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Monty Alexander: New York, February 20-March 4, 2012

by Bob Kenselaar
March 19, 2012

Monty Alexander: 50 Years in Music & 50 Years of Jamaica The Blue Note New York, NY February 20-March 4, 2012Monty Alexander set out an ambitious agenda in trying to showcase all the many facets of his 50-year career in music during this two-week stint at the Blue Note. ...

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Peter Brotzmann Ada Trio: London, UK, February 20, 2012

by John Sharpe
March 15, 2012

Peter Brötzmann Ada TrioCafé OtoLondonFebruary 20, 2012 So potent was the chemistry between saxophone behemoth Peter Brötzmann, cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm and drummer Paal Nilssen-Love when they first convened, that a separate existence was clearly merited. Although the saxophonist had previously engaged both younger men in duos, captured by Smalltown Superjazz on ...

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Marc Ducret: Helsinki, Finland, January 29, 2012

by Anthony Shaw
March 15, 2012

Marc Ducret SoloMalmintaloHelsinki, FinlandJaunary 29, 2012 A solo performance is by definition an intense experience, and when the musician is committed to a style which is itself close to impenetrable the result can be bewildering; in this case a performance is bound only by the resourcefulness of the audience.

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Enrico Pieranunzi Trio

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 14, 2012

Parco della Musica - Roma - 05.03.2012 Quella di Roma è stata una delle ultime tappe del trio capitanato da Enrico Pieranunzi, completato da Antonio Sanchez e Scott Colley, del tour che li ha visti presentare il repertorio dell'album Permutation (Cam Jazz, 2012), composto da nove brani autografati dal pianista. E la Sala Petrassi del Parco ...

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Terell Stafford Quintet: Philadelphia, PA, February 25, 2012

by Victor L. Schermer
March 13, 2012

Terell Stafford QuintetJazz Up Close Celebrates Lee MorganPerelman TheaterThe Kimmel Center for the Performing ArtsPhiladelphia, PAFebruary 25, 2012This concert was one in a highly successful series which has been curated, coordinated, and choreographed by Danilo Perez for nearly a decade, so far in the 2011-12 season honoring ...

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Monty Alexander's '76 Montreux Trio: New York, NY, February 27, 2012

by Dan Bilawsky
March 13, 2012

Monty Alexander's '76 Montreux TrioBlue NoteNew York, NYFebruary 27, 2012At seventeen years of age, pianist Monty Alexander was plucked from obscurity when Frank Sinatra and his club owner buddy Jilly Rizzo heard him play. The Jamaican-born piano phenom was immediately brought into the big time, performing for and with some of ...

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Louis Moholo-Moholo Unit "Special Edition"

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 12, 2012

Aperitivo in concerto Teatro Manzoni - Milano - 04.03.2012 The Blue Notes furono un formidabile ensemble di musicisti sudafricani, fuorilegge in patria, che approfittando di un ingaggio al festival di Antibes nel 1964, si auto-esiliarono per brevissimo tempo a Zurigo e poi stabilmente a Londra. Nella capitale inglese non faticarono ad integrarsi nella comunità jazzistica locale ...

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Newport Beach Jazz Party 2012: Newport Beach, CA, February 16-19, 2012

by Patricia Myers
March 12, 2012

12th Annual Newport Beach Jazz PartyNewport Beach Marriot HotelNewport Beach, CAFebruary 16-19, 2012An abundance of top-level jazz in the glamorous ocean-side setting of the Newport Beach Marriott Hotel has made the annual Newport Beach Jazz Party one of the most popular on the circuit. The extended President's Day weekend event attracted ...

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Celebrating Eddie Marshall: San Francisco, CA, February 19, 2012

by Bill Leikam
March 11, 2012

Celebrating Eddie MarshallYoshi'sSan Francisco, CAFebruary 19, 2012When a San Francisco Bay Area jazz musician passes, Bay Area jazz supporters come out in droves to pay their respects and to honor the one who passed. In announcing the passing of the great drummer Eddie Marshall, Jesse Hamlin wrote, for the San Francisco ...

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Easy to Love - Guido Bombardieri Trio

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 8, 2012

Teatro Ariberto - Milano - 02.03.2012 Easy to Love. Bel nome per una rassegna che è davvero facile amare. Facile perché possiede tutte quelle caratteristiche che cerchiamo in una rassegna jazz. Innanzitutto un'organizzazione animata da competenza e autentica passione. Direttore artistico è Andrea Colombo, qui alla sua prima esperienza in qualità di organizzatore di una rassegna ...