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Monk Institute Celebrates 20th Anniversary

by Franz A. Matzner
October 11, 2006

It is always tempting to find fault when something formerly counter-culture discovers itself embraced by the mainstream and honored by those who previously dismissed, devalued, or worse, denigrated it. For jazz, the fact that many of its founding fathers struggled against pernicious racism amplifies this tension, injecting the politics of civil rights into what is for ...

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27th Detroit International Jazz Festival

by C. Andrew Hovan
October 10, 2006

Detroit International Jazz Festival Detroit, MI September 1-4 Taking in a newly revamped Detroit Jazz Festival this year, it was hard to believe that just a few short years ago it looked like the festival might have come to the end of its healthy run. Financial woes had begun to take their ...

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Le Acustiche 6

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 9, 2006

La Palma, Roma, Marzo 2006 L'appuntamento annuale con Le Acustiche si e' rinnovato anche per il 2006. La rassegna chitarristica romana organizzata dalla scuola di musica CIAC in collaborazione con la rivista Chitarre, giunta alla sesta edizione, si è svolta tra Marzo e Aprile nei locali del Club La Palma, che già l'aveva ospitata lo scorso ...

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2006 Tanglewood Jazz Festival

by Ken Franckling
October 7, 2006

Tanglewood Jazz Festival September 1-3In recent years the Tanglewood Jazz Festival, the Labor Day Weekend finale at the bucolic Lenox, Mass. summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, has been working to adjust its programming to feel more like a true festival, rather than a series of separate admission concerts that deter early ...

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Chicago Jazz Festival 2006

by Gary Firstenberg
October 7, 2006

Nestled in between Buckingham Fountain and the Sears Tower, Grant Park came alive during Labor Day Weekend with the sweet sound of music at the 28th Annual Chicago Jazz Festival. This year, fascinating tributes were paid to Miles Davis' 80th birthday, the magical music of New Orleans, the lyricism of both Oscar Brown, Jr. and Billie ...

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Trudy Pitts and Nancy Wilson Open 2006-07 Mellon Jazz Fridays at the Kimmel Center

by Victor L. Schermer
October 3, 2006

Trudy Pitts and Nancy Wilson Mellon Jazz Fridays The Kimmel Center, Philadelphia September 15, 2006 The atrium lobby of the Kimmel Center was crowded and abuzz with excitement because it was the first “Mellon Jazz Friday of the season, and furthermore, it was the occasion of Trudy Pitts' daring ...

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Monterey Notebook 2006, Part 3: Sunday

by Forrest Dylan Bryant
October 2, 2006

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3Sunday, September 17, 12:30pm - The Night Club Day Three of the 49th annual Monterey Jazz Festival kicked off with a lively discussion on the topic of “Whatz Jazz and Whatz Not," moderated by writer Dan Ouellette and sponsored by the Jazz Journalists Association. I had the ...

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Festival Messiaen au Pays de La Meije - IX Edizione

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 2, 2006

La Grave, 20-30 luglio 2006 In principio era il ritmo: questa citazione di Heinrich von Bulow, ripresa da Messiaen nel monumentale Trattato sul ritmo, sul colore e sull’ornitologia campeggia sulle colorate locandine che pubblicizzano quest’edizione del Festival Messiaen au Pays de la Meije, alludendo al motivo conduttore di tredici concerti e sette conferenze aperte al pubblico. ...

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Monterey Notebook 2006, Part 2: Saturday

by Forrest Dylan Bryant
September 30, 2006

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 Saturday, September 16, 1:00pm - The Arena My calendar says Saturday, but here at the Monterey Jazz Festival it must be Sunday morning. A revival meeting is underway at the Arena stage as the McCollough Sons of Thunder, straight from Harlem's United House of Prayer, ...

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Monterey Notebook 2006, Part 1: Friday

by Forrest Dylan Bryant
September 29, 2006

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3It was clear from the first press release that the 49th annual Monterey Jazz Festival, presented by Verizon, would feature a mind-boggling array of top jazz talent--Dave Brubeck, Oscar Peterson, Kurt Elling, Roy Hargrove and many others crowded the program on five stages over three days (September 15-17). ...