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Frank London Ensemble al Teatro Manzoni di Milano

by Paolo Peviani
February 9, 2016

Frank London Ensemble -The Glass House Project Aperitivo in Concerto Teatro Manzoni Milano 24.01.2016 Aperitivo in Concerto ha sempre avuto un rapporto privilegiato con musicisti e musiche di estrazione ebraica. In questa edizione, la rassegna ha scelto di celebrare la Giornata della Memoria proponendo The Glass House Project del ...

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Dave Liebman at Whelans

by Ian Patterson
February 8, 2016

Dave Liebman Whelans Dublin, Ireland January 31, 2016 It was a full house at Whelans for NEA Jazz Master Dave Liebman, and, it has to be said, an especially attentive crowd. In fact, the bar of this famous Dublin venue can rarely have had such a quiet evening, during the ...

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Marina Crouse At The Sound Room

by Walter Atkins
February 7, 2016

Marina Crouse The Sound Room First Time Out Oakland, CA January 30, 2016 Talented East Bay vocalist Marina Crouse and her superb band lit up the intimate Sound Room with her distinctive brand of rhythm and blues on this chilly Saturday evening. The night was filled with a soulful blend ...

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Hamid Drake Carte Blanche at Bimhuis Amsterdam: PUNKT+ICP

by Henning Bolte
February 4, 2016

Hamid Drake, Punkt + ICP Bimhuis Carte Blanche Amsterdam January 23, 2016 World-renowned Amsterdam Bimhuis invited illustrious Chicagoan drummer/percussionist Hamid Drake for a carte blanche night on January 23rd. This article covers the event and adds some background notes. Hamid Drake frequently performs at this venue. To date he played ...

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Live From Old York: Lindi Ortega, Róisín Bán & 3*3 Sheffield

by Martin Longley
February 2, 2016

Lindi Ortega The Duchess January 20, 2016 Just by token of being relative youngsters, singer-guitarist Ortega and her three comrades naturally lend country music a sense of dark irony and delicate subversion. It's always been a fine line between sour gothic Depressville and glitzy sham pop-ification, sometimes even with ...

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Count Basie Orchestra at the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts

by Patricia Myers
February 1, 2016

Count Basie Orchestra Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts Scottsdale, Arizona December 19, 2015 The Count Basie Orchestra solidified its 80-year reputation for strong swingability, inventive solo segments and supreme section cohesion during two back-to-back concerts on a tour in support of the band's first-ever Christmas-theme album. But those seasonal charts ...

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David Lyttle at The MAC

by Ian Patterson
February 1, 2016

David Lyttle The MAC Belfast January 22, 2016 The soft launch of Brilliant Corners 2016 (March 5-12) took place in Belfast's multi-million pound arts centre, The MAC, and featured Northern Ireland's internationally acclaimed drummer/composer David Lyttle--Moving On Music's Artist-In Residence at The MAC for 2016. The venue, however, was not ...

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Septeto Nacional at the Brava Theater

by Harry S. Pariser
January 27, 2016

Septeto Nacional Brava Theater San Francisco, CA January 17, 2016 In 1927, Ignacio Pineiro formed a group to play Cuba's traditional son music, a genre germinated in the black communities of rural Cuba. Pineiro added a cornet player to add zest and appeal, and the band, the Septeto Nacional, really took ...

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The Victor Goines Quartet at South On Main in Little Rock

by C. Michael Bailey
January 26, 2016

The Victor Goines Quartet 2015-2016 Oxford American Jazz Series Little Rock, AR January 21, 2016 “Squarely in the Tradition..." The downtown Little Rock restaurant and performance space, South on Main, is the place where the Oxford American [A Magazine of the South] goes 'from the page to the stage.' ...

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ECM @ Winter Jazzfest 2016

by Tyran Grillo
January 25, 2016

ECM @ Winter Jazzfest ECM Records Stage The New School, Tishman Auditorium New Yor, NY January 15 & 16, 2016 New York City's 2016 Winter Jazzfest Marathon capped off a string of first-week performances. The running theme of the festival was transition, as musicians of all walks ...