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Dave Allen Quartet - July 22nd at 55 Bar, NYC

Source: All About Jazz
July 20, 2008

The Dave Allen Quartet

Drew Gress - bass Nasheet Waits - drums John O'Gallagher - sax Dave Allen - guitar

Live at 55 Bar July 22nd from 10pm-1am Original adventurous music from Real and Imagined

“Dave Allen is one of a number of spitfire jazz guitarists raising the bar on that ever- popular instrument. But Allen offers more than battle-ready chops--his Untold Stories and Real and Imagined are about original ...

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Joe McPhee: "Sweet Freedom - Now What?" On Hatology

Source: All About Jazz
July 20, 2008

Joe McPhee: tenor & soprano saxophones and alto clarinet; Lisle Ellis" double bass; Paul Plimley: piano. Sweet Freedom - Now What? Hatology 602 “A Timeless Protest, Updated" 14 years have passed since the recording of Sweet Freedom - Now What? Today the world is a very different and infinitely more dangerous place. The Berlin Wall has fallen only to have new ones rise up in Israel and along the US southern border with Mexico (to name a few). ...

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"Westbrook - Rossini" on Hatology

Source: All About Jazz
July 20, 2008

Westbrook - Rossini Lindsay Cooper: sopranino saxophone; Peter Whyman: alto saxophone; Kate Westbrook: piccolo, tenor horn & voice; Paul Nieman: trombone; Andy Grappy: tuba; Mike Westbrook: piano & tuba; Peter Fairclough: drums. Keep in mind that this is not a collection of isolated episodes, but a considerable ensemble work as well, full of relaxed pastoral airs alternating with moretumultuous melees - a juxtaposition which has found favor in Westbrook's writing as far back as '60s and '70s scores like Marching ...

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Science and Art of Recording Acoustic Guitar

Source: All About Jazz
July 19, 2008

String Theories IT DON'T PHASE THEM

Some of the most innovative guitarists in the world -- and the engineers who record them -- share their scientific, artistic, psychological, and sometimes complex approach to capturing a good acoustic guitar sound. It's an often painstaking and complicated process. And you thought all you needed was a mic and recording machine. Oh, if only it were that simple!

The concept of stereo and multiple miking an acoustic instrument to provide proper ...

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Lang Lang Leads a Course in Contemporary China

Source: Michael Ricci
July 19, 2008

The pianist, Lang Lang headlines a Hollywood Bowl program displaying the nation's musical ability.

China, the sleeping giant of classical music, is slowly stirring. We don't yet know how or when, but a huge country's huge appetite for Western music will inevitably have a huge effect. The eyes, ears and corporate checkbooks of the West increasingly angle East. The Olympic Games next month will include a grandly scaled arts festival headed by a French-trained vanguard classical composer, Chen Qigang. China's ...

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Ethiopia: Another Nation Under a Groove

Source: All About Jazz
July 19, 2008

The term world music suggests sounds that are esoteric and unfamiliar -- neither of which applies to Ethiopiques.

Ethiopiques, one of the hippest acts of the summer of 08 that recently played both London's high-tone Barbican theater and the rather more dclass Glastonbury Festival. And even though the music is certainly not from round these parts, its hooks and grooves are ones any veteran soul-boy or jazzer can relate to: funky brass, swirling organ, growling sax, rippling congas, ecstatic vocals ...

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Paul McCartney Joins Billy Joel at Shea Stadium

Source: Michael Ricci
July 19, 2008

Billy Joel Gives Shea Its Own Last Waltz

It takes a lot to upstage Billy Joel at Shea Stadium. Performing in what was advertised as the last concert at Shea Stadium, was joined by Paul McCartney.

But late on Friday night, nearly three hours into a career-spanning performance advertised as the last concert at Shea before it was to be demolished, Joel seemed happy to turn over the spotlight to Paul McCartney, who, he said, had just flown in from ...

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Jordan Festival Launches with Unforgettable Opening Night

Source: All About Jazz
July 19, 2008

Thousands of fans enjoyed a magical double-bill night as the 2008 Jordan Festival took off on July 8th with spectacular success.

Against the backdrop of the ancient Roman Citadel in the heart of Amman, international Jazz singer and pianist Diana Krall moved the crowd at a sold-out concert with hits like “I love being here with you", “Boulevard of Broken Dreams", “Deed I do", “East of the Sun", and “Let's Face the music and dance". Making her first performance in ...

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