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Craig Taborn Trio at Gent Jazz Club

by John Sharpe
October 28, 2014

Craig Taborn Trio Belfort Café Gent, Belgium October 13, 2014 For some an enforced line up change mid tour might have spelled disaster. But pianist Craig Taborn's trio rode their fortune and delivered a, likely adrenaline-fuelled, wonderful performance. When drummer Gerald Cleaver, Taborn's most longstanding accomplice, pulled out ...

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Ann Hampton Callaway at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola

by Ernest Barteldes
October 28, 2014

Ann Hampton Callaway Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola October 23, 2014 New York, NY On the CD release event for her album Sarah Vaughan Project (Shanachie, 2014)--captured live at this very venue--Ann Hampton Callaway kicked off the set with a very up-tempo take on “I'm Gonna Live Till I Die" ...

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Nico Gori Quartet alla Sala del Rosso, Firenze

by Neri Pollastri
October 28, 2014

Nico Gori Quartet Firenze Sala del Rosso 03.10.2014 Di scena per un concerto e una registrazione live presso la Sala del Rosso -locale privato dall'ottima acustica, creato nei sotterranei di una villa fiorentina-il quartetto che Nico Gori tiene in piedi ormai da diversi anni e nel quale si sono fatti ...

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Blue Öyster Cult at The Space at Westbury

by Mike Perciaccante
October 26, 2014

Blue Öyster Cult The Space at Westbury Westbury, NY October 18, 2014 In its over 40 years of existence Blue Öyster Cult has sold multiple millions of albums worldwide. The group came from humble beginnings. It was formed in 1967 at Stony Brook University on Long Island. The ...

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The Preservation Hall Jazz Band and Allen Toussaint in Lansdale, PA

by Wade Luquet
October 26, 2014

Preservation Hall and Allen Toussaint The Oh Yeah! Tour Lansdale Community Concerts Lansdale, PA October 18, 2014 The Preservation Hall Jazz Band is on the roll again, and this time they have company. The venerable fifty year old band is on a thirty-eight city tour sharing ...

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The Kooks At the Paramount

by Mike Perciaccante
October 25, 2014

The Kooks The Paramount Huntington, NY October 9, 2014 Formed in 2004 in Brighton, East Sussex, in 2004, the Kooks are: Luke Pritchard on vocals and guitar, guitarist Hugh Harris, bassist Pete Denton and drummer Alexis Nunez. Its swirling jangle-pop music is very much influenced by the bands of the British ...

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Metropolitan Gospel Big Band at Restoration Temple

by Ernest Barteldes
October 25, 2014

Metropolitan Gospel Big Band Temple of Restoration October 18, 2014 Brooklyn, NY On the CD release event for their debut album Leaning On The Everlasting Arms (Self-Produced, 2014), the sixteen-piece band led by tenor saxophonist Duke Guillaume kicked off the set with George Bennard's classic hymn “The Old ...

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The Necks at Cafe Oto

by Alex Franquelli
October 23, 2014

The Necks Cafe Oto London October 8, 2014 It is always a good sign when the imposing windows of Cafe Oto are misted up. If one could see through the condensation, if one could, with just one finger, remove the minuscule droplets amassed on the vertical plains, one ...

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Abdullah Ibrahim at Zankel Hall

by Dan Bilawsky
October 22, 2014

Abdullah Ibrahim Zankel Hall Ubuntu: Music And Arts Of South Africa New York, NY October 17, 2014 Ubuntu. It's one little six-letter word that carries a world of meaning within its frame. The term itself, roughly translated to mean “I am because you are," took root as a philosophy ...

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Tribute to Prentice “Pete” Douglas at Douglas Beach House

by Bill Leikam
October 21, 2014

Tribute to Prentice “Pete" Douglas Douglas Beach House Half Moon Bay, CA October 4-5, 2014 In some ways, for all of us who time and again came to the Douglas Beach House in Half Moon Bay to listen to some of the finest jazz anywhere, the passing of Prentice “Pete" ...