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AkBank Jazz Festival 2019
AkBank Jazz Festival
Istanbul, Turkey
October 18-25 2019
I arrived in Istanbul during the world-wide outrage that followed the United States pull-out from Syria and the consequent military intervention by Turkey. The new humongous airport looked rather empty compared to the crowded spaces of the old one; the trip to ...
Ravi Coltrane Quartet at the New Hazlett Theater
Ravi Coltrane Quartet
New Hazlett Theater
Pittsburgh, PA
October 5, 2019
Since 2007, the Kente Arts Alliance (KAA) has worked diligently to underscore the relationship between the arts and community by providing accessible cultural programming within the city of Pittsburgh. KAA has hosted a number of elder jazz statesmen, including Hugh ...
Caetano Veloso, James Carter, Hamza Akram, Eyal Vilner and David Grollman
Caetano Veloso
Brooklyn Academy Of Music
April 12, 2019
Always essential for the local Brazilian community, but also far beyond, into the general music enthusiast zone, singer and songwriter Caetano Veloso made one of his occasional visits to NYC, presenting the Ofertório show. Essentially, this involved his three musical sons, ...
Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival 2019
Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival
Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Saratoga Springs, NY
June 29-30, 2019
High-level musicianship came to the forefront at the 42nd edition of Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival, and Mother Nature cooperated at the essentially outdoor event. Both of those factors resulted in one of the largest crowds in ...
Take Five with Andrea Domenici
About Andrea Domenici
Born and raised in Lecco , Italy, Andrea Domenici is a jazz pianist and composer who has been living in New York since 2012. A 2016 graduate from The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music, Domenici has studied with great piano players such as Benny Green, Barry Harris, Kenny Barron, ...
January Birthday Salutes
Our January Birthdays show is always dedicated to our mentor, WRVR broadcasting hero Ed Beach, born on January 16, 1923; we play his two show themes by Wes Montgomery. We celebrate the Herbie Nichols centennial with his very first recordings for Savoy. Our very special birthday greetings go out to living legends, Benny Golson and Jimmy ...
read moreJazz Musician of the Day: James Carter
All About Jazz is celebrating James Carter's birthday today!
Sometimes it takes an extraordinary talent to inspire an unprecedented piece of music. For Puerto Rican-born composer Roberto Sierra, the epiphany struck in the midst of a tenor saxophone solo by James Carter, who was appearing as the featured soloist with legendary soprano Kathleen Battle. Long ...
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Detroit Jazz Festival 2018
Detroit Jazz Festival
Downtown Detroit
Detroit, Michigan
August 31-September 3, 2018
Over the course of its 39 year history, the largest free jazz festival in North America has seen its shares of up and downs. It once swelled to a five-day event starting on the Thursday evening before Labor Day and ...
The New Album From Mario Costa And A Dip Into The Archive
On this show new cutting edge jazz together with classic and contemporary sounds from the archives.
The featured album is the latest release on Clean Feed from Portuguese drummer Mario Costa playing live at the 26th Festival de Jazz na Praca da Erva, in Viana do Castelo, Portugal, in July 2017, along with French ...
Newport Jazz Festival 2018: Part 2-2
Part 1 | Part 2
Newport Jazz Festival
Fort Adams State Park
Newport, RI
August 5, 2018
From the first spongy thwack that bounced off the conga drum, a sticky humidity clung about Narragansett peninsula while the sounds of Herlin Riley's New York Havana Connection oozed from the ...
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Munich 2016 by Keith Jarrett
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Chalkboard Destiny by Lisa Hilton
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Greene Street Vol.1 by Will Sellenraad
