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Westbrook Trio: three into wonderfull
by Bruce Lindsay
The Westbrook Trio celebrates thirty years of music making with three into wonderfull, a retrospective covering the years from 1983 to 2012. Pianist and composer Mike Westbrook, vocalist Kate Westbrook and saxophonist Chris Biscoe have pursued an uncompromising path through the three decades since forming the Trio, crafting music that can be both beautiful and challenging. ...
Angel City Jazz Festival: Hollywood, CA, Oct. 5, 2012
by Chuck Koton
Angel City Jazz FestivalJohn Anson Ford AmphitheaterHollywood, CAOctober 7, 2012A bright, golden sun, cobalt sky and cool breeze welcomed Southland jazz lovers to the friendly confines of the John Anson Ford Amphitheater for the fifth annual Angel City Jazz Festival. Eagerly anticipated by serious and passionate jazz aficionados, the festival's founder, ...
Class Of 29: Jazz On The Move On Riverwalk Jazz This Week
This week on Riverwalk Jazz, we follow the year 1929 in music, from Harlem cabarets to Broadway shows, from Hollywood movies to jazz recordings. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International, on Sirius/XM satellite radio and can be streamed on-demand from the Riverwalk Jazz website. In 1929, jazz was making its way ...
Beishan International Jazz Festival, China, 19-20 October 2012
by Ian Patterson
Beishan International Jazz FestivalBeishan TheaterNanping Town, Zhuhai, China10-20 October, 2012Jazz festivals occupy some fairly far-flung, diverse, and oftentimes dramatic settings; from the Polar North to the volcanic mountains of East Java, from medieval European towns to the great urban metropolises of North America, from tropical Thai islands to luxury cruise ships, ...
55th Monterey Jazz Festival: September 21-23, 2012
by Larry Taylor
Monterey Jazz FestivalMonterey, CASeptember 21-23, 2012Standing out this year at the 55th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival, as expected, were the three honorees--Ambrose Akinmusire, Bill Frisell and Jack DeJohnette. Besides receiving accolades they also had busy schedules, appearing in concerts in the festival for three-days, Sept. 21-23, at the Monterey County Fairgrounds in Northern ...
Hugh Laurie & The Copper Bottom Band: New York, NY, September 10, 2012
by Mike Perciaccante
Hugh Laurie & The Copper Bottom Band The Grand Ballroom At Manhattan Center New York, New York September 10, 2012 There was a palpable feeling of excited anticipation in the air as the audience filed into New York City's Manhattan Center--Hugh Laurie, known to many as the irrepressible Dr. Gregory ...
"Let's Talk Jazz" With Gary Giddins On Riverwalk Jazz This Week
Film critic Richard Schickel wrote in the Los Angeles Times: “We see our culture more clearly because of [Gary Giddins’] force, intelligence and alertness to overlooked detail.” Giddins is our guest this week on Riverwalk Jazz. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International, on Sirius/XM satellite radio and can be streamed on-demand ...
"Complete" Louis, Duke, Bessie and Charlie Boxes Coming in October
The ultimate year-round jazz festival of Legacy Recordings continues to set a new industry standard with four more Complete Album Collections from the Sony Music archives family of labels, by the greatest names in jazz and blues: LOUIS ARMSTRONG – THE COMPLETE OKeh COLUMBIA & RCA VICTOR RECORDINGS 1925-1933 (OKeh/Columbia/RCA/Legacy) 10 titles, 10 CDs; CHARLIE CHRISTIAN ...
Montreal Jazz Festival: Montreal, Canada, June 28-July 7, 2012
by Greg Thomas
Festival International de Jazz de MontréalMontréal, CanadaJune 28-July 7, 2012From the time of the airplane's descent to the airport in Montréal, I knew something was different and perhaps special about this place. Instead of a square or rectangular grid style of suburban housing plots, from my window I saw circular formations of housing, ...
