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Article: Album Review

Oz Noy: Schizophrenic

Read "Schizophrenic" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

While other fusion guitarists have received wider international acclaim, Israeli-born, US-resident guitarist Oz Noy has been working in the trenches, slowly amassing a discography as impressive for its writing as it is his tastefully virtuosic playing. Schizophrenic, the guitarist's fourth release since his 2005 Magnatude Records debut, Ha!, demonstrates considerable growth in both departments. Straddling the ...

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Article: Live Review

Dr. John and The Neville Brothers at the Keswick Theatre

Read "Dr. John and The Neville Brothers at the Keswick Theatre" reviewed by Wade Luquet

by Wade Luquet

Dr. John and The Neville BrothersKeswick TheatreGlenside, PAAugust 25, 2009 Mardi Gras came to the Philadelphia suburbs when Dr. John and The Neville Brothers took over the stage at the Keswick Theatre in Glenside, Pennsylvania. The Keswick is an acoustically perfect, fully restored, 1350 seat music venue built in 1928. It ...

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Article: Live Review

Punkt Festival 2009: Day 3, Kristiansand, Norway, September 4, 2009

Read "Punkt Festival 2009: Day 3, Kristiansand, Norway, September 4, 2009" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 With the musical laboratory that's Punkt Live Remix, it's sometimes possible for a remix to actually surpass its source performance. With (for the most part) Punkt Co-Artistic Directors Jan Bang and Erik Honoré listening to each performance while it's in progress ...

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Article: Live Review

Mountainside Mardi Gras in Denver, Colorado

Read "Mountainside Mardi Gras in Denver, Colorado" reviewed by Geoff Anderson

by Geoff Anderson

Mountainside Mardi Gras Red Rocks Amphitheater Denver, Colorado August 8, 2009 A good-sized chunk of the New Orleans music scene landed at Red Rocks Saturday for an 11-hour funk and Dixieland marathon. Eight different bands and dozens of musicians left their sea level, horizontal environment to play a mile ...

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News: Music Industry

Boosey & Hawkes Lands Global Synch Deal with Savoy Label Group

Boosey & Hawkes Lands Global Synch Deal with Savoy Label Group

Boosey & Hawkes (B&H) is pleased to announce its representation of Savoy Label Group, home to veteran jazz label, Savoy Jazz, for synchronization on a worldwide basis. The deal includes all of Savoys label imprints, including the jazz catalogs of Savoy, 32 Jazz, Muse and Landmark, the classical label Denon Classics, and SLGs growing indie rock ...

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Article: Big Band Report

Jacksonville: Big City, Big Band, Big Plans

Read "Jacksonville: Big City, Big Band, Big Plans" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers

Almost everyone who's even mildly interested knows that the big band scene in the US isn't what it used to be. On the other hand, the big bands aren't yet dead, as some alarmists have claimed, or even on life support. Thanks in part to college and armed services programs, there are perhaps as many or ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Dr. John Coming to the Pageant on Tuesday, August 4

Dr. John Coming to the Pageant on Tuesday, August 4

New Orleans pianist and singer Dr. John and his band the Lower 911 will return to St. Louis to play a concert at The Pageant on Tuesday, August 4.The good Doctor has been a frequent visitor to the Gateway City over the years, dispensing his musical gumbo of blues, jazz, R&B and funk most ...

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Article: Live Review

New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival 2009

Read "New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival 2009" reviewed by Gary Firstenberg

by Gary Firstenberg

If you want to experience music as wide and as deep as the mighty Mississippi River, it is best to go right to the source. In the lush surroundings of the oldest horse racing track in The Big Easy, the 40th Annual New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival celebrated a diverse assortment of music, and provided ...

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Article: Live Review

2009 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

Read "2009 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival" reviewed by Joel A. Siegel

by Joel A. Siegel

The 2009 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival marked the return of pre-Katrina level attendance. Despite the national recession, the festival announced sales of more than 400,000 tickets for the seven-day event over two weekends. As usual, producer Quint Davis did a masterful job blending the various musical components, including New Orleans jazz, national jazz acts, ...

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Article: Album Review

Bobby Broom: Plays For Monk

Read "Plays For Monk" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto

Monk lives! Perhaps it can be said that Thelonious Monk has had many lives. Ever since the unique pianist established his repertoire in the 1940s and '50s musicians have, probably beginning with saxophonist Steve Lacy, taken up the task of covering the now infamous music. With Plays for Monk, guitarist Bobby Broom delivers one of the ...


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