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World-renowned Smoke Announces September Concert Schedule Including Club Debuts Of Branford Marsalis Quartet And Dave Holland New Quartet, Album Releases By Jazzmeia Horn And Christian Sands And More
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AMT Public Relations
\Entering its second quarter century as committed as ever to pure jazz (All About Jazz),” SMOKE Jazz Club continues its 25th anniversary season with an exciting month of album release shows and club debuts. September kicks off with a residency featuring pianist Brad Mehldau (Aug 29-Sep 1). For the first time in the club’s history, SMOKE presents NEA Jazz Master Dave Holland at the helm of his New Quartet (Sep 4-8) and the long-awaited New York City appearance of Branford ...
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Hip Holland: Modern Jazz in the Netherlands (1950-70)
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
The Netherlands had one of the most strategic locations in Europe for touring American jazz musicians. Artists often started Continental road trips in Paris and then worked their way north by train, stopping in Brussels, Belgium, before continuing on to Rotterdam and Amsterdam in Holland. From there, they made their way east to Hamburg, Germany, and then north to Copenhagen and into Scandinavia before returning to the U.S. Sometimes this path was reversed. Also fundamental to the Netherlands' exposure to ...
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Video: Giants of Jazz in Holland, 1972
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
The Giants of Jazz was a bebop supergroup assembled by George Wein in 1971 after a riot at the Newport Jazz Festival in Newport, R.I., suspended the event. To recoup the losses, George sent the newly formed sextet and the festival itself out on tour. Starting in the fall, the Giants performed in Australia followed by Europe and the U.S. in 1972, where they appeared at mostly indoor venues throughout the country before heading off to Europe again that fall. ...
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Video: Giants of Jazz in Holland, 1971
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
The Giants of Jazz was a bebop supergroup assembled by George Wein in 1971 after a riot at the Newport Jazz Festival in Newport, R.I., suspended the event. To recoup the losses, George sent the newly formed sextet and the festival itself out on tour. Starting in the fall, the Giants performed in Australia followed by Europe and the U.S. in 1972, where they appeared at mostly indoor venues throughout the country before heading off to Europe again that fall. ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Dave Holland
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Michael Ricci
All About Jazz is celebrating Dave Holland's birthday today!
Amid endless choices, the sound of a Dave Holland bass line compels attention. A master of tone and rhythm, the bassist, composer, and bandleader is now in his fifth decade as a performer and his music possesses a rich and kaleidoscopic history. One of Holland's mentors, the affably sage-like saxophonist Sam Rivers, gave him a tip once. “Sam said, ‘Don't leave anything out?"play all of it,' “ Holland once told a ...
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Hank Mobley in Holland, 1968
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley is as beloved as Sonny Rollins and John Coltrane. And for good reason. Mobley recorded for Blue Note throughout the 1950s and '60s, and for Cobblestone in 1972, and he appears on many albums as a leader and sideman. Though not a jazz game-changer in the same regard as Sonny and Coltrane, Mobley was driven and improvised with a liquid, assertive and exciting feel. So whenever I come across new Mobley, I like to let readers ...
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Cool Jazz From Holland
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
European jazz in the 1950s has long fascinated me. World War II killed and injured tens of millions of people and seriously damaged countries' infrastructure, economies and the emotions of surviving populations. And yet, the optimism in these newly freed countries, supported by America's financial and military security, set them on a fast course to recovery. Modern jazz, with its improvisational expression, became one of the few diversions that Europeans found in sync with the new spirit of freedom. Young ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Dave Holland
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Michael Ricci
All About Jazz is celebrating Dave Holland's birthday today!
Amid endless choices, the sound of a Dave Holland bass line compels attention. A master of tone and rhythm, the bassist, composer, and bandleader is now in his fifth decade as a performer and his music possesses a rich and kaleidoscopic history. One of Holland's mentors, the affably sage-like saxophonist Sam Rivers, gave him a tip once. “Sam said, ‘Don't leave anything out?"play all of it,' “ Holland once told a ...
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Joy Marshall in Holland, 1965
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Earlier this week, I posted on jazz-pop vocalist Joy Marshall, who moved to London in 1962, married, divorced and remained there until her untimely death in 1968. David Chilver in London sent along a link to the following clip of Marshall in the Netherlands in 1965 on Dutch television. First we hear Yesterdays, a solo by Rob Madna on piano backed by the Frans de Kok Orchestra. Then Marshall sings It's All Right With Me. She's backed by the orchestra ...
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