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Winter Jazzfest, New York City, Day 1: January 7, 2011

by Gordon Marshall
January 12, 2011

Day 1 | Day 2 Winter JazzfestNew York, NYJanuary 7-8, 2011 What with the snow, the lines, the standing-room-only crowds, New York City's Winter Jazzfest can be a hectic, hectoring hell of force-feeding, a speed-read tasting menu of mad musical difference, as hard to digest in the instant ...

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Bill Frisell - Vinicius Cantuaria: 'Lagrimas Mexicanas'

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 11, 2011

Auditorium Parco della Musica - Roma - 8.1.2011 La collaborazione tra il cantautore brasiliano Vinicius Cantuaria e il chitarrista Bill Frisell risale a oltre 10 anni fa, iniziata con la partecipazione di quest'ultimo ad alcuni album del brasiliano, che nel 2003 ricambiava prendendo parte al gruppo di Frisell 'Intercontinentals.' Il rapporto professionale tra i due trova ...

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

by Daniel Lehner
January 11, 2011

Day 1 | Day 2 Winter JazzfestNew York, NYJanuary 7-8, 2011 Kirk Knuffke Quartet Trumpeter Kirk Knuffke certainly has an enthusiasm for the “hot" jazz of the 1920's, even if it isn't straight from the source. Knuffke's quartet--co-fronted by trombonist Brian Drye, and backed by ...

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Daniel Carter - William Parker - Federico Ughi

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 10, 2011

Area Sismica - Forlì - 19.12.2010 Parlare di Daniel Carter e William Parker è un po' come riferirsi a quel jazz saldamente radicato nel solco della tradizione afro-americana e profondamente imbevuta della visione musicale e della spiritualità che hanno avuto nel free la loro espressione più alta. Ecco allora che trovarsi di fronte a un trio ...

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Winter Jazzfest, New York City, Day 1: January 7, 2011

by Daniel Lehner
January 9, 2011

Day 1 | Day 2 Winter JazzfestNew York, NYJanuary 7-8, 2011 Since the informal move of jazz to the cities in the 1930s, the lore and legend of jazz compositions have lain in streets and places. The most common ones were the clubs, where innovations in jazz were ...

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McCoy Tyner/Alfredo Rodriguez: Toronto, December 11, 2010

by Alain Londes
January 8, 2011

McCoy Tyner / Alfredo RodriguezKoerner HallToronto, CanadaDecember 11, 2010 As part of the Aspects of Oscar series, featuring top jazz pianists performing in honor of the late Oscar Peterson, this particular evening brought two solo piano performances to Toronto's Koerner Hall: aspiring young Cuban talent, Alfredo Rodriguez, opened the show; while ...

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Daniel Carter Quartet: Brooklyn, September 18, 2010

by Harrison Weiss
January 8, 2011

Daniel Carter QuartetThe Freedom GardenBrooklyn, New YorkSeptember 18, 2010 If you do not know about Daniel Carter, you are not to blame. For over thirty years Carter has been an New York musician, playing with free jazz innovators such as David S. Ware, William Parker, and Matthew Shipp, but has ...

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Umbria Jazz Winter #18 Days 1-2: December 29-30, 2010

by Sara Villa
January 6, 2011

Days 1-2 | Days 3-5 Umbria Jazz Winter #18 Orvieto, Italy December 29, 2010-January 2, 2011 Chick Corea/Stefano Bollani Piano Duo This year the wintery version of Italy's major jazz festival is an 18-year-old grown-up, and it shows. Its calendar reconfirmed a highly diverse mix, embellished by an ...

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Oliver Lake Solo: San Diego, December 17, 2010

by Robert Bush
January 6, 2011

Oliver Lake Sushi Performance and Visual Arts San Diego, CA December 17, 2010 Saxophonist, composer, poet and painter Oliver Lake stands at the top of his profession alongside such giants as his contemporaries, multi-instrumentalists Anthony Braxton, and Roscoe Mitchell. His solo concert at Sushi Performance and Visual Arts was the ...

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Jan Garbarek / The Hilliard Ensemble: New York, November 12, 2010

by Warren Allen
January 5, 2011

Jan Garbarek and the Hilliard EnsembleChurch of St. Ignatius LoyolaNew York, NYNovember 12, 2010 Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek and the ancient music quartet known as The Hilliard Ensemble first came together through the machinations of ECM records owner and maestro Manfred Eicher. Their auspicious debut collaboration was Officium (ECM 1994), ...