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Veteran Artists at Veterans Weekend Jazz Fest, Cape May, NJ

by Sandy Ingham
December 6, 2007

28th Cape May Jazz Festival “Favorites Return to Cape May" Cape May, New Jersey November 9-11, 2007 “Favorites Return" was the theme of the 28th Cape May Jazz Festival over Veterans Day weekend. Favorites indeed--not only for the several thousand regulars at this southernmost New Jersey beach resort but ...

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Marc Ducret Trio: Heart-Stopping Music in Helsinki

by Anthony Shaw
December 6, 2007

The Marc Ducret Trio Rythmihäiri Club Helsinki, Finland November 31, 2007 Lost in translation is not an applicable excuse when listening to free-form instrumental jazz. It is to be expected. Sitting through 25 minutes of the intense experimental music the Marc Ducret Trio offers up during a single selection, inevitably ...

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Brian Auger's Oblivion Express

by AAJ Italy Staff
December 6, 2007

Manerbio Jazz Festival Teatro Politeama - Manerbio - 14.11.2007 Il secondo appuntamento della dodicesima edizione del Manerbio Jazz Festival, in programma mercoledì 14 novembre, ha visto protagonista un’icona del jazz rock, Brian Auger, accompagnato dagli Oblivion Express. Questa formazione, che negli anni settanta ebbe un grandissimo successo in tutto il mondo è stata chiaramente rinnovata ed ...

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John Pizzarelli Lights Up Birdland

by Michael P. Gladstone
December 5, 2007

John Pizzarelli Birdland New York City, New York November 17, 2007 On this final night of his most recent stand at New York's Birdland, guitarist/vocalist and bandleader John Pizzarelli raised the stakes, bringing an extra level of excitement to his performance and to the packed audience's delight. The week began ...

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Renée Olstead - Orchestra Jazz Siciliana

by AAJ Italy Staff
December 5, 2007

Teatro Golden - Palermo - 22.11.2007 È a dir poco ragguardevole la nuova stagione concertistica del Brass Group Palermo, che ospiterà nella prossima primavera due autentiche icone del jazz moderno: Phil Woods (13 marzo) e Tom Harrell (27 marzo). Forse questo prestigioso cartellone avrebbe meritato un concerto inaugurale diverso, con ben altri nomi e ben altra ...

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Ellen Johnson Live At Enzo's Jazz, NYC

by Michael P. Gladstone
December 4, 2007

Ellen Johnson Enzo's Jazz, Jolly Hotel Madison Towers New York, New York October 19, 2007 Jazz singer/songwriter Ellen Johnson made a rare night club appearance in Manhattan coinciding with the release of her album These Days. Johnson is a transplanted Chicagoan who had lived in the San Diego area until ...

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Zorniana

by AAJ Italy Staff
December 4, 2007

Teatro degli Arcimboldi - Milano - 23.11.2007 Amato e odiato Zorn. Nessun protagonista della musica creativa dell’ultimo trentennio può vantare una capacità così viscerale di suscitare reazioni diametralmente opposte, commenti discordanti ed emozioni tanto intense. Zorn l’alfiere della scena down-town coi capelli rossi e quei terribili occhiali alla Woody Allen; Zorn il musicista free; Zorn il ...

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ISWHAT!? with Archie Shepp & Oliver Lake

by AAJ Italy Staff
December 3, 2007

Teatro Manzoni - Milano - 19.11.2007 Quando lo spirito di un popolo rende possibili i miracoli. Miracoli musicali, s’intende, ma sempre miracoli. E’ quello che è successo lunedì sera al Teatro Manzoni all’interno della rassegna Aperitivo in Concerto con l’esibizione di ISWHAT?! with Archie Shepp & Oliver Lake. Cosa c’entrano Archie Shepp, figura storica della rivoluzione ...

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Mamiko Watanabe at Fat Cat's, NYC

by Greg Henry Waters
December 2, 2007

Mamiko Watanabe Fat Cat Club New York City, New YorkNovember 7, 2007 Mamiko Watanabe is a wonderful jazz pianist, who is simply fun to watch in performance. She is a little woman--probably no more than 98 pounds but certainly 98 pounds of dynamite! It was Lyn Christie, a string ...

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The Dakshina Ensemble at the Asia Society

by Budd Kopman
December 1, 2007

The Dakshina Ensemble at the Asia SocietyThe Asia SocietyNew York City, New YorkNovember 8, 2007 The Dakshina Ensemble was created as a meeting of the minds, worlds and talents of alto saxophonists Rudresh Mahanthappa and Kadri Gopalnath. The outcome of this cross- fertilization is a set of pieces composed by ...