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Tom Harrell a Palermo

by AAJ Italy Staff
April 1, 2008

Teatro Golden - Palermo - 27.03.2008 Un ciclone in movimento, che ha scatenato onde alte, imprevedibili di note siderali, aventi come obiettivo il cuore e non solo la mente del pubblico. Un quintetto davvero stellare, tra i più coinvolgenti dell’ultimo decennio jazzistico, che ha il raro dono di comunicare emozioni profonde, ancorché immediate. Ritmo, imprevedibilità, fantasia, ...

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Gianluca Petrella Cosmic Band

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 31, 2008

Piacenza Jazz Festival Teatro President - Piacenza - 15.03.2008 Chi nutrisse ancora qualche dubbio sullo stato di salute del jazz italiano e, in principal modo, delle sue giovani leve, dovrebbe assistere ad un concerto della Cosmic Band di Gianluca Petrella. Niente di accademico e diligentemente confezionato, nessuna passerella esibizionista e promozionale, banditi standard e assoli interminabili, ...

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Jazzelectro Sounds: Live from Birmingham, England

by Martin Longley
March 30, 2008

Birmingham, EnglandMarch 2008Electric Kulintang at the CBSO CentreNew York percussionist Susie Ibarra last came to the CBSO Centre with trumpeter Dave Douglas, when he was premiering his Blue Latitudes piece with the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group. That gig found her in both composed and improvised states, but this time Ibarra's been asked back ...

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Van Morrison Concert in Palace of Jewels: Less Than Dazzling

by Ralph A. Miriello
March 30, 2008

Van Morrison in Concert United Palace TheaterNew York City March 15, 2008 The air was cool and the streets were filled with middle-aged transplanted white folks from the suburbs, all making there way to the upper reaches of Manhattan island--175th Street and Broadway, to be precise--the area known as ...

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Marc Copland / Gary Peacock / Bill Stewart at Birdland, NYC

by Budd Kopman
March 29, 2008

Marc Copland/Gary Peacock/Bill Stewart at Birdland, NYCBirdlandNew York City, New YorkMarch 20, 2008 However much we might wish that jazz, or indeed any art, be devoid of any relationship to economics, the the numerous extra-musical things that go into making a record, from promoting it to setting up a gig, ...

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John Geggie / David Mott / Andy Milne Perform in Ottawa, March 1, 2008

by Alayne McGregor
March 29, 2008

John Geggie/David Mott/Andy MilneGeggie Concert SeriesNational Arts Centre, Fourth StageOttawa, CanadaMarch 1, 2008 The defining sound of John Geggie's latest concert collaboration was David Mott's baritone saxophone. That's not to underestimate the importance of Andy Milne's piano or Geggie's acoustic bass. But Mott's sax was the ...

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Steven Bernstein - Millennial Territory Orchestra

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 28, 2008

Teatro Dal Verme - Milano - 02.03.2008 Cartellone tormentato, quello della stagione jazzistica degli Arcimboldi. Dapprima annunciato, poi revocato per dissidi interni all'organizzazione, poi confermato in due soli appuntamenti, di cui uno cancellato a causa delle cattive condizioni di salute di Charlie Mariano. Di tutto il programma previsto, è rimasto dunque solo il concerto di Steven ...

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Andrew Rathbun at the Manhattan School of Music, NYC

by Budd Kopman
March 27, 2008

Andrew Rathbun at The Manhattan School of Music, NYCManhattan School of MusicNew York City, NYMarch 19, 2008 Saxophonist Andrew Rathbun, as part of his fulfillment of the requirements for his Doctorate in Musical Arts, performed and conducted his own compositions at the Ades Performance Space, employing two ensembles. Although the ...

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David Torn's Prezens at Joe's Pub, NYC

by Budd Kopman
March 26, 2008

David Torn and Prezens at Joe's Pub, NYCJoe's PubNew York City, NYMarch 13, 2008 The quartet that took the stage is a live version of the group that is on prezens (ECM, 2007), which is the result of guitarist/electronics magician David Torn's post-processing of many hours of improvising by him, ...

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Roscoe Mitchell - Wadada Leo Smith - Harrison Bankhead

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 26, 2008

Suoni e Visioni Blue Note - Milano - 17.03.2008 Dalla copertura in vetro del Blue Note, qualcuno mi fa notare, si intravedono la luna e le stelle. Lungo le pareti del locale fanno bella mostra di sé le gigantografie sorridenti di jazzisti compiaciuti e prudenti, plastificate cantanti di successo, ottuagenari vessilliferi del verbo mainstream e personaggi ...