Results for "Amina Figarova"

Amina Figarova: Twelve

by Dan Bilawsky
July 26, 2012

Change is in the air that pianist/composer Amina Figarova is breathing. While the personnel from her previous outing is still intact, and her personal aesthetic remains largely unaltered, she comes to this album with a different worldview and a new place to call home. The Azerbaijan-born Figarova and husband/band mate/flautist Bart Platteau had been based in ...

MCG Jazz To Stream A Concert Live Today!

May 18, 2012

MCG Jazz Live Stream and Archive of Amina Figarova Sextet and Tineke Postma Quartet Concerts: May 18 through July 17 Don’t miss the first ever high definition, live stream of an MCG Jazz concert featuring the Amina Figarova Sextet and Tineke Postma Quartet. Friday, May 18 beginning at 8 pm. Visit mcgjazz.org and follow the prompt ...

Internationally Renowned Pianist/Composer Amina Figarova Celebrates New CD Twelve With 12-City U.S. Tour, May 3-18

April 10, 2012

Twelve to be released May 1 on German In + Out label Tour Dates May 3-18 in New Orleans, Detroit, Cleveland Heights, NYC, Albuquerque, NM; Fresno, Bakersfield, Half Moon Bay, CA; Seattle, WA; Missoula, MT; Portland, OR; Pittsburgh, PA “A skilled and imaginative composer…Born in Azerbaijan and based in Rotterdam, Netherlands, Figarova brings a remarkably broad ...

Amina Figarova Sextet

Featuring the music of Amina Figarova
Duration: 5:35
December 2, 2011

Whotsot

November 28, 2011

Album: Sketches
By Amina Figarova
Label: Munich Records
Released: 2010
Duration: 05:07

Dutch Jazz Week at AllAboutJazz.com

November 27, 2011

From November 27 to December 3, 2011, the world's longest running and furthest reaching jazz music website, All About Jazz, will celebrate Dutch jazz. During Dutch Jazz Week AAJ will highlight seven Dutch jazz artists handpicked by the AAJ editors from the the Dutch Jazz & World Meeting 2010 compilation CD. Starting on November 27th, each ...

Detroit Jazz Festival: Detroit, MI September 2-5, 2011

by Matt Marshall
September 12, 2011

32nd Annual Detroit Jazz FestivalDetroit, MISeptember 2-5, 2011 In its 32nd year, the Detroit Jazz Festival decided to drop “International" from its name, only to turn around and proclaim “We Bring You the World." An interesting distinction, but the festival's scope was covered, nonetheless. The celebration brought to Detroit not only artists and ...

Detroit's Annual Block Party

September 2, 2011

The forecast for the Twin Cities says scattered thunderstorms for Friday. That means a lot of finger-crossing, weather map pondering, and figuring out the best timing for our private plane departure for Detroit and the 32nd annual Detroit Jazz Festival, one of the largest in the world and the largest free jazz festival in North America. ...

Winter Jazzfest, New York City, Day 1: January 7, 2011

by Daniel Lehner
January 9, 2011

Day 1 | Day 2 Winter JazzfestNew York, NYJanuary 7-8, 2011 Since the informal move of jazz to the cities in the 1930s, the lore and legend of jazz compositions have lain in streets and places. The most common ones were the clubs, where innovations in jazz were ...

Sketches

By Amina Figarova

Label: Munich Records
Released: 2010
Track listing: 1. Four Steps to…; 2. Unacceptable; 3. Sketches; 4.Caribou Crossing; 5. Breakfast for the Elephant; 6. WHOTSOT; 7. Back in New Orleans; 8. On the Road; 9. Flight N° 6.26; 10. Look at That; 11. Train to Rotterdam; 12. Happy Hour; Your Room.