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Melchiorre/Bo/Franceschini/Kagel - Divertimento Ensemble

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 31, 2007

Alessandro Melchiorre - Figurazione dell’invisibile (studio secondo) Sonia Bo - …De la Meduse Matteo Franceschini - Sequel Mauricio Kagel - Divertimento? Farce für ensemble Palazzina Liberty - Milano - 13.05.2007 Conclusa la serie di concerti classico-contemporanei presso la deliziosa sede della Villa Reale di Monza, giunge per il Divertimento Ensemble il momento di confrontarsi, nella cornice ...

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Jazzfest: Big Boost for Battered New Orleans

by Sandy Ingham
May 30, 2007

2007 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival New Orleans, Louisiana April 26, April 27-29, May 4-6 Jazzfest is such a joyous occasion--a 10-day marathon reunion of friends and families from around the world who revel in the music, the food and the other pleasures of New Orleans--that it's hard to reconcile ...

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Erik Friedlander Broken Arm Trio

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 29, 2007

Cinema Impero - Avezzano (AQ)- 24 Maggio 2007 Associazione culturale “JazzOn" Certo, leggendo la locandina dell'evento, l'accostamento violoncello - contrabbasso puo' incuriosire positivamente o far storcere il naso, ma francamente basta un secondo di musica per far dimenticare la questione. Se è vero che il nome del trio rievoca le condizioni che portarono Oscar Pettiford a ...

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William Parker

by John Sharpe
May 27, 2007

William Parker's Raining On The Moon Bimhuis Amsterdam April 27, 2007 A beautiful Friday evening in Amsterdam drew to a close with William Parker's Raining On The Moon taking the stage in the fading light at the Bimhuis. Parker is the pre-eminent free jazz bassist on the New York downtown ...

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John Geggie / Mark Duggan / Quinsin Nachoff / Ravi Naimpally: May 12, 2007

by John Kelman
May 26, 2007

John Geggie/Mark Duggan/Quinsin Nachoff/Ravi Naimpally Geggie Concert Series National Arts Centre, Fourth Stage Ottawa, Canada May 12, 2007 Billed as “A Creative Fusion from Toronto, the final show in Ottawa bassist John Geggie's 2006/2007 Geggie Concert Series may not have had the name-recognition cachet of earlier ...

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Emilio Solla's Tango Jazz Project at Smalls, NYC

by James Nichols
May 25, 2007

Emilio Solla's Tango-Jazz Project Smalls New York City April 28, 2007 On the weekend of April 28, Emilio Solla brought a heady blend of jazz and distinctly Argentinian music to the intimate setting of Smalls in the West Village. At Smalls most of the seats are the standard issue kitchen ...

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Propelling Personality: The Roscoe Mitchell Trio at UMASS

by Lyn Horton
May 24, 2007

Roscoe Mitchell Trio University of Massachusetts Amherst, Massachusetts April 26, 2007 When Roscoe Mitchell joined with his fellow Chicago musicians in 1965 to create the AACM, his primary motivation was to unravel how music reflecting the integrity of sound-making from a set of individual instruments could best be expressed. Judging ...

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Vicenza Jazz New Conversation 2007

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 24, 2007

Sebbene dedicata programmaticamente al “sogno Sudamericano", l'edizione 2007 del Festival Vicenza Jazz ha offerto come sempre un programma molto articolato, che ha solo in parte indagato gli intrecci tra jazz e musica latina, presentando ai diversi “segmenti" di pubblico una studiata varietà di concerti. La serata di martedì 15, all'Auditorium Canneti, ha visto dapprima il progetto ...

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Festival International Musique Actuelle Victoriaville: Day 5 - May 21, 2007

by John Kelman
May 23, 2007

Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 After Anthony Braxton's two stellar performances on the fourth day of the 24th Festival International Musique Actuelle Victoriaville (FIMAV), the fifth and final day could be considered somewhat anti-climactic. Still, there was room for a smaller program of diverse shows ...

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Festival International Musique Actuelle Victoriaville: Day 4 - May 20, 2007

by John Kelman
May 22, 2007

Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3| Day 4 | Day 5 Where else but at the Festival International Musique Actuelle Victoraville (FIMAV) could you see a cutting edge artist in more than one context, sometimes on the same day? At the 2005 edition of FIMAV, reedman/composer Anthony Braxton could be found improvising ...