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The Power Quintet at Jazz Standard

by Dan Bilawsky
December 5, 2016

The Power Quintet Jazz Standard New York, NY December 3, 2016 The age of the collective-minded outfit in jazz is upon us. While the concept of democratically-driven bands is hardly new or unique, more and more artists seem to be taking to the idea with gusto, pooling their ...

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Pat Martino Quintet at Chris’ Jazz Café

by Victor L. Schermer
November 29, 2016

Pat Martino Quintet Chris' Jazz Cafe Philadelphia, PA November 25, 2016 Guitar legend Pat Martino periodically supplements his working trio--consisting of himself, organist Pat Bianchi, and drummer Carmen Intorre--with a horn section of Alex Norris on trumpet and Adam Niewood on tenor saxophone. This post-Thanksgiving set at Chris' Jazz Café demonstrated ...

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Charles Lloyd Quartet at Vicar Street

by Ian Patterson
November 28, 2016

Charles Lloyd Quartet Vicar Street Dublin, Ireland November 16, 2016 Two years after playing Dublin's National Concert Hall, NEA Jazz Master Charles Lloyd returned to the Irish capital and the more intimate surroundings of Vicar Street. Last time out Lloyd's New Quartet featured Gerald Clayton in lieu of Jason Moran, Joe ...

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Live From Old York: Kathryn Tickell, Tom Brosseau, Breabach & Loudon Wainwright III

by Martin Longley
November 27, 2016

Kathryn Tickell & The Side National Centre For Early Music October 17, 2016 Folk and chamber classical collide, but it's not always clear how to untangle the parts, or whether we even want to, as another entity entirely is created. The Side ensemble is a half-and-half meeting between Northumbrian piper ...

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Electric Hot Tuna at Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center

by Doug Collette
November 27, 2016

Electric Hot Tuna Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center Stowe, Vermont November 22, 2016 Guitarist Jorma Kaukonen and bassist Jack Casady deserve to be playing venues such as Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center. Like The Egg in Albany, The Beacon in New York and the Fairfield Theater in Connecticut, this ...

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London Jazz Festival 2016

by Duncan Heining
November 25, 2016

The London Jazz Festival, now in its 24th year, straddles the capital--its noble aim, as ever, is the provision of musical succour for the diverse tastes that make up the larger British jazz audience. You want mainstream, you'll find it. Looking for fusion, then look no further. Free jazz, bebop, blues? Step this way. Postjazz? Postjazz? ...

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Parma Jazz Frontiere 2016

by Alberto Bazzurro
November 23, 2016

Parma Jazz Frontiere 2016 Casa della Musica, Teatro Regio, Palazzo Sanvitale Parma 18-20.11.2016 Anche quest'anno abbiamo scelto il sottofinale (cioè il penultimo week-end) per compiere il nostro annuale pellegrinaggio, sempre gradito sia per la serietà della rassegna che per il fascino della città, a Parma in occasione della rassegna diretta ...

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Quinsin Nachoff's Flux at Constellation

by Hrayr Attarian
November 22, 2016

Quinsin Nachoff's Flux Quartet Constellation Chicago, IL November 16, 2016 Chicago's Constellation, the city's premier venue for innovative music, hosted composer and tenor saxophonist Quinsin Nachoff and his Flux quartet. The intense and stimulating recital, in the intimate space, captivated the small and attentive audience for close to 2 hours.

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Alexander Hawkins Trio al Carambolage di Bolzano

by Giuseppe Segala
November 22, 2016

Alexander Hawkins Trio Piccolo Teatro Carambolage Bolzano 14.11.2016 Il trio del pianista britannico Alexander Hawkins, al Piccolo Teatro Carambolage di Bolzano per la sua unica data italiana, ha offerto una performance intensa e generosa. Materia per fruitori attenti, nella quale si coniugano in modo del tutto originale e coerente ingredienti presi ...

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Sarajevo Jazz Festival 2016

by Francesco Martinelli
November 18, 2016

Sarajevo Jazz Festival 2016 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina November 2-6, 2016 When your plane lands in Sarajevo, its wheels roll over the crumbling underground tunnel that was the only connection of the city to the outside world during the Serbian siege from April 5, 1992 to February 29, 1996. It ...