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News: Recording

Miles Davis Quintet: Live in Europe 1967: The Bootleg Series Vol. 1

September 16, 2011

The explosive transformation of Miles Davis' “second great Quintet" with Wayne Shorter (tenor sax), Herbie Hancock (piano), Ron Carter (bass), and Tony Williams (drums) is laid bare on Miles Davis Quintet: Live in Europe 1967: The Bootleg Series Volume 1. Culled from original state-owned television and radio sources in Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, and Sweden, the ...

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Article: Live Review

Newport Jazz Festival 2011, 4-7 de agosto

by Joan A. Cararach
August 16, 2011

Newport Jazz FestivalDel 4 al 7 de agosto, 2011Newport, Rhode Island, Estados Unidos Prólogo: como Moisés en Fort Adams (y cantando con Pete Seeger) Un carrito de golf se detiene en la entrada del túnel que lleva del llamado escenario Quad al Harbor Stage. Chubasqueros y paraguas se detienen ante ...

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News: Festival

George Wein’s Foundation Already Set for Newport Festivals in 2012

July 30, 2011

By Dan Kassell As impresario and swing jazz pianist, George Wein is best known for creating the first Newport Folk Festival (NFF) in 1954 and Newport Jazz Festival (NJF) in 1959, supported almost entirely by jazz fans Louis and Elaine Lorillard and, at that point in time, nonprofit entities. In a telephone interview, just before this ...

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Article: Live Review

Freihofer’s Saratoga Jazz Festival: June 25-26, 2011

by R.J. DeLuke
July 12, 2011

Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz FestivalSaratoga Performing Arts CenterSaratoga Springs, NYJune 25-26, 2011This year's Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival, the 34th edition of the upstate New York event, featured a great touch when famed jazz impresario George Wein was awarded a star on the Saratoga Performing Arts Center Walk of Fame. Wein created the ...

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News: Festival

George Wein & Newport All-Stars Perform at Blue Note, Saratoga, Montreal & More

June 9, 2011

George Wein & the Newport All-Stars featuring Ken Peplowski, Lew Tabackin, Howard Alden, George Mraz & Lewis Nash Perform at Blue Note Jazz Festival June 13㬋, 10:30 pm George Wein & the Newport All-Stars Continue Performances in Saratoga, NY; Montreal, Quebec; and Rockport, MA NEW YORK, NY—George Wein isn't producing a jazz festival in New York ...

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Article: Live Review

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2011

by Sandy Ingham
May 25, 2011

Days 1-3 | Days 4-7 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival New Orleans, LA April 27-May 6, 2011 Day 1: April 29, 2011The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival turned 42 this year. I've been to 25, and the thrill of anticipation entering the fairgrounds and crossing to the ...

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News: Event

George Wein To Get Star on SPAC Walk of Fame

May 12, 2011

Saratoga Springs, NY—Jazz impresario George Wein, often referred to as the “father" of modern music festivals, will be honored by Saratoga Performing Arts Center on Saturday, June 25 for his role in founding SPAC's Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival, one of the longest-running and most celebrated jazz events in the world. Wein will be honored at the ...

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News: Festival

2011 Festival Awards - The Festival International de Jazz de Montreal Honours Sade, Stanley Clarke, Youssou N'dour, Jean-Pierre Zanella and George Wein

May 5, 2011

Montreal—This year, the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal highlights the exceptional contributions to music made by Sade, Stanley Clarke, Youssou N'Dour, Jean-Pierre Zanella, as well as the remarkable oeuvre of George Wein. During this 32nd edition of the Festival, our winners will be presented, respectively, with the Ella Fitzgerald Award, Miles Davis Award, Antonio Carlos ...

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Article: Interview

Ambrose Akinmusire: Emerging Heart

by R.J. DeLuke
April 4, 2011

"My favorite instrument is the cello," said the easygoing young musician in early February, from his apartment in Manhattan, where he referred to himself jokingly as “a hibernating jazzman." His West-Coast roots weren't taking a firm grip in the frigid temperatures of the Northeast. “Me and strings just don't get along. I can play piano; I ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Stan Getz Quintette: Jazz At Storyville

by Chris May
February 25, 2011

Stan Getz QuintetteJazz At StoryvilleRoyal Roost1951 For his casual listeners, tenor saxophonist Stan Getz peaked during the bossa nova craze of the early to mid 1960s. And as Verve's five-disc, 2008 box set, The Bossa Nova Albums, reminded casual and committed listeners alike, Getz and bossa nova ...