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Irakere 40 at SFJAZZ

by Harry S. Pariser
November 11, 2015

Irakere 40 SFJAZZ San Francisco, California October 30, 2015 “They were smoking." That was KPFA's Art Sato, host of “In Your Ear"--a weekly Saturday afternoon Latin Jazz, jazz and flamenco music program on KPFA in Berkeley, California--evaluating legendary Cuban band Irakere's then-ongoing performance at SFJAZZ in San Francisco. ...

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Pericopes +1 alla Buca di San Vincenzo di Milano

by Paolo Peviani
November 11, 2015

Buca di San Vincenzo Milano 09.11.2015 Si muove tra New York, Parigi e Parma, l'atipico trio Pericopes+1, al secolo Emiliano Vernizzi al sax tenore, Alessandro Sgobbio al piano, Nick Wight alla batteria. Non una novità in senso stretto: già nel 2013 il duo Vernizzi-Sgobbio aveva vinto l'Umbria Jazz Contest. ...

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Bologna Jazz Festival 2015

by Libero Farnè
November 10, 2015

Compie dieci anni il “nuovo" festival di Bologna, proteso a rinverdire i fasti dello storico festival che chiuse i battenti nel 1975, al quale seguirono negli anni Ottanta e Novanta vari tentativi di ripresa presto falliti. Organizzata dall'associazione Bologna in Musica, questa edizione consolida la formula avviata negli anni passati, coprendo un intero mese di programmazione ...

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Stockholm Jazz Festival 2015

by John Ephland
November 9, 2015

Stockholm Jazz Festival Stockholm, Sweden October 9-18, 2015 The sleeper at this year's Stockholm Jazz Festival, and one this reviewer initially found more a curiosity than anything else, oddly enough was downright riveting, not to mention the first evening's headliner. More in the category of being a name crossover artist ...

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Oliver Lake and the Warriors of the Wonderful Sound at the Painted Bride

by Victor L. Schermer
November 7, 2015

Bobby Zankel's Warriors of the Wonderful Sound Special Guest Oliver Lake The Painted Bride Philadelphia, PA November 4, 2015 This was the second of three events in which Philadelphia's Warriors of the Wonderful Sound brought on musically diverse special guest artists to perform with them, following a ...

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GoGo Penguin at Riverbank Arts Centre

by Ian Patterson
November 6, 2015

GoGo Penguin Riverbank Arts Centre Newbridge, Ireland October 31, 2015 With the Curragh Racecourse just a few furlongs away, Newbridge is more famous for horse racing than for its bridge that spans The Liffey. However, the independent Riverbank Arts Centre--just forty minutes from Dublin--is doing its bit to broaden the ...

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Madeleine Peyroux at Yoshi's Oakland

by Walter Atkins
November 4, 2015

Madeleine Peyroux Yoshi's Oakland Oakland California October 27, 2015 Madeleine Peyroux flew into the comfortable confines of Yoshi's Oakland for a two-day mid week stand. On this Tuesday evening, she featured hit songs from her first anthology album Keep Me in Your Heart for a While: The Best of Madeleine Peyroux ...

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Joe Jackson at Town Hall

by Mike Perciaccante
November 1, 2015

Joe Jackson Town Hall New York, NY October 21, 2015 Joe Jackson is a musical chameleon. His music easily shifts from genre to genre...and his career output proves that fact. The Grammy Award-winning British singer-songwriter was born David Ian Jackson on August 11, 1954. During his ...

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Lee Ritenour at Scullers

by Dave Dorkin
October 30, 2015

Lee Ritenour Scullers Boston, MA October 4, 2015 Guitarist Lee Ritenour has made a career as such a versatile session man (with session work ranging from Joe Henderson to Pink Floyd) and has done so many smooth jazz and pop dates that hardcore jazz fans can be forgiven ...

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Abdullah Ibrahim & Ekaya at the Michigan Theater

by C. Andrew Hovan
October 30, 2015

Abdullah Ibrahim & Ekaya Michigan Theater University Musical Society 22nd Annual Jazz Series Ann Arbor, Michigan October 21, 2015 The opportunities to hear some of the remaining jazz legends outside of their home environs are becoming increasingly rare these days. In the case of pianist Abdullah Ibrahim, it is downright ...