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Chick Corea / Gary Burton: San Diego, USA, March 1, 2011
by Robert Bush
Chick Corea / Gary BurtonAnthology,San Diego, CAMarch 1, 2011 Pianist Chick Corea and vibraphonist Gary Burton first met in the late 1960s, as Burton was leaving, and Corea was joining saxophonist Stan Getz's band. Together, they released one of the most astonishing records of the 1970s, Crystal Silence (ECM, 1973). ...
Matthew Shipp Trio: London, UK, February 17, 2011
by John Sharpe
Matthew Shipp TrioThe VortexLondonFebruary 17, 2011 I'm not that keen on piano trios but you can't fault this one." Thus did one listener at north London's Vortex greet the interval after the first set from pianist Matthew Shipp's new trio partway through a 6-date European tour. How right he was. Drummer ...
Paroxysmal Postural Vertigo
by AAJ Italy Staff
Pinocchio Live Jazz - Firenze - 12.02.2011 Musica ad altissima intensità dinamica, quella del Paroxysmal Postural Vertigo, quartetto capitanato dal chitarrista Walter Beltrami e ricco di stelle come Francesco Bearzatti al sax tenore e clarinetto, Stomu Takeishi al basso elettrico e un micidiale Jim Black alla batteria. E peccato davvero che, per una coincidenza aerea mancata, ...
39th Annual Lakeland Jazz Festival: February 24-27, 2011
by Matt Marshall
39th Annual Lakeland Jazz FestivalKirtland, OHFebruary 24-27, 2011 The Lakeland Jazz Festival routinely catches the ire of Mother Nature, with winter storms often hampering travel of artists and fans alike, at times limiting attendance or even necessitating the cancellation of a show here or there. But that's life for a February festival ...
Serata dedicata a Lev Sergeevic Termen
by AAJ Italy Staff
Area Sismica - Forlì - 19.2.2011 Si sa che c'è un fascino del vintage e del modernariato. Tutto ciò che era tecnologicamente all'avanguardia una manciata di decenni fa e che adesso appare uno slancio allo stesso tempo ingenuo e grandioso verso il futuribile non manca di suscitare la nostra meraviglia, ammirazione e uno strano senso di ...
Anthony Davis Ensemble Live at Dizzy's San Diego, February 20, 2011
by Robert Bush
Anthony Davis EnsembleDizzy's, San DiegoSan Diego, CAFebruary 20, 2011 Composer and pianist Anthony Davis is a modern day renaissance man. Not only is he a master of multiple jazz disciplines, he also has composed several critically acclaimed operas. His classical works have often dealt with controversial subjects, such as Tania, ...
Steven Bernstein and Nicole Mitchell: Tel Aviv Jazz Festival, February 15-16, 2011
by Eyal Hareuveni
Steven Bernstein's Diaspora Soul & Nicole Mitchell's Indigo Trio Tel Aviv Jazz Festival Cinemateque Tel Aviv, Israel February 15-16, 2011 The 2011 edition of the Tel Aviv Jazz Festival did not feature big names but, instead, focused on musicians who have solidified their unique way of bridging the past with ...
The Hyungjin Choi Quartet: Brooklyn, December 7, 2010
by Patrick Hanna
Hyungjin Choi QuartetPuppets Jazz BarBrooklyn, NYDecember 7, 2010 When the Hyungjin Choi Quartet played at Puppets Jazz Bar in Brooklyn recently, it was worth battling the brutal weather for an opportunity to see them perform. The band consisted of young musicians with a very unique sound. Drummer ...
Noah Preminger Quartet, Boston, February 23
by Gordon Marshall
Noah PremingerScullers Jazz ClubBoston, Mass.February 23, 2011 To judge by his sophomore effort, Before the Rain (Palmetto, 2011), tenor saxophonist Noah Preminger's singular forte is the reinvention of the ballad. He does it so well, and so nearly exclusively, that it came as a pleasant surprise, during his performance at Scullers ...
Tessa Souter: Half Moon Bay, February 13, 2011
by Bill Leikam
Tessa SouterDouglas Beach HouseHalf Moon Bay, CaliforniaFebruary 13, 2011 There are times, at the Douglas Beach House (aka the Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society), when a singer comes in and subtly moves the audience to a deeper attention than might otherwise be the case. So it was, when jazz vocalist, ...

