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Tri-Centric Orchestra Commissioning Series at Roulette

by Kurt Gottschalk
October 7, 2013

The Tri-Centric Orchestra Roulette Tri-Centric Orchestra Commissioning Series Brooklyn, NY Sept. 24-25, 2013 Addressing the audience at Roulette on Sept. 24, halfway through the first of two nights of the Tri-Centric Presenting Series, trumpeter and foundation executive director Taylor Ho Bynum acknowledged the influence of Artistic Director and spiritual godfather ...

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Elizabeth Kontomanou at Tanjazz Festival 2013

by Mehdi El Mouden
October 4, 2013

Elizabeth Kontomanou Tanjazz Festival Palais des Institutions Italiennes Tangier, Morocco September 21, 2013 Females have always held an important position in the jazz world, especially as singers. Since the demise of Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington, and some unforgettable female voices, other singers have arisen vying for attention, willing ...

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Jazz au Chellah Festival 2013

by Mehdi El Mouden
October 2, 2013

Jazz au Chellah Festival Chellah Rabat, Morocco September 11-15,2013 The evening breeze on summer nights caresses the walls of the fortress while seagulls hover all over the towers. The moon is discernible from afar. In the distance, you can spot swarms of people walking down a long alley leading to the ...

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Magnus Ostrom Band at Ronnie Scott's

by Jamie Skey
October 1, 2013

Magnus Ostrom Ronnie Scott's London September 16, 2013 “What guarantee do we have that the future will come? That we will be able to experience it? We generally live in our Western society separated from death. We don't think about it. Talk seldom about it. Suppress it preferably. But suddenly, it ...

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Magnus Ostrom at Solstice Arts Centre, Navan, Ireland

by Ian Patterson
September 29, 2013

Magnus ÖströmSolstice Arts CentreNavan, IrelandSeptember 20, 2013 That Magnus Öström's quartet made it to Navan at all was good going given that the band's previous gig had been on a Scottish island boasting no fewer than eight whisky distilleries. The Scottish--as the quartet discovered--take their whisky and their hospitality seriously. That ...

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2013 Ultima Contemporary Music Festival

by John Kelman
September 28, 2013

2013 Ultima Contemporary Music Festival Oslo, Norway September 5-14, 2013 Last year's first visit to the Ultima Contemporary Music Festival in Oslo, Norway revealed a rich program that blurred the lines between composition and improvisation in ways few (if any) festivals of its kind do. While the primary reason to attend the ...

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Ai Confini tra Sardegna e Jazz 2013

by AAJ Italy Staff
September 27, 2013

Ai Confini tra Sardegna e Jazz 2013 [Capitolo primo] Sant'Anna Arresi - 22-31.08.2013 “Saturno chiama, Sant'Anna Arresi risponde" Dopo Don Cherry e Albert Ayler, la formula “monografica" del festival di Sant'Anna Arresi è stata impiegata per un altro monumento della tradizione afroamericana, Sun Ra--nel (presunto) centenario della sua nascita - con un programma come al solito ...

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Lettuce & The Alan Evans Trio at Higher Ground, South Burlington, Vermont, 2013

by Doug Collette
September 22, 2013

Lettuce & The Alan Evans TrioHigher GroundSouth Burlington, VermontSeptember 5, 2013Two of the most prominent members of an organization dubbed, with little false modesty, The Royal Family, Lettuce and The Alan Evans Trio are ideal tour mates, especially for the intimate environs of a venue like South Burlington's Higher Ground. While ...

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The Charlie Daniels Band at the NYCB Theatre

by Mike Perciaccante
September 22, 2013

The Charlie Daniels Band with the Marshall Tucker Band NYCB Theatre at Westbury Westbury, NY September 7, 2013 The show outside of the NYCB Theatre at Westbury was something to behold. The local fire department sent two trucks outfitted with retractable ladders and a huge American flag, which they proudly raised ...

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The Royal Southern Brotherhood at B.B. King’s Blues Club & Grill

by Mike Perciaccante
September 21, 2013

The Royal Southern Brotherhood B.B. King's Blues Club & Grill New York, NY September 4, 2013 The Royal Southern Brotherhood is well-named. It is exactly what it should be: an all-star group of virtuoso musicians with roots in the south who play an amalgam of blues, soul, funk and southern- influenced ...