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Tom Harrell and TRIP

Read "Tom Harrell and TRIP" reviewed by Patricia Myers

by Patricia Myers

Paris Jazz Diary 2015: Trumpeter Tom Harrell and TRIP Duc des Lombards Nous N'Irons Pas a New York Festival Paris, France July 17, 2015 The amazing and intriguing trumpeter Tom Harrell performed a program of nuanced creativity that stirred and expressed emotion, rather than displaying technique. His sparse solos were ...

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Live From Coventry & Kings Heath: Trembling Bells, Willie Watson, Hailu Mergia & The Destroyers

Read "Live From Coventry & Kings Heath: Trembling Bells, Willie Watson, Hailu Mergia & The Destroyers" reviewed by Martin Longley

by Martin Longley

Trembling Bells The Tin & The Kitchen Garden Café August 3 & 5, 2015 It's sometimes instructive, or even enjoyable, to catch a combo twice during their tour. Perhaps this might lead to what seems like a repeat showing, and on other occasions there is an insight into wildly ...

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Newport Jazz Festival 2015: Day 2

Read "Newport Jazz Festival 2015: Day 2" reviewed by Timothy J. O'Keefe

by Timothy J. O'Keefe

Newport Jazz Festival Fort Adams State Park Newport, RI Saturday, August 1, 2015 Miles Davis' earliest memory was a flickering blue flame, and a similar flame, one of passion and remembrance, was clearly evident at the 2015 installment of the Newport Jazz Festival presented by Natixis Global Asset Management.

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Oakland Art + Soul Festival 2015

Read "Oakland Art + Soul Festival 2015" reviewed by Walter Atkins

by Walter Atkins

Oakland Art + Soul Festival Oakland, CA August 1-2, 2015 Oakland's 15th annual Art+Soul Festival continued its ongoing tradition of featuring the rich variety of music and art of the San Francisco Bay Area. A+SF's multiple venues highlighted Blues, soul, rap, Latin jazz, spoken word and dancers along with crafts ...

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Bennett and Gaga at Kennedy Center: Dissection of an Era

Read "Bennett and Gaga at Kennedy Center: Dissection of an Era" reviewed by Franz A. Matzner

by Franz A. Matzner

Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga's duet project has captured headlines from its inception and for the most part the carefully constructed and deliberatively delivered juxtaposition of styles, age, and temperament has been showered with praise, including receiving a Grammy award. Not surprisingly, then, their final performance together held in the Kennedy Center's expansive concert hall was ...

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Live From Birmingham: The Sonics, Otis Gibbs, George Huxley & John Altman

Read "Live From Birmingham: The Sonics, Otis Gibbs, George Huxley & John Altman" reviewed by Martin Longley

by Martin Longley

The Sonics The Institute July 28, 2015 The Sonics virtually created the garage band sound, back in the mid-1960s, taking the foundations of rhythm'n'blues and forcing a leap towards further extremity, continuing the mission begun by Link Wray, but using warped pop song structures instead of instrumental grinding. Surely ...

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50° Jazzaldia

Read "50° Jazzaldia" reviewed by Luca Vitali

by Luca Vitali

"Oltre 124.000 spettatori e più di cento spettacoli in programma a fronte di un eccellente livello artistico," sottolinea il comunicato stampa di chiusura di questa cinquantesima edizione di Jazzaldia -Heineken Jazz Festival. Come dargli torto. Uno dei grandi festival europei mantiene caratteristiche da festival “municipale," sempre attento al grande pubblico ma al tempo ...

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Paris Jazz Diary: Pianists Kenny Barron, Harold Mabern, Bill Charlap

Read "Paris Jazz Diary: Pianists Kenny Barron, Harold Mabern, Bill Charlap" reviewed by Patricia Myers

by Patricia Myers

Paris Jazz Diary 2015: Pianists Kenny Barron, Harold Mabern, Bill Charlap Duc des Lombards, Sunside-Sunset Jazz Clubs Paris, France July 3, July 4, July 14, 2015 New York City pianists Kenny Barron, Harold Mabern and Bill Charlap led trios in three separate concerts as part of a pair of annual summer-season ...

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Clusone Jazz 2015 - 35a Edizione

Read "Clusone Jazz 2015 - 35a Edizione" reviewed by Paolo Peviani

by Paolo Peviani

25.07-02.08.2015 Trentacinque anni, e non sentirli. Il tempo passa, i direttori artistici cambiano, i budget si riducono drammaticamente, ma lo spirito di Clusone Jazz, quello, resta intatto. Per il musicista, l'addetto ai lavori, il semplice appassionato, Clusone Jazz continua ad essere un festival in cui c'è voglia di buona musica, ...

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Peter Frampton & Cheap Trick at The Paramount

Read "Peter Frampton & Cheap Trick at The Paramount" reviewed by Mike Perciaccante

by Mike Perciaccante

Peter Frampton & Cheap Trick The Paramount Huntington, NY July 29, 2015 Frampton Comes Alive! (A&M, 1976) and Live At Budukan (Epic, 1978) are two of the most iconic live recordings of the past 40-or-so years. As such, it's only fitting (and inevitable) that Peter Frampton and Cheap Trick would eventually ...


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