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Randy Brecker, Frank Vignola, Greg Hopkins To Headline Pittsfield Cityjazz Festival, Oct. 9-18
Berkshires Jazz, which organizes and presents festivals, concerts, and other jazz events in Berkshire County, has announced the lineup for the 11th annual Pittsfield CityJazz Festival. A signature event of the fall foliage season in western New England, the festival runs Oct. 9-18, 2015. The wide-ranging lineup includes the first pairing of 6-time Grammy winner Randy ...
Live From Birmingham: The Tubes, Youngblood Brass Band, Bill Bailey & Deerhoof
by Martin Longley
The Tubes The Robin R&B Club August 13, 2015 The Tubes are touring to celebrate four decades of existence. Always something of a cultish alternative, and quite possibly bringing the punters out in droves due to a certain nostalgic curiosity, this Bilston show was the last night of their ...
Living Coltrane feat. Enrico Rava a Vivere Jazz
by Neri Pollastri
Vivere Jazz Estate Fiesolana Teatro Romano -Fiesole -13.07.2015 Il Vivere Jazz Festival, costola jazzistica dell'Estate Fiesolana che vede i propri appuntamenti nella prestigiosa cornice del Teatro Romano della cittadina sulle colline fiorentine, aveva quest'anno in programma, a fianco della star internazionale Hiromi una serie di concerti di musicisti locali. Alcuni ...
Philip Glass: Words Without Music - A Memoir
by Nenad Georgievski
Words Without Music: A Memoir Philip Glass 432 pages ISBN: 0871404389 Liveright 2015 While composer John Cage is the first name in contemporary classical music that most people will likely know, the music of composer Philip Glass is probably more likely to be the first sound of it ...
Umbria Jazz 15
by Libero Farnè
Perugia, vari luoghi 10--19 luglio Oltre 35.000 biglietti venduti con un incasso di 1.500.000 euro, 450.000 presenze in città nei giorni del festival: i numeri danno ragione dell'enorme successo di pubblico di Umbria Jazz 2015. La manifestazione, come sempre articolata in appuntamenti gratuiti nel centro storico e in concerti a pagamento, all'Arena Santa ...
North Sea Jazz Festival Recap: A Moveable, Musical Feast
by Joan Gannij
North Sea Jazz Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands July 10-12, 2015 Three days immersed in sounds and sensations. Followed by two days at home in zombie mode, zen silence. Rather than do an exhausting commute from Amsterdam to Rotterdam each day (by train or auto (50 miles / 75 kilometers each way), I ...
Michael Vlatkovich: Mortality
by Dave Wayne
Wow. Where to start? Apropos of its title, Mortality is huge. Vast. Complex. Quixotic. Musically, it's a mega-ambitious work that fuses operatic vocals, several styles of jazz, heavily-scored contemporary classical music and flat-out improvisational wailing in the most appealing ways possible. Interestingly, Michael Vlatkovich, a West Coast trombone virtuoso and composer / improvisor of considerable merit, ...
La via dei suoni di Luca Aquino
by Luigi Sforza
Poliedrico esploratore di esperienze musicali, adogmatico ascoltatore di musiche, trombettista molto ricercato per la sua tendenza a conciliare in forma sempre originale istanze sonore provenienti da ambiti musicali diversi e spesso lontani tra loro, Luca Aquino incarna l'immagine esemplare dell'esploratore sonoro contemporaneo, che pur rivolgendo lo sguardo ad un ampio panorama musicale -alla storia del jazz ...
Weekend Extra: Steps Ahead, Still Ahead
The modern jazz sub-genre called jazz fusion emerged in the 1960s, attracted a wide audience and received extensive radio air play through the second half of the twentieth century. The music combined elements of rhythm and blues, jazz, rock, funk and, often, time signatures that were challenging for both musicians and listeners. Fusion came in for ...
Inventionis Mater: Kong's Revenge
by Mario Calvitti
La musica di Frank Zappa, a oltre vent'anni dalla sua scomparsa, continua a fornire uno stimolo importante a artisti di varia estrazione, e sempre più spesso fa capolino nel repertorio di musicisti di formazione classica. Il clarinettista Pierpaolo Romani e il chitarrista Andrea Pennati sono appunto due giovani toscani maturati negli ambienti accademici, che hanno recentemente ...
