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29th Annual Playboy Jazz Festival

by Patricia Myers
July 25, 2007

Playboy Jazz Festival Hollywood Bowl Hollywood, California June 16-17, 2007 The 29th annual Playboy Jazz Festival sustained its reputation for staging an eclectic musical mix, but this time featured twelve straight-ahead jazz sets for more than half the lineup during the two-day event in the Hollywood Bowl. The festival's balanced ...

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Return of The New Thing Triumph in Krakow

by Philip Palmer
July 25, 2007

Return of The New Thing Klub AlchemiaKrakow, Poland June 16, 2007 Last month, Krakow's Alchemia hosted a night of spontaneous improvisations by the Paris-based free- jazz unit, Return of The New Thing. The unique atmosphere of the club, which is located in Krakow's old Jewish quarter of Kazimierz, has been ...

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George Benson - Al Jarreau

by AAJ Italy Staff
July 25, 2007

Palazzo Tè - Mantova - 10.07.2007 Il mini tour italiano della premiata coppia Benson-Jarreau ha fatto tappa anche a Mantova, nello splendido scenario di Palazzo Tè per presentare dal vivo il loro fortunato album Givin’ It Up, uscito lo scorso anno. Almeno questo era nelle intenzioni, ma l’incontro vero e proprio tra i due si è ...

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Cecil Taylor Trio and Anthony Braxton: Historic Concert in London

by Daniel Graham
July 24, 2007

Cecil Taylor Trio and Anthony Braxton Royal Festival Hall London, England July 8, 2007 Sunday 8th July saw an historic concert performance at the Royal Festival Hall in London by the Cecil Taylor trio, composed of drummer Tony Oxley and bassist William Parker, and featuring multi-saxophonist Anthony Braxton. According to ...

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Pescara Jazz 2007

by AAJ Italy Staff
July 24, 2007

Teatro Monumento “Gabriele D'Annunzio” - Pescara 10-15.07.2007 Programma variegato, per quest'ultima edizione di Pescara Jazz. Dopo un avvio interlocutorio, caratterizzato dall'intrattenimento elegante di Natalie Cole, il festival è entrato nel vivo con il concerto del SFJazz Collective. Un ottetto formidabile, i cui membri meritano di essere menzionati tutti: Joe Lovano, Dave Douglas, Miguel Zenon, Andre Hayward, ...

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Umbria Jazz 2007

by AAJ Italy Staff
July 23, 2007

Perugia, 6-15 luglio Lo sappiamo, Umbria Jazz rappresenta un evento unico in Italia. Circa 400.000 le presenze totali nell’edizione 2006, che, nei concerti a pagamento, hanno portato un incasso intorno a 1.200.000 euro. Oltre 450 sono stati i musicisti invitati quest’anno, che in dieci giorni hanno proposto più di 250 concerti. A queste cifre si è ...

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Cecil Taylor, Anthony Braxton, Ornette Coleman in London

by John Eyles
July 22, 2007

Cecil Taylor Trio with Anthony Braxton; Ornette Coleman Group Royal Festival Hall London, England July 8-9, 2007 Cecil Taylor Trio with Anthony Braxton On June 8th, the Royal Festival Hall opened its doors again after a two-year refurbishment costing about £111m ($222m). Since then, ...

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New School Jazz Celebrates 20 Years With Concert

by James Nichols
July 19, 2007

20th Anniversary Concert New School New York, NY June 20, 2007New School's good for jazz; and it has been for a long time. As early as 1941 the New School for Social Research began holding classes in jazz, making it the first college in New York City to ...

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Beppe Gambetta

by AAJ Italy Staff
July 19, 2007

Casa del popolo di Serpiolle, Firenze - 01.06.2007 L’ultimo appuntamento stagionale dei concerti di Six Bars Jail, associazione fiorentina di chitarristi, porta Beppe Gambetta, per la prima volta nella sua pluridecennale carriera, sui palcoscenici di Firenze. A dimostrazione della difficoltà che incontra nel nostro paese la musica indipendente, il Maestro genovese, che ha richieste di concerti ...

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6th Rochester International Jazz Festival, Part 1

by Robert Iannapollo
July 18, 2007

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 Rochester International Jazz Festival 2007--6th Edition Rochester, New York June 8-16 (Part 1) Every year the Rochester International Jazz Festival becomes a little bigger and a little more unwieldy to cover. This year the tally was approximately 220 concerts in 18 venues--a ...