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Evan Parker Residency with McPhee, Shipp, Zorn, Courvoisier, et al. at The Stone, NYC

by Gordon Marshall
December 26, 2009

Evan Parker Residency The Stone East Village, Manhattan New York, New York October 1-16, 2009 Rivaled only, in recent memory, by Cecil Taylor's 1988 “Kongresshalle" collaborations in Berlin,* Evan Parker's residency at The Stone in East Village, Manhattan was, like those, a string of assorted and inventive pairings. ...

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The Marcus Shelby Orchestra Plays the Douglas Beach House, Half Moon Bay California

by Bill Leikam
December 25, 2009

Marcus ShelbyDouglas Beach HouseSan FranciscoNovember 15, 2009Fifteen jazz musicians gathered onstage at the Douglas Beach House (home to the Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society) November 15 to perform numbers from Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn as well as original compositions by the orchestra's band leader, Marcus Shelby. The compositions were part ...

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Todd Barkan: Continuation and Augmentation

by Wayne Zade
December 23, 2009

Todd Barkan has been one of the most important and versatile producers of jazz concerts and records around the globe for almost 30 years. The list of artists whose projects he has produced reads like a veritable Who's Who of jazz. Barkan has managed many artists, including the Boys Choir of Harlem, Chico O'Farrill and Freddy ...

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Alessandro Lanzoni Trio

by AAJ Italy Staff
December 23, 2009

Pinocchio Live Jazz - Firenze - 07.11.2009 Apertura emblematica della stagione per il Pinocchio Live Jazz di Firenze: sul palco una giovane promessa fiorentina, che - classe '92, dunque diciassette anni compiuti da poco - pare già avviata ad una luminosa carriera: Alessandro Lanzoni. Il pianista gode infatti già della stima dei colleghi più esperti, ha ...

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John Law, Sam Burgess, and Asaf Sirkis at Norwich Arts Centre, UK

by Bruce Lindsay
December 22, 2009

John Law, Sam Burgess, and Asaf Sirkis Norwich Arts Centre Norwich, UK November 30, 2009 The piano trio is a well-established jazz line-up, and its popularity is at something of a high on the British scene. The apparent ubiquity of the format makes it difficult to see how ...

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Seleno Clarke: Bringing The Music Back To Harlem

by AAJ Staff
December 22, 2009

Seleno ClarkeAmerican Legion248 W. 132nd St., New York City Jazz went east in the 1920s and '30s, moving from New Orleans and Chicago to Harlem. But jazz left Harlem in the 1960s, when it moved to clubs downtown and R&B and rock began to take over. Music in general began to leave; for ...

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Sebi Tramontana - Frank Gratkowski

by AAJ Italy Staff
December 21, 2009

Area Sismica - Forlì - 12.12.2009 Dopo un mese di programmazione dedicata in gran parte alla musica contemporanea, è tornata all'Area Sismica la libera improvvisazione di ascendenza jazzistica, con questo duo ben affiatato e dall'esperienza ormai pluriennale. I due musicisti, fra i più in vista in questo ambito musicale (Tramontana, in particolare, è fra le punte ...

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Bebel Gilberto at The Hiro Ballroom, NYC

by Ernest Barteldes
December 20, 2009

Bebel Gilberto Hiro Ballroom New York, New York November 25, 2009 Playing in celebration of her latest release before a large crowd of dedicated fans, Bebel Gilberto took the stage at Downtown Manhattan's Hiro Ballroom backed by a tight four-piece band, kicking off the set with “Aganju," ...

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Pirai Vaca At Americas Society, NYC

by Ernest Barteldes
December 20, 2009

Pirai Vaca Americas Society New York, New York December 2, 2009 Playing in an intimate setting before a crowded room in New York's Upper East Side, Bolivian-born Pirai Vaca took the stage for his solo acoustic guitar performance with no more than a studio microphone before him as ...

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Alec Haavik Friction Guzheng: Fusion With A Chinese Flair

by Jenn Chan Lyman
December 20, 2009

Alec HaavikJZ ClubShanghaiDecember, 3rd, 2009In an interview a few months ago, local Shanghai sax machine Alec Haavik mentioned his desire to include more Chinese elements into his band, Friction Seven, which plays regularly at JZ Club on Thursday nights. On Thursday, December 3rd, JZ was abuzz with tons of people anticipating ...