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Joanne Halev at Birdland

by Mark Edelman
May 11, 2025

Joanne Halev BirdlandNew York, NY April 21, 2025 Backed by everybody's favorite musical director Alex Rybeck and bassist Tom Hubbard, chanteuse Joanne Halev made her long-anticipated move upstairs to Birdland's main room for an elegant, thoughtful set of music and mirth. Drawing on life, love and the shifting tides ...

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Brick Lane Jazz Festival 2025—A Rookie's Review

by Andy Crowther
May 10, 2025

Various Venues Brick Lane Jazz Festival London April 25-27, 2025 The Brick Lane Jazz Festival is now in its fourth year, and although it has been on my radar for a while I've never made it. I've had very little excuse. The UK jazz scene is arguably the most invigorating ...

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Miguel Zenon and Luis Perdomo at Harlem Stage Gatehouse

by Paul Reynolds
May 9, 2025

Miguel Zenon and Luis Perdomo Harlem Stage Gatehouse Carnegie Hall Citywide New York, NY May 3, 2025 The duets between alto saxophonist Miguel Zenon and pianist Luis Perdomo are among the most affecting jazz collaborations of recent years, and the most acclaimed. The first of the duo albums they've recorded ...

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"Escalator Over The Hill" by The New School Studio Orchestra and Vocal Ensemble

by Paul Reynolds
May 8, 2025

The New School Studio Orchestra and Vocal Ensemble The Tishman Auditorium at The New School “Escalator Over The Hill" New York, NY May 2, 2025 Ask greying jazz-rock fans about long-lost projects they never saw live and Escalator Over The Hill by Carla Bley is likely to come up. Released ...

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MetJazz 25 - Seconda Parte

by Neri Pollastri
May 7, 2025

MetJazz 25 Teatro Metastasio e altre sedi Prato Seconda parte: 25 febbraio 2025--14 aprile Dopo la sua prima parte ricca di belle proposte e di cui abbiamo già parlato qui, MetJazz 25, la rassegna pratese prodotta dalla Fondazione Teatro Metastasio, è andata avanti con un appuntamento cinematografico il 25 febbraio al ...

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Gary Bartz Quintet at Jazz Alley

by Paul Rauch
May 5, 2025

Gary Bartz Quintet Jazz Alley Seattle, WA April 29, 2025 As an alto saxophonist, NEA Jazz Master Gary Bartz has merged freedom and form in historic fashion, in the process acquiring an understanding of the art of improvisation, or what Bartz refers to as “informal composition," in a unique ...

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Brian Marsella Trio at International Jazz Day Celebration, Macedonia

by Nenad Georgievski
May 2, 2025

Brian Marsella Macedonian National TheaterInternational Jazz DaySkopje, Macedonia April 30, 2025 On a quiet spring evening in Skopje, the Brian Marsella Trio took the stage at the International Jazz Day Celebration and unfolded a concert that was anything but quiet. It was a performance rich with storytelling, abstract soundscapes and ...

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Torino Jazz Festival 2025

by Libero Farnè
May 2, 2025

Torino Jazz Festival 2025 Torino, varie sedi 23--30 aprile 2025 “71 concerti, 8 produzioni originali, 289 musicisti, 58 sedi," così sul retro del programma cartaceo viene sintetizzata e pubblicizzata la tredicesima edizione del Torino Jazz Festival, diretta da Stefano Zenni. Non solo concerti, ma anche conferenze e film sono stati distribuiti in ...

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Bobby Falk Group Live at Ted's

by Dean Nardi
May 1, 2025

Bobby Falk Group Live at Ted's Wilmington, NC April 25, 2025 In a spirited 90-minute show at Live at Ted's, the Dallas/Fort Worth-based Bobby Falk Group captured the hearts of both discerning jazz aficionados and the curious public to such a seamless degree as would more widely-known combos. Drummer Falk is ...

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Vieux Farka Toure at Kleinhans Music Hall

by Frank Housh
May 1, 2025

Vieux Farka Toure Kleinhans Music HallBuffalo, NYApril 27, 2025 A spinning top occasionally wobbles. Our spinning earth does the same thing: it's called the “Chandler Wobble." Because of the Chandler Wobble, monsoon rains in the Sahara appear then disappear every 21,000 years. This alternating cycle of “Green Sahara" and Sahara Desert ...