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Südtirol Alto Adige Jazz Festival 2013

by AAJ Italy Staff
July 8, 2013

Südtirol Alto Adige Jazz Festival - 28.06-07.07.2013 La trentunesima edizione del Südtirol Alto Adige Jazz Festival ha confermato, anzi accentuato, le sue prerogative: innanzi tutto quella di coinvolgere vari partner e vari centri dell'intero territorio provinciale, facendo replicare in differenti sedi molti dei gruppi invitati. In secondo luogo, ha puntato soprattutto su formazioni emergenti, giovani e ...

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John Jorgenson’s Gypsy Jazz Quintet at the Musical Instrument Museum

by Patricia Myers
July 7, 2013

John Jorgenson's Gypsy Jazz QuintetMusical Instrument MuseumPhoenix, AZJune 27, 2013 The swinging sound of gypsy jazz popularized by Django Reinhardt and the Quintet of the Hot Club of France was elegantly interpreted by John Jorgenson in a quintet setting that imbued the 1930s genre with modernistic verve.The program was ...

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Marisa Monte: New York, June 26, 2013

by Ernest Barteldes
July 6, 2013

Marisa MonteBeacon TheaterNew York, NYJune 26, 2012On her first New York appearance in seven years, singer Marisa Monte began her set behind a see-through screen used to project various colorful images directly connected to her 2012 album, Tudo Que Voce Queria Saber de Verdade (Blue Note). She was backed by a ...

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Tedeschi Trucks Band / Grace Potter and the Nocturnals / JJ Grey and Mofro: Denver, June 15, 2013

by Geoff Anderson
July 5, 2013

Tedeschi Trucks Band / Grace Potter and the Nocturnals / JJ Grey and MofroRed Rocks AmphitheaterDenver, COJune 15, 2013When you walk into the venue and the stage is set up with three Hammond B-3 organs, each with its own Leslie speaker, you know you're in for something earthy and gritty. And ...

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Valamar Jazz Festival 2013

by AAJ Italy Staff
July 5, 2013

Porec - Croazia - 25-29.06.2013 Quarta edizione del Valamar Jazz Festival, manifestazione organizzata dall'omonimo gruppo alberghiero croato, che si svolge nella cittadina balneare di Porec. Missione del festival, per citare il direttore artistico Tamara Obrovac, è “portare buona musica in belle location". A posteriori, possiamo senza dubbio sostenere che la rassegna ha conseguito i propri obiettivi ...

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Suoni Per Il Popolo, Montreal, Canada, June 5-22, 2013

by Mike Chamberlain
July 3, 2013

Suoni per Il PopoloCasa del Popolo/Sala Rossa Montreal, CanadaJune 5-22, 2013The Casa del Popolo and Sala Rossa mini-empire that Mauro Pezzente and Kiva Stimac started on upper St-Laurent Boulevard in September, 1990 boasts a high-level eclectic program throughout the year, but the annual Suoni per Il Popolo festival concentrates special events ...

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Hugh Masekela and Larry Willis: Phoenix, AZ, June 18, 2013

by Patricia Myers
July 3, 2013

Hugh Masekela and Larry WillisMusical Instrument MuseumPhoenix, AZJune 18, 2013A duo concert by flugelhorn master Hugh Masekela and pianist Larry Willis was billed as a salute to The Great American Songbook, but the performance offered as much storytelling as music. Masekela's endearing persona emerged as he related jazz history and his ...

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Verona Jazz 2013

by AAJ Italy Staff
July 2, 2013

In un periodo di crisi economica, dove la contrazione per i consumi di cultura e spettacoli è evidente e gli investimenti degli assessorati ridotti all'osso (con Verona Jazz che ha perso lo sponsor), l'edizione 2013 del festival ha ottenuto un bilancio lusinghiero in termini d'affluenza, puntando esclusivamente sul jazz italiano (e dintorni) con alcuni dei suoi ...

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2013 TD Ottawa Jazz Festival: Ottawa, Canada, June 21-26, 2013

by John Kelman
July 1, 2013

TD Ottawa Jazz FestivalOttawa, CanadaJune 20-July 1, 2013Having made the decision, in 2012, to broaden its stylistic purview to include not only music on the periphery of jazz, but artists with no real connection to the founding raison d'être of the festival, the 2013 TD Ottawa Jazz Festival continued to bring extracurricular music ...

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Depeche Mode: Belgrade, Serbia, May 19, 2013

by Nenad Georgievski
June 30, 2013

Depeche ModeUšće ParkBelgrade, SerbiaMay 19, 2013British electro-pop behemoth Depeche Mode is as grand live spectacle as is ever likely to be seen. Over the years the band has achieved enormous success, with millions of records sold and, despite personnel changes and close to being casualties to either a rock lifestyle or ...