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Galway Jazz Festival 2019

by Ian Patterson
October 16, 2019

Galway Jazz Festival 2019 Various venues Galway, Ireland October 2-6, 2019 Bat song may be a first at a jazz festival, but then they do things differently here in Galway. Bats were in and plastic was out. No plastic laminates or cable ties, no plastic on outdoor advertising, no ...

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Forlì Open Music 2019

by Libero Farnè
October 16, 2019

Forlì Open Music Ex Chiesa di San Giacomo Forlì 11-13 ottobre Per potersi immergere nel modo più vantaggioso nelle cangianti atmosfere di Forlì Open Music, festival senza confini generato dall'esperienza trentennale di Area Sismica, bisogna immedesimarsi nella sua filosofia con orecchie ricettive, mente libera e cuore partecipe. A maggior ragione in ...

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Marcus Roberts And The Modern Jazz Generation At The Kimmel Center

by Victor L. Schermer
October 15, 2019

Marcus Roberts and the Modern Jazz Generation Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Perelman Theater Philadelphia, PA October 11, 2019 Marcus Roberts is one of the great jazz pianists of his generation, coming up in the 1980s in Wynton Marsalis' band and since then more ...

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Ravi Coltrane Quartet at the New Hazlett Theater

by Mackenzie Horne
October 15, 2019

Ravi Coltrane Quartet New Hazlett Theater Pittsburgh, PA October 5, 2019 Since 2007, the Kente Arts Alliance (KAA) has worked diligently to underscore the relationship between the arts and community by providing accessible cultural programming within the city of Pittsburgh. KAA has hosted a number of elder jazz statesmen, including Hugh ...

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12 Points Festival 2019

by Henning Bolte
October 12, 2019

Bimhuis 12 Points Festival Amsterdam, Netherlands September 25-28, 2019 Jazz, as a diverse and heterogeneous field by nature, is represented at each 12 Points edition by young musicians and groups (age 35) with a strong artistic profile and solid and attractive performance capabilities. The festival represents in a nutshell what the ...

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Charlie Parr At Higher Ground

by Doug Collette
October 12, 2019

Charlie Parr Higher Ground Showcase Lounge South Burlington, VT October 3, 2019 Assuming the stage alone and without any introduction, beginning almost surreptitiously with “CC Rider," Charlie Parr quieted the noisy crowd in this venue's smaller room within roughly sixty seconds. He faced similar challenges throughout his roughly ninety-minutes in ...

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Forma e Poesia nel Jazz 2019

by Giuseppe Segala
October 11, 2019

XXII Forma e Poesia nel Jazz Exma Cagliari 26-29.9.2019 La passione e la tenacia di Nicola Spiga hanno condotto il festival cagliaritano Forma e Poesia nel Jazz fino alla ventiduesima edizione: traguardo ragguardevole per un'iniziativa che si regge sulle forze di un piccolo nucleo di persone. Quest'anno il festival ha ...

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Genius Loci, Festival di Santa Croce a Firenze

by Neri Pollastri
October 10, 2019

Genius Loci Firenze Complesso Monumentale di Santa Croce 26-28.9.2019 Terza edizione della manifestazione multidisciplinare fiorentina che mira alla riscoperta e alla valorizzazione del complesso architettonico di Santa Croce, del quale stavolta erano utilizzati due chiostri e il cenacolo. Come gli altri anni il programma affiancava interventi artistici e contributi parlati (la ...

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4 Wheel Drive at Hong Kong Arts Centre

by Rob Garratt
October 9, 2019

4 Wheel Drive Quartet Hong Kong Arts Centre Jazz World Live Series Hong Kong September 3, 2019 When exactly did jazz artists covering pop music shift from being a cheap and/or twee—but near-universally frowned-upon—novelty, to an almost obligatory rite of passage? Some will point to the pioneering piano ...

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Chris Brubeck at the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art

by Mark Sullivan
October 9, 2019

Chris Brubeck Bechtler Museum of Modern Art Jazz at the Bechtler Charlotte, NC October 4, 2019 The “Jazz at the Bechtler" series celebrates its tenth anniversary this year, and next year is composer/pianist Dave Brubeck's centenary. So it is appropriate that Dave's son Chris was the special guest for a ...