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2010 Jarasum Jazz Festival, Gapeyong, South Korea
by Ian Patterson
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 ...
Under the Big Top: Detroit's 31st Year Hits a High Note
by C. Andrew Hovan
31st Annual Detroit Intermational Jazz FestivalHart PlazaDetroit, MichiganSeptember 3-6, 2010Last year may have been their 30th anniversary year, but this past Labor Day weekend, The Detroit Jazz Festival pulled out all the stops for what had to be one of the most memorable line-ups of recent memory. Mother Nature would cooperate ...
Hilary Kole: Versatile, Sweet and Jazzy
by R.J. DeLuke
When Hilary Kole sings, she can become one of the ideal subjects for the what is jazz singing" discussion that has gone on for decades. She sings clear and cleanly, with a sure tone and an attractive sound. She's done cabaret and her voice is perfectly suited for it. But she sings with small jazz groups ...
15th Anniversary of the Litchfield Jazz Festival
by Marcia Hillman
Litchfield Jazz FestivalKent, ConnecticutAugust 6-8, 2010 The green hills of Kent, Connecticut resounded once more with the sound of jazz as the 15th Anniversary of the Litchfield Jazz Festival settled in from Friday, August 6th through Sunday, August 8th. This year the main stage was again indoors in the newly air-conditioned hockey ...
Anat Cohen: Clarinetwork Live at the Village Vanguard
by Raul d'Gama Rose
Anat CohenClarinetwork Live at the Village VanguardAnzic Records2010 Anat Cohen can make the clarinet sing--literally and figuratively. On Clarinetwork Live at the Village Vanguard her wonderful, flowing melodic lines swoop and soar like arias placating the most high. It is as if--in that spiritualised state of grace--Cohen, ...
Jessica Williams: Musical Truths
by Dan McClenaghan
Pianist Jessica Williams begins a free-wheeling and fascinating conversation with a fan by thanking him for the kind words he has spoken about her music. Then she adds: But you don't always have to say kind words, you know, as long as you always say the truth." It's advice that is very much in ...
Ladies of Jazz -- All Female Jazz Singer/Songwriters Concert
Four of the San Francisco Bay Area's top Jazz Singer/Songwriters are featured in a concert of jazz standards and originals. Performers include Jennifer Lee, Melissa Dinwiddie, Cathi Walkup, and Leanne Weatherly. Jennifer Lee is a vocalist/pianist/guitarist with a warm, lovely voice, extraordinary musicality, and hip sense of time. Whether on guitar or piano, Jennifer accompanies herself ...
Albuquerque Jazz Orchestra Rekindles Cuban Fire Suite
by Jack Bowers
On June 5, 2010, with the temperature in Albuquerque hovering around 100 degrees, the Albuquerque Jazz Orchestra couldn't have wished for a better time to perform Johnny Richards' incendiary Cuban Fire suite, first recorded in 1956 by the Stan Kenton Orchestra. The sold-out concert was the opening event in the city's annual Jazz and Blues Under ...
Anat Cohen: Clarinetwork: Live at the Village Vanguard
by Thomas Conrad
Anat Cohen is one of the major jazz success stories of the last decade. She arrived in New York from Israel in 1996 and, by the turn of the century, was an important factor in the reemergence of the clarinet as a solo jazz instrument. Yet her recordings have not captured the bacchanalian riot of Cohen ...
Jazz Goes Green: Musical Explorations On A Secondary Color Of Note
by Dan Bilawsky
With spring taking hold and summer on the way, it's hard to avoid encounters with the color green. The drab gray and white of winter is now no more and a vibrant green color scheme has taken over. A drive along the Long Island Expressway--which leads to Manhattan and some of the greatest jazz clubs in ...



