Home » Search Center » Results: Live Reviews

Results for "Live Reviews"

593

Article: Live Review

30th Annual Playboy Jazz Festival

by Patricia Myers
July 3, 2008

30th Annual Playboy Jazz Festival Hollywood Bowl June 14 and 15, 2008 The 30th annual Playboy Jazz Festival, one of the largest and longest-running jazz festivals in the nation, offered an action-packed 22-act mix of mainstream, contemporary, Latin, blues, big band and R&B sounds. The two-day event has ...

Article: Live Review

Mauro Lanza - Paolo Pachini: Descrizione del diluvio

by AAJ Italy Staff
July 3, 2008

Teatro Studio dell'Auditorium Parco della Musica - Roma - 16.06.2008 Spetta a Roma ospitare la prima italiana della “Descrizione del diluvio", spettacolo multimediale ispirato dagli scritti e dai disegni leonardeschi sul disastro biblico a Mauro Lanza e Paolo Pachini, che hanno curato, rispettivamente, la parte musicale e le videoproiezioni. L’ambizioso progetto, realizzato con il supporto della ...

722

Article: Live Review

Festival International de Jazz de Montreal 2008: Days 4-5

by A. Henkin
July 2, 2008

Days 1-3 | Days 4-5 | Days 6-8 | Days 9-11 June 29thDay 4 of the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal was notable for one of its most high-profile appearances, perhaps even exceeding Return to Forever on Day 2. Montreal has had many legendary jazz musicians at the festival but none with more ...

657

Article: Live Review

Ottawa Jazz Festival 2008: Days 10-11, June 29-30, 2008

by John Kelman
July 2, 2008

Days 1-3 | Days 4-6 | Days 7-8 | Days 10-11 Brad Mehldau Trio / Richard Galliano Tangaria Quartet TD Canada Trust Ottawa International Jazz Festival Ottawa, Ontario, Canada June 29-30, 2008 As the 2008 TD Canada Trust Ottawa International Jazz Festival entered the home ...

211

Article: Live Review

Mulgrew Miller at Dazzle Jazz in Denver, June 19, 2008

by Geoff Anderson
July 1, 2008

Mulgrew Miller Trio Dazzle Restaurant & Lounge Denver, Colorado June 19, 2008, First Set In a rare Denver appearance Thursday, June 19, pianist Mulgrew Miller and his trio showed what sophisticated jazz is all about. Using a program of popular and jazz standards as a launching pad, the group ...

Article: Live Review

Stavanger 2008 - Maijazz - Jazznorway in a Nuthshell

by AAJ Italy Staff
July 1, 2008

Stavanger 2008 - Città delle cultura europea - 07.12.05.2008 La cittadina norvegese di Stavanger quest’anno (2008) è stata eletta, con Liverpool, capitale europea della Cultura. L’evento ha avuto inizio il 12 gennaio con una cerimonia di inaugurazione alla quale hanno assistito personalità del mondo della cultura nazionali e internazionali. Il Festival propone il tema del “Porto ...

838

Article: Live Review

Ottawa Jazz Festival 2008: Days 7-8, June 26-27, 2008

by John Kelman
June 30, 2008

Days 1-3 | Days 4-6 | Days 7-8 | Days 10-11 Return to Forever / Charlie Haden Quartet West TD Canada Trust Ottawa International Jazz Festival Ottawa, Ontario, Canada June 26-27, 2008 It was certainly the most eagerly anticipated show of the 2008 TD Canada ...

169

Article: Live Review

Lizz Wright at House of Blues in Cleveland

by Matt Marshall
June 30, 2008

Lizz Wright House of Blues Cleveland, Ohio June 5, 2008 The strains of swamp organ accompanied, seeming to guide, Lizz Wright onto the tight stage of the House of Blue's small, mood-lit Cambridge Room. Her movement was fluid, unhurried. When she settled behind the microphone, she rooted there like ...

Article: Live Review

Verona Jazz 2008

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 30, 2008

Varie sedi - Verona - 18-30.06.2008 Le prime tre serate di Verona Jazz 2008, che si è chiuso il 30 giugno all'Arena con il concerto-spettacolo di Carlos Santana, hanno presentato un programma intrigante e insolito pur nella varietà delle proposte. Il merito va a Nicola Tessitore, tornato alla guida artistica del festival dopo un periodo di ...

702

Article: Live Review

Festival International de Jazz de Montreal 2008: Days 1-3

by A. Henkin
June 29, 2008

Days 1-3 | Days 4-5 | Days 6-8 | Days 9-11 June 26th It would be perfectly understandable for the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal to “take a year off" in 2008. Next year will be the festival's 30th anniversary and this year presents logistical challenges with the loss of a few ...