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Moers Festival 2014

by Henning Bolte
June 23, 2014

Moers Festival Moers , GermanyJune, 6-9, 2014 Moers is a small city of about 100,000 inhabitants at the periphery of the former mining and industrial Ruhrpott area in Germany, about 40 km from the Dutch border and near the cities of Duisburg and Düsseldorf. Moers Festival, a four-day annual event always ...

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Nils Petter Molvaer in Benrath Forest

by Adriana Carcu
June 22, 2014

Nils Petter Molvær: Lucid DreamBenrath Forest Duesseldorf, GermanyMay 31, 2014 Nils Petter Molvær's ambient sound and light installation, Lucid Dream, was performed in Germany on the last night of May, 2014. The floating dreaminess of the music was enhanced by sound designer Jørgen Larsson and lighting/video artist Pekka Stokke. Molvær has ...

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Burlington Discover Jazz Festival 2014

by Doug Collette
June 21, 2014

Burlington Vermont Discover Jazz Festival 2014Burlington, Vermont May 30-June 8, 2014 During Burlington Vermont's Discover Jazz Festival, Vermont's Queen City teems with a level of excitement and activity unusual even for its ceaselessly vibrant environs. And while the Mainstage of the Flynn Performing Arts Center functions as the center of that universe, ...

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Peter Murphy at Irving Plaza in New York City

by Christine Connallon
June 21, 2014

Peter Murphy Irving Plaza New York City June 9, 2014 The first night of a world tour in support of a new release carries with it electricity in the air that is palpable to the audience, crackling like feedback pouring out of speakers. This was certainly the case at the iconic ...

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Ah-Um Milano Jazz Festival - XII Edizione

by Paolo Peviani
June 20, 2014

Quartiere Isola Milano 19-24.05.2014 Nei giorni in cui la Milano dell'Expo, con le sue ingenti risorse, si scopriva--(im)prevedibilmente?--infiltrata da personaggi di dubbia moralità, un'altra Milano, quella del jazz, con pochi mezzi e tanta buona volontà, si impegnava per rendere la città un posto piacevole da vivere ed abitare. Giunto ...

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Wayne Shorter Quartet at National Concert Hall, Dublin

by Ian Patterson
June 20, 2014

Wayne Shorter Quartet National Concert Hall Dublin, Ireland June 14, 2014 The rapturous applause that greeted the Wayne Shorter Quartet as it took to the stage of Dublin's National Concert Hall was a heart-felt show of appreciation for Shorter's immense contribution to jazz over the past six decades. From his role ...

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Live Guitars From Birmingham: Rhys Chatham, David Grubbs & Pierre Bensusan

by Martin Longley
June 19, 2014

Rhys Chatham Birmingham Town Hall June 7, 2014 When the guitarist/composer Rhys Chatham performs with his small combo, he's usually clad casually, but in his role as conductor for this large-scale performance, he was suitably be-suited. There's an immediate dichotomy here, when this New Yorker's epic 2006 piece, “A ...

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Bill Charlap-Renee Rosnes at Musical Instrument Museum

by Patricia Myers
June 18, 2014

Bill Charlap-Renee Rosnes Musical Instrument Museum Phoenix, Arizona June 4, 2014 Facing each other at a nestled pair of nine-foot concert grand pianos, Bill Charlap and Renee Rosnes combined their 20 fingers for a compelling concert that didn't rely solely on the Great American Songbook. While there was a bit of ...

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Live Duos From Birmingham: Tir Na Nóg, Melt-Banana & Toumani/Sidiki Diabaté

by Martin Longley
June 17, 2014

Tir Na Nóg The Kitchen Garden Café May 26, 2014 The Irish duo Tir Na Nóg should be applauded for its longevity in addition to its ability to keep the music vital, exuding an aura of in-the-moment spontaneity. The wonderfully intimate Kitchen Garden Café, in the Birmingham suburb of ...

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Hauschka at The Kevin Barry Room

by Ian Patterson
June 17, 2014

Hauschka The Kevin Barry Room National Concert Hall Dublin, Ireland June 7, 2014 Had Volker Bertlemann pursued a career in classical music he probably wouldn't have needed a nom de plume, but in the rather niche market of prepared piano music--for which he is best known--a little strategic marketing ...