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2016 Detroit Jazz Festival

by C. Andrew Hovan
September 18, 2016

2016 Detroit Jazz Festival Hart Plaza Detroit, Michigan September 2-4, 2016 The staging of North America's largest free jazz festival must indeed be some kind of massive undertaking. In the years since artistic director Chris Collins has taken the reins of the festival, there have been many changes, some for the ...

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Peacemaker Music & Arts Fest 2016

by C. Michael Bailey
September 17, 2016

Second Annual Peacemaker Music & Arts Fest Harry E. Kelley Riverfront Park Amphitheater Fort Smith, Arkansas July 29-30, 2016 Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia make up what was once the Confederate States of America, eventually to become, “The South." These eleven states have ...

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Peter Wolf & the Midnight Travelers at City Winery

by Mike Perciaccante
September 17, 2016

Peter Wolf & the Midnight Travelers City Winery New York, NY September 8, 2016 Peter Wolf was born Peter Blankfield on March 7, 1946 in the Bronx, NY. According to Wolf he grew up in the Belmont section of the borough which also spawned Dion DiMucci better known simply as Dion. ...

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Zbigniew Seifert Jazz Violin Competition 2016

by Martin Longley
September 16, 2016

The 2nd International Zbigniew Seifert Jazz Violin Competition The Krzysztof Penderecki European Centre For Music, Luslawice Manngha Museum Of Japanese Arts & Technology Kraków, Poland August 24-27, 2016 The violinist Zbigniew Seifert was one of Poland's best-known jazz players, who died tragically early, a victim of ...

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The Julian Lage Trio at SFJAZZ

by David Becker
September 13, 2016

The Julian Lage Trio SFJAZZ Center San Francisco Sept. 11, 2016 Guitar virtuosity was the theme for the opening week of San Francisco presenter SFJAZZ's 2016 season. In the intimate Joe Henderson Lab at the SFJAZZ Center, that meant four nights of modern guitar wunderkind Julian Lage working through a string ...

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Bojan Z at Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin

by Ian Patterson
September 13, 2016

Bojan Z Hugh Lane Gallery Dublin, Ireland September 4, 2016 It's been ten years since All About Jazz last encountered Bojan Z in a live solo context, in Cambodia, where the France-based, Serbian pianist gave a riveting performance that drew heavily from Solobsession (Label Bleu, 2000). Although often playing in ...

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Culture Club at the NYCB Theatre at Westbury

by Mike Perciaccante
September 10, 2016

Culture Club NYCB Theatre at Westbury Westbury, NY August 30, 2016 Culture Club was formed in 1981 when lead vocalist Boy George, who had been a member of Bow Wow Wow (where he was billed as Lieutenant Lush), enlisted guitarist and keyboard player Roy Hay, bassist Mikey Craig and drummer Jon ...

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Helsinki Festival 2016

by Anthony Shaw
September 3, 2016

Love Proge Helsinki Festival (Huvila Tent) Helsinki, Finland August 28, 2016 Richard Thompson couldn't have said it better than he wrote in Fairport Convention's first major single Meet on the Ledge: If you really mean it, it all comes round again. That was in 1968, two years after ...

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Abdullah Ibrahim in Stunning Recital at the 30th Annual Oslo Jazz Festival

by John Ephland
September 2, 2016

Abdullah Ibrahim Universitetets Aula 30th Annual Oslo Jazz Festival Oslo, Norway August 16, 2016 Alternately rhapsodic and episodic, pianist/composer Abdullah Ibrahim filled the airs of the 500- seat Universitetets Aula with melody upon melody, all of it improvised yet seemingly composed. The occasion was the ...

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Tom Griesgraber and Bert Lams at Kennett Flash

by Geno Thackara
September 1, 2016

Tom Griesgraber and Bert Lams Kennett Flash Kennett Square, PA August 27, 2016 A good piece of music can paint a picture, evoke feelings, tell a story or possibly, in the right hands, do all those things together. This is certainly what happens when Chapman Stickist Tom Griesgraber meets up with ...