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Jazzdor Strasbourg 2019
by Henning Bolte
Jazzdor Strasbourg 2019 Fosse des Treize and other venues November 10-13, 2019 Jazzdor is a unique double-sided European jazz festival offering a 15-day November edition in Strasbourg and environs including German town Offenburg on the opposite side of the Rhine river, and it also presents a June edition in Berlin. ...
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Kanoa Mendenhall
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Kanoa Mendenhall is a bassist living in NYC. Born in Japan, at a young age Kanoa moved with her family to the Central Coast of California, near Monterey. Her parents shared their love of music with her, and from childhood music helped Kanoa through periods of hardship and instability. She started learning the cello at age 10, inspired by Oscar Pettiford, before transitioning to the bass in middle school. After entering high school, she started working in the Bay Area with musicians such as Bruce Forman, Vince Lateano, and Dick Whittington. Kanoa moved to New York City in 2015 to study at Columbia University and the Juilliard School, where she was fortunate to attend studio classes led by Ron Carter, and study bass with Ben Wolfe and Ugonna Okegwo
Tom Pierson: Last Works
by Doug Hall
As musicians make choices and pursue a passion for music which also directs their musical orbit, looking at jazz composer, arranger and pianist Tom Pierson's resume, it is clear that a creative search for originality and exploration was paramount, from the very beginning. Gifted at the start, Pierson was a piano prodigy and a soloist with ...
Atlanta Jazz Festival 2019
by Mark Sullivan
Atlanta Jazz Festival Atlanta, GA May 25-26, 2019 Last year the festival operated under the threat of rain all weekend. This year's 42nd edition saw record-tying high temperatures: 93 and 94 degrees Fahrenheit (ten degrees above the historical averages). No doubt it is a coincidence that the programming was cooler than last ...
