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Herb Alpert-Lani Hall Quintet at Musical Instrument Museum

by Patricia Myers
March 28, 2014

Herb Alpert-Lani Hall Quintet Musical Instrument Museum Phoenix, Arizona March 17, 2014 Trumpeter-vocalist Herb Alpert and vocalist Lani Hall performed a lively and captivating concert that linked their past triumphs to their newest collaborations. The uber-professionalism of this concert conveyed the ambience of a New York City cabaret show, an informal ...

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"In the Mood" at Mesa Arts Center

by Patricia Myers
March 28, 2014

"In the Mood": A 1940s Musical Revue Mesa Arts Center Mesa, Arizona March 12, 2014 A 13-piece big band revived the music of the 1940s, from Glenn Miller and Tommy Dorsey to Duke Ellington and Count Basie, accompanying six young singers and dancers in vintage costumes to re-create the music of ...

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Claudio Cojaniz Hispanish & Blues Songs a S. Vito Jazz

by Neri Pollastri
March 28, 2014

S. Vito Jazz 2014S. Vito al Tagliamento--Teatro Arrigoni08.03.2014 Un progetto speciale, con produzione originale della rassegna (come accaduto negli anni scorso con quelli di Massimo De Mattia/Bruno Cesselli e di Mauro Ottolini), va in scena nella seconda delle tre serate di S. Vito Jazz 2014: Hispanish & Blues Songs, per la ...

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John O'Gallagher Trio at Triskel Arts Center, Cork

by Ian Patterson
March 27, 2014

John O'Gallagher Trio Triskel Arts Center Cork, Ireland March 22, 2014 Had there been a stage invasion--a historically rare occurrence at a jazz gig--saxophonist John O'Gallagher's trio, armed with its sticks, wood and metal--and with the ace up its sleeves of the high ground--would no doubt have repelled the waves. ...

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Live From Old York: Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Penetration, Juan Martín, Ugly Duckling & She'Koyokh

by Martin Longley
March 27, 2014

Lee 'Scratch' Perry Fibbers March 13, 2014 A legend of reggae music, at home in a small club, with a crammed crowd. This was Lee 'Scratch' Perry's second visit to Fibbers, and judging by his onstage comments, he really digs the joint. Scratch is a legend on several levels, ...

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The Necks at the Bishopsgate Institute

by Phil Barnes
March 25, 2014

The Necks Bishopsgate Institute London March 21, 2014 The Necks live are a different beast to their studio incarnation. In the studio the mixing desk becomes almost a fourth member of the band with, using the recent Open album as an example, contributions being faded in and out or panned across ...

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Zeno De Rossi Trio “Kepos”

by Neri Pollastri
March 25, 2014

Pinocchio Live Jazz Firenze 25.01.14 Gli appuntamenti con Zeno De Rossi sono un classico del Jazz Club fiorentino, sia perché il batterista è parte di numerosi gruppi di alto livello, sia perché è comunque molto apprezzato dai frequentatori del locale. Inevitabile, quindi, che dopo essere passato nella prima ...

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Gunhild Seim “Story Water"

by Luca Vitali
March 24, 2014

Nasjonal Jazzscene Oslo (Norvegia) 06.03.2014 Story Water deve la sua nascita al festival Vossajazz (Voss--Norvegia) che per l'edizione 2012 ha commissionato un lavoro originale alla trombettista e compositrice Gunhild Seim. Per i musicisti norvegesi l'annuale commissione del Vossajazz rappresenta un vero onore. Gunhild ha deciso di cogliere questa opportunità facendo ...

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Charles Lloyd at the Musical Instrument Museum

by Patricia Myers
March 23, 2014

Charles Lloyd and Sangam Musical Instrument Museum Phoenix, Arizona March 9, 2014 Saxophonist Charles Lloyd, who has continually reinvented his musical style since the late 1960s, delivered a deluge of sound and rhythm changes in a spell-binding concert that integrated avant-garde jazz with elements of Asian and Eastern European music. Performing ...

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Mikko Innanen & Innkvisitio at Sellohalli

by Anthony Shaw
March 21, 2014

Mikko Innanen's Innkvisitio Sellohalli 10th Anniversary Concert Helsinki March 13, 2014Much music is best consumed with a pinch of salt, if not a glass of beer or something stronger, and the best works of Mikko Innanen are quite hard on the aural digestive system. But as any good meal appeals ...