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The Sun Ra Arkestra at Cafe Oto, London

by John Sharpe
May 28, 2010

Sun Ra Arkestra Cafe Oto London, England 14 April 2010 A fantastic atmosphere enveloped Dalston's Cafe Oto with whoops and shouts of affirmation greeting every inflection and chant as the Sun Ra Arkestra launched into “Interplanetary Music," with vocal interjections erupting from all corners of the bandstand. With their ...

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31st Annual Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland

by Matt Marshall
May 27, 2010

31st Annual Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland Cleveland, Ohio April 15-25, 2010 In its 31st offing, the Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland followed a familiar yet engaging formula. One that, over the years, has made it the largest music festival in Ohio and the largest educational jazz festival in the country. The clinics and workshops for ...

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Jazzkaar Journal: Dianne Reeves, George Duke and Tallinn Shine

by Phillip Woolever
May 26, 2010

Jazzkaar 2010 Tallinn, Estonia April 28-30, 2010 Baltic Background A pair of cousins from the USA, Dianne Reeves and George Duke, provided the biggest fireworks during an inspired festival that included many highlights from many regions. Tallinn is a charming city of approximately 400,000 of whom each seemed to show some beautiful ...

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Festival International Musique Actuelle Victoriaville: Day 4 - May 23, 2010

by Gordon Marshall
May 26, 2010

Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 Festival International Musique Victoriaville Victoriaville, Quebec, Canada May 23, 2010 Sunday afternoon was relegated to sounds of the European persuasion. Jacques Demierre's and Urs Leimgruber's Six opened the day, and The Trondheim Orchestra under Kim Myhr followed. As much ...

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I capolavori di Philip Glass

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 25, 2010

Auditorium Parco della Musica, Sala Santa Cecilia - Roma - 21.05.2010 Ne sono passati di anni da quando le esibizioni concertistiche di due padri del minimalismo in musica come Philip Glass e Steve Reich raccoglievano a malapena poche decine di persone. Ormai da tempo i due compositori sono stati accolti nell'ambito dell'accademia classica contemporanea, e i ...

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Festival International Musique Actuelle Victoriaville: Day 3 - May 22, 2010

by Gordon Marshall
May 24, 2010

Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 Festival International Musique Actuelle VictoriavilleVictoriaville, Quebec, CanadaMay 22, 2010 In a sense, by definition, experimental artwork can never fail because, as it constitutes experiments, even when the outcome is not the desired one, there is still something to be learned that moves ...

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Festival International Musique Actuelle Victoriaville: Day 2 - May 21, 2010

by Gordon Marshall
May 23, 2010

Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 Festival International Musique Actuelle Victoriaville Victoriaville, Quebec, Canada May 21, 2010 Friday, Day 2 of FIMAV, started with a double feature at 2:00 in the afternoon, with two more Quebec-based acts, underscoring the impression that a new musical language ...

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Festival International Musique Actuelle Victoriaville: Day 1 - May 20, 2010

by Gordon Marshall
May 22, 2010

Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 Festival International Musique Actuelle VictoriavilleVictoriaville, Quebec, CanadaMay 20, 2010 Festival International Musique Actuelle Victoriaville (FIMAV), translated into English, is an acronym meaning Victoriaville International Festival of Contemporary Music--or, more precisely, “Now" music, or, “the music of now." It distinguishes itself from, ...

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Beale Street Music Festival 2010

by C. Michael Bailey
May 22, 2010

Beale Street Music Festival, Memphis in May 2010 Tom Lee Park, FedEx Blues Tent, Memphis, Tennessee May 2, 2010 April, indeed, may be the cruelest of months, but I doubt that a blue-blood like Thomas Sterns Eliot ever spent the sweaty seasons in Hell that are Spring and Summer in the cultural ...

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David Binney Quartet at L'Astral in Montreal, May 13, 2010

by John Kelman
May 21, 2010

David Binney QuartetL'Astral Montréal, Canada May 13, 2010 For one night, saxophonist David Binney brought a little taste of the 55 Bar to Montréal's L'Astral, courtesy of the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal. Mind you, as much as the well-known New York club acts as a regular performance space for ...