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Punkt 07 - Kristiansand, Norway - Day Four, September 1, 2007

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by John Kelman

Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4Despite its relatively small size, Punkt is a festival that always thinks big. The best sound and lighting people in the country are enlisted--resulting in always superb sound and set/lighting designs that, rather than being created for the venue and remaining constant, change, often ...

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Punkt 07 - Kristiansand, Norway - Day Three, August 31, 2007

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by John Kelman

Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 While other festivals feature a diversity of artists across a longer period of time, there's simply no festival other than Punkt that manages to pack so much into three days of programming—and create the kind of environment where unexpected collaborations catalyze real magic, ...

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Punkt 07 - Kristiansand, Norway - Day Two, August 30, 2007

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by John Kelman

Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 As 5:00 PM approached, anticipation of the first official day for Punkt 07 continued to grow. The Agder Theater is a beautiful venue, with a large bar area for meeting up with artists and other media folks from as far away as ...

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The John McNeil / Bill McHenry Quartet at the Village Vanguard

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by Budd Kopman

The John McNeil / Bill McHenry Quartet at The Village VanguardThe Village VanguardNew York CityAugust 22, 2007 Trumpeter John McNeil, whose release East Coast Cool was on many “Best of--" lists for 2006, has created a band that fulfills his personal musical vision. This quartet, with tenor saxophonist Bill McHenry, ...

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Brothers in Beantown: The Allmans' Summer Tour '07

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by Doug Collette

The Allman Brothers reaffirmed their love affair with the city of Boston by playing two nights in Beantown early in their summer 2007 tour. In doing so, they answered the question “What's summer without ABB@ The Tweeter? and suggested this venue in the heart of the city might well serve as a regular stop in summers ...

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Punkt 07 - Kristiansand, Norway - Day One, August 29, 2007

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by John Kelman

Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 Returning to the town of Kristiansand, Norway is more like a homecoming than a holiday (or work). That's because, unlike so many other festivals, Punkt is as much about community and relationship as it is music. It's hard to imagine a festival ...

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New Orleans Celebrates Louis Armstrong

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by Sandy Ingham

Satchmo Summerfest 2007 New Orleans, Louisiana August 2-5Jazz fans have myriad reasons to be thankful for Louis Armstrong. One of them is the annual birthday bash in his hometown, New Orleans. The first Satchmo Summerfest was in 2001, on Armstrong's 100th birthday. The seventh stretched over four sun-drenched days, August 2-5, ...

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Vision Festival XII, NYC

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by Marc Medwin

Vision Festival Angel Orensanz Center New York, NY June 19-24, 2007 I must begin on a strictly personal note. The 12th annual Vision Festival, held at the Angel Orensanz Center, was my first. Even if certain of the artists' visions did not translate for me in the way ...

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Suoni per il Popolo Festival 2007, Montreal

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by Mathieu Belanger

Suoni per il Popolo Festival Montreal, Canada June 1-27, 2007 The Suoni per il Popolo is an annual festival organized by the people running Casa del Popolo and La Sala Rossa, two of Montreal's most important venues for new music. Since its beginning in 2001, the festival has established itself as a ...

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Julius Tolentino Quartet at Cecil's Jazz Club

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by David A. Orthmann

Julius Tolentino Quartet Cecil's Jazz Club West Orange, NJ June 22, 2007 A number of teenagers formed a semicircle around the bandstand during alto saxophonist Julius Tolentino's opening set at Cecil's Jazz Club, one anxiously fingering his horn in anticipation of sitting in. Only a decade or so older than ...


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