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Wayne Shorter Celebration With Herbie Hancock and Terence Blanchard at SFJAZZ Center
Wayne Shorter Trio and Guests
SFJAZZ Center
San Francisco, CA
January 3, 2019
Wayne Shorter could not be there but his trio made it. When illness prevented Shorter from making a four-night stand at SFJAZZ, organizers turned the dates into a celebration of his music.
There are few better choices ...
2018: The Year in Jazz
The year 2018 was a busy one for the jazz world. The genre's version of the #MeToo movement resulted in a new Code of Conduct and other efforts to make the music workplace more equitable. International Jazz Day brought its biggest stage to St. Petersburg, Russia. The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, which ran a high-profile ...
read moreJazz Musician of the Day: Danilo Pérez
All About Jazz is celebrating Danilo Pérez's birthday today!
Grammy award winner Danilo Pérez is among the most influential and dynamic musicians of our time. In just over a decade, his distinctive blend of Pan-American jazz (covering the music of the Americas, folkloric and world music) has attracted critical acclaim and loyal audiences. Danilo’s abundant ...
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The Uncommon Orchestra di Mike Westbrook al Teatro Golden di Palermo
The Uncommon Orchestra --Mike Westbrook
Nomos Jazz
Teatro Golden
Palermo
16-11-2018
Giunto all'ottava edizione, Nomos Jazz ha ormai assunto il ruolo guida nella programmazione del jazz internazionale in Sicilia. Lo testimoniano i tre cartelloni della sua stagione concertistica 2018/2019, che faranno di Palermo una delle capitali europee della musica. ...
Pérez, Potter, Cohen Quintet at SFJAZZ
Pérez, Potter, Cohen Quintet
SFJAZZ
San Francisco, CA
October 14, 2018
“It's a privilege to be here, especially in these challenging times," pianist Danilo Pérez told the audience, as the evening began, and then called his musical companions --Avishai Cohen on trumpet, Chris Potter on tenor and soprano saxophones, Larry ...
Global Association For Interconnective Arts Will Explore, Define, And Implement New Ways Of Educating Music Students
Five prestigious music programs have formed a new international organization to prepare young musicians to become jazz ambassadors in and beyond their
communities. The Global Association for Interconnective Arts (GAIA)—comprising the Berklee Global Jazz Institute (BGJI), the School of Jazz and
Contemporary Music at the New School, the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, the Conservatoire National Supérieur de ...
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Playing Changes by Nate Chinen
This week we look at a great new book, “Playing Changes" by Nate Chinen. The show begins with a cut by Arthur Blythe, “Jitterbug Waltz" and moves right on into a more recent cut from Kamasi Washington off his CD The Epic. The program goes on highlighting artists featured in each chapter of this groundbreaking book ...
read moreInternational Jazz Festival Musica Sulle Bocche 2018
Musica Sulle Bocche
Diverse locations inside and sites outside town
Santa Teresa Gallura, Sardinia, Italy
August 23-26, 2018
Music gravitates toward special sites and special sites attract suitable music. It is a core value of Musica Sulle Bocche festival in Santa Teresa Gallura, a town at the northernmost tip in ...
Wayne Shorter: Emanon
Just the fifth release from Wayne Shorter's celebrated acoustic quartet in its near two-decade career, the triple-CD plus graphic novel that is Emanon marks something of a creative high point in its journey. The first CD, a four-part suite for quartet and the thirty-four-piece Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, is Shorter's first studio recording since Alegria (Verve, 2003), ...
read more3rd Zbigniew Seifert International Jazz Violin Competition
3rd Zbigniew Seifert International Jazz Violin Competition
Krzysztof Penderecki European Centre for Music
Luslawice/Kraków
Poland
July 25-28, 2018
“An international jazz violin competition? Really?" That is usually came as a surprise to the applicants, and eventual participants themselves, that an international jazz violin competition should exist says a lot about ...
Album Showcase
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East Of The Sun by Michael Kocour
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Swallows & Swans by Florian Ross
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Trio Tapestry by Joe Lovano
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Crosswinds by Christoph Irniger
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Imaginary Friends by Ralph Alessi
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Jazz Story
Jazz combines creativity from the mind, heart, and the gut. It flourishes through structure and uses melody and rhythm to bridge the musician's creativity and the listener's imagination. I try to appreciate all forms of music and styles of jazz but find myself drawn to the “hot music” of the twenties through the early thirties, including its many contemporary incarnations
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By Andrew J. Sammut
Member since: 2010
