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Enrico Rava Quintet feat. Joe Lovano al Padova Jazz Festival

by Stefano Merighi
October 30, 2018

Enrico Rava Quintet feat. Joe Lovano Teatro MPX Padova Jazz Festival Padova 26.10.2018 Dopo alcuni incontri estemporanei del passato, Enrico Rava e Joe Lovano si ritrovano per imbastire un tour sostanzioso, supportati da una band di stelle, con Giovanni Guidi, Dezron Douglas e Gerald Cleaver. Il ...

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Soft Machine at the Beachland Ballroom

by Matt Hooke
October 29, 2018

Soft Machine Beachland BallroomCleveland, OH October 18, 2018 A disco ball may have been spinning at the Beachland Ballroom in Cleveland Ohio, but this was no dance party. Instead, Soft Machine brought their brand of progressive jazz-rock to the venue with the energy of a band a fraction of its age. ...

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Pérez, Potter, Cohen Quintet at SFJAZZ

by Harry S. Pariser
October 29, 2018

Pérez, Potter, Cohen Quintet SFJAZZ San Francisco, CA October 14, 2018 “It's a privilege to be here, especially in these challenging times," pianist Danilo Pérez told the audience, as the evening began, and then called his musical companions --Avishai Cohen on trumpet, Chris Potter on tenor and soprano saxophones, Larry ...

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Cool nights, hot music at Jazz al Parque, Bogotá

by Mark Holston
October 28, 2018

Country Club Park Jazz al Parque Bogotá Bogotá, Colombia September 22-23, 2018 As outdoor concerts go, the scene couldn't be any more welcoming than the former country club and polo grounds that serve as home base for Bogotá, Colombia's annual Jazz al Parque. Bordered on two sides by upscale condominiums, ...

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Jazz Sur Son 31 2018

by Luke Seabright
October 26, 2018

October 5th marked the start of the 2018 edition of Jazz Sur Son 31 in Toulouse and its neighbouring towns. If jazz is part of Toulouse's DNA, a good reminder of this comes from the legacy of one the city's most popular artists, the singer Claude Nougaro who immortalised his hometown in the ballad “O Toulouse." ...

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Galway Jazz Festival 2018: Day 1

by James Fleming
October 25, 2018

Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4Galway Jazz Festival Galway, Ireland October 5, 2018 The rain came up from the south-west over the Atlantic. Setting a slab of grey cloud on Galway's sky. A piper sat on Shop Street beneath the slanted rainfall, his waist-length hair ...

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Dave Stryker Quartet at Nighttown

by C. Andrew Hovan
October 24, 2018

Dave Stryker Quartet Nighttown Cleveland, OH October 5, 2018 It's a tough sell these days for touring musicians to bring their own ensembles with them as they traverse the country. And let's face it, pick-up bands don't always lead to the optimum musical conditions. That's why it is always a pleasure ...

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Thelonious Monk Birthday Concert: Helen Sung, Kris Davis and JoAnne Brackeen

by Harry S. Pariser
October 24, 2018

Thelonious Monk Birthday Concert: Helen Sung, Kris Davis and JoAnne Brackeen SFJAZZ San Francisco, CA October 10, 2018 It would have been Thelonious Monk's 101st birthday this year, but the pianist and composer has not lost his luster over the years. Every year SFJAZZ celebrates his birthday with a concert. ...

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Northern Expo 2018

by Ian Patterson
October 23, 2018

Northern Expo Various Venues Svalbard, Norway October 4-6, 2018 There are music showcases and there is Northern Expo. The idea, if not the logistical operation behind it, was simple enough. Invite a few dozen international music industry movers and shakers to Svalbard, an archipelago half way between Norway and the North ...

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Supersonic 2018

by Martin Longley
October 23, 2018

Supersonic Birmingham, England June 22-24, 2018 Running since 2003, the Supersonic festival specialises in musics that press firmly against the limits of cranial perception, whether expanding from deep inside our inner liquids, or fracturing in unexpectedly like a bolt of intrusive alien contaminate. Supersonic sounds can be minimalist and meditational, ...