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London Gypsy Jazz Venue Needs Your Support
London’s home of Gypsy swing, Le QuecumBar: The Hot of Club of London, has in the face of adversity come up with ambitious plans to take the top spot of becoming the UK’s favourite live music venue and jazz club. Le QuecumBar was established from a dream and a glass of wine on the banks of ...
Just For The Love of It: Popular Music In Penang, 1930s-1960s
by Ian Patterson
Just For The Love Of It: Popular Music In Penang, 1930s-1960s Paul Augustin & James Lochhead 222 Pages ISBN: 978-967-0630-64-9 Strategic Information and Research Development Centre 2015 The story of popular music in Penang, the Malaysian island by the Straits of Malacca--from the 1930s to the 1960s--is, as ...
Chad Lawson: Crossing Over and Back
by K. Shackelford
Chad Lawson is a compelling musical voice that deserves wider attention. He's a masterful pianist with an extensive jazz background, but has crossed genres taking the beauty of his music into the classical world. Recently, he released The Chopin Variations, arrangements of famed composer Frédéric François Chopin. On the album, Lawson re-contextualizes Chopin's piano solo pieces, ...
Laid-Back Jazz Guitar: Kenny Burrell and Grant Green
by Marc Davis
When I'm in the mood for jazz guitar, I have two go-to albums: Kenny Burrell's Midnight Blue and Grant Green's Idle Moments. It always surprises me. Growing up in the 1960s and '70s, I was a big fan of hard and fast rock guitars. Who wasn't? Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Keith Richards, Pete Townsend. ...
Storie (minime) di chitarra
by Alberto Bazzurro
Non c'è strumento stilisticamente più tentacolare della chitarra, assolutamente centrale nel rock e nel blues, nel flamenco e in tanta musica latinoamericana, nel country e in svariata canzone d'autore, nella tradizione gitana e in altri anfratti ancora dello scibile sonoro planetario (nel jazz e nella classica occupa posizioni magari più appartate ma solidissime), destino tutto sommato ...
Federico Britos: Hot Club of the Americas
by Edward Blanco
Violinist extraordinaire Federico Britos originally from Montevideo, Uruguay and affectionately referred to by his close friends as “Federico the Uruguayan"--state's one of his closest colleagues, Paquito D'Rivera--has always had a particular affinity for the music of Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grappelli and the renowned Hot Club of France. Britos pays tribute to the music of that era ...
Sweet Defeat: Sweet Defeat
by Mark Corroto
If film director Jim Jarmusch had been born in Ghent, Belgium, instead of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, he probably would have used the trio Sweet Defeat to score his early movies instead of John Lurie. This Belgian trio of multi-reed player Tom Wouters (Flat Earth Society), guitarist Bert Dockx, and cellist Lode Vercampt create a sort of ...
International Jazz Day - Paris, France - April 30, 2015 - Join the celebration!
On April 30, 2015, the world will celebrate the fourth edition of International Jazz Day. In parallel with hosting UNESCO's ongoing 70th Anniversary celebration, Paris, France will serve as the International Jazz Day 2015 Global Host City. This special designation recognizes the historically significant influence that Paris, and more broadly France, has had on jazz music ...
International Jazz Day 2015: Paris Announced & Register Now!
INTERNATIONAL JAZZ DAY | APRIL 30, 2015 REGISTRATION NOW OPEN Dear Friends, We are just over two months away from the fourth annual International Jazz Day! This Jazz Day is particularly special—not only is Paris the 2015 Global Host City, but this year's celebration also coincides with the ongoing observance of UNESCO's 70th Anniversary ...
UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova And UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Herbie Hancock Announce Fourth Annual International Jazz Day
PERFORMANCES & OUTREACH PROGRAMS TO TAKE PLACE WORLDWIDE ON APRIL 30, RECOGNIZING JAZZ MUSIC AS A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE OF FREEDOM International Jazz Day All-Star Global Concert in Global Host City Paris, France will be a highlight of UNESCO’s 70th Anniversary Celebration Paris and Washington, D.C. – United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Director-General Irina ...
