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Dawes at Higher Ground, South Burlington, VT

by Doug Collette
August 1, 2015

Dawes Higher Ground South Burlington, VT July 21, 2015 Dawes is making up for lost time in 2015. The Los Angeles-based band reasserted themselves as recording artists in the studio with All Your Favorite Bands (Hub Records, 2015) and is now taking the next logical step in their development as a ...

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Gent Jazz Festival 2015: Part 1

by Martin Longley
July 30, 2015

Gent Jazz Festival Bijloke Gent, Belgium July 10-12, 2015 Part 1 | Part 2 A bold beginning was made with the festival's opening night, perhaps concentrating on some of director Bertrand Flamang's personal favourites. This evening was never destined to be a sell-out session, but ...

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Steve LaSpina Quartet at William Paterson University

by David A. Orthmann
July 30, 2015

Steve LaSpina Quartet William Paterson University Summer Jazz Room Wayne, NJ July 23, 2015 At William Paterson University, jazz is taken seriously. Undergraduate and graduate courses are taught by some of the most distinguished names in the business, and the music is presented to the public with care and ...

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Jazz for Kids: Copenhagen Jazz Festival

by Eyal Hareuveni
July 27, 2015

Jazz for Kids: Folkegaven (Kresten Osgood & Lars Greve) and Sun Ra for KidsCopenhagen Jazz Festival Søndermarken Park, Frederiksberg July 10, 2015 The Copenhagen Jazz Festival is a massive event, lasting 10 days, offering 1,200 concerts that envelope all corners of the Danish capital and draws an audience of about 250,000 ...

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Umbria Jazz 15

by Libero Farnè
July 27, 2015

Perugia, vari luoghi 10--19 luglio Oltre 35.000 biglietti venduti con un incasso di 1.500.000 euro, 450.000 presenze in città nei giorni del festival: i numeri danno ragione dell'enorme successo di pubblico di Umbria Jazz 2015. La manifestazione, come sempre articolata in appuntamenti gratuiti nel centro storico e in concerti a pagamento, all'Arena Santa ...

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Hall & Oates at the Nikon at Jones Beach Theater

by Mike Perciaccante
July 26, 2015

Hall & Oates Nikon at Jones Beach Theater Wantagh, NY July 15, 2015 In the 1980s, Daryl Hall & John Oates sold albums and CDs at a rate similar to that of Madonna, Bruce Springsteen, U2, Prince and Michael Jackson. Their songs could be found on and still can be found ...

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Paris Jazz Diary 2015: Saxophonists Lew Tabackin, James Carter, Craig Handy

by Patricia Myers
July 24, 2015

Lew Tabackin, James Carter, Craig Handy Sunside-Sunset/Duc des Lombards Paris, France July 8, July 11, July 12, 2015 Getting great sax in Paris was a sure thing this summer with three American tenor titans Lew Tabackin, James Carter and Craig Handy performing within three soul-satisfying weeks. In the fewest words: Tabackin ...

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Udin&Jazz 2015 - Argento Vivo

by Neri Pollastri
July 24, 2015

Udin&Jazz Corte Morpurgo e Castello Udine 29.06-03.07.2015 Udin&Jazz ha tagliato quest'anno il ragguardevole traguardo del quarto di secolo con un programma, come negli anni più recenti, spalmato su circa un mese e sapientemente composto di artisti internazionali di primissimo piano (da Kurt Rosenwinkel a Chick Corea, da Ron Carter al ...

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Sonny Fortune at Lancaster Avenue Jazz Festival, Philadelphia

by Victor L. Schermer
July 23, 2015

Sonny Fortune Quartet Ninth Annual Lancaster Avenue Jazz Festival Philadelphia, PA July 18, 2015 It isn't often that you're going to hear a jazz legend like saxophonist Sonny Fortune at an inner city vest pocket park festival featuring mostly young lions and R&B groups, but in this case, at Saunders ...

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North Sea Jazz Festival Recap: A Moveable, Musical Feast

by Joan Gannij
July 22, 2015

North Sea Jazz Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands July 10-12, 2015 Three days immersed in sounds and sensations. Followed by two days at home in zombie mode, zen silence. Rather than do an exhausting commute from Amsterdam to Rotterdam each day (by train or auto (50 miles / 75 kilometers each way), I ...