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Tiffany Austin at SFJAZZ

by Walter Atkins
June 16, 2015

Tiffany Austin SFJAZZ, Joe Henderson Lab CD Release Party-Nothing But Soul (Con Alma Music) San Francisco CA June 12, 2015 Vocalist Tiffany Austin and her skilled band took the stage at SFJAZZ's Joe Henderson Lab to celebrate her debut Nothing But Soul (Con Alma Music). With an introduction by tenor ...

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Tribute to Carla Bley: Mandala Octet and Mandala Orchestra

by Harry S. Pariser
June 16, 2015

Mandala Octet and Mandala Orchestra SFJAZZ San Francisco, CA June 5, 2015 Steve McQuarry had an epiphany last December. While on the phone with Karen Mantler, daughter of eminent avant-garde jazz composer Carla Bley, McQuarry realized that he would like to play some of her tunes onstage, and ...

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Nutshell 2015

by Ian Patterson
June 15, 2015

Nutshell 2015 Bergen, Norway May 27-30, 2015 For a decade now, Nutshell has been an important engine in promoting Norwegian jazz talent abroad. This year, Nutshell's four-day program presented nine acts of quite diverse stripes to an audience of festival directors, radio programmers, booking agents and journalists from fifteen European countries.

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Marcus Miller at Yoshi's Oakland

by Walter Atkins
June 14, 2015

Marcus Miller Yoshi's Oakland Oakland CA June 5, 2015 Multi GRAMMY winner and UNESCO Artist for Peace Marcus Miller played five sold out shows with his band over the weekend at Yoshi's Oakland. The set featured songs from his new album Afrodeezia (Blue Note Records) that paid homage to the African ...

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David Torn at Streamside Concerts

by Mark Sullivan
June 10, 2015

David Torn Streamside Concerts Arden, NC June 6, 2015 Experimental electric guitarist David Torn was touring to support his album only sky (ECM, 2015), a collection of solo performances done in real time using looping and other electronic processing. But there was no attempt to play selections from the recording: as ...

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Ritmo delle Città 2015

by Paolo Peviani
June 10, 2015

Orto Botanico Milano 28.05.-03.06.2015 Con l'arrivo della bella stagione, torna il Ritmo delle Città, rassegna che anima l'estate musicale milanese. Quest'anno gli appuntamenti in programma sono sedici, e coprono un'ampia gamma di declinazioni del jazz contemporaneo. Tra questi, i due che hanno catturato maggiormente la nostra attenzione sono quelli ...

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John Zoltek Stirs Up Jazz Fusion Storm in Montana

by Mark Holston
June 8, 2015

The John Zoltek Quartet O'Shaughnessey Center Jazz Night with the Maestro Whitefish, Montana May 16, 2015 Watching guitarist John Zoltek bound ecstatically around the stage like one of his rock guitar heroes from the '70s, it was perhaps difficult for some in the audience of about 200 to reconcile that ...

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AngelicA Festival: 25 anni

by Libero Farnè
June 8, 2015

Centro di ricerca musicale Bologna 02-31.05.2015 John Oswald coadiuvato da Domenico Caliri, Chris Cutler & Co. Gianni Gebbia e Carl Stone, Sidsel Endresen con Stian Westerhus: pillole, ma tonificanti, di un festival durato un mese e votato a «presentare musica in continuo movimento senza adagiarsi sulle “novità" o sul “consolidato," ...

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Moers Festival 2015

by Henning Bolte
June 7, 2015

Moers Festival Moers, Germany May 22-25, 2015 After the great changes and new beginnings of last year's edition, this year the festival entered the phase of refinement and consolidation. The special vibe is still flourishing. The festival got an important award, the prize of the Europe Jazz Network (EJN) for Adventurous Programming. ...

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Bobby Zankel’s Warriors of the Wonderful Sound with Jaleel Shaw at Philadelphia Clef Club

by Victor L. Schermer
June 6, 2015

Bobby Zankel's Warriors of the Wonderful Sound with Jaleel Shaw Philadelphia Clef Club of Jazz Philadelphia, PA June 2, 2015 This killer of a concert capped a series of four in which Bobby Zankel's Warriors of the Wonderful Sound invited guest artists to join them in performing ...