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John Kelman's Best Live Shows of 2010
Another year, another treasure trove of live performances to dovetail with all the great recorded music released in 2010. Attending more festivals abroad than ever before—Norway's Natt Jazz, Kongsberg, Molde and Punkt; Germany's Enjoy Jazz; Finland's Tampere Jazz Happening; Raleigh, North Carolina's New Universe Music Festival; and The Netherlands' Dutch Jazz & World Meeting and dOeK Festival—along with the perennial TD Ottawa International Jazz Festival, it was hard to choose 25 shows out of the more than 110 live performances, but here they are, in chronological order:
1. April 1, 2010: Brad Mehldau Trio Grand Theatre, Kingston, Canada
2. April 21, 2010: Transatlantic Metropolis, Montreal, Canada
From left: Neal Morse, Roine Stolt, of Transatlantic
3. May 27, 2010: 1982 Trio Mount Ulriken, Bergen, Norway
1982 Trio, from left: Sigbjørn Apeland, Nils Økland, Øvind Skarbo
4. May 28, 2010: Stian Westerhus Natt Jazz, Bergen, Norway
5. May 28, 2010: Eivind Aarset Sonic Codex Natt Jazz, Bergen, Norway
6. June 27, 2010: John Scofield / Piety Street Band TD Ottawa International Jazz Festival, Ottawa, Canada
7. June 28, 2010: Ralph Towner / Paolo Fresu TD Ottawa International Jazz Festival, Ottawa, Canada
From left: Ralph Towner, Paolo Fresu
8. July 4, 2010: Christian Scott TD Ottawa International Jazz Festival, Ottawa, Canada
9. July 4, 2010: Tomasz Stańko TD Ottawa International Jazz Festival, Ottawa, Canada
10. July 9, 2010: Jan Erik Vold/Arild Andersen/Bill Frisell Kongsberg Jazz Festival, Kongsberg, Norway
Norwegian Poet Jan Erik Vold
11. July 10, 2010: Jaga Jazzist Kongsberg Jazz Festival, Kongsberg, Norway
12. July 21, 2010: Ketil Bjørnstad's Antonioni Project Molde Jazz Festival, Molde, Norway
Ketil Bjørnstad's Antonioni Project, from left: Anja Lechner, Arild Andersen, Eivind Aarset Andy Sheppard (Missing: Bjørnstad, Marilyn Mazur)
13. July 21, 2010: Nils Petter Molvær Trio Molde Jazz Festival, Molde, Norway
14. July 22, 2010: Ola Kvernberg's "Liarbird," with Joshua Redman Molde Jazz Festival, Molde, Norway
15. July 23, 2010: Motorpsycho/Trondheim Jazz Orchestra/Trondheimsolistene Molde Jazz Festival, Molde, Norway
From far right: Motorpsycho's Bent Sæthe and Hans Magnus Ryan with Ola Kvernberg and members of the Trondheim Jazz Orchestra/Trondheimsolistene
16. September 3, 2010: Jan Bang, ...and poppies from Kandahar Punkt Festival, Kristiansand, Norway
From left: Arve Henriksen, Jan Bang
17. September 4, 2010: Supersilent, with special guest John Paul Jones Punkt Festival, Kristiansand, Norway
From left: John Paul Jones and Supersilent's Arve Henriksen
18. October 2, 2010: Portico Quartet L'Astral, Montreal, Canada
Portico Quartet, from left: Jack Wyllie, Duncan Bellamy, Milo Fitzpatrick, Nick Mulvey
19. October 3, 2010: Chick Corea/Christian McBride/Brian Blade Dominion Chalmers Church, Ottawa, Canada
From left: Chick Corea, Christian McBride, Brian Blade
20. November 6, 2010: Juhani Aaltonen Quartet Tampere Jazz Happening, Tampere, Finland
From left: Iro Haarla, Ulfe Krokfors, Juhani Aaltonen, Reiska Laine
21. November 7 , 2010: Samuli Mikkonen, Marrku Ounaskari, Per Jørgensen Tampere Jazz Happening, Tampere, Finland
From left: Samuli Mikkonen, Per Jørgensen, Marrku Ounaskari
22. November 7 , 2010: Jimmy Herring Band New Universe Music Festival, Raleigh, USA
23. December 2 , 2010: Harmen Fraanje Avalonia Trio Dutch Jazz & World Meeting, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
24. December 2 , 2010: The Ploctones Dutch Jazz & World Meeting, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
The Ploctones, from left: Martijn Vink, Efraim Trujillo, Jeroen Vierdag, Anton Goudsmit
25. December 3 , 2010: Eric Vloeimans' Gatecrash Dutch Jazz & World Meeting, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
