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Heiner Goebbels

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 12, 2007

Eraritjaritjaka - Musée des phrases Limone Fonderie Teatrali - Moncalieri - 24.01.07 Grazie all’intelligente collaborazione tra il Teatro Stabile di Torino e l’Unione Musicale, il suggestivo spazio post-industriale delle Fonderie Limone ospita le alchimie create da Heiner Goebbels tra testo, recitazione e suono. Il regista-compositore presenta, infatti, Eraritjaritjaka, spettacolo già acclamato nel 2004 al Festival d’Automne ...

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Ben Riley's Monk Legacy Septet at Birdland

by Budd Kopman
February 12, 2007

Ben Riley's Monk Legacy SeptetBirdland, New York CityJanuary 27, 2007 Ben Riley: drums; Don Sickler: trumpet, arranger; Bruce Williams: alto saxophone; Wayne Escoffery: tenor saxophone; Jay Brandford: baritone saxophone; Ben Cassorla: guitar; Kiyoshi Kitagawa: bass. The studio version of this group, Memories Of T, which landed on many Best ...

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Dianne Reeves and Jason Moran at the Kimmel Center, Philadelphia

by Victor L. Schermer
February 9, 2007

Dianne Reeves and Jason Moran Mellon Jazz Fridays, Verizon Hall The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia, PA February 2, 2007 This intriguing double bill featuring established jazz diva Dianne Reeves and rising star pianist Jason Moran turned out to be an exciting evening of music which also ...

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Musica Insieme Contemporanea a Bologna: il Quatuor pour la fin du Temps di Olivier Messiaen nel Giorno della Memoria

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 9, 2007

“Concepito e scritto durante la mia prigionia, il Quatuor pour la fin du Temps ebbe la sua prima esecuzione nello Stalag VIII A, il 15 gennaio 1941. Questo accadeva a Görlitz, in Slesia, con un freddo atroce. Lo Stalag era sepolto sotto la neve. Eravamo trentamila prigionieri (francesi per la maggior parte, con qualche polacco e ...

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Umbria Jazz Winter in Orvieto 2006-2007

by AAJ Staff
February 7, 2007

Umbria Jazz Winter in Orvieto Orvieto, Italy Dec. 29, 2006 to Jan. 2, 2007Situated atop hundreds of underground passage ways and manmade caves upon a plateau of steep surrounding cliffs in Southwestern Umbria, Italy at an hour's train ride from Rome--the quaint, scenic and historic town of Orvieto hosts countless jazz ...

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Seveso Suona

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 7, 2007

Palasport - Seveso - 19.01.2007 Diamo il benvenuto a Seveso Suona, nuova rassegna jazzistica che si svilupperà in tre appuntamenti a scadenza mensile. L'incasso della rassegna sarà devoluto a favore di Briantea 84, un'associazione sportiva dilettantistica impegnata nel sociale e con particolare attenzione al coinvolgimento dei diversamente abili. Chissà se il jazz è in grado di ...

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Fred Frith & Arte Quartett

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 5, 2007

Still/Urban Area Sismica - Forlì - 13.01.2007 Acquattata in solitudine nell’oscurità, nascosta in fondo a una serie di curve tutte uguali e diluita in una nebbia appiccicosa l’Area Sismica non è esattamente un luogo facile da raggiungere... si perdono persino i musicisti! Ma è un nido talmente delizioso e confortevole, dall’atmosfera dadaista retro-romagnola, che chiusa nebbia, ...

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IAJE 2007: A Photo Retrospective

by C. Andrew Hovan
February 5, 2007

A wonderful opportunity to get away from the everyday grind and immerse oneself fully in all the benefits that jazz has to offer, the annual conference of the International Association for Jazz Education is always one of the hippest places to hang for any jazz enthusiast. But when the conference is being held in New York ...

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The Tampere Jazz Happening, Helsinki, Nov. 2-5, 2006

by Brandt Reiter
February 3, 2007

After a long, atypically warm fall, snow came early to Tampere this year. The massive storm that swept across Northern Europe on November 1st left a thick blanket of the stuff covering Finland from Helsinki in the south to Tampere, 180 kilometers to the north, and beyond; an accompanying precipitous drop in temperature insured the six-foot ...

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Dave Douglas at Zanzibar Blue

by Victor L. Schermer
February 2, 2007

Dave Douglas Quintet Zanzibar Blue Philadelphia, PA January 26-27 As I walked along Broad Street to Zanzibar Blue, I passed the Academy of Music, where some Mummers were tuning up, and went by a huge tent and some media trucks that were set up for the 105th Anniversary celebration ...