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Bessie Smith Empress of the Blues Tribute at The Cabot

by Doug Hall
December 11, 2018

Bessie-Empress of the Blues Tribute The Cabot Beverly, MA December 4, 2018 In a wonderful coincidence of timing, The Cabot, in Beverly, Ma. celebrated and honored the great and legendary blues vocalist icon, The Empress of the Blues--Bessie Smith -at the very same time the beautiful newly renovated 1920's theater venue ...

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Joe Gransden's Big Band At Cafe 290

by Martin McFie
December 9, 2018

Joe Gransden's Big Band Cafe 290Atlanta, GA December 3, 2018 At a private evening in Atlanta, Kenny Banks played a 1912 Steinway B piano and Joe Gransden played his grandfather's trumpet and a fluegelhorn he has owned since childhood. In between Christmas tunes there was an interesting and enlightening question and ...

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U2 at Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin

by Nenad Georgievski
December 9, 2018

U2 Mercedes-Benz Arena Berlin November 13, 2018 There is a popular adage about the value of perseverance that says it doesn't matter how many time you get knocked down but what matters is how many times you will get back. That certainly applies to the malady that hit U2 during their ...

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David Johansen at The Space at Westbury

by Mike Perciaccante
December 9, 2018

David Johansen with special guests Frankenstein 3000 The Space at Westbury Westbury, NY November 29, 2018 David Johansen made his musical bones in the early 1970s as the lead singer and songwriter in the seminal proto-punk band the New York Dolls. Johansen and guitarist Johnny Thunders wrote the ...

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Joshua Bowlus Trio at The Jazz Corner

by Martin McFie
December 8, 2018

Joshua Bowlus Trio The Jazz Corner Hilton Head Island, SC November 30 to December 1, 2018 As an introduction to his version of “For All We Know," Joshua Bowlus read out the lyrics while clicking his fingers loudly to lead the trio into a slow version of the 1934 ...

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Arturo Sandoval At Yoshi's

by Walter Atkins
December 8, 2018

Arturo Sandoval Yoshi's Oakland Oakland CA November 17, 2018 Ten time Grammy winner Arturo Sandoval and his splendid band provided a memorable Saturday evening in one of the East Bay's favorite music venues, Yoshi's Oakland. The Afro Cuban jazz trumpeter's sold out second show was part of a ...

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Julian Lage Trio at Flynn Center for the Performing Arts

by Doug Collette
December 7, 2018

Julian Lage Trio Flynn Center for the Performing Arts Burlington, Vermont December 2, 2018 It was altogether fitting that guitarist Julian Lage led his trio onto a small stage surrounded on three sides by the modified stadium seating in place at FlynnSpace this early December evening. All the better for the ...

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Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids At Black Box

by Ian Patterson
December 5, 2018

Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids Black Box Belfast, N. Ireland November 25, 2018 Idris Ackamoor and the Pyramids filed in from the rear of the Black Box, rattling and blowing an array of exotic instruments--none more so than the leader's didgeridoo-esque horn-pipe. Winding its way to the stage, it engaged ...

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Paquito D’Rivera Quintet at the Regattabar

by Nat Seelen
December 4, 2018

Paquito D'Rivera Quintet Regattabar Cambridge, MA October 19, 2018 For over four decades, Paquito D'Rivera has been an institution in the global music scene. Flitting between jazz, latin, and classical music since he was a boy studying at the Havana Conservatory of Music, he's logged thousands of miles, ...

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Jan Garbarek Group al Pavillon Kulturzentrum, Hannover

by Mario Calvitti
December 4, 2018

Jan Garbarek Group Pavillon Kulturzentrum Hannover, Germania 20.11.2018 Nonostante un silenzio discografico che si prolunga ormai da parecchi anni (il suo ultimo disco in studio risale al 2004), il sassofonista norvegese Jan Garbarek mantiene sempre una intensa attività concertistica, svolta principalmente in Europa. L'essere stato per tanti anni forse il principale ...