From left:Jeroen van Vliet, Eric Vloeimans, Gulli Gudmundsson, Jasper van Hulten
Photo Credits
Brad Mehldau: Tony Rodgers
Transatlantic: Courtesy of Radiant Records
1982 Trio: Luca Vitali
Eivind Aarset: Madli-Liis Parts
Eric Vloeimans' Gatecrash: Hans Speekenbrink
All Other Photos: John Kelman
1. April 1, 2010: Brad Mehldau Trio Grand Theatre, Kingston, Canada
2. April 21, 2010: Transatlantic Metropolis, Montreal, Canada
From left: Neal Morse, Roine Stolt, of Transatlantic
3. May 27, 2010: 1982 Trio Mount Ulriken, Bergen, Norway
1982 Trio, from left: Sigbjørn Apeland, Nils Økland, Øvind Skarbo 4. May 28, 2010: Stian Westerhus Natt Jazz, Bergen, Norway
5. May 28, 2010: Eivind Aarset Sonic Codex Natt Jazz, Bergen, Norway
6. June 27, 2010: John Scofield / Piety Street Band TD Ottawa International Jazz Festival, Ottawa, Canada
7. June 28, 2010: Ralph Towner / Paolo Fresu TD Ottawa International Jazz Festival, Ottawa, Canada
From left: Ralph Towner, Paolo Fresu 8. July 4, 2010: Christian Scott TD Ottawa International Jazz Festival, Ottawa, Canada
9. July 4, 2010: Tomasz Stańko TD Ottawa International Jazz Festival, Ottawa, Canada
10. July 9, 2010: Jan Erik Vold/Arild Andersen/Bill Frisell Kongsberg Jazz Festival, Kongsberg, Norway
Norwegian Poet Jan Erik Vold 11. July 10, 2010: Jaga Jazzist Kongsberg Jazz Festival, Kongsberg, Norway
12. July 21, 2010: Ketil Bjørnstad's Antonioni Project Molde Jazz Festival, Molde, Norway
Ketil Bjørnstad's Antonioni Project, from left: Anja Lechner, Arild Andersen, Eivind Aarset Andy Sheppard (Missing: Bjørnstad, Marilyn Mazur) 13. July 21, 2010: Nils Petter Molvær Trio Molde Jazz Festival, Molde, Norway
14. July 22, 2010: Ola Kvernberg's "Liarbird," with Joshua Redman Molde Jazz Festival, Molde, Norway
15. July 23, 2010: Motorpsycho/Trondheim Jazz Orchestra/Trondheimsolistene Molde Jazz Festival, Molde, Norway
From far right: Motorpsycho's Bent Sæthe and Hans Magnus Ryan with Ola Kvernberg and members of the Trondheim Jazz Orchestra/Trondheimsolistene 16. September 3, 2010: Jan Bang, ...and poppies from Kandahar Punkt Festival, Kristiansand, Norway
From left: Arve Henriksen, Jan Bang 17. September 4, 2010: Supersilent, with special guest John Paul Jones Punkt Festival, Kristiansand, Norway
From left: John Paul Jones and Supersilent's Arve Henriksen 18. October 2, 2010: Portico Quartet L'Astral, Montreal, Canada
Portico Quartet, from left: Jack Wyllie, Duncan Bellamy, Milo Fitzpatrick, Nick Mulvey 19. October 3, 2010: Chick Corea/Christian McBride/Brian Blade Dominion Chalmers Church, Ottawa, Canada
From left: Chick Corea, Christian McBride, Brian Blade 20. November 6, 2010: Juhani Aaltonen Quartet Tampere Jazz Happening, Tampere, Finland
From left: Iro Haarla, Ulfe Krokfors, Juhani Aaltonen, Reiska Laine 21. November 7 , 2010: Samuli Mikkonen, Marrku Ounaskari, Per Jørgensen Tampere Jazz Happening, Tampere, Finland
From left: Samuli Mikkonen, Per Jørgensen, Marrku Ounaskari 22. November 7 , 2010: Jimmy Herring Band New Universe Music Festival, Raleigh, USA
23. December 2 , 2010: Harmen Fraanje Avalonia Trio Dutch Jazz & World Meeting, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
24. December 2 , 2010: The Ploctones Dutch Jazz & World Meeting, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
The Ploctones, from left: Martijn Vink, Efraim Trujillo, Jeroen Vierdag, Anton Goudsmit25. December 3 , 2010: Eric Vloeimans' Gatecrash Dutch Jazz & World Meeting, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
From left:Jeroen van Vliet, Eric Vloeimans, Gulli Gudmundsson, Jasper van HultenPhoto Credits
Brad Mehldau: Tony Rodgers
Transatlantic: Courtesy of Radiant Records
1982 Trio: Luca Vitali
Eivind Aarset: Madli-Liis Parts
Eric Vloeimans' Gatecrash: Hans Speekenbrink
All Other Photos: John Kelman
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