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Steve Slagle at The Turning Point Café
by David A. Orthmann
Steve Slagle The Turning Point Café Piermont, NY July 21, 2008 Tenor and soprano saxophonist John Richmond’s knack for matching distinguished guest soloists and stimulating house rhythm sections is one of the salient characteristics of the Turning Point Café’s jazz series. For the venue located only thirty-five miles from New ...
Noah Preminger at Small's, NYC
by David Miller
Noah Preminger Smalls New York, New York September 4, 2008 I see the scene in black and white. It’s not the glitterati, but it is a cultured New York crowd, couples and pairs of people sitting at the bar and chatting away. There is an air about the room, ...
Danilo Perez Trio at the Regatta, Boston
by Michael Epstein
Danilo Perez TrioRegattabar Jazz ClubThe Charles HotelBoston, MassachusettsSeptember 13, 2008 Pianist and composer Danilo Perez has been busy. A brief snapshot of his recent schedule includes last year's Panama Suite, a 15-minute, three-movement composition that was followed up by this year's Across the Crystal Sea (Verve, 2008). As ...
Rollerball
by AAJ Italy Staff
Borgo San Giacomo - 13.09.2008 Ultimo appuntamento di “JAZZ etc.“, rassegna in memoria del pittore e scultore Gaspare Da Jaga, organizzata dall’associazione culturale Tanaliberitutti con la direzione artistica di Luca Canini, e ultimo botto con il concerto di Rollerball, uno dei tanti gruppi che danno lustro all’etichetta-collettivo El Gallo Rojo. Ultimo botto perché i tre concerti ...
Detroit International Jazz Festival 2008
by Matt Marshall
29th Annual Detroit International Jazz Festival Detroit, Michigan August 29-September 1, 2008 Billed as A Love Supreme: the Philly-Detroit Summit, the 29th Annual Detroit International Jazz Festival gathered more than just musicians from those two great jazz cities. The spirit of interchange bubbled over onto all of the festival's stages, showcasing ...
Terence Blanchard at Tanglewood Jazz Fest: A Requiem for Katrina
by R.J. DeLuke
Tanglewood Jazz Festival Tanglewood Lennox, Massachusetts August 31, 2008 Hurricane Gustav was one day away from striking the Gulf Coast, with warnings that it might be worse than the devastating hurricane that struck New Orleans in 2005 as Terence Blanchard took his quintet to the stage at the Tanglewood ...
Time in Sassari
by AAJ Italy Staff
Time in Sassari - 17-18.08.2008 In una recensione di pochi mesi fa rilevavo che i festival jazz, soprattutto quelli estivi, tendono a diventare sempre più lunghi. A questa constatazione si possono aggiungere due considerazioni collaterali e interconnesse. In primo luogo il fatto che la programmazione propende ad includere sempre più proposte estranee o tangenti al jazz, ...
The Eddie Gale Collective at the Bach in Half Moon Bay
by Bill Leikam
Eddie Gale's Collective Bach Dancing and Dynamite SocietyMiramar Beach, Half Moon Bay, CA August 10, 2008 When jazz legends hit the boutique stage at the Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society, anything can happen. On Sunday, August 10 trumpeter Eddie Gale's Collective with trombonist Dick Griffin (NYC), saxophonist Kidd Jordon (New ...
Little Feat at A Taste of Colorado
by Geoff Anderson
Little Feat A Taste of Colorado Denver August 29, 2008 About half way through Spanish Moon" I started thinking about the concept that I didn't really need to be at this show because I just saw Little Feat back in May and again last summer. But isn't that kind ...
David Arnay and Nedra Wheeler at Parkway Grill, Pasadena
by Kim Vinson
David Arnay and Nedra WheelerFriday Night Jazz at Parkway GrillThe Parkway GrillPasadena, California August 15, 2008 Imagine this... An Olympic Marathon of the blues mixed with straight ahead jazz relays, all seasoned with a dash of ballads, swing, and contemporary compositions from the '60's and '70's and a standard turned into ...

