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Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra and Jim Hall Duo at Chicago Symphony Center

by Paul Olson
October 11, 2005

Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra Jim Hall Duo Symphony Center, Chicago October 7, 2005As jazz double bills go, the Jim Hall Duo and the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra seem rather ill-matched. Veteran guitarist Hall's duo with bassist Scott Colley is an exercise in quiet; the third member of this extraordinary pair is ...

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Williamsburg Jazz Festival 2005

by Ernest Barteldes
October 9, 2005

For the third time, listeners took the hipster (and rapidly gentrifying) neighborhood by storm with a selection of jazz artists mostly culled from the local New York City scene. It was a casual atmosphere that reigned at this four-day event (Aug. 8th-11th) that showcased some up-and-coming jazz talent at the cozy Laila Lounge and at the ...

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Charlie Parker Jazz Festival 2005

by Ernest Barteldes
October 9, 2005

A sunny day welcomed the audience to Harlem's Marcus Garvey Park and the first of the two day annual Charlie Parker Festival (Aug. 27th-28th). Young pianist Hiromi took to the stage first with her trio and, despite the fact that she'd just flown in from a performance in Israel, she delivered an impressive, energetic set. On ...

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2005 Tanglewood Jazz Festival

by Ken Franckling
October 8, 2005

The Berkshire Hills come alive with the sound of jazz over Labor Day weekend, as the Tanglewood Jazz Festival has become a summer's end arts and culture fixture for western Massachusetts. While it doesn't fit the format of what many of us consider a jazz festival, along the lines of Newport or Saratoga, with ...

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Monkadelphia at the Philadelphia Museum of Art

by Victor L. Schermer
October 7, 2005

Monkadelphia Philadelphia Museum of Art September 30, 2005Imagine that it's a pleasant Friday evening, with a nip of early autumn in the air. You finish work, maybe meet your hot date, and grab a taxi over to the Philadelphia Museum of Art on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. It's your first attendance ...

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Pat Metheny Trio at Chicago Symphony Center

by Paul Olson
October 5, 2005

Pat Metheny Trio Symphony Center, Chicago September 30, 2005The Chicago Symphony Center's 2005/2006 Jazz at Symphony Center season came to an auspicious beginning as perhaps the biggest name in jazz music, guitarist Pat Metheny, brought the newest version of his trio to the ornate, acoustically impeccable Center. Metheny's last album, the ...

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Vandermark 5 at the Green Mill

by Paul Olson
October 4, 2005

Vandermark 5 Green Mill, Chicago October 1, 2005From the tiny, instrument- and musician-cluttered stage of Chicago's Green Mill, Ken Vandermark peered bemusedly out at the full house of avid, attentive, and, yes, fashionable attendees.“You are aware that we are the Vandermark 5, aren't you? he asked, and his confusion wasn't ...

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Wynton & Katrina

by AAJ Staff
October 1, 2005

Wynton Marsalis was born on October 18, 1961 in New Orleans, Louisiana, the birthplace of jazz. Neighboring Mississippi is the home of the blues. On August 29, 2005, the coastal Gulf states were slammed by Hurricane Katrina.Passing through Florida, Katrina was a Category One hurricane. By the time it hit the warm Gulf of Mexico ...

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18th Annual Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition

by Franz A. Matzner
September 28, 2005

Jazz has come a long way since its first smoky days confined to cramped bars and back-alley saloons where its practitioners struggled equally against the insidious prejudices of establishment art, class, and race. Jazz can now be found occupying our most prestigious and celebrated concert halls, embraced by our university curriculums, and honored by our most ...

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Monterey Notebook 2005, Part 3: Saturday Night

by Forrest Dylan Bryant
September 22, 2005

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3As the 48th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival presented by MCI passes its halfway mark, the traditionally blues-oriented program of Saturday afternoon gives way to an eclectic mix of modern-jazz and international sounds, along with a wave of vocalists led by first-time performer Tony Bennett. I continue my venue-hopping, ...