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Article: Live Review

Riviera Maya Jazz Festival: Day One, November 25, 2010

by Chris M. Slawecki
December 11, 2010

Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 Riviera Maya Jazz Festival Playa del Carmen, MexicoNovember 25-28, 2010In the language of their spoken words during the pre-performance press conferences, and in the language of music through their concerts, the performers at the 2010 Riviera Maya Jazz Festival ...

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Omar Sosa en el Festival de Jazz de Barcelona

by Enrique Turpin
December 2, 2010

Omar Sosa con la NDR Big Band y Jaques Molerenbaum42 Voll-Damm Festival Internacional de Jazz de BarcelonaPalau de la Música Catalana30 de noviembre, 2010Cuando un pianista se presenta frente a su público con una big band, tres percusionistas y un arreglista de lujo, ya se puede uno imaginar el lugar del ...

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Article: Profile

Johanna Grussner: From Scandinavia to NYC... and back again

by Chris Mosey
November 30, 2010

Johanna Grüssner is a truly remarkable young woman. Aged 28, she has emerged as one of the best, most professional jazz singers in the Nordic Area after paying her dues in the toughest environment jazz has to offer; gigging around clubs in New York City, including Birdland, where she sang backed by a big band she ...

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Article: Album Review

Morello and Barth: Fim De Semana em Eldorado

Read "Fim De Semana em Eldorado" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
November 25, 2010

After a temporary move to Ipanema, Brazil in the fall of 2001 and a full immersion into the melody-rich music of the bossa nova and samba, German guitarist Paulo Morello and Danish alto saxophone Kim Barth capture their Brazilian experience on Fim De Semana Em Eldorado (Weekend In Eldorado). Recorded in Rio de Janeiro in 2001, ...

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Article: Interview

Sandro Albert: A Bard’s Journey

by Raul d'Gama Rose
November 23, 2010

His voice is soft and as lyrical as the music he composes and plays. Hearing the young and immensely talented guitarist, Sandro Albert speak can calm even the most frayed nerves. Nervousness was never an issue, but it is always exciting to speak with an accomplished musician. Albert is certainly one. He was born in Brazil ...

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Article: Live Review

Nnenna Freelon Live At The Saville Theater, San Diego

by Robert Bush
November 22, 2010

Nnenna Freelon Saville Theater, San Diego City College San Diego, CA November 9, 2010 Vocalist Nnenna Freelon has enjoyed her share of commercial success over the years (she's been nominated for six Grammy Awards), but not enough to damage her artistic integrity. She's got one hell of a voice, which ...

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Take Five With Steve Sacks

by AAJ Staff
November 19, 2010

Meet Steve Sacks: A jazz saxophonist/flutist and Harvard-trained musicologist, Steve, has for 35 years, focused his talents on the richness and diversity of Brazilian and Latin music. An internationalist fluent in five languages, and with twenty years experience on the New York music scene, Steve has performed, recorded and/or written for a wide variety ...

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Article: Album Review

Ehud Asherie: Organic

by Dan Bilawsky
November 15, 2010

Contrary to what some might believe, the designation of a musician as an organist or pianist does not have to be mutually exclusive. While some players choose to focus all of their time and energy on one of these instruments, many others prefer to branch out and try their hand at both. Fats Waller wasn't afraid ...

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2010 Jarasum Jazz Festival, Gapeyong, South Korea

by Ian Patterson
October 28, 2010

Jarasum International Jazz Festival Jarasum Island, Gapeyong, South Korea October 15-17, 2010 Jarasum International Jazz Festival was almost washed out by rain in its first edition in 2004, and after only three editions founder and director J.J. In--South Korea's premier concert promoter--took the bold step of selling his house to meet debts ...

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Yeahwon Shin: Yeahwon

Read "Yeahwon" reviewed by Ernest Barteldes

by Ernest Barteldes
October 27, 2010

On her debut recording, New York-based Korean singer Yeahwon Shin takes on a demanding set of tunes, mostly based on compositions by Brazilian songwriters Antonio Carlos Jobim, Dorival Caymmi, Egberto Gismonti, Milton Nascimento and Ary Barroso. She opens with “Chovendo Na Roseira" (known in English as “Double Rainbow"), singing in Portuguese with an original arrangement loosely ...