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Tirtha at The Jazz Standard

by Budd Kopman
November 30, 2007

Tirtha at The Jazz StandardThe Jazz StandardNew York City, NYNovember 6, 2007 Tirtha (pronounced “TEER-tha") is a new project brought together by pianist Vijay Iyer that is a trio including the phenomenal electric guitarist Prasanna and the young virtuoso tabla player Nitin Mitta. This amazing and very exciting ...

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Monterey Jazz Festival Turns 50

by Chuck Koton
November 29, 2007

Monterey Jazz Festival Monterey Fairgrounds Monterey, California September 21-23, 2007It might be tough to get a minyan for a jazz performance in L.A., but it's easy up north where a record 45,000 jazz fans endured rain and mud that threatened to turn this annual jazz bacchanal into Woodstock Redux. ...

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Clive Carroll

by AAJ Italy Staff
November 27, 2007

Casa del Popolo di Serpiolle (FI) - 20.09.2007 Per la riapertura autunnale dei concerti di Six Bars Jail - Percorsi di chitarra acustica (la stagione s'era conclusa con la bella esibizione di Beppe Gambetta, clicca qui qui per leggerne la recensione) di scena a Serpiolle, appena fuori Firenze il chitarrista Clive Carroll. Inglese di nascita, ma ...

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Zulya Performs Tatar Music - Savoy Theatre, Helsinki

by Anthony Shaw
November 25, 2007

Zulya and the Children of the Underground Savoy Theater Helsinki, Finland October 24, 2007 These days we are very accustomed to mixed sonic salads, to multicultural feasts of ethnic reinterpretation. To some, this act may be just such a multi-herbal mixture, but to my taste here is a flavor ...

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John Hollenbeck's Claudia Quintet and Large Ensemble at Two NYC Venues

by Martin Longley
November 23, 2007

The Claudia QuintetCornelia Street CaféNew York, NYOctober 13, 2007 The John Hollenbeck Large EnsembleJazz StandardNew York, NYNovember 5, 2007 Drummer and composer John Hollenbeck comes across as a combination of benign control freak and supremely modest humorist. He's very much the ...

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Monk Competition 2007: Trumpets

by Jim Santella
November 22, 2007

Thelonious Monk Institute International Jazz Trumpet Competition Los Angeles, California October 27-28, 2007 The 20th annual Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz competition featured trumpeters this year, along with a concert tribute to Herbie Hancock that brought out an array of guest artists. A night to remember, the event was filmed ...

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Stefano Di Battista Quartet "Trouble Shootin'"

by AAJ Italy Staff
November 22, 2007

Festival Jazz di Manerbio - 08.11.2007 Il consueto appuntamento autunnale con il festival Jazz di Manerbio (Brescia) ha avuto inizio giovedì 8 novembre con un’attesa esibizione, la seconda in assoluto dopo il concerto tenutosi a Roma la sera precedente. Stiamo parlando del concerto del quartetto di Stefano Di Battista che presentava “live” la sua ultima fatica ...

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Jazz & Wine of Peace

by AAJ Italy Staff
November 21, 2007

Cormons - 25-28.10.2007 Come ogni anno, in prossimità di novembre, tra le dolci colline del Collio - rinomate per i loro bianchi, tra i migliori della penisola - si è tenuto l’ormai notissimo Festival Jazz & Wine of Peace, che con questa tagliava il traguardo delle dieci edizioni. Per celebrare l’anniversario, un programma di tutto rispetto, ...

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Trumpeter Shanti Paul Jayasinha at Candid Jazz Fest - Soho, London

by John Philips
November 20, 2007

Shanti Paul Jayasinha Candid Jazz Festival PizzaExpress Jazz Club, Soho London, England November 1, 2007 Now celebrating its tenth anniversary, the Candid Jazz Festival has always showcased fine new talents from the label's roster, and this year saw trumpeter Shanti Paul Jayasinha on the list of recording ...

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Pierre Bastien

by AAJ Italy Staff
November 20, 2007

Area Sismica - Forlì - 31.10.2007 Come definire Pierre Bastien? Artista-artigiano del suono? Alfiere della musica elettro-meccanica? Futurista rétro? Conoscitore del segreto legame alchemico fra poesia e automazione? Poco importa: le definizioni servono solo a soddisfare un’esigenza di ordine e di possesso mentale della realtà da parte di chi la osserva, ma non sono la realtà. ...