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Take the Col'Train with Conrad Herwig, Brian Lynch, Danilo Perez and Ravi Coltrane

by Victor L. Schermer
May 24, 2005

Take the Col'Train Conrad Herwig, Brian Lynch, Danilo Perez and Ravi Coltrane Mellon Jazz at the Kimmel Center May 14, 2005 The virtues of melding different musical forms vs. adhering to the rigorous jazz tradition were thoughts that weighed heavily on my mind as I attended a very ...

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International Festival Musique Actuelle Victoriaville, Day 4-5

by John Kelman
May 24, 2005

Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 The fourth day of the International Festival Musique Actuelle Victoriaville (FIMAV) was clearly the most anticipated, if attendance was anything to go by. With packed houses for shows including Anthony Braxton Sextet, Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet and William Parker's Little Huey ...

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Shirley Horn: No Regrets

by Tod Smith
May 23, 2005

It's 10pm on a Monday evening and I find myself anxiously dialing the front desk of a local hotel to talk to one of the true legends of jazz, Shirley Horn. I have to admit that I am more than just a bit nervous. First, it's Shirley Horn and second, it's ten o'clock. My friend, flutist ...

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International Festival Musique Actuelle Victoriaville, Day 3-5

by John Kelman
May 23, 2005

Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 A word of warning to the faint of heart: Saturday was Noise Improv day at the 22nd annual International Festival Musique Actuelle Victoriaville, and with one notable exception, it was defined almost exclusively by a kind of visceral emotional catharsis ...

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Jonathan Batiste: Times in New Orleans

by Tod Smith
May 22, 2005

Do a Google or Yahoo search on the name Jonathan Batiste and the first listing is for an Atlanta real estate agent. No offense to Atlanta's Mr. Batiste, but in the very near future his first place listing maybe in jeopardy. You see, the other Jonathan Batiste is an up and coming pianist hailing from New ...

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International Festival Musique Actuelle Victoriaville, Day 2-5

by John Kelman
May 22, 2005

Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5What exactly is Musique Actuelle? Based on performances on the second day of the 22nd International Festival Musique Actuelle Victoriaville, it's a somewhat enigmatic classification. Is it jazz? Certainly there are elements, although one might be hard pressed to find anything that ...

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International Festival Musique Actuelle Victoriaville, Day 1-5

by John Kelman
May 21, 2005

Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 For those who have heard of FIMAV, the International Festival Musique Actuelle Victoriaville, but have never been, its location may come something of a surprise. Located about halfway between Montreal and Quebec City in Canada, Victoriaville is a small town that ...

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Acoustic Ladyland: Live at The Spitz

by Chris May
May 21, 2005

Acoustic Ladyland Live at The Spitz London May 14, 2005 By 9.00pm--fully two hours before Acoustic Ladyland hit the stage, which they would do like an attack formation of B52s carrying armed love warheads (that's slash and burn amplification, off-the-meter energy levels, and a big throbbing gumbo of rock riffs, punk attitude ...

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Zane Musa Quintet at Descanso Gardens

by Craig Jolley
May 20, 2005

Zane Musa Quintet Descanso Gardens La Canada, California April 30, 2005 A one-time student of the late Gordon Brisker, Zane Musa is here with his own voice on alto. For this one-off outdoor concert he assembled a challenging band of beyond bebop players older than himself. Descanso Gardens is a ...

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Dianne Reeves and Terence Blanchard at the Orange County Performing Arts Center

by Jim Santella
May 12, 2005

Founders Hall Orange County Performing Arts Center Costa Mesa, California May 7, 2005 Two leading voices in mainstream jazz turned up last weekend at Founders Hall to delight a packed house with emotions soaring and to communicate with their audience as up-close and personal as the folks who live next door. ...