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Return to Forever w/ Zappa Plays Zappa | Fall Tour | Review | Pics

October 4, 2011

By Eric Podolsky Show Review: Return To Forever with Zappa Plays Zappa :: 09.22.11 :: The Warfield :: San Francisco, CA When Return To Forever announced in 2008 that they were reuniting for the first time in 25 years, jazz buffs and fusion geeks rejoiced. The ensuing world tour was a grand success, and proved (somewhat ...

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Article: On the Road With...

Lenny White and RTF IV: Switzerland, France and Italy

by Carl L. Hager
September 23, 2011

Intro | #2 | #3 | #4 [Editor's Note: Lenny White and his fellow jazz/rockers have already returned home to the States, and picked up an opening act, Dweezil Zappa and his crack outfit, Zappa Plays Zappa. After touring the East Coast and Midwest, they have been lighting up the Left Coast. Today's ...

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Article: Live Review

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

by Geoff Anderson
September 8, 2011

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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Lenny White and RTF IV: Germany, Holland and France

by Carl L. Hager
August 7, 2011

Intro |#2 | #3 |#4 “The gigs in Germany were fantastic, great audiences. The band is starting to hit its stride. In Hamburg, about 1,000 real dedicated fans stood in the rain for the full performance. In Neckarsulm, we played at the Audi performance center inside an Audi car manufacturing plant, ...

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Article: Live Review

Gent Jazz Festival 2011: Days 1-4

by Martin Longley
August 1, 2011

Days 1-4 | Days 5-8 Gent Jazz Festival Bijloke Gent, Belgium July 7-10, 2011 There has been a radical change to the Gent Jazz Festival site since last year. The historic Bijloke zone remains historic, but it now has a new concrete 'n' ...

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Lenny White and RTF IV: Syracuse, NY and Canada

by Carl L. Hager
July 9, 2011

Intro | #2 | #3 | #4 [Editor's note: After opening night in Northampton, Massachusetts, Lenny White and his Return To Forever band mates played at the M&T Jazz Festival in Syracuse, New York, then headed north to Canada for festival dates in Montreal and Ottawa. After filing this report, RTF ...

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TD Toronto Jazz Festival, Days 4-10: June 27-July 3, 2011

by Alain Londes
July 9, 2011

TD Toronto Jazz Festival 2011Toronto, CanadaJune 24-July 3, 2011 Monday, June 27, 2011On Monday evening, fans had a few hard choices to make among the headliners. At Koerner Hall, award-winning Dee Dee Bridgewater paid tribute to Lady Day, Billie Holiday. Meanwhile at the Enwave Theatre, Kurt Elling ...

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Ottawa Jazz Festival, Days 4-6: June 26-28, 2011

by John Kelman
June 30, 2011

Days 1-3 | Days 4-6 T D Ottawa International Jazz Festival Ottawa, Canada June 23-July 3, 2011 Well, the numbers are in, and the opening weekend of the 2011 TD Ottawa International Jazz Festival has broken all previous records, despite a day of heavy rain severely impacting attendance for ...

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Lenny White and RTF IV: Northampton, Mass.

by Carl L. Hager
June 28, 2011

Intro | 2 | 3 | 4 [Editor's note: Lenny White and the other members of the legendary jazz/rock band Return To Forever began a world tour last February in Australia, and on Friday, June 24th resume in Northampton, Massachusetts. After that it's north to Canada for three dates, over to ...

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Take Five With Mike Prigodich

by AAJ Staff
June 25, 2011

Meet Mike Prigodich: Mike's jazz fusion compositions have begun attracting attention from many well-known national and local artists. Becoming a cancer patient in 2008 was the big wakeup call that got him to start writing lots of new music, form a band, start booking gigs, and pursue his dream of becoming a professional jazz ...