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Wadada Leo Smith & Organic
by AAJ Italy Staff
Aperitivo in concerto Teatro Manzoni - Milano - 27.03.2011 Era il 1998 e con Yo Miles! Leo Smith palesava al mondo la fatale attrazione per il Davis elettrico. I più rimasero spiazzati; qualcuno si affrettò a liquidare il disco (co-intestato al chitarrista Henry Kaiser) come uno sfizioso fuori-programma; in pochi, per la verità, intuirono che tutto ...
Günter “Baby” Sommer – Matthew Shipp
by AAJ Italy Staff
Dialoghi: jazz per due - XIII edizione, Pavia, 24.03.2011 Dei quattro concerti proposti nell'edizione 2011 dalla rassegna Dialoghi: jazz per due," l'incontro tra le percussioni di Günter Baby" Sommer ed il pianoforte di Matthew Shipp era senza alcun dubbio il più intrigante, in quanto metteva a confronto due universi artistici distinti, sia a livello generazionale che ...
Randy Newman: Ottawa, Canada, March 28, 2011
by John Kelman
Randy NewmanCentrepointe Theatre, Ottawa, Canada March 28, 2011 While it's not been the 25 years that he cited as the time that's passed since his last Ottawa performance--he was actually in town for the 2007 Ottawa Bluesfest--it was his first time playing in a theater setting in Ottawa since the mid-1980s, ...
Tia Fuller: Wayne, NJ February 13, 2011
by David A. Orthmann
Tia FullerWilliam Paterson University Jazz RoomWayne, NJFebruary 13, 2011 Who is Tia Fuller? Oddly enough, the question came to mind after the conclusion of a performance at William Paterson University's Jazz Room. During the seventy-five minute set, Fuller deftly juggled a handful of identities: audience tour guide; purveyor of positive, ...
Geoffrey Keezer and Joe Locke Duo: Half Moon Bay, CA, March 13, 2011
by Bill Leikam
Geoffrey Keezer/Joe Locke Duo Douglas Beach House Half Moon Bay, CA March 13, 2011 There are wonderful, well-produced, rehearsed bands that play the Douglas Beach House (aka Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society), but on occasion, within those gems, a high-caret diamond arrives and astonishes the audience. That's what came down when ...
Jeff Kaiser / Kronomorphic / Keneally-Minnemann-Beller: San Diego, March 11, 2011
by Robert Bush
Jeff Kaiser / Kronomorphic / Keneally/Minnemann/BellerPorter's Pub, UCSDSan Diego, CAMarch 11, 2011 The Friday, March 11 show at Porter's Pub, organized by UCSD promoter Brian Ross, was a wild, kaleidoscopic affair. Featuring two Southern California-based creative improvising exponents with a rock-fusion headliner represented a certain degree of risk: would the ...
Dolomiti Ski Jazz – XIV Edizione
by AAJ Italy Staff
Val di Fiemme - 11-20.03.2011 Festival dalla formula particolarissima, da sempre il Dolomiti Ski Jazz propone un cartellone che oscilla tra un jazz accessibile e di intrattenimento, che anima i concerti che si svolgono all'ora di pranzo sulle piste da sci, ed un jazz di maggior spessore, presentato la sera nei numerosi teatri e sale polifunzionali ...
Scott Henderson Trio: Bangkok, Thailand, March 18, 2011
by Ian Patterson
Scott Henderson TrioMello YelloBangkok, ThailandMarch 18, 2011 The Scott Henderson Trio crowned an impressive inaugural fortnight at Mello Yello, with an electrifying performance in front of a small but appreciative audience. With jazz clubs few and far between in Bangkok, the opening of Mello Yello at RCA, in the clubbing heartland ...
Duduka Da Fonseca: New York City, March 19, 2011
by Dan Bilawsky
Duduka Da Fonseca QuartetJazz StandardNew York, NYMarch 19, 2011 (First Set) Everybody in Manhattan seemed to be celebrating something on the evening of Thursday, March 17. Those with Irish eyes were smiling as green beer flowed freely in corner bars throughout New York City, but a different kind of celebration ...
Trio Mediaeval: Toronto, Canada, March 23, 2011
by John Kelman
Trio Mediaeval with The Toronto ConsortSt. Anne's Anglican Church Toronto, Canada March 23, 2011 When there's the kind of chemistry that Trio Mediaeval has sharpened over the past decade, the loss of one of its singers--even if temporary--could be a recipe for, if not disaster, then, at least, a significant shift ...

