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Art of Jazz Celebration 2008: A Tale of The Sorcerer and The Storyteller

by Raul d'Gama Rose
June 19, 2008

Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 Hermeto Pascoal and Sheila Jordan, center-stage at the Art of Jazz Celebration It was billed as “The Global Village": A place where jazz legends, lions and lovers come together to explore rhythmic intricacies and tonal colors from all over the map... where jazz ...

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Art of Jazz Celebration 2008: A Legend Kick-Starts Summer Jazz in Toronto

by Raul d'Gama Rose
June 18, 2008

Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 Celebrating Jazz Icon, John Norris Miles Davis once famously suggested that the term “legend" ought never be applied to those people still alive--artist or otherwise. But there are times when a person--artist or otherwise-- achieves so much in his lifetime that one ...

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Art of Jazz Celebration 2008: The Ripple from Africa That Became an Ocean of Sound

by Raul d'Gama Rose
June 18, 2008

Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 Ancient Future with Randy Weston at the Art of Jazz Celebration Before he even sits down to play, Randy Weston fills a room... a venue if he has to. Then he pulls back the piano stool, stretches out his arms and the ...

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The Ben Wolfe Octet at The Jazz Standard, NYC

by Budd Kopman
June 18, 2008

The Ben Wolfe Octet at The Jazz Standard, NYCThe Jazz StandardNew York City, New YorkJune 4, 2008 Bassist Ben Wolfe took the stage on this night to present music from his new release on MaxJazz, No Strangers Here. As usual for CD release gigs, a lot of press was present ...

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Bob DeVos at The Turning Point Cafe, Piermont, NY

by David A. Orthmann
June 17, 2008

Bob DeVos The Turning Point Cafe Piermont, New York May 12, 2008 There's never been a better time to catch jazz/blues master Bob DeVos in live performance. Having played scores of gigs since 2005, DeVos's working trio, consisting of his guitar, organist Dan Kostelnik, and drummer Steve Johns, is ...

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Novara Jazz 2008

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 16, 2008

Auditorium del Conservatorio/Broletto - Novara - 30.05-08.06.2008 Con buona ragione si può assegnare a Novara Jazz 2008 il primato di aprire l'estate jazzistica italiana. Non tanto per la sua data d’inizio, quanto per un paio di fattori logistici: il fatto di svolgersi all'aperto e la gratuità dell'ingresso. Dopo che il maltempo ha costretto la serata d'apertura ...

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Matthew Shipp Trio at the Vortex in London

by John Sharpe
June 14, 2008

Matthew Ship Trio Vortext London, England April 21, 2008 London's Vortex was packed to bursting for the first date in pianist Matthew Shipp's European tour with long-time associates Joe Morris (better known as a guitarist but here on bass) and Whit Dickey on drums. Those years of experience in ...

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Keith Rowe: Mixing Soundscapes and Politics at Musrara Mix Festival in Jerusalem

by Eyal Hareuveni
June 12, 2008

Keith Rowe Musrara Mix Festival #8Naggar School of Photography, Media and New Music Jerusalem, Israel May 27, 2008 Music, at least apart from recorded documentation, may be the most impermanent art. Yet there are many musicians or concerts that can leave a lasting mark, altering the way we ...

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Return to Forever Plays the Paramount, Denver, June 3

by Geoff Anderson
June 10, 2008

Return to Forever Paramount Theater Denver, Colorado June 3, 2008 The movie version of Sex and the City opened last weekend, and the entertainment pages reported that theaters were jammed with women sporting the most expensive fashions they or their credit cards could handle. Seven hundred dollar Manolo spike heels ...

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Stanley Jordan at Catalina Jazz Club, Hollywood, CA

by Dee Dee McNeil
June 8, 2008

Stanley Jordan TrioCatalina Jazz ClubHollywood, CaliforniaMay 22, 2008 On this night Stanley Jordan mesmerized the audience with his unique, spellbinding guitar mastery. Using chords that were dissonant yet stunningly beautiful, he dangled the first tune's introduction before his audience like a hypnotist's pocket watch. We tried to guess what song was coming, our ...