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London's Funkiest Hour: The Sound Stylistics

by Frederick Bernas
September 16, 2007

The Sound SylisticsJazz Café, LondonThursday, August 30, 2007 After witnessing the Australian deep funk outfit The Bamboos tear up a small Bristol wine bar some months ago, it was hard to imagine how any other band could ever match such a boisterous performance. However, the funk gods up above clearly had other ...

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John McLaughlin: On The Road, Part 3: Opening Night

by John Kelman
September 15, 2007

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7No matter how well rehearsed a group is, opening night represents greater risks than usual--even with a group like John McLaughlin and The 4th Dimension, where improvisational chance-taking and in-the- moment interaction are defining characteristics. There's ...

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John McLaughlin: On The Road, Part 2: The Rehearsal

by John Kelman
September 14, 2007

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Tanglewood Jazz Festival 2007

by R.J. DeLuke
September 10, 2007

Tanglewood Jazz Festival 2007 Tanglewood Music Center Lennox, Massachusetts June 28 to September 3, 2007 The 2007 Tanglewood Jazz Festival in the beautiful Berkshire Mountains' city of Lenox, Massachusetts, was multi-flavored, with musicians from various corners of the world and rhythms that ranged from Africa to Brazil to the down-home ...

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Jazzfestival Saalfelden 2007

by AAJ Italy Staff
September 10, 2007

Giunto alla ventottesima edizione, il Saalfelden Jazzfestival si conferma un appuntamento obbligato per seguire il meglio del jazz creativo statunitense, in proposte che giungono sempre più raramente nel nostro Paese. Chiusa la stagione del tendone ai margini dell'abitato e la direzione artistica di Gerhard Eder, la formula dello scorso anno (clicca qui per leggerne la recensione) ...

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Caramoor Jazz Festival 2007

by Seamus Seoighe
September 9, 2007

Caramoor Jazz Festival 2007 Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts Katonah, New York July 28, August 4, 2007 New York has the most cutting-edge jazz scene in the world. However, it's sometimes nice to catch a show outside the city limits for a change of pace. Caramoor Jazz ...

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CBIII Band at Cecil's Jazz Club

by David A. Orthmann
September 8, 2007

CBIII Band Cecil's Jazz Club West Orange, NJ August 17, 2007 Two drum kits were set up at the front of the stage prior to the CB III Band's first set at Cecil's Jazz Club. Though the configuration was in keeping with an evening billed as “The Father, Son, and ...

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Matthew Shipp Trio at the Blue Note, NYC

by Lyn Horton
September 8, 2007

The Matthew Shipp Trio The Blue Note New York, New York August 27, 2007 Making a record means freezing music in time. The musicians have done their job for that session. What will be heard will only be that session for as long as the recording lasts. Even though a ...

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Gary Peacock / Paul Bley / Paul Motian at Birdland

by Budd Kopman
September 5, 2007

Gary Peacock / Paul Bley / Paul Motian at BirdlandBirdlandNew York, NYAugust 23, 2007 Music exists only in time. Yes, it can be recorded, but listening to the recording again demands time. The basic premise of jazz as in-the-moment improvisation only increases awareness of the music's ephemeral nature, which is ...

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Avishai Cohen: Trio Innovation

by Frederick Bernas
September 5, 2007

Avishai Cohen Ronnie Scott's, London Friday, August 24 This was the first time I'd visited London's legendary jazz venue since its recent swanky refurbishment; still dimly lit, but with a classier kind of ambience, Ronnie's barely allows punters to appreciate the photos of great jazz musicians adorning every wall. One man well ...