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Blue Note Records Festival "All That Jazz"
by AAJ Italy Staff
Gent (Belgio) - 13-18.07.2006 Gand è tradizionalmente una delle città del Belgio più attente alla diffusione ed alla valorizzazione della cultura jazzistica. Lo si percepisce da varie cose: un’animata scena notturna ricca di pub e jazz-club in cui le musiche improvvisate hanno una parte importante; il convinto sostegno finanziario dell’amministrazione locale agli artisti, che hanno così ...
5th Rochester International Jazz Festival, Part 1-3
by Robert Iannapollo
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 Covering the 5th Rochester International Jazz Festival this year turned out to be as pleasurable and frustrating an experience as last year's. Held from June 9-17, and with a slate of 170 concerts, the festival came into its own this year with lots of local media coverage (especially ...
5th Rochester International Jazz Festival, Part 2-3
by Robert Iannapollo
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 Roberto Occhipinti Quintet Montage June 11 Roberto Occhipinti-bass; Kevin Turcotte-trumpet; Kelly Jefferson-tenor saxophone; Manuel Valera-piano; Dafnis Prieto-drums. Canadian bassist Occhipinti is one of those utility bass players who can play with virtually anyone. But with his quintet he seems to favor a ...
5th Rochester International Jazz Festival, Part 3-3
by Robert Iannapollo
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 Gray Mayfield / Mark Whitfield Quartet Festival Tent June 13 Gray Mayfield-alto sax; Mark Whitfield-guitar; Ryan Kotler-bass; Ted Poor-drums. The Festival Tent is probably the least attractive venue of the festival. It's a huge tent erected in a parking lot across the ...
Molly Johnson Offers Winnipeggers an Eclectic Mix of Music
by Paul Ryan
Molly Johnson 2006 Jazz Winnipeg Festival McPhillips Street Station June 25, 2006 Looking very elegant in a shimmering knee-length skirt, matching high heels, and white tank top, vocalist Molly Johnson delighted a sold-out crowd on the final day of the 2006 Jazz Winnipeg Festival. Johnson may not be ...
An Evening with Ralph Towner
by Erik R. Quick
Ralph Towner An Die Musik Baltimore, MD June 23, 2006 There is often a predisposition, for whatever reason, to categorize and compartmentalize both the manner of existence and the means of expression. Our food, friends, neighborhoods, automobiles and clothes are all neatly isolated and segregated into predisposed sections meant ...
Vincent Herring at the Philadelphia Museum Of Art
by Edward Zucker
Vincent Herring Philadelphia Museum Of Art Philadelphia PA June 23, 2006Vincent Herring" and smooth jazz" are, somehow, words that do not easily roll off the tongue together. Judging from several recent appearances, saxophonist Herring, who has developed one of the most clearly defined voices on alto in mainstream ...
Ernest Dawkins Chicago 12
by AAJ Italy Staff
Festival le labbra nude Auditorium Parco della Musica - Roma - 11.05.2006 Si sfoglino anzitutto gli avvenimenti in filigrana e si considerino in proiezione i protagonisti. Ernest Dawkins leggeva il Chicago 7 Trial, processo che si tenne nel 1969, contro otto attivisti accusati di aver innestato i disordini al ciglio della Convenzione Democratica del 1968. Manco ...
The TD Canada Trust Vancouver International Jazz Festival 2006
by Larry Appelbaum
The TD Canada Trust Vancouver International Jazz FestivalJune 23-July 2, 2006 Why do so many musicians rave about playing the Vancouver International Jazz Festival? It seems to start with a knowledgeable local audience that supports creative music, and it's reinforced by the festival's aesthetic vision, balancing big-name mainstream acts with more adventurous improvising artists. ...
Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville 2006
by Mathieu Belanger
On paper, the line-up of the 23rd edition of the Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville (FIMAV) looked audacious: a predominance of voice-oriented projects, some questionable meetings, three concerts with Mike Patton, etc. This suggested an unpredictable outcome. Yet, a recurring complaint was the lack of jazz and related forms of improvised music. Considering that ...

