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Live From Birmingham: Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Erja Lyytinnen & The Impossible Gentlemen

by Martin Longley
November 2, 2016

Hypnotic Brass Ensemble Hare & Hounds September 29, 2016 The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble don't struggle to cram the main upstairs room of the Hare & Hounds, as now-regular guests of its Leftfoot promoters. Although now dwelling in Brooklyn, the Hypnotics mostly grew up in Chicago, and seven of them are ...

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SLIXS At Derry International Choral Festival 2016

by Ian Patterson
November 2, 2016

SLIXS Derry International Choral Festival St. Columb's Hall Derry, N. Ireland October 20, 2016 In just four editions the City of Derry International Choral Festival has carved its place among the world's leading choral festivals, attracting the very best international choirs to the Walled City. A pleasing aspect of the ...

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Steve Coleman and Five Elements at Albright-Knox Art Gallery

by Matthew Aquiline
November 1, 2016

Steve Coleman and Five Elements Albright-Knox Art Gallery Art of Jazz Buffalo, NY October 29, 2016 If Steve Coleman's set at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery proved anything, it's that residencies are still a beneficial means to cultivating unrivaled virtuosity within a band. In the case of composer, alto ...

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Galway Jazz Festival 2016

by Ian Patterson
October 31, 2016

Galway Jazz Festival Various Venues Galway, Ireland October 7-9, 2016 The best jazz festivals are not necessarily the biggest. They're not always the ones with the marquee names. The best festivals, without a doubt, are the ones you remember, years later, for having had a hell of a good time. ...

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Trevor Anderies Quintet at Fresh Santa Fe

by Dave Wayne
October 31, 2016

Trevor Anderies Quintet Fresh Santa Fe New Music Series Santa Fe, NM September 3, 2016 To be perfectly honest, most of the bands that come to Santa Fe, NM are playing fill-in gigs between dates in Albuquerque (or Phoenix) and Denver. And that's okay because it just makes sense, logistically. ...

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Francesco Diodati Yellow Squeeds all'Auditorium Di Vittorio di Milano

by Paolo Peviani
October 27, 2016

Francesco Diodati Yellow Squeeds Atelier Musicale Milano Auditorium G. Di Vittorio 22.10.2016 Per questa ventitreesima edizione, la rassegna milanese Atelier Musicale ha scelto di dedicare ampio spazio alle giovani generazioni. A quella nouvelle vague di musicisti che -osserva giustamente il curatore della rassegna Maurizio Franco--si muovono in direzioni poeticamente ...

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Brian Charette/Jim Alfredson Organ Duo at Nighttown

by C. Andrew Hovan
October 26, 2016

Brian Charette/Jim Alfredson Organ Duo Nighttown Cleveland, Ohio October 20, 2016 It's not often that you get the chance to hear two organists going head to head in a live setting. Jimmy Mc Griff and Groove Holmes did it, but few others have dared to tread in such territory. Nonetheless, if ...

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SFJAZZ Collective At SFJAZZ

by David Becker
October 24, 2016

SFJAZZ Collective SFJAZZ Center San Francisco, CA October 20, 2016 What would Miles think? It was hard not to wonder as the SFJAZZ Collective, the San Francisco jazz presenter's long-running large ensemble project, kicked off it's 12th season with a program dominated by sometimes dramatically re-imagined versions of Miles ...

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13th Annual Uppsala International Guitar Festival

by John Ephland
October 23, 2016

Uppsala Konsert & Kongress 13th Annual Uppsala International Guitar Festival Uppsala, Sweden October 6-9, 2016 It all takes place in one building. A huge one, centrally located in downtown Uppsala, Sweden. It's the Konsert & Kongress, and it's home to a seemingly endless array of cultural and social events. And, as ...

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The Doobie Brothers with special guest Mark Newman at the Paramount

by Mike Perciaccante
October 22, 2016

The Doobie Brothers with special guest Mark Newman The Paramount Huntington, NY October 13, 2016The Doobie Brothers were formed in California in 1969 after the band called Pud disbanded. Guitarist/vocalist Tom Johnston began jamming with guitarist Patrick Simmons and the guitarists decided to form the group that is now known ...