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30th Annual Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland
by Matt Marshall
30th Annual Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland Cleveland, Ohio April 23-May 3, 2009 Now in its 30th year, the Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland has always prided itself as much on its educational offerings as its concerts. The festival's Web site touts it as “the largest educational jazz festival in the country." This emphasis on ...
April Jazz Espoo 2009: Day 3 - 5
by Anthony Shaw
Day 1-2 | Day 3-5 April Jazz EspooInternational Jazz FestivalTapiola, Espoo, FinlandApril 22-26, 2009 Day 3 Friday was the night of major artists, hosting on three separate stages the Portuguese fado singer Ana Moura, local jazz pianist turned funk/soul crooner, Tuomo Prättälä sharing the bill with British hip-hopper Us3, and ...
The Pierre Hurel Trio at the Regattabar, Cambridge, MA
by Virginia A. Schaefer
The Pierre Hurel Trio Regattabar Cambridge, Massachusetts April 15, 2009 For his first Regattabar show in a year, pianist and composer Pierre Hurel introduced his new trio and premiered a number of new compositions. Twenty-five years ago, Hurel arrived from France to study jazz at Berklee College, and he stayed ...
Coltrane Configurations: Funky Trane Is On The Road
by Alex Martynov
Coltrane Configurations DK Metallurgov Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine April 17, 2009 John Coltrane resides in the pantheon of most, if not all, jazz lovers. Both fans of post-bop harmonies and free-jazzers appreciate his contribution to music. Many of his compositions became standards that have been played again and again by his ...
Diane Schuur with Peter Nero and the Philly Pops at Kimmel Center
by Victor L. Schermer
"88 Keys, a Big Band, and a Voice"Celebrating 30 years of Peter Nero with the Philly PopsThe Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Philadelphia, PA April 24, 2009 On this night, one of five performances of the same concert event, conductor-pianist Peter Nero welcomed Diane Schuur to the stage as ...
April Jazz Espoo 2009; Day 1 - 2
by Anthony Shaw
Day 1-2 | Day 3-5 April Jazz EspooInternational Jazz FestivalTapiola, Espoo, FinlandApril 22-26, 2009No one would sensibly claim that Tapiola in Espoo, Finland is the location of the cutting edge of contemporary jazz, but this “little" major festival has seen many pioneering artists during its 22 years, including ...
Bergamo Jazz 2009, fra novità e certezze.
by AAJ Italy Staff
Paolo Fresu, succeduto a Uri Caine nella direzione artistica del festival di Bergamo, ha imbastito la programmazione basandosi da un lato su “classici" che hanno garantito un'elevata qualità, dall'altro su proposte innovative della scena jazzistica europea. Grande rilievo è stato dato ai trombettisti (ma anche ai pianisti), senza trascurare l'attuale progettualità multimediale favorita dall'elettronica. Egli inoltre, ...
Erik Friedlander - Cremona
by AAJ Italy Staff
Teatro Ponchielli - Cremona - 26.04.2009 Chapeau! Perché presentarsi sul palcoscenico del Teatro Ponchielli di Cremona - capitale degli strumenti ad arco e città natale di un certo Antonio Stradivari - accompagnato solo da un violoncello nero di carbonio, richiede una certa dose di coraggio, di incoscienza e, perché no, di sana follia. Qualità che Erik ...
Erik Friedlander - Forlì
by AAJ Italy Staff
Area Sismica - Forlì - 25.4.2009 Si è degnamente chiusa con questo concerto in solo di Erik Friedlander l'ottima stagione concertistica 2008-2009 dell'Area Sismica. Friedlander ha presentato un repertorio di composizioni proprie e di John Zorn (più “Golden Dawn" di Carlos Santana nei bis). Uno Zorn decisamente ingentilito dal trattamento e dall'interpretazione del violoncellista, che ha ...
Walt Weiskopf at The Turning Point Cafe
by David A. Orthmann
Walt Weiskopf The Turning Point Cafe Piermont, NY March 30, 2009 Forty-five minutes prior to starting time at The Turning Point Cafe, Walt Weiskopf's tenor saxophone stood alone like a statute atop a table right next to the bandstand. Weiskopf is best known for ten recordings as a leader ...
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