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Article: Live Review

Hong Kong International Jazz Festival, Days 4-6, September 28-30, 2011

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by Ian Patterson

Days 1-3 | Days 4-6 | Days 7-8Hong Kong International Jazz FestivalHong KongSeptember 25-October 2, 2011 The 2011 Hong Kong International Jazz Festival offered up over forty groups from 24 countries--a big jump from the eight bands that made up the first edition of HKIJF in 2008. Apart from the ...

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Article: Live Review

Hong Kong International Jazz Festival, Days 1-3, September 25-27, 2011

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by Ian Patterson

Days 1-3 | Days 4-6 | Days 7-8 Hong Kong International Jazz FestivalHong KongSeptember 25-October 2, 2011 Jazz Festivals in Hong Kong have, until recently, had a checkered history. The very first Hong Kong Jazz Festival was held in 1987 and was an import of the Japanese-sponsored Live ...

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Article: Album Review

Charles Lloyd / Maria Farantouri: Athens Concert

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by Ian Patterson

What might on the surface appear as a meeting of disparate minds--jazz with Byzantine airs--ignores the fact that multi-reed/woodwind player Charles Lloyd has been embracing the music of the world for half a century with singular conviction and grace. Greek classical singer Maria Farantouri is herself a musical adventurer and risk taker; over the course of ...

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Article: Interview

Francesco Turrisi: In Pursuit of Ecstasy

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by Ian Patterson

It has often been said that composer/harpsichordist/violinist Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) was the first jazz musician. His contrapuntal techniques and ideas on harmony, rhythm and form have influenced countless jazz musicians. Numerous are the jazz musicians who have also studied classical music, usually prior to shifting to jazz. Few, however, are those who have taken a ...

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News: Interview

Multi-Instrumentalist Francesco Turrisi Interviewed at All About Jazz!

Multi-Instrumentalist  Francesco Turrisi Interviewed at All About Jazz!

It has often been said that composer/harpsichordist/violinist Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) was the first jazz musician. His contrapuntal techniques and ideas on harmony, rhythm and form have influenced countless jazz musicians. Numerous are the jazz musicians who have also studied classical music, usually prior to shifting to jazz. Few, however, are those who have taken a ...

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Article: Album Review

Jake Hertzog: Evolution

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by Ian Patterson

Guitarist Jake Hertzog's previous recordings as leader, Chromatosphere (That's Out, 2009) and Patterns (Buckyball, 2010) created a stir, with reviewers comparing his talent to just about every jazz and rock guitarist who's ever been described as a legend, from the 1940s on. What this hints rather broadly at is Hertzog's cross-generational approach and stylistic variation which ...

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News: Festival

Alan Barnes & William Ellis - Live! Scarborough Jazz Festival, September 25th

Alan Barnes & William Ellis - Live!  Scarborough Jazz Festival, September 25th

William Ellis is one of the world's leading jazz photographers and also an informative and highly entertaining speaker who has given talks on his work internationally. In this show, as his photographs are screened, William gives us the story behind each shot, and saxophonist Alan Barnes leads an all-star band performing a piece by each selected ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Radio Bevort with Marcelo Nisinman: Perfect Organization

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by Ian Patterson

Radio Bevort with Marcelo Nisinman Perfect Organization Gateway Music 2011 Multi reed player/composer/vocalist Pernille Bévort 's last outing as leader was in 2007, on the impressive Playground 1 (Calibrated), with pianist Marie Louise Schmidt. Bevort, however, hasn't been idle, participating in several big band recordings and performing in ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Various Artists: The New Universe Music Festival 2010 - Abstract Logix Live!

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by Ian Patterson

Various Artists The New Universe Music Festival 2010: Abstract Logix Live! Abstract Logix 2011 On November 20-21 2010, Raleigh, North Carolina became the destination for fans of cutting edge fusion/improvised music, drawn from all over the world by the embarrassment of riches that the New Universe Music festival offered in tribute ...

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Article: Album Review

Francesco Turrisi: Fotografia

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by Ian Patterson

It would be simplistic to call pianist Francesco Turrisi an experimenter, though his music embraces myriad cultural influences, from his native Italy through the length and breadth of the Mediterranean, straddling the centuries, and imbibing from sources as diverse as baroque, Moorish airs and jazz; simplistic, because his music flows as naturally as a river follows ...


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