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Dave Stryker Organ Quartet at Cecil's Jazz Club

by David A. Orthmann
January 24, 2011

Dave Stryker Organ QuartetCecil's Jazz ClubWest Orange, NJDecember 4, 2010 Guitarist and bandleader Dave Stryker straddles the line between art and entertainment as well as anyone in jazz. For those who simply wanted to have a good time, the opening set on the second night of his two night stand ...

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Peter Nero and the Philly Pops: Philadelphia, December 31, 2010

by Victor L. Schermer
January 22, 2011

Peter Nero and The Philly Pops“Swinging in the New Year"The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Philadelphia, PA December 31, 2010 Peter Nero is that rare musician who can negotiate between classical forms, the jazz idiom, popular music and light-hearted humor, generating great energy in his co-musicians and audiences. So ...

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Tierney Sutton Band: Denver, December 29, 2010

by Geoff Anderson
January 20, 2011

Tierney Sutton BandDazzle NightclubDenver, USADecember 29, 2010, Second SetIt turns out the Tierney Sutton Band operates a foster home. They don't take in human children, rather they adopt songs. Most of these songs didn't even know they needed a new home. Most were happily making their way through life, having been ...

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Marc Ducret Trio

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 19, 2011

Area Sismica - Forlì - 8.1.2011 Nonostante molte barriere siano cadute e il mondo della musica - come il mondo in generale - sia ormai globalizzato, per un musicista europeo entrare nell'entourage musicale statunitense (e in particolare in quella scena newyorkese erede del movimento downtown) rimane difficile, e soprattutto è difficile farne parte organicamente e stabilmente. ...

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Umbria Jazz Winter #18 Days 3-5: December 31, 2010-January 2, 2011

by Sara Villa
January 19, 2011

Days 1-2 | Days 3-5 Umbria Jazz Winter #18 Orvieto, Italy December 29, 2010-January 2, 2011 The Alfredo Rodriguez Trio Discovered, produced and hailed by Quincy Jones, Alfredo Rodriguez chose to contradict any potential preconception linked with the highly slippery definition of Latin Jazz to which his Cuban ...

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Umbria Jazz Winter

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 17, 2011

Orvieto - 29.12.2010-2.1.2011 La mannaia dei finanziamenti pubblici, a Orvieto come altrove, quest'anno ha messo in seria difficoltà l'organizzazione del festival, ma l'intervento di importanti sponsor ha fatto sì che il tutto potesse decollare, confortato poi dall'alta risposta del pubblico (intorno a 9000 ingressi per un totale di circa 200.000 euro di incassi). Nel clima festoso ...

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Guelph Jazz Festival, September 8-12, 2010

by Kurt Gottschalk
January 17, 2011

Guelph Jazz FestivalGuelph, CanadaSeptember 8-12, 2010 Some music festivals are holidays and some are expeditions. The annual Guelph Jazz Festival & Colloquium in Ontario has a way of being more safari than respite. The days are long, with lectures and panel discussions on some days beginning at 9:00am and concerts on others ...

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Joe Lovano with Family and Friends: Cleveland Heights, December 28, 2010

by Matt Marshall
January 14, 2011

Joe LovanoNighttownCleveland Heights, OhioDecember 28, 2010 Late into the third set of his homecoming gig with family and friends at Nighttown, saxophonist Joe Lovano took to the mike to remind all in attendance that “Cleveland has always had a creative music scene goin' on." It felt part pep talk, part classic ...

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Winter Jazzfest, New York City, Day 2: January 8, 2011

by Gordon Marshall
January 13, 2011

Day 1 | Day 2 Winter JazzfestNew York, NYJanuary 7-8, 2011 Vernon Reid's Artificial Afrika Slick and heavy electric forays characterize the work of veteran guitarist Vernon Reid. However far into space he goes, his instrument is always under control; usually, his music is ...

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Jazzdor

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 12, 2011

Jazzdor - Strasburgo e città limitrofe - 4-19.11.2010 Jazzdor, il festival tenuto a Strasburgo e città limitrofe, è arrivato alla venticinquesima edizione. Anche quest'anno la rassegna si è svolta su entrambe le sponde del Reno, il fiume che divide Francia e Germania, e ha dato ampio rilievo alla collaborazione fra i musicisti dei due paesi. Fra ...