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Ernst Reijseger

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 10, 2008

Pinocchio Live Jazz - Firenze - 18.01.2008 È sempre sorprendente assistere a uno spettacolo in solitudine di Ernst Reijseger (clicca qui per leggere la recensione del suo recente CD Do You Still), violoncellista olandese dalle esplosive capacità improvvisative e dalla presenza scenica degna del suo connazionale Han Bennink - con il quale ha mille volte collaborato ...

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96 Hours in the Jazziest City on Earth: IAJE Conference in Toronto 2008

by Rick Carroll
March 9, 2008

35th Annual IAJE Conference International Association for Jazz Education Toronto, Canada January 9-12, 2008 The Jazziest City on Earth In America's attic, a surfeit of jazz filled the bill for four days this January. In three languages and often with no words at all, the gifted young bassist ...

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Three Pianists Address the Keyboard at Northampton Center for the Arts, MA

by Lyn Horton
March 8, 2008

Rob Schwimmer, Arturo O'Farrill, Larry Willis The World of Piano Series, Northampton Center for the ArtsNorthampton, Massachusetts February 1, 8, and 15, 2008 As a musical instrument, the omnipresence of a piano's sound commands attention. There is nothing that can sway us from the experience of the full-bodied sonorities. However, ...

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Porter Batiste Stoltz Serve Up N'Awlins Funk in Denver

by Geoff Anderson
March 7, 2008

Porter Batiste Stoltz Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom Denver, Colorado February 22, 2008 Is it just me, or is Denver getting to be a funky town? Maybe it's a new funky lifestyle: New Orleans style. Friday night the New Orleans power/funk trio of Porter, Batiste, Stoltz constructed groove after fortified groove ...

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Enrico Rava / Stefano Bollani Quintet at Birdland, NYC

by Budd Kopman
March 6, 2008

Enrico Rava/Stefano Bollani Quintet at Birdland, NYCBirdlandNew York City, New YorkFebruary 24, 2008 Capping a four-day stand, and playing to a full house, trumpeter Enrico Rava and pianist Stefano Bollani, along with bassist Larry Grenadier, drummer Paul Motian and saxophonist Mark Turner were seductive, grooving, beautiful, while also being intellectual, ...

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Spiritual Unity

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 6, 2008

Pole Sud - Strasburgo - 08.02.2008 La stagione del jazz nell'area intorno a Strasburgo, dopo i numerosi concerti offerti del festival Jazzdor è continuata propronendo musicisti nazionali e non, americani di passaggio e francesi in tour, senza dimenticare degli italiani come Enrico Pieranunzi e Rosario Giuliani, esibitisi in duo a Schiltigheim. Nello stesso teatro, l'8 di ...

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Medeski Martin and Wood Live: Spontaneous Combustication

by Doug Collette
March 5, 2008

Medeski Martin & Wood Higher Ground South Burlington, Vermont February 21, 2008 Having launched their own record label, Indirecto, so auspiciously in 2007 with a reunion session with John Scofield, Out Louder, Medeski Martin and Wood are taking the next logical step of independent artists in charge of their ...

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Joey Baron "Killer Joey"

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 4, 2008

Area Sismica - Forlì - 17.2.2008 Il nome di Joey Baron è uno dei più blasonati in assoluto del jazz contemporaneo e dell'avanguardia a livello mondiale. La sua storia è legata a capisaldi dell'avant-garde come i Naked City e i Masada di John Zorn e la Bill Frisell Band, ma si può dire che non ci ...

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Mingus Big Band and Cyrus Chestnut Trio at The Kimmel Center, Philadelphia

by Victor L. Schermer
March 3, 2008

Cyrus Chestnut Trio and Mingus Big BandThe Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Verizon Hall Philadelphia, Pennsylvania February 22, 2008 There is a saying to the effect that “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade." That is what the Kimmel Center did with two problems that ...

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Jazz at the "A" Frame, L.A. - Sunday Inspiration with the Nick Mancini Quartet

by Kim Vinson
March 2, 2008

Nick Mancini Quartet Jazz at the “A" Frame Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California January 20, 2008 Close your eyes, open your soul, and listen as your heart is lifted into another galaxy beyond your greatest jazz dreams. No, you're not in New York City, a metropolis known for jazz and ...