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Barry Harris at the Village Vanguard

by Bob Kenselaar
February 8, 2012

Barry HarrisVillage VanguardNew York, NYJanuary 15, 2012 Ambling in from the back of the room, Barry Harris introduced his trio to the crowd at the Village Vanguard as the musicians filed in ahead of him: Ray Drummond on bass, Leroy Williams on drums, and then he announced, with a wink, ...

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Ron Cole Trio: Vientiane, Laos, January 21, 2012

by Ian Patterson
February 8, 2012

Ron Cole TrioMarkTwo Pub and RestaurantVientiane, LaosJanuary 21, 2012 The fact that a jazz trio came from Bangkok to play a swish new venue in the Laotian capital--one that wouldn't look out of place in the City of Angels--says something about the rapid pace of change in Laos. This was ...

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James Blood Ulmer - David Murray & The Blues Orchestra

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 7, 2012

Aperitivo in concerto Teatro Manzoni - Milano - 29.01.2012 Si parte, un po' a sorpresa, con un brano di Charlie Parker. Giusto per scaldare il motore, aggiustare i suoni, sciogliere i muscoli. Nulla di clamoroso, s'intende, ma una sorta di rito propiziatorio per le scorribande a seguire. Poi arriva il blues. Già, perché The Blues Orchestra ...

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Michael Blake "Kingdom of Champa"

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 1, 2012

Aperitivo in concerto Teatro Manzoni - Milano - 22.01.2011 Correva l'anno 1995. In compagnia della moglie, originaria di quel paese, Michael Blake si recava in Vietnam. Un viaggio sulle tracce di ricordi familiari, ma inevitabilmente anche all'interno di una delle grandi, laceranti, ferite della storia nord-americana. Colonna sonora di quel viaggio era una musicassetta contenente Sketches ...

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John Geggie / Ron Miles / David Occhipinti: Ottawa, Canada, January 14, 2012

by John Kelman
February 1, 2012

John Geggie / Ron Miles / David OcchipintiGeggie Concert SeriesNAC Fourth Stage, Ottawa, CanadaJanuary 14, 2012 For his first concert of 2012, bassist John Geggie reaffirmed the astute ability to bring together musicians in unheard-of configurations that's made his longstanding Geggie Concert Series an Ottawa institution. Despite living in a ...

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Pharoah & the Underground

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 31, 2012

Aperitivo in concerto Teatro Manzoni - Milano - 15.01.2012 Non è nuovo Rob Mazurek alle ospitate eccellenti. Il cornettista di Chicago i padri li ha sempre vezzeggiati e coccolati. Basti pensare alle comparsate dei vari Fred Anderson, Roscoe Mitchell e Bill Dixon nella Exploding Star Orchestra: solo dal vivo i primi due, pure su disco il ...

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Peloton: Helsinki, Finland, January 8, 2012

by Anthony Shaw
January 28, 2012

Peloton The Cable Factory Helsinki, Finland November 2011--January 2012 January 8, 2012 Many a gigging musician has spent lengthy formative hours in an opera house pit, a symphony orchestra stand or, in this case, under the modern equivalent of a big top. With contemporary circus entertainment more compact--even ...

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Tim Horner Octet: Teaneck, New Jersey, January 7, 2012

by David A. Orthmann
January 27, 2012

Tim Horner OctetPuffin Cultural ForumTeaneck, NJJanuary 7, 2012 Tim Horner's one night gig at the Puffin Cultural Forum was accompanied by an unusually high set of expectations. In September of last year, Miles High Records released The Places We Feel Free, Horner's impressive maiden voyage as a leader in a ...

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Paul Dunmall Quartet : London, England, January 9, 2012

by John Sharpe
January 25, 2012

Paul Dunmall / Matthew Bourne / Steve Davis / Dave KaneVortex Jazz ClubLondon, UKJanuary 9, 2012 Although saxophonist Paul Dunmall performs in London with reasonable frequency, he rarely appears in the same configuration twice. But for anyone who's heard his excellent Moment To Moment (Slam, 2009), tonight's gig was not to ...

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Josh Ginsburg at An Die Musik in Baltimore

by Bob Kenselaar
January 24, 2012

Josh Ginsburg An Die Musik Baltimore, Maryland January 14, 2012 Josh Ginsburg celebrated the release of his new CD, Zembla Variations (Brooklyn Jazz Underground, 2012), with two special performances, one at the Jazz Gallery in New York on January 12 and the other two days later at An Die Musik, a ...