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The Five Corners Quintet at Dizzy's Club-Coca Cola

by Budd Kopman
June 19, 2007

The Five Corners QuintetDizzy's Club-Coca ColaNew York CityJune 11, 2007 During the Spring at Dizzy's Club, Monday nights are generally set aside for program called Upstarts!, and on this night the music and band were from Finland. The Five Corners Quintet comes with the mission of bringing ...

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Art of Jazz Celebration in Toronto

by Eugene Holley, Jr.
June 18, 2007

2nd Annual Art of Jazz CelebrationDistillery Historic District, Toronto, CanadaMay 30 - June 3, 2007 The second annual Art of Jazz Celebration was not the kind of festival where a musician's record sales, marketability, and high-powered publicity/management teams determine its lineup. The fifty diverse and dynamic headliners were selected by its ...

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Karrin Allyson Live at Birdland

by Michael P. Gladstone
June 18, 2007

Karrin Allyson Birdland New York, NY May 19, 2007 The time is 9 P.M. at Birdland, and jazz singer Karrin Allyson is about to open a four-night engagement at the famed Manhattan club. The musicians are all gathered together, and the singer is amongst friends with whom she's been ...

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Pegging Some Heartstrings: The Rudresh Mahanthappa Quartet in New Haven

by Lyn Horton
June 17, 2007

Composition and improvisation can go hand in hand. Sometimes, the two approaches to musical creation are indistinguishable, in which case we can view the marriage of the two as a good one. Such a manifestation unfolded before an intimate audience at Firehouse 12, in New Haven, Connecticut on May 18, 2007, with the Rudresh Mahanthappa Quartet. ...

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Two Perspectives on Jewish Music at the Israel Festival

by Eyal Hareuveni
June 16, 2007

The Floating Tower and the Daniel Zamir Quintet Israel Festival Rebecca Crown Auditorium and the Khan Theater Jerusalem, Israel May 28-29, 2007 The well-funded Israel Festival this year provided some inescapable dilemmas for the true jazz aficionado. Why bother to reward the producers' offending artistic decisions, such ...

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Allen Toussaint and Preservation Hall Jazz Orchestra in London

by John Eyles
June 15, 2007

Allen Toussaint and Preservation Hall Jazz Orchestra The Barbican London, England June 4th, 2007 They say it is an ill wind that blows no-one any good. Well, Hurricane Katrina was certainly one of the illest winds ever to blow through New Orleans, leaving the city ruined and many thousands ...

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Annie Ross and Stevie Holland at The Metropolitan Room, NYC

by Michael P. Gladstone
June 15, 2007

During the month of May, there was a most unusual pairing of jazz vocalists--the legendary Annie Ross and rising star Stevie Holland, both performing every Tuesday night at The Metropolitan Room on Manhattan's West 22nd Street. When I caught them on May 22, they were both in fine form, their joint performance inviting some quick comparisons.

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Borisova-Ollas/Šostakovič/Schumann - Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 12, 2007

Victoria Borisova-Ollas - The Kingdom of Silence Dmitrij Šostakovic - Concerto n. 2 in sol minore op. 126 per violoncello e orchestra Robert Schumann - Sinfonia n.2 in do maggiore op. 61 Auditorium Rai - Torino - 17.05.2007 Il ventitreesimo concerto dell’Orchestra RAI, interamente dedicata alla musica russa contemporanea, vede protagonista Mario Brunello, che dedica alla ...

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Mario Biondi and Duke Orchestra

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 11, 2007

Teatro Romano - Verona - 04.06.2007 C’era molta attesa per il debutto del Tour di Mario Biondi, e le premesse erano di buon auspicio, infatti era stata aggiunta un’altra data al Teatro Romano di Verona, per soddisfare l’enorme richiesta di biglietti. Solo l’incognita del tempo ha voluto metterci lo zampino e la “prima” ufficiale di sabato ...

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Roberta Gambarini Dazzles, Jordan Family Inspires in Saratoga Springs, NY

by R.J. DeLuke
June 10, 2007

Roberta Gambarini, The Jordan Family Saratoga Springs Arts Center, Spa Little Theater Saratoga Springs, New York May 31 (Gambarini), May 29 (Jordan Family)One would think it would be difficult to do anything much less than give a vocal concert if it involved flying from Russia to New York ...