Home » Search Center » Results: Live Reviews

Results for "Live Reviews"

411

Article: Live Review

Overtone Quartet on Display at Kennedy Center

by Franz A. Matzner
October 16, 2009

Overtone QuartetOctober 10, 2009Washington, D.C. The Overtone Quarter played together as a group for the first time in Washington, DC at the Kennedy Center's Terrace Theater Saturday. The four musicians--Dave Holland, Jason Moran, Chris Potter, and Eric Harland--each took the stage as a master of his art, and the quartet ...

436

Article: Live Review

Indianapolis Jazz Festival: Day 1, September 26, 2009

by AAJ Staff
October 15, 2009

Day 1 | Day 2 The Indianapolis Jazz FestivalIndianapolis, IndianaSept. 26, 2009With two outdoor stages at The Lawn at White River State Park, the heavy clouds blowing across the sky brought just the right amount of the tension to the mix for the final weekend of the Indy Jazz Festival. The ...

449

Article: Live Review

Indianapolis Jazz Festival: Day 2, September 27, 2009

by AAJ Staff
October 15, 2009

Day 1 | Day 2 The Indianapolis Jazz FestivalIndianapolis, IndianaSept. 27, 2009Day Two of the Indy Jazz Fest at the White River State Park dawned with anticipation, everyone looking forward again to be pulled into the flow of the music. Cooler than Saturday, the weather still held against the vagaries ...

Article: Live Review

Mol Jazz Festival Budapest

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 14, 2009

di Jos De Mol Budapest - Ungheria - 09-13.09.2009 Giunto alla sua settima edizione, il Mol Jazz Festival è tradizionalmente uno degli appuntamenti più interessanti del panorama jazz europeo. Cinque giorni di concerti organizzati dal Budapest Music Center nel nono distretto (Pest) della capitale magiara, dal 9 al 13 settembre. Molte le perle del festival, con ...

340

Article: Live Review

Kalle Kalima and his Dance Suite for Domesticated Animals, Helsinki

by Anthony Shaw
October 14, 2009

UMO Jazz Orchestra and Kalle Kalima Korjaamo, Helsinki September 25, 2009 When a guitarist attempts to compose for big band, there's an expectation of strong rhythmic motifs, but when the musician concerned is as suffused in contemporary idioms as is Kalle Kalima one gets much more. The big band in ...

Article: Live Review

John Renbourn

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 13, 2009

S.M.S. Serpiolle - Firenze - 10.09.2009 Personalità leggendaria tra gli appassionati della chitarra fingerstyle, esempio, modello e mentore per numerosi chitarristi di primo piano, il sessantacinquenne John Renbourn non poteva non approdare a Six Bars Jail, che da circa tre anni organizza seminari e concerti per chitarra acustica a Firenze e che già da tempo cercava ...

506

Article: Live Review

Manhattan Transfer: Live in Albany, NY

by R.J. DeLuke
October 11, 2009

The Manhattan TransferThe EggAlbany, N.Y.Sept. 25, 2009 The Manhattan Transfer vocal group--they of the multiple Grammy awards (10) and strong allegiance to jazz--shows no signs of wear and tear after some 35 years performing and recording. The group has just released The Chick Corea Songbook on Four Quarters Entertainment, ...

379

Article: Live Review

Rodrigo y Gabriela at Denver's Buell Theater

by Geoff Anderson
October 11, 2009

Rodrigo y GabrielaBuell Theater Denver, CO September 19, 2009 Who knew you could wring so much out of a couple acoustic guitars? At the Buell Theater, Rodrigo Sanchez and Gabriela Quinetro attacked their instruments in a manner that had the audience wondering whether the delicate wood would survive, or at ...

278

Article: Live Review

Blues Blow-Out in Denver: Hill Country Revue

by Geoff Anderson
October 10, 2009

Hill Country Revue Bluebird Theater Denver, Colorado September 26, 2009 Every blues addict needs a regular fix. Saturday night, Hill Country Revue provided not just that for a Denver crowd but a cathartic blast. The twin lead guitars, the solid, sometimes funky rhythm section and the irresistible blues ...

698

Article: Live Review

Montreux Jazz 2009 Festival Journal

by Phillip Woolever
October 10, 2009

43rd Montreux Jazz Festival Montreux, Switzerland July 5-6, 2009 Summer months of music on the European festival circuit are indeed a multi-cultural garden of both earthly delights and otherworldly musical experiences. For performers and fans alike, these planes seem to unite for unique harmonic convergences. Among many storied festivals through ...