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Trio Da Paz al Teatro Franco Parenti di Milano

by Claudio Bonomi
March 15, 2016

Musica Jazz al Parenti Teatro Franco Parenti -Milano -06.03.2016 Riparte a Milano rassegna musicale che ha l'ambizione di incrociare i mondi dell'improvvisazione e del jazz. A cura di Gianni Gualberto Morelenbaum, Musica Jazz al Parenti intende quest'anno approfondire, come si legge nella presentazione dell'iniziativa, “la trasversalità che oggi caratterizza tali linguaggi." ...

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Live From Old York: The East Pointers, Bob Fox & Fairport Convention

by Martin Longley
March 13, 2016

The East Pointers The Black Swan February 4, 2016 Inexplicably, it seemed that around a third of the seats for this full-house gig was taken up by an all-female Norwegian posse. Even if they hadn't made this choice, it's highly likely that Canadian trio The East Pointers would have ...

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Steven Wilson at Theatre St-Denis

by John Kelman
March 12, 2016

Steven WilsonThéâtre St-Denis Montréal, Canada March 2, 2016 Perhaps one of the biggest signs of multi-instrumentalist Steven Wilson's continued upward trajectory is this: less than nine months after selling out two nights at the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal in 2015, he brought his top- drawer band back to Montreal ...

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Ecuador Jazz 2016

by Mark Holston
March 11, 2016

Ecuador Jazz 2016 Quito, Ecuador February 10-21, 2016 When jazz cognoscente discuss their favorite festival destinations, it's understandable if Quito, Ecuador is seldom, if ever, mentioned. Geographically isolated in the mountainous reaches of South America's second smallest Spanish- speaking nation, this hilly, equator-hugging capital city of some two million souls is surrounded ...

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Nicholas Payton Trio at Dazzle

by Geoff Anderson
March 9, 2016

Nicholas Payton Trio Dazzle Denver, CO March 5, 2016 Payton or Peyton? Sometimes it's hard to tell the difference. They're both from New Orleans. Both Payton and Peyton are in the entertainment business. They've both recently wrapped up brief stays in Denver. And they are (or in the case of Peyton, ...

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WDR Jazz Fest 2016

by Phillip Woolever
March 8, 2016

WDR Jazz Fest Theatre Munster Münster, Germany January 30, 2016 The multi-stationed broadcaster WDR (West German Radio) is known throughout most of greater Germany as a powerhouse of jazz programming and concert promotion. That lofty reputation was upheld and then some with Jazz Fest 2016, which included a Saturday night with ...

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Abdullah Ibrahim at The National Concert Hall, Dublin

by Ian Patterson
March 8, 2016

Abdullah Ibrahim National Concert Hall Dublin, Ireland March 4, 2016 South African pianist Abdullah Ibrahim is showing few signs of a diminished appetite for the road, despite turning eighty one this past November. A short UK tour precedes a string of US dates and there are already gigs in ...

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David Amram Quintet al Teatro Manzoni di Milano

by Claudio Bonomi
March 8, 2016

Aperitivo in Concerto, Teatro Manzoni -Milano 28.02.2016 86 anni e non sentirli. È David Amram, leggenda vivente della musica americana contemporanea, che con il suo quintetto ha intrattenuto e deliziato per circa due ore un Teatro Manzoni stracolmo di appassionati che non volevano perdersi la prima ...

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Pat Martino Trio at Mount Vernon Country Club

by Douglas Groothuis
March 7, 2016

Pat Martino Trio Mount Vernon Country Club Golden, Colorado February 18, 2016 Musical greatness and human fragility mixed uneasily on February 18, 2016, when Pat Martino and his trio worked their magic at the Mount Vernon Country Club high in Golden, Colorado. The performance was grand, but the ...

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Kurt Elling at Bing Concert Hall

by Lily O'Brien
March 7, 2016

Kurt Elling Stanford Jazz / Bing Concert Hall Palo Alto, CA February 27, 2016 Kurt Elling is full of it--talent that is. As a vocalist, performer and writer/poet, he is just, simply--off the charts. His performance for Stanford Live at Bing Concert Hall, at Stanford University in Palo Alto on Saturday, ...