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Article: Live Review

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

Read "Detroit Jazz Festival: Detroit, MI September 2-5, 2011" reviewed by C. Andrew Hovan

by C. Andrew Hovan

32nd Annual Detroit Jazz FestivalDetroit, MISeptember 2-5, 2011 As chance would have it, over the past 20 years or so attending the Labor Day festivities at the Detroit Jazz Festival, there have only been a handful of weekends marked by less than optimum weather conditions. On average, the gods have largely smiled down ...

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News: Event

Richard Bona Performing in The Dominican Republic

Richard Bona Performing in The Dominican Republic

For the first time in the Dominican Republic, Richard Bona, for one concert only! By Fernando Rodriguez Richard Bona, the well-known bassist and vocalist from Cameroon will perform a single concert on his first visit to the Dominican Republic on Wednesday October 12, 2011, at 8:00 PM at the Teatro La Fiesta of the Jaragua Hotel. ...

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News: Technology

Digital Technology Saves Chick Corea's Prized Analog Keyboard

Digital Technology Saves Chick Corea's Prized Analog Keyboard

In 1984, renowned pianist Chick Corea worked with Harold Rhodes in the creation of the Stage 73 Mark V electric piano. Over the next ten years, Corea and his team developed what they called the Number One, replacing hammers, developing custom electronics and creating an instrument that reflected the singular talent and innovation of its owner. ...

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Article: Live Review

Bob Sheppard Quartet: Half Moon Bay, CA, August 7, 2011

Read "Bob Sheppard Quartet: Half Moon Bay, CA, August 7, 2011" reviewed by Bill Leikam

by Bill Leikam

Bob Sheppard QuartetDouglas Beach HouseHalf Moon Bay, CaliforniaAugust 7, 2011 Gradually, the Douglas Beach House (aka Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society) filled with people coming in for a jazz treat for that Sunday afternoon. On the lineup was Bob Sheppard on tenor sax, flute, and soprano sax, Larry Koonse on ...

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Article: Live Review

Return to Forever IV / Zappa Plays Zappa: Denver, August 27, 2011

Read "Return to Forever IV / Zappa Plays Zappa: Denver, August 27, 2011" reviewed by Geoff Anderson

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 ...

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Article: Live Review

Bollani Per Tre, Lacco Ameno (Ischia), 25-27 de agosto 2011

Read "Bollani Per Tre, Lacco Ameno (Ischia), 25-27 de agosto 2011" reviewed by Joan A. Cararach

by Joan A. Cararach

Bollani Per TreDel 25 al 27 de agosto, 2011Lacco Ameno, Ischia, Italia Así como los wagnerianos tienen Bayreuth y los schubertianos tienen su Schubertiade en Schwarzenberg, así como los jazzistas tienen su Newport y su New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival como lugares de peregrinación musical, añadan por favor a la lista ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Jackie Cain & Roy Kral: A Wilder Alias

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by Chris May

Jackie Cain & Roy KralA Wilder AliasCTI Masterworks2011 (1974) Producer Creed Taylor's 1970s' label, CTI, has had a controversial history. Some of its detractors, averse to the lush sound and embrace of fusion, have been reluctant even to recognize CTI as a jazz label. The New Grove ...

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Article: Album Review

Philippe Duchemin / Philippe Le Van / Christophe Le Van: Massilia

Read "Massilia" reviewed by Patricia Myers

by Patricia Myers

Born in Toulouse, France, Philippe Duchemin began classical piano studies at age nine, and was attracted to jazz at 15. Self-taught, he spent eight years studying his idols, Fats Waller, Erroll Garner and Oscar Peterson. Drawing from this classical and jazz background, Duchemin delivers a brilliant balance of melodic exploration and pulsating rhythm from first to ...

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Article: Live Review

John Butler Trio: Denver, CO, August 12, 2011

Read "John Butler Trio: Denver, CO, August 12, 2011" reviewed by Geoff Anderson

by Geoff Anderson

John Butler TrioRed RocksDenverAugust 12, 2011John Butler's favorite guitar has 11 strings. Friday night he also played banjo, ukulele, some sort of lap acoustic guitar using a metal bar on the frets like a steel guitar, a standard issue 6-string acoustic guitar, a Les Paul and a Stratocaster. But mainly he ...

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Article: Interview

John Escreet: Music for This Age

Read "John Escreet: Music for This Age" reviewed by R.J. DeLuke

by R.J. DeLuke

Looking forward--moving forward--is an essential quality to pianist John Escreet, a United Kingdom native who moved to the United States, specifically New York City, in 2008 to pursue an education at the Manhattan School of Music. So is achieving a unique sound and approach, both for artistic and practical reasons.Escreet, age 22 when he ...


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