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Norma Winstone, Glauco Venier and Klaus Gesing at Joe's Pub

by Budd Kopman
July 12, 2008

Norma Winstone at Joe's Pub, NYCJoe's PubNew York City, New YorkJune 26, 2008 Vocalist Norma Winstone came to Joe's Pub for two sets with her new trio composed of pianist Glauco Venier and reedman Klaus Gesing, supporting her release on ECM, Distances (2008). In front of a packed, enthusiastic, early-set ...

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Roy Haynes at the Catalina, Hollywood

by AAJ Staff
July 11, 2008

Roy HaynesCatalina Bar and GrillHollywood, CaliforniaMay 26, 2008 Catalina Bar and Grill, Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood. I walked in and sat down at the bar. Three guys were to my left--an older, strong-looking Afro-American guy, and two white guys wearing glasses. They were shortly joined by a young Afro-American man carrying two ...

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Ahmad Jamal at The Blue Note

by AAJ Staff
July 10, 2008

Ahmad Jamal The Blue Note New York, New York May 11, 2008 Ahmad Jamal both caressed and shook the Blue Note during the second set of his appearance on this Sunday in May. Famous for his use of dynamics (soft- loud contrasts, sudden stops and starts, deferring to his ...

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Rokia Traorè

by AAJ Italy Staff
July 9, 2008

Milano, Rolling Stone, 12.06.2008 La musica di Rokia Traorè getta le sue radici nell'Africa, più specificamente nel Mali, ma si discosta molto da quella dei suoi conterranei più legati alla tradizione (stiamo pensando ad esempio a Salif Keita o a Oumou Sangare). Del resto, e bene ha fatto la cantante a ricordarlo nel corso del concerto, ...

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Festival International de Jazz de Montreal 2008: Days 9-11

by John Kelman
July 8, 2008

Days 1-3 | Days 4-5 | Days 6-8 | Days 9-11Cassandra Wilson/Christian Scott Sextet James Carter Quintet/Jean Vanasse and Miroslav Vitous Mory Kanté Festival International de Jazz de Montréal Montréal, Quebec, Canada July 4-6, 2008 With the demise of one of Montreal's most famous clubs, Le Spectrum, ...

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Festival Internazionale Udin&Jazz 2008

by AAJ Italy Staff
July 7, 2008

Udine - 25-28.06.2008 La diciottesima edizione del festival Udin&Jazz, significativamente intitolata I will not apologize (con la foto segnaletica di Rosa Parks che compare nel logo del festival), è stata largamente dedicata alla grande e politicamente impegnata Black Music degli anni '60-'70. Molto apprezzata dal pubblico e dalla critica, la la rassegna simbolicamente si è aperta ...

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Robert Plant and Alison Krauss in Denver, June 21, 2008

by Geoff Anderson
July 6, 2008

Robert Plant/Alison Krauss Red Rocks Denver, Colorado June 21, 2008 Over the years blues/rock vocalist Robert Plant has come up with some unusual and surprising combinations of music and rearrangements of classic Led Zeppelin tunes, but his recent performance takes the cake: Saturday night at Red Rocks, Plant sang ...

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Festival International de Jazz de Montreal 2008: Days 6-8

by John Kelman
July 5, 2008

Days 1-3 | Days 4-5 | Days 6-8 | Days 9-11McCoy Tyner Trio with Ravi Coltrane/Bran Van 3000 Catherine Russell/Steely Dan Steven Bernstein's Millennial Territory Orchestra/McCoy Tyner Big Band Festival International de Jazz de Montréal Montréal, Quebec, Canada July 1-3, 2008 Now nearing its thirty-year anniversary, the Festival International de Jazz ...

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2008 Melbourne International Jazz Festival

by AAJ Staff
July 5, 2008

Melbourne International Jazz FestivalMelbourne, AustraliaApril 30th - May 4th The 2008 edition of the annual Melbourne International Jazz Festival got off to a rocky start before the festival even commenced, with numerous headlining acts canceling for various reasons, up to just a few weeks before the festival's first notes: guitarist Charlie ...

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Return to Forever in Cleveland

by C. Andrew Hovan
July 4, 2008

Return to Forever Plain Dealer Pavilion Cleveland, OH June 24, 2008 Considering bouts with rain, flooding, high humidity and other anomalies that have marked a typical northeastern Ohio summer, you certainly couldn't have asked for a better evening weather-wise as the iconic fusion group Return to Forever appeared at ...