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Habib Koité at the Highline Ballroom

by David Miller
April 21, 2010

Habiba Koité & BamadaHighline BallroomNew York, New YorkMarch 16, 2010Many shows at the Highline Ballroom are general admission, but the venue will change things up for certain shows by putting in tables and turning the hall into a large jazz club. They probably made the wrong decision by bringing out the ...

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Chuck Anderson Trio at the New Hope Winery

by Victor L. Schermer
April 20, 2010

Chuck Anderson Trio New Hope WinerySat, April 10, 2010, 8 pm(First of two sets) Having been impressed with Chuck Anderson's new CD, Freefall, the current reviewer recently interviewed this master guitarist in process of renewing his playing career after a period in the wings due to a couple of untoward life ...

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Benny Goodman 70th Anniversary Concert at Carnegie Hall, January 16, 2008

by AAJ Staff
April 20, 2010

Benny Goodman 70th Anniversary ConcertCarnegie HallNew York, NYJanuary 16, 2008 The King of Swing, Benny Goodman, played a historic concert at Carnegie Hall on January 16, 1938. The concert was probably the first to prominently display popular music in a classical music venue. Carnegie Hall was open again to swing, when ...

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Jon Rose - Chris Cutler

by AAJ Italy Staff
April 19, 2010

Area Sismica - Forlì - 10.4.2010 Sabato 10 sono stati di scena due protagonisti indiscussi della musica innovativa, sperimentale e d'avanguardia in genere, al confine fra rock, elettronica e contemporanea: Jon Rose e Chris Cutler. Il secondo dei due, poi, è un veterano di questa scena, avendo fatto parte fin dagli anni '70 dei gruppi - ...

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Viva la Black & Minafric Orchestra

by AAJ Italy Staff
April 19, 2010

Rassegna “Musica 90" Teatro Astra - Torino - 10.04.2010 Un ponte tra Londra, Bari e Cape Town è la struttura alla base di Canto General. Le fondamenta poggiano sul repertorio musicale di Dudu Pkwana, Chris McGregor, Mongezi Feza, Louis Moholo, musicisti sudafricani che nella metà degli anni '60 scelsero Londra come seconda patria e dove ben ...

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Keith Tippett - Louis Moholo-Moholo

by AAJ Italy Staff
April 19, 2010

Area Sismica - Forlì - 11.04.2010 Nell'ambito del Festival del Ventennale all'Area Sismica è stata la volta di due musicisti che hanno fatto la storia del jazz inglese degli ultimi quarant'anni: Keith Tippett e Louis Moholo. Tippett è stato uno degli animatori di quel jazz d'avanguardia che, nella seconda metà degli anni '60, nacque in Europa ...

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Andy Fusco and Friends

by David A. Orthmann
April 19, 2010

Andy Fusco and Friends Kean UniversityEnlow Recital Hall Hillside, NJ March 25, 2010 There was a stark contrast between the first and the second half of a concert billed as “Jazz on the Fazioli" and “Andy Fusco and Friends." Pianist Ted Rosenthal opened with jazz interpretations on classical ...

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Maceo Parker in Denver

by Geoff Anderson
April 19, 2010

Maceo Parker Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom Denver March 12, 2010 Maceo Parker doesn't just play funk. He IS funk. He's one of the innovators, being there not just for its conception and birth, but for the child-rearing, shaping and development of the musical form. After extended stints with James Brown starting ...

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Claudia Acuna Casts Her Flamenco Jazz Spell in Amsterdam

by Guy Zinger
April 18, 2010

Claudia AcunaBimhuisAmsterdam, NetherlandsApril 3, 2010 Much like a modern-day matador, Claudia Acuna took the stage of the Bimhuis, dressed for the occasion. A performer filled with passionate dramatic tension on the one hand and tender jazz intimacy on the other--strength and grace, intertwined. Singer-songwriter Claudia Acuna, born in Santiago, Chile, Acuna ...

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Dee Dee Bridgewater Brings Lady Day to Dusseldorf

by Phillip Woolever
April 16, 2010

Dee Dee Bridgewater Tonhalle Dusseldorf, Germany March 2, 2010 Dee Dee Bridgewater and a stellar supporting band delivered a scintillating one-hour and forty-minute set that provided pitch perfect illustration, worthwhile reinterpretations, and a relevant history lesson. The fans were primed for the course. It was the type of concert for ...