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Javier Vercher: Wish You Were Here
by Enrique Turpin
Poco importa que Javier Vercher sea madrileño de nacimiento y valenciano de adopción. Defender un origen geográfico sólo tiene sentido si se está dispuesto a morir por él, y no creo que sea el caso del saxofonista, que bien pronto entendió que las fronteras que cabe preservar con la firmeza de las pasiones tienen que ver ...
African Jazz Guitarist Lionel Loueke Performs at UMass/Amherst on October 7
Lionel Loueke, one of the most innovative new guitarists on the jazz scene today, is performing with his Trio at Bower Auditorium at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst on Thursday, October 7, at 7:30 p.m. Born in Benin, West Africa, Loueke was named Up and Coming Jazz Musician of the Year by the Jazz Journalists ...
Gretchen Parlato: In A Dream
by C. Michael Bailey
Vocalist Gretchen Parlato is part Bobby McFerrin, part Theo Bleckmann, and David Binney. All men, yes. Parlato's voice is light as an apparition, ethereal and implied. She is fond of vocal gymnastics as is McFerrin. She shares a sense of humor in art with Bleckmann and a musical adventurousness with Binney. In A Dream is the ...
Herbie Hancock Imagine Project: Philadelphia, August 13, 2010
by Lewis J Whittington
Herbie Hancock / The Imagine ProjectThe Man CenterPhiladelphia, USAAugust 13, 2010 On a cool August night at the open air Mann Center, pianist Herbie Hancock reminisced about his '60s gigs in Philly with Miles Davis back in the day, but he was not looking to rest on any laurel. For ...
Newport Jazz Festival As Strong As Ever
by R.J. DeLuke
CareFusion Newport Jazz FestivalFort Adams State ParkNewport, RIAugust 6-8, 2010 It may seem like a small thing, but it's nice that the jazz festival in Rhode Island last weekend, August 6-8, was called the CareFusion NewportJazz Festival. No matter how you slice that, it's the Newport Jazz Festival, in the ...
Montreux Jazz Festival 2010: Grand Geneva Finales
by Phillip Woolever
Montreux Jazz 2010 Montreux, Switzerland July 15-16, 2010 Planet Jazz For a city with census figures at under 25,000 citizens, Montreux throws one hell of a party. For summer music fans, its heaven. The 44th edition of the Montreux Jazz Festival wrapped up this season's two ...
24 Hours of Umbria Jazz 2010
by Sara Villa
Imagine traveling by car for hours in the summer heat of Italy's July 2010. At last it is early evening, and you reach the borders of a breathtaking medieval town. A soft breeze blows around you while you walk through the steep slopes which lead you to the centre. You follow the sounds you so eagerly ...
JazzWeek Radio Chart: July 19, 2010
TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 4 12 Curtis Fuller I Will Tell Her (Capri) 181 173 +8 0 54 1 5 2 14 2 Stanley Clarke Stanley Clarke Band (Heads Up) 162 124 +38 0 45 2 5 3 8 27 Lee Ritenour’s 6 String Theory 6 String Theory (Concord) 161 ...
Jazz Legend Herbie Hancock Interviewed at AAJ...And More!
In a career now entering its sixth decade, pianist Herbie Hancock has covered more ground than most. He was a key member of trumpet icon Miles Davis' heralded quintet of the 1960s, with saxophonist Wayne Shorter, bassist Ron Carter and drummer Tony Williams. He was a key part of the nascent fusion community in the late ...
Herbie Hancock: The Imagine Project
by John Kelman
Intersecting with the pop world is nothing new to Herbie Hancock. Collaborating with legendary trumpeter Miles Davis on the early nexus of jazz and rock, In a Silent Way (Columbia, 1969), the keyboardist scored his own fusion hit with the funkified Head Hunters (Columbia) in 1973) and, a decade later, was on the cutting edge of ...
