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Madhav Chari Plays Duke Ellington

by AAJ Staff
August 18, 2006

Madhav Chari Max Müller Bhavan Chennai, India April 28, 2006 Madhav Chari is one of the most brilliant pianists from India. He has worked with top names in jazz at New York, such as Henry Threadgill, Kenny Barron and Wynton Marsalis. He has performed in hundreds of cities. ...

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Molly Johnson - TD Canada Trust Toronto Jazz Festival

by Brenton Plourde
August 16, 2006

Molly Johnson, TD Canada Trust Toronto International Jazz Festival, Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto, Canada June 23, 2006 The TD Canada Trust Toronto Jazz Festival kicked off on June 23 with singer Molly Johnson on the main stage at Nathan Phillips Square. It was a packed house, along with ...

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What a Wonderful Satchmo Summerfest

by Sandy Ingham
August 15, 2006

It's been 105 years since Louis Armstrong came onto this Earth, and 35 years since he left it, and yet the music he created and laughter he inspired continue to bring enjoyment to listeners today. That's especially true in his hometown of New Orleans which, despite the ravages of Hurricane Katrina, staged its sixth annual Satchmo ...

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Phil Lesh & Friends, Trey Anastasio & Mike Gordon, Benvento/Russo Duo: Goin' Down the Road

by Doug Collette
August 13, 2006

Phil Lesh & Friends, Trey Anastasio & Mike Gordon, Benevento/Russo Duo Tweeter Center Mansfield, MA July 6, 2006 The spontaneous spirit of improvisation overflowed at Mansfield, Massachusetts' Tweeter Center on July 6. Seven hours of music were rife with great moments, though none of the three acts played ...

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Eleven-Day Summerfest Brings Music, Food & Fun To Milwaukee

by Carla Marie Rupp
August 12, 2006

Jazz, rock, country, it's all there, on many stages. Milwaukee's music and feasting extravaganza, Summerfest (June 27 - July 9), is held on 75 acres--like a huge state fair without the animals and 4-H displays. Music (and beer) is on tap all over on about a dozen stages, including the grand stage of stages. People love ...

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White Night Music Marathon in Tel Aviv

by Eyal Hareuveni
August 12, 2006

White Night - Jazz, Avant-Garde and Modern Music International Marathon Enav Cultural Center Tel Aviv, Israel June 29, 2006 Ten hours of music, dozens of musicians from Israel and Europe, and lots of intriguing music. That's the story in a nutshell of the second mini-compacted Israeli version of the ...

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David Kikoski & Joe Locke 4tet

by AAJ Italy Staff
August 12, 2006

Messina Jazz Festival 2006 - Villa Dante Il ritorno del jazz nella città dello stretto è di quelli che merita di ricevere la giusta attenzione da parte dei media nazionali. Dopo le esibizioni negli anni `80 di personaggi del calibro di Max Roach e Anthony Braxton è seguito ben poco e finalmente grazie all'impegno del nuovo ...

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Pradeep Ratnayake: Old Bed-Fellows, New Challenges

by Victor Saumarez
August 11, 2006

Pradeep Ratnayake Walt Disney Concert Hall Los Angeles, CA July 22, 2006 This was certainly not the first time Indian music and American Jazz have joined forces. The mutual admiration goes back a long way. John Coltrane's interest in Indian music was with the scales and sounds, which he felt elicited ...

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Umbria Jazz 2006

by AAJ Italy Staff
August 8, 2006

Mancavo da Umbria Jazz dalle prime edizioni del 1973-74. Erano quelli gli anni di Mingus e Braxton, di Sam Rivers e Sun Ra, del Weather Report e del Perigeo. Erano anche gli anni in cui la massiccia ed imprevista affluenza di giovani armati di sacco a pelo decretò il successo della manifestazione e contemporaneamente ne costituì ...

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Masada Quartet

by AAJ Italy Staff
August 8, 2006

Roma, Auditorium, 11 Luglio 2006 Da tempo esauriti i festeggiamenti per il decennale, il progetto Masada non accenna a fermarsi, grazie a una formula che attraverso il coinvolgimento di svariati musicisti e un songbook di circa 300 pezzi permette un numero altissimo di possibili combinazioni musicali, che Zorn è ancora ben lontano dall'avere esaurito. Vista la ...