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Summer Jazz Cycling Tour 25: Groningen, The Netherlands, August 26-27, 2011

by John Sharpe
September 14, 2011

Summer Jazz Cycling Tour 25Groningen, Netherlands August 26-27, 2011 Only in the Netherlands. Where else would anyone think to create such a harmonious conjugation of jazz and cycling? Now in its 25th year, the annual ZomerJazzFietsTour (Summer Jazz Cycling Tour) takes place in the bucolic countryside just outside Groningen in the northern Netherlands. ...

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McCoy Tyner Trio with Gary Bartz: New York, NY, September 1, 2011

by Lawrence Peryer
September 14, 2011

McCoy Tyner Trio with Gary BartzBlue NoteNew York, NYSeptember 1, 2011 With all of the thunder and lightning he has summoned for more than fifty years, pianist McCoy Tyner kicked off eight sets over four nights at Manhattan's Blue Note Jazz Club on Thursday, September 1, 2011. ...

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Detroit Jazz Festival: Detroit, MI September 2-5, 2011

by Matt Marshall
September 12, 2011

32nd Annual Detroit Jazz FestivalDetroit, MISeptember 2-5, 2011 In its 32nd year, the Detroit Jazz Festival decided to drop “International" from its name, only to turn around and proclaim “We Bring You the World." An interesting distinction, but the festival's scope was covered, nonetheless. The celebration brought to Detroit not only artists and ...

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Bob Sheppard Quartet: Half Moon Bay, CA, August 7, 2011

by Bill Leikam
September 10, 2011

Bob Sheppard QuartetDouglas Beach HouseHalf Moon Bay, CaliforniaAugust 7, 2011 Gradually, the Douglas Beach House (aka Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society) filled with people coming in for a jazz treat for that Sunday afternoon. On the lineup was Bob Sheppard on tenor sax, flute, and soprano sax, Larry Koonse on ...

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Return to Forever IV / Zappa Plays Zappa: Denver, August 27, 2011

by Geoff Anderson
September 8, 2011

Return to Forever IV with Zappa Plays ZappaParamount TheaterDenver, COAugust 27, 2011 With Return to Forever IV and Zappa Plays Zappa on the same bill, the Paramount Theater heard more notes per cubic inch than ever before. To say that these two bands play fast is like saying the Yankees ...

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Bollani Per Tre, Lacco Ameno (Ischia), 25-27 de agosto 2011

by Joan A. Cararach
September 7, 2011

Bollani Per TreDel 25 al 27 de agosto, 2011Lacco Ameno, Ischia, Italia Así como los wagnerianos tienen Bayreuth y los schubertianos tienen su Schubertiade en Schwarzenberg, así como los jazzistas tienen su Newport y su New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival como lugares de peregrinación musical, añadan por favor a la lista ...

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WOMAD: Malmesbury, England, July 29-31, 2011

by Martin Longley
September 2, 2011

WOMAD Charlton Park Malmesbury, England July 29-31, 2011 The World Of Music, Arts & Dance, which will celebrate it's 30th anniversary in 2012, is almost certainly the biggest, best and longest-established international festival of global sounds. With its roots in England, the organization has steadily cultivated ...

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Oslo International Jazz Festival 2011

by John Kelman
August 31, 2011

Oslo International Jazz FestivalOslo, NorwayAugust 15-20, 2011 There's always an eager sense of anticipation when returning to Norway, whether it's the barren but beautiful north of Svalbard, the stunning, mountain-surrounded Molde, the picturesque Kongsberg, the fjord-gateway of Bergen or the rugged beauty surrounding Kristiansand. But going back to Norway for the ...

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Locomotive Jazz Festival

by AAJ Italy Staff
August 29, 2011

Sogliano Cavour - 02-05.08.2011 Jazz Circus è il tema della sesta edizione del Locomotive Jazz Festival. Jazz e circo, un binomio che condivide parecchie cose, che esalta lo spirito popolare delle due arti, dove emozioni e sentimenti, sorrisi e lacrime si manifestano senza falsi pudori, con molta naturalezza, perché sono il sale della vita. La fatica, ...

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Trio da Paz and Guests: New York, NY, August 18, 2011

by Ernest Barteldes
August 28, 2011

Trio da Paz with guests Joe Locke, Maucha Adnet, Harry AllenThe Music of Antonio Carlos Jobim and Stan GetzDizzy's Club Coca-ColaNew York, NYAugust 18, 2011 During its two-week residence at Manhattan's Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, Trio da Paz (Romero Lubambo on guitar, Duduka Da Fonseca, drums, and Nilson Matta, upright ...