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Gent Jazz Festival 2011: Days 5-8

by Martin Longley
August 17, 2011

Days 1-4 | Days 5-8 Gent Jazz Festival Bijloke Gent, Belgium July 14-17, 2011 The festival's second chunk customarily embraced music that was sympathetic to jazz, but moved into the territories of roots, rock, pop, soul, electronica, R&B and African music. All of these forms ...

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16th Litchfield Jazz Festival: Kent, CT, August 5-7, 2011

by Sandy Ingham
August 16, 2011

Litchfield Jazz Festival Kent, CT August 5-7, 2011 “I like to save the best for last," saxophonist Jimmy Heath told the crowd near the end of his big band's grand finale set at the Litchfield Jazz Festival on Sunday, Aug. 7, 2011. It was a successful strategy, not only for Heath's ...

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Newport Jazz Festival 2011, 4-7 de agosto

by Joan A. Cararach
August 16, 2011

Newport Jazz FestivalDel 4 al 7 de agosto, 2011Newport, Rhode Island, Estados Unidos Prólogo: como Moisés en Fort Adams (y cantando con Pete Seeger) Un carrito de golf se detiene en la entrada del túnel que lleva del llamado escenario Quad al Harbor Stage. Chubasqueros y paraguas se detienen ante ...

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Newport Jazz Festival: Newport, RI, Saturday, August 6, 2011

by Timothy J. O'Keefe
August 15, 2011

Natixis Newport Jazz FestivalFort Adams State ParkNewport, RIAugust 6, 2011 On a hazy Saturday that started hot and grew more humid, violin and accordion walked a melody as Regina Carter's Reverse Thread opened the main stage at the 2011 Newport Jazz Festival. Will Holshouser's accordion puffed sounds inspired by zydeco ...

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Montreux Jazz Festival: Montreux, Switzerland, July 3-5, 2011

by Phillip Woolever
August 10, 2011

Montreux Jazz FestivalMontreux, SwitzerlandJuly 3-5, 2011 The 45th Edition of the Montreux Jazz Festival included many iconic profiles, bonded in unique partnership, and rare as the sunset air. Those collaborated chords ensured Montreux remains at the pinnacle of performance packaging, as the festival continued a streak atop European “must see" musical destinations. ...

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Beady Eye: New York, NY, June 22, 2011

by Mike Perciaccante
August 7, 2011

Beady Eye Live on Letterman The Ed Sullivan Theater New York , New York June 22, 2011Usually when a big group breaks up, the main lyricist is the singer, and he/she goes on to a solo career that is similar in scope and acclaim to what the original ...

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Styx / Yes: Wantagh, NY, July 11, 2011

by Mike Perciaccante
August 6, 2011

Styx and Yes, with special guest Shane Alexander 2011 Nikon at Jones Beach Concert Series Wantagh, New York July 11, 2011The 2011 co-headlining Styx and Yes Progressive Tour rolled into Long Island, NY's Jones Beach Amphitheater on a windy July evening. Coming at the end of an exceedingly hot ...

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Clusone Jazz Festival – XXXI Edizione

by AAJ Italy Staff
August 4, 2011

Clusone - 18.06-24.07.2011 Il 2011 verrà ricordato, negli annali dei festival italiani, come l'anno dei tagli ai contributi pubblici. Chi governa le malridotte finanze di questo Paese ha sentenziato che “con la cultura non si mangia". Di conseguenza, gli organizzatori dei festival estivi hanno dovuto fare i conti con budget sempre più risicati. Clusone Jazz non ...

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The Garana Jazz Festival: Garana, Romania, July 21-24, 2011

by Adriana Carcu
August 4, 2011

The Garana Jazz Festival Garana, Romania July 21-24, 2011 Hidden in the heart of the Western Carpathians, the small village of Garana, --also called Wolfsberg by the Bohemian colonists who have inhabited it until some 30 years ago--has developed, during the last decades, into an international artist colony--hosting, for the 15th time this ...

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John McLaughlin 4th Dimension

by AAJ Italy Staff
August 2, 2011

Casa del Jazz - Roma - 18.07.2011 Roma, parco della Casa del Jazz, esterno notte. Considerazioni a margine: dalle prime file s'avverte netto il profumo di kebab che arriva dalla cucina all'aperto, e la signora inglese che ti siede affianco si gusta una pizza fumante, del resto siamo in tempo di globalizzazione, tutto vive in una ...