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Jazz guitar mastery and heartfelt moments
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Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes
Guitarist Larry Coryell, Russell Malone and Nate Najar teamed up Thursday, January 19 for an evening that showcased their individual styles and common ground as players. The concert, billed as the Great Guitars of Jazz, was held at the Venice (FL) Performing Arts Center. It brought together guitarists from three generations. Coryell, 73, best known for his fusion work with a variety of groups in the 1960s, offers so much more than that. He has considerable stylistic range as a ...
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Drummer/Composer Juan Carlos Polo CD Release Concert at Smoke Jazz Club on February 1
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Juan Carlos Polo
Official CD release concert will be held on February 1st at Smoke Jazz Club Insomnio was recorded and produced in NYC with New York-based musicians under the record label One Trick Dog Records. Drummer and composer Juan Carlos Polo will present his debut album Insomnio on February 1st at the world-renowned Smoke Jazz Club. With Insomnio, Polo demonstrates his skills as band leader and composer, including eight original tunes. The album features the participation of several up-and-coming New York based ...
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Legendary French Violinist Jean Luc Ponty To Tour The United States Summer 2017
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
Legendary French violinist Jean Luc Ponty and his band will be bringing their “Atlantic Years” tour to the US beginning late May 2017! Jean Luc Ponty is a pioneer and undisputed master of the violin in the arena of jazz and rock. He is widely regarded as an innovator who has applied his unique visionary spin that has expanded the vocabulary of modern music. Says Jean Luc, “We're calling it 'The Atlantic Years' tour since I am touring with my ...
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Jazz this week: Regina Carter, Iva Bittová & Hamid Drake, and more
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Wondering what's happening this week in live jazz and creative music in St. Louis? Let's go to the highlights... Wednesday, January 18 Arguably the premier jazz violinist working today, Regina Carter (pictured, top left) opens a four-night engagement continuing through Saturday at Jazz at the Bistro. Like many a conservatory trained musician, Carter certainly has fluid technique, but what really sets her apart from other equally proficient players are her expressive abilities as an improvisor, her feeling for blues and ...
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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, January 13-19
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JazzINK by Andrea Canter
Despite the bitter cold as we start the weekend, forecasters say it will warm up over the following days to reach almost balmy by the end of the week, and I think we can in part thank our local and visiting jazz artists for generating some of the heat! The weekend brings some unique and popular shows to the metro, and we end the week with the acclaimed trumpet/vocal pairing of Roy Hargrove and Roberta Gambarini. We must believe in ...
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A jazz singer's heartfelt return to familiar territory
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Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes
Toronto-based singer June Garber delivered a superb- and superbly programmed- performance on Friday, January 13 as part of the South County Club's matinee concert series in Venice FL. It was the first area appearance in nearly two years for Garber, a vocalist whose art crosses the border between jazz and cabaret with ease. The occasional cabaret-style gesture or expression is nearly forgotten, however, when she immerses herself in the jazz feeling and is surrounded by ace instrumentalists. Such was the ...
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Jazz this week: Tortoise, Jazz at Lincoln Center Group, Anat Cohen, and more
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Unpredictable weather is just one reason that a lot of touring acts like to stay home in early January. But whether St. Louis this weekend ends up with the spring-like temperatures we're enjoying at midweek, or with the ice storm being promised (threatened?) by Friday, the calendar of upcoming live jazz and creative music performances in St. Louis features several shows that definitely are worth leaving the house to hear. Let's go to the highlights... Wednesday, January 11 Five young ...
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Sarasota Jazz Project returns for a strong big band night
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Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes
What a difference three years makes. The Sarasota Jazz Project returned to Port Charlotte on Monday, January 9 for Big Band Night in the Charlotte County Jazz Society's concert series. With very few personnel changes, the band was stronger and more in the groove compared to its ho-hum December 2013 performance. It showcased both classic and a bit more contemporary material, and this time it also featured a top-notch guest singer. Miami-based Lisanne Lyons sang with a mix of poignancy, ...
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