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Living in the Shadows: Drummer Warren Smith Solos at UMass Amherst

by Lyn Horton
October 6, 2007

Warren Smith Solos and Duos Series, University of Massachusetts, Fine Arts Center Amherst, Massachusetts September 26, 2007 Musicians worth their salt practice their awareness of their heritage, be that ethnic or musical. Doing so gives them not only access to a wealth of precedence but also starting blocks for ...

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Newport Jazz Festival 2007

by Ken Franckling
October 6, 2007

2007 JVC Newport Jazz Festival Fort Adams State Park Newport, Rhode Island August 10-12, 2007 The spirit of late great jazz masters lives on through many of those who were influenced by them, and the 2007 JVC Newport Jazz Festival made those connections in a huge way. It was evident ...

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David Berger & The Sultans of Swing at Birdland

by Budd Kopman
October 5, 2007

David Berger & The Sultans of Swing at BirdlandBirdlandNew York, NYSeptember 25, 2007 David Berger and his Sultans of Swing have a regular Tuesday gig at Birdland and recently have included vocalist Champian Fulton for some tunes in the set. Berger talked a bit about the music, ...

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Controindicazioni 21 – Init, via della stazione Tuscolana – Roma - 27 e 28. 02. 2008

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 5, 2007

Vent’anni da quel marzo ‘88 in cui Mario Schiano, insieme ad una piccola pattuglia di musicisti e appassionati con in testa l’utopia della libera improvvisazione, riannodò le fila di un discorso avviato negli anni ’70 e interrotto un decennio dopo da una crisi generalizzata di idee che rallentò in parte la spinta di molti movimenti avanguardistici. ...

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John McLaughlin: On The Road, Part 4: Montreal, Canada

by John Kelman
October 4, 2007

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Giovanni Falzone: Maria Callas in jazz - La Voce del Suono

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 4, 2007

Teatro Manzoni - Milano - 19.09.2007 Ci vuole coraggio, forse anche un pizzico di follia per organizzare un concerto jazz proprio in un momento in cui la città di Milano è letteralmente inondata dai concerti della rassegna MiTo. Ma il coraggio e la follia sono qualità che ci piacciono, e che vanno premiate. Soprattutto quando portano ...

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The Frank Kimbrough Trio at The Jazz Standard

by Budd Kopman
October 3, 2007

Frank Kimbrough Trio at the Jazz StandardThe Jazz StandardNew York, NYWednesday, September 27, 2007 The highest compliment I can think of for the performance that Frank Kimbrough along with bassist John Hebert and drummer Paul Motian gave at The Jazz Standard was that it sounded like a variation on the ...

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David Sylvian - The World Is Everything Tour

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 3, 2007

Auditorium della Conciliazione - Roma - 27.09.2007 Sembra che il tempo dalle parti di David Sylvian non sia mai passato [per leggere una retrospettiva sulla sua carriera clicca qui]. Il dandy inglese ha stretto un patto con un’entità trascendentale in cambio della longevità artistica e spirituale. Quasi cinquantenne, Sylvian va avanti nel suo percorso artistico senza ...

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Stockholm Jazz Festival 2007

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 2, 2007

Stockholm Jazz Festival 17-21.07.2007 Ad un anno dalla futura tappa del venticinquennale, l’edizione 2007 del festival della capitale svedese - cinque fitte giornate svoltesi tra lo splendido scenario dell’isola cittadina di Skeppsholmen, due parchi, il tradizionale Konserthus ed il piú mondano luna-park Gronalund, per finire a tarda notte nel jazz club Fasching - si conferma senza ...

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Donny McCaslin at The Jazz Standard

by Budd Kopman
October 1, 2007

Donny McCaslin at the Jazz StandardThe Jazz StandardNew York, NYTuesday, September 18, 2007 There has always existed in jazz a tension between the unprepared or spontaneous and the written or the composed. The recording process is part of this tension and crystallizes the immediate present moment for posterity, paradoxically helping ...