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Summertime Jazz: Still Alive and Swingin' in Los Angeles

by Chuck Koton
September 27, 2009

When the news hit that the Jazz Bakery's last shows (at least at its Culver City location) would take place at the end of May, I feared that a bleak summer lay ahead for Angeleno jazz lovers. Even the reassurances and optimism of the Bakery's long-time director, Ruth Price, about reopening at a new site, did ...

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Leonard Cohen in Belgrade

by Nenad Georgievski
September 27, 2009

Leonard Cohen Belgrade Arena Belgrade, Serbia September 2, 2009 There is a saying that “all wine improves with age," but despite this well known adage it is only in the nature of a few select wines to significantly improve with time. This wisdom also applies in the case of a ...

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Larry Vuckovich and the Euro Trash Band at the Douglas Beach House, Half Moon Bay, CA

by Bill Leikam
September 26, 2009

Larry Vuckovich's Euro Trash BandDouglas Beach HouseHalf Moon Bay, CASept. 6, 2009 World renowned pianist Larry Vuckovich (of Montenegro), bassist Buca Necak (Serbia), drummer Paul Van Wageningen (Holland), Latin percussionist Hector Lugo (Puerto Rico), and featured vocalist Valeriana Quevedo (USA) gathered at the Douglas Beach House ...

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Paulette Dozier: 2009 Cornbread Tour

by Edward Blanco
September 26, 2009

Paulette Dozier: Cornbread TourGreenville, South Carolina to New York, New YorkJune 25-July 4, 2009 Miami-based jazz vocalist, actress and voice-over professional Paulette Dozier recently completed a whirlwind Eastern coast tour centering on small and intimate venues where audiences could be no more than a hundred people, lending to what the performing artist describes ...

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Sunny Murray Trio at The Vortex in London

by John Sharpe
September 25, 2009

Sunny Murray Trio The Vortex London, England September 1, 2009 Two nights in north London with free-jazz drum pioneer Sunny Murray's European Trio was a prospect to set the pulse racing. That expectancy was widely shared, it appeared, as there was standing room only even on the second ...

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Peschiera Inn Jazz

by AAJ Italy Staff
September 24, 2009

Peschiera del Garda - 10-13.09.2009 Esuberante. E' questo il primo aggettivo che viene in mente pensando a Mauro Ottolini. E dunque esuberante è stato anche il festival che il trombonista ha organizzato nella sua Peschiera. Un festival che ha portato sulle rive del lago di Garda musicisti italiani importanti (lo Special Edition di Enrico Rava, il ...

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John Tchicai at Cafe Oto in London

by John Sharpe
September 24, 2009

John Tchicai / John Edwards / Tony Marsh Cafe Oto London August 24, 2009Having played with John Coltrane on his groundbreaking Ascension (Impulse, 1965), it was no surprise that Danish reedman John Tchicai attracted a large crowd on one of his infrequent London appearances at Dalston's Cafe Oto.

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Chicago Jazz Festival 2009

by Sandy Ingham
September 23, 2009

Chicago Jazz Festival 2009Chicago, IllinoisSeptember 4-6, 2009 Chicago can't lay claim to being the jazz capital of the world, nor was it the birthplace of jazz (though as the place where Louis Armstrong and other seminal New Orleans artists came after New Orleans, and as the birthplace of Benny Goodman 100 years ago, ...

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30th Annual Detroit International Jazz Festival: In Pictures

by C. Andrew Hovan
September 23, 2009

30th Annual Detroit International Jazz Festival Detroit, Michigan September 4-7, 2009With perfect temperatures and wall-to-wall sunshine, Detroit recently celebrated a tradition that has brought jazz to the city every Labor Day weekend for the past 30 years. Billed as the largest free jazz festival in North America, this year's festivities ran ...

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30th Annual Detroit International Jazz Festival

by Matt Marshall
September 22, 2009

Hank Jones / Corea, Clarke & White Sean Jones / Dave Brubeck Quartet / Brian Auger's Oblivion Express Alfredo Rodriguez / Dennis Coffey / Wayne Shorter Quartet Chuchito Valdes / Stefon Harris & Blackout 30th Annual Detroit International Jazz Festival Detroit, Michigan ...