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Chicago Jazz Festival: New Works, Old Favorites

by Sandy Ingham
September 11, 2008

Chicago Jazz FestivalChicago, IllinoisAugust 30, 2008Jazz is an ever-evolving art form, and the Chicago Jazz Festival celebrated its 30th anniversary by commissioning new works by four composers who drew on the music's century-long history while propelling it on toward its adventurous future. Three of the new suites had their world premieres on Saturday ...

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Satoko Fujii ma-do at Dizzy's, San Diego

by Dan McClenaghan
September 11, 2008

Satoko Fujii ma-doDizzy's San Diego, California August 31, 2008 The Satoko Fujii ma-do quartet kicked off its North American tour in support of their CD Heatwave in the middle of the three-day Labor Day Holiday at Dizzy's in downtown San Diego.Pianist/composer Fujii leads numerous ensembles: crazy, freewheeling, ...

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Franck Vigroux & Simone Massaron "Guitollerance"

by AAJ Italy Staff
September 10, 2008

Palazzo Luzzago - Manerbio - 06.09.2008 Il primo concerto della rassegna “JAZZ etc.“ aveva visto gli Switters [clicca qui per leggerne la recensione] pigiare forte il piede sull’acceleratore dello sberleffo sonoro e testuale, con una musica dura ma in qualche modo melodicamente accattivante. Nel secondo appuntamento (suggestiva la sede di Palazzo Luzzago a Manerbio) Guitollerance, duo ...

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Punkt Festival 2008: Day 3-3

by John Kelman
September 9, 2008

Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 Day three of Punkt 08 ranked as one of the strongest of the past three years. What's remarkable about the programming in the Agder Theatre is the attention to details beyond the music--though that would be enough. With lights and set design by Tord Knutsen, video ...

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2008 Tanglewood Jazz Festival

by Jason Crane
September 8, 2008

Tanglewood Jazz Festival Lenox, Massachusetts August 29-31, 2008 Tanglewood, in Lenox, Massachusetts, is the summer home of the Boston Symphony, and it's also home to events like an annual James Taylor concert, an annual recording of A Prairie Home Companion, and the annual Tanglewood Jazz Festival, which ran this year from August ...

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Stefano Bollani - Bobby McFerrin

by AAJ Italy Staff
September 8, 2008

Venezia Jazz Festival - 01.08.2008 È stato un vero trionfo! Il doppio concerto di Stefano Bollani e Bobby McFerrin al Teatro la Fenice di Venezia - evento clou del primo Venezia Jazz Festival, organizzato da Veneto Jazz - non ha tradito le attese del pubblico, che ha affollato il teatro e accolto con lunghi applausi i ...

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Punkt Festival 2008: Day 2-3

by John Kelman
September 7, 2008

Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3Punkt 08's first day of full programming was a full one. In addition to five concerts and three live remixes, festival goers were treated to a lengthy public discussion between Brian Eno and Jon Hassell that proved as entertaining as it was enlightening. Punkt has also been ...

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2008 Copenhagen Jazz Festival

by AAJ Staff
September 6, 2008

2008 Copenhagen Jazz FestivalCopenhagen, DenmarkJuly 4th-13th, 2008 Celebrating its 30th anniversary, the Copenhagen Jazz Festival is a model of excellence for jazz festivals worldwide. From July 4th-13th, the Danish capital was the scene of 900+ music events at over 100 venues, from countless outdoor concerts in public squares, parks and along the waterfront ...

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Punkt Festival 2008: Day 1-3

by John Kelman
September 6, 2008

Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 Every year the anticipation of returning to Kristiansand, Norway and its unmatched Punkt Festival begins earlier. A beautiful town of 75,000 people with a devotion to culture that exceeds many North American cities ten times its size, it's in many ways the only place where a festival like ...

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Litchfield Jazz Fest 2008

by Suzanne Lorge
September 5, 2008

Litchfield Jazz Festival Goshen Fairgrounds Goshen, Connecticut August 1-3, 2008 No doubt that Litchfield Hills in northwest Connecticut is some of the prettiest terrain within a two- hour drive of Manhattan. The region attracts all sorts of visitors--antique buyers, wine tasters, history buffs and, for more than a decade, ...