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Phoenix at Madison Square Garden with The Dirty Projectors and Wavves

by Mike Perciaccante
October 30, 2010

Phoenix at Madison Square Garden with The Dirty Projectors and WavvesMadison Square GardenNew York, New YorkWednesday, October 20, 2010In what was undoubtedly the biggest show of the 2010 CMJ Music Marathon and Film Festival, French rockers Phoenix brought the Madison Square Garden faithful to its screaming, jumping and cheering feet on ...

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New Voices and the American Song Book

by Franz A. Matzner
October 29, 2010

Monk Vocal CompetitionKennedy CenterWashington, D.C.October, 2010 One of the premier jazz events of the year, the annual Thelonious Monk competition rarely fails to deliver. Each year the jazz elite gather to celebrate the legacy of Thelonious Monk and to recognize up-and-coming talents of the jazz world via ...

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Antonio Forcione Quartet

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 28, 2010

Festival Sentieri Acustici Maresca (PT) - 18.08.2010 Da oltre venticinque anni residente in Inghilterra, Antonio Forcione è considerato da molti uno tra i massimi virtuosi della chitarra, al punto che Charlie Haden - che certo di chitarristi se ne intende! - qualche anno fa ha registrato con lui un disco in duo, Heartplay. Eppure, Forcione è ...

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2010 Jarasum Jazz Festival, Gapeyong, South Korea

by Ian Patterson
October 28, 2010

Jarasum International Jazz Festival Jarasum Island, Gapeyong, South Korea October 15-17, 2010 Jarasum International Jazz Festival was almost washed out by rain in its first edition in 2004, and after only three editions founder and director J.J. In--South Korea's premier concert promoter--took the bold step of selling his house to meet debts ...

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Mujician/Aki Takase at the Vortex in London: Tony Levin 70th Birthday Tour

by John Sharpe
October 27, 2010

Aki Takase, John Edwards, Tony Levin / Keith Tippett, Paul Dunmall, Paul Rogers, Tony LevinThe VortexLondonOctober 11, 2010 When pianist Keith Tippett's young daughter was asked at school what her parents did, she replied: they're mujicians! That conflation of magic and music neatly sums up Tippett's method. Initially the name was ...

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Korean Music Shines At Performing Arts Market in Seoul, October 11-15, 2010

by Ian Patterson
October 26, 2010

Performing Arts Market in SeoulNational Theater and selected venuesSeoul, South Korea11--15 October, 2010 The number of festivals, theaters and performance groups in South Korea has grown dramatically in the last twenty years and the tremendous developments in the fields of traditional music, jazz, dance and theater is testament to the ...

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Dave Liebman Group: Half Moon Bay, California, September 26, 2010

by Bill Leikam
October 24, 2010

Dave Liebman GroupDouglas Beach HouseHalf Moon Bay, California, USASeptember 26, 2010 On Sunday, September 26, 2010, the award-winning Dave Liebman Group--Liebman on soprano sax and a small wooden flut;, Vic Juris on acoustic and electric guitar; Tony Marino on electric bass; and Marko Marcinko on drums and percussion--strode on stage, ready ...

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Joshua Redman Trio at Jazz at the Bistro, St Louis, October 7, 2010

by James Henry Smith
October 23, 2010

Joshua Redman TrioJazz at the Bistro SeriesSt Louis, MOOctober 7, 2010 St. Louis' prime jazz venue again welcomed Joshua Redman. His partners for this outing were Reuben Rogers on acoustic bass and Gregory Hutchinson on drums. Redman has always had strong preference for the trio format, with uncommon sidemen. In ...

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Pat Metheny: Orchestrion Tour, Montreal

by Pascal-Denis Lussier
October 23, 2010

Pat MethenyOrchestrion TourPlace des ArtsMontreal, CanadaOctober 12, 2010 Curiosity. More than anything else it was this that made guitarist/composer Pat Metheny's Orchestrion Tour concert at Montreal's Place des Arts complex (another stop on his successful 120-plus major-cities world tour) something to truly anticipate. I can't claim ...

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SFJAZZ Collective at Nighttown

by Matt Marshall
October 22, 2010

SFJAZZ CollectiveNighttownCleveland Heights, OhioOctober 16, 2010 Since 2004, the SFJAZZ Collective, an octet of world-class musicians in the prime of their careers (no “legends" meat wagon, this), has toured the world, spreading the jazz gospel. Two members remain from the initial group--vibes player Stefon Harris and alto saxophonist ...