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Abe Ovadia Trio: New York, NY, November 6, 2012

by Daniel Lehner
November 27, 2012

Abe Ovadia TrioCornelia Street CafeNew York, NYNovember 6, 2012The night of the 2012 U.S. presidential election happened to be a few days into the slow return of many West Village jazz clubs, back to regular operation after Hurricane Sandy. Thus, Cornelia Street Café and many other clubs like it were eager, ...

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Enjoy Jazz Festival: Heidelberg / Mannheim / Ludwigshafen, Germany, October 30-November 7, 2012

by John Kelman
November 26, 2012

2012 Enjoy Jazz FestivalHeidelberg/Mannheim/Ludwigshafen, GermanyOctober 30-November 7, 2012After a week in northern Sweden covering the 2012 Umeå Jazz Festival--where the were days shortening and the temperature dropping--moving south to Heidelberg, Germany was a welcome respite from the oncoming onslaught of winter that's also approaching back home in Canada. For this year's coverage of ...

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Aldo Romano - Louis Sclavis - Henri Texier - Guy Le Querrec

by AAJ Italy Staff
November 26, 2012

Auditorium Parco della Musica - Roma - 21.10.2012 Il tema del rapporto tra jazz e immagini, argomento portante della 36a edizione del Roma Jazz Festival, è perfettamente interpretato dal progetto realizzato tra il 1995 e il 2005 dal trio di Henri Texier, Aldo Romano e Louis Sclavis, rispolverato per l'occasione. Allora i tre musicisti intrapresero una ...

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Amanda Ruzza Band: New York, NY, November 8, 2012

by Ernest Barteldes
November 24, 2012

Amanda Ruzza BandZinc BarNew York, NYNovember 8, 2012Brazilian-born bassist Amanda Ruzza took the stage at Greenwich Village's Zinc Bar, backed by a solid band--drummer Mauricio Zotarelli, electric guitarist Alex Nolan, pianist Mamiko Watanabe, trombonist Chris Stover and tenor/soprano saxophonist Ben Flocks--about which the bandleader jokingly referred as “a nice band with ...

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44 Voll-Damm Festival de Jazz de Barcelona: Paolo Fresu Monvinic Experience

by Enrique Turpin
November 23, 2012

Paolo Fresu Monvínic Experience44 Voll-Damm Festival Internacional de Jazz de BarcelonaMonvínic12 de noviembre de 2012La Carta Blanca de la que Paolo Fresu ha disfrutado en la 44ª edición del festival de jazz de Barcelona le abría en esta ocasión las puertas de Monvínic, “the Greatest Wine Bar in the World," a ...

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Jazzfest Berlin 2012: Berlin, Germany, November 1-4, 2012

by Henning Bolte
November 21, 2012

Jazzfest Berlin 2012Berlin, GermanyNovember 1-4, 2012In 1964, famous pioneering jazz aficionado and impresario Joachim E. Behrendt founded the legendary Berlin Jazztage. The event, nowadays named Jazzfest Berlin, with its tumultuous history and multitude of faces, has since worked with a variety of different artistic directors. This year was the beginning of a new ...

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Anthony Braxton Echo Echo Mirror House

by AAJ Italy Staff
November 21, 2012

Teatro Metastasio - Prato - 14.10.2012 Seconda data del tour italiano che lo ha portato anche a Venezia in formazione allargata (tredici elementi) e poi a Reggio Emilia in quartetto, Anthony Braxton è andato in scena al Teatro Metastasio di Prato per una succosa anteprima di Metastasio Jazz. Il concerto è stato preceduto da una conversazione ...

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OCT-LOFT Jazz Festival: Shenzhen, China, October 8-23, 2012

by Ian Patterson
November 20, 2012

OCT-LOFT Jazz FestivalShenzhen, ChinaOctober 8-23, 2012The OCT-LOFT Jazz Festival, in Shenzhen, Gaungdong Province, is one of the youngest jazz festivals in China, yet in just two editions it has already established itself as one of the best. Financially, it can't compete with the Shanghai Jazz Festival, which for its 2012 edition attracted renowned ...

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44 Voll-Damm Festival de Jazz de Barcelona: Mavis Staples, Lee Fields y Esperanza Spalding

by Enrique Turpin
November 20, 2012

Mavis Staples + Dayna Kurtz44 Voll-Damm Festival Internacional de Jazz de BarcelonaSala Apolo4 de noviembre de 2012Hay miradas elocuentes, y la de Dayna Kurtz además sana como lo haría un bisturí eléctrico, que cauteriza a la vez que corta. Todo en ella irradia sinceridad, una palabra que suele asociarse con honestidad, ...

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Francesco Bearzatti Tinissima 4et: Monkʼnʼroll

by AAJ Italy Staff
November 20, 2012

Sala Petrassi - Parco della Musica - Roma - 03.11.2012 Dopo i progetti dedicati alle figure di Tina Modotti e Malcolm X - che hanno riscosso un ottimo successo sia di critica che di pubblico - il Tinissima Quartet capitanato da Francesco Bearzatti propone un altro omaggio, questa volta a Thelonious Monk. Unendo musica e immagini, ...