1, 2010

Thirteen musical episodes--simultaneously stressing individual paths, duo rapport and trio interplay--make up New Brighton. Multi-reedist Domenic Landolf shows that he knows how to go out on a limb, creating challenging music, but he always balances the adventurous with the accessible. Stability--whether dealing with rhythm or melody--is the key factor here. One musician will often provide a stabilizing element that tethers the rest of the musicians to one another. These ideas don't always last for an entire piece--often arriving after a ...

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McCoy Tyner Quartet / Stanley Clarke Quartet Featuring Hiromi

by Ernest Barteldes
July 1, 2010

McCoy Tyner Quarter / Stanley Clarke Band Featuring Hiromi CareFusion Jazz Festival, Central Park Summerstage New York, NY June 23, 2010

Contrary to what had been announced, pianist McCoy Tyner's all-star Quartet took to the stage with a very syncopated number, led by tenor saxophonist Ravi Coltrane. Bassist Esperanza Spalding followed his grooves with clever arpeggios, while drummer Francisco Mela accented his notes with incredible precision. The tune had a bit of a ...

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Ottawa Jazz Festival 2010: Days 4-6, June 27-29, 2010

by John Kelman
July 1, 2010

Days 1-3 | Days 4-6 | Days 7-9 | Days 10-11Kenny Garrett Presents / John Scofield and the Piety Street Band Ralph Towner and Paolo Fresu / Medeski, Martin and Wood John Geggie and Friends / Youn Sun Nah / Manu Katché TD Ottawa International Jazz Festival Ottawa, Ontario, Canada June 27-29, 2010 As the TD Ottawa International Jazz Festival continues to grow, with new series and more choices than ever before, that very growth creates one ...

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Dana Lauren: Songs From Her Heart

by R.J. DeLuke
June 30, 2010

What does it take for someone who has been singing since she was a toddler--and had her sights set singing as a vocation since in elementary school--to make a strong go of it? Great focus and a strong will would be necessary traits. Willingness to learn and a thick skin would also be valuable, particularly in the jazz genre, in which emotional depth and artistic truth go hand-in-hand with the sheer technique needed to pull off successful performances. ...

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Undead Jazz Festival: Kenny's Castaways Edition

by Daniel Lehner
June 30, 2010

Every zombie film fan knows that being bitten by a creature of the night is a fate worse than death. The only cure is to have a member of your party load up a shotgun and take you out before you turn into a limping, brain-hungry shell of a person. So giving an event a header like “The Undead Jazz Festival" in a climate where the sentiment of “Jazz is Dead" feels stronger than ever seems like co-founders Adam Schatz ...

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Compassionate Dictatorship: Cash Cows

by Bruce Lindsay
June 30, 2010

Compassionate Dictatorship inhabits a musical space where modern jazz and '60s-era Canterbury scene progressive rock meet. It's a strange space, ready to trap the unwary in a muddle of English whimsy or to reward the more enlightened with warm melodies and inventive but accessible tunes. Compassionate Dictatorship is an enlightened combo and the reward is apparent on Cash Cows. Cash Cows is the band's second album, following Coup D'Etat (FMR Records, 2007). Both albums share the same ...

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The 2010 West Oak Lane Jazz Festival: How Jazz Helped Change a Community

by Wade Luquet
June 30, 2010

Can jazz revitalize an urban neighborhood? In the northwest Philadelphia neighborhood of West Oak Lane it certainly has played a large part. For the seventh year, the neighborhood residents, along with the Ogontz Avenue Revitalization Corporation (OARC) and the office of State Representative Dwight Evans, have joined together, closing the main avenue for a weekend and hosting local and internationally known jazz groups. This year's lineup included Preservation Hall, Esperanza Spalding, David Sanborn, and Al Jarreau, among others, along with ...

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Girls in Airports: Girls in Airports

by Jakob Baekgaard
June 30, 2010

The influence of world music has been somewhat rare in Danish jazz, with the notable exception of Pierre Dørge's New Jungle Orchestra, which for several years has incorporated Asian music and African folklore into their particular bouncing brand of avant-garde wilderness. The arrival of Girls in Airports signals an altogether different approach to merging different sounds from around the world, an approach that is decidedly influenced by the new Danish melancholy practiced by the likes of guitarist Jakob Bro and ...