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Portico Quartet at Norwich Arts Centre, UK

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by Bruce Lindsay

Portico Quartet Norwich Arts Centre Norwich, UK November 16, 2009 Portico Quartet is establishing itself at the forefront of the British jazz scene--a young band with a distinctive and recognizable sound that is both immediately accessible and also full of complex patterns and melodies that repay repeated listening. ...

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Botticino Jazz II

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by AAJ Italy Staff

Teatro Lucia, Botticino (Brescia) - 30 e 31 ottobre 2009 Sono bastate due edizioni a Botticino Jazz, sottotitolo Crosscurrent, per conquistare un posto al sole nell'ormai troppo affollata spiaggia dei festival italiani. Merito di una direzione artistica coraggiosa e originale, che per il 2009, dopo un 2008 archiviato sotto il segno di William Parker e discepoli ...

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27th Annual San Francisco Jazz Festival

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by Frank Consola

27th Annual San Francisco Jazz Festival San Francisco, California October 10-November 21, 2009 There is much to enjoy at the San Francisco Jazz Festival. In addition to bringing together high-caliber jazz talent to showcase a wonderful cross-section of diverse sounds, the Festival provides the visitor with one of the world's great ...

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moira smiley & VOCO plus Teslim, Half Moon Bay, CA

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by Bill Leikam

moira smiley & VOCO + TeslimBach Dancing & Dynamite Society at the Douglas Beach House Half Moon Bay November 8, 2009 Seldom does Pete Douglas book two groups to share a concert at the Douglas Beach House (aka Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society). So on Sunday November 8, no one ...

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Joe McPhee & Fred Lonberg-Holm: Their First Duet, University of Chicago

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by Lyn Horton

Joe McPhee and Fred Lonberg-Holm Bond Chapel, University of ChicagoChicago, IL November 9, 2009 Saxophonist Joe McPhee and cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm have long been bandmates in Peter Brötzmann's Tentet, as well as in McPhee's Survival Unit III and in other groups formed during their mutual acquaintance. But never have ...

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Theo Croker 4 Swing at Cotton's Shanghai

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by Jenn Chan Lyman

Theo Croker 4 Swing Cotton's Shanghai November 11, 2009 For the past three Wednesdays, Shanghai's favorite “bar-in-a-lane-house" has been presenting A Swinging Affair at Cotton's from 9pm to 12:30am. The quartet performs on the floor right beside the patrons, sitting on the same plush red chairs that Cotton's is ...

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The Derek Trucks Band in Rutland VT: One for the Ages

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by Doug Collette

The Derek Trucks Band Paramount Theatre Rutland,Vermont November 6, 2009 The Derek Trucks Band concluded the second of their extended sets at the Paramount Theatre in Rutland, Vermont with “Key to the Highway" and “My Favorite things," each tune a mirror image of the other and ...

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Milton Nascimento at Carnegie Hall

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by Ernest Barteldes

Milton Nascimento Carnegie Hall New York, New York November 18, 2009 To celebrate the 25th anniversary of his first Carnegie Hall appearance, Milton Nascimento presented exactly what his many fans were hoping for: an evening filled with many of his greatest hits, including a few numbers he hadn't played ...

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Vladislav Delay, Eyebrow, and Iain Ballamy's Food at Union Chapel, London

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by John Eyles

Vladislav Delay, Eyebrow and Food Union Chapel London, UK November 12, 2009 This triple bill was a very 21st century affair. It could have been subtitled “Humans and Machines," so prevalent was the use of electronics throughout the evening of improvised music. Vladislav Delay was at the center of ...

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Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, and Lenny White: Forever Fine in Dusseldorf

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by Phillip Woolever

Corea, Clarke, and White Tonhalle Dusseldorf, Germany November 4, 2009 An acoustic visit by these long journeying, top tier collaborators brought fresh perspective to their work, and thus to both the ups and downs of a widely touted gig. Happily, for the relatively small crowd, there were far more ...


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