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Return to Forever IV / Zappa Plays Zappa: Denver, August 27, 2011
by Geoff Anderson
Return to Forever IV with Zappa Plays ZappaParamount TheaterDenver, COAugust 27, 2011 With Return to Forever IV and Zappa Plays Zappa on the same bill, the Paramount Theater heard more notes per cubic inch than ever before. To say that these two bands play fast is like saying the Yankees ...
Lenny White and RTF IV: Germany, Holland and France
by Carl L. Hager
Intro |#2 | #3 |#4 “The gigs in Germany were fantastic, great audiences. The band is starting to hit its stride. In Hamburg, about 1,000 real dedicated fans stood in the rain for the full performance. In Neckarsulm, we played at the Audi performance center inside an Audi car manufacturing plant, ...
Gent Jazz Festival 2011: Days 1-4
by Martin Longley
Days 1-4 | Days 5-8 Gent Jazz Festival Bijloke Gent, Belgium July 7-10, 2011 There has been a radical change to the Gent Jazz Festival site since last year. The historic Bijloke zone remains historic, but it now has a new concrete 'n' ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Al Di Meola
All About Jazz is celebrating Al Di Meola's birthday today! Al Di Meola holds the most prestigious guitar awards (of any guitarist in the world) from the highest rated guitar poll in the world, Guitar Player Magazine. He has been known throughout the world for the past two and a half decades as one of the ...
Arto Tuncboyacıyan: Mr. Avant-Garde Folk
by Ian Patterson
Though a good number of notable jazz fusion bands and musicians have sprung up over the course of the last 40 years, the same few names from the '70s continue to serve as references--and sources of inspiration--in this, the second decade of the 21st century. Most notable are Weather Report, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Tony Williams' Lifetime, Herbie ...
Ottawa Jazz Festival, Days 4-6: June 26-28, 2011
by John Kelman
Days 1-3 | Days 4-6 T D Ottawa International Jazz Festival Ottawa, Canada June 23-July 3, 2011 Well, the numbers are in, and the opening weekend of the 2011 TD Ottawa International Jazz Festival has broken all previous records, despite a day of heavy rain severely impacting attendance for ...
Take Five With Mike Prigodich
by AAJ Staff
Meet Mike Prigodich: Mike's jazz fusion compositions have begun attracting attention from many well-known national and local artists. Becoming a cancer patient in 2008 was the big wakeup call that got him to start writing lots of new music, form a band, start booking gigs, and pursue his dream of becoming a professional jazz ...
Norwegian Jazz 101c: JazzNorway In A Nutshell 2011
by John Kelman
2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 It may be true, at least most of the time, that familiarity breeds, if not exactly contempt, then certainly complacency; but that simply doesn't apply if subject is Norway--and, in particular, its disproportionately large and vibrant music scene. Suffering from an epidemic that most folks would ...
Take Five With Okan Ersan
by AAJ Staff
Meet Okan Ersan: Born in 1972 on the Northern part of Cyprus, Okan Ersan had the distinctive opportunity to be influenced by the melodies of the east ethnic beats and roots of the oriental Mediterranean. Following his BA degree in classical music, Ersan then blended rock and jazz to create the eclectic fusion of ...
Chick Corea: Creative Giant
by Esther Berlanga-Ryan
Virtuosity is a beautiful thing. One would somehow like to believe that anybody can learn how to play any given instrument with delicate, enchanting energy; but truth be told, some are simply born with a gift that most can only dream of. The ability to amaze others through music, enriching the hearts and widening the creative ...
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