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JVC Newport Jazz Festival 2002

by AAJ Staff
March 12, 2004

Submitted on behalf of Rob Mariani The Newport Jazz Festival, Sunday, August 12thCall me a purist, but this year’s Newport Jazz Festival seemed to contain even less jazz than last year’s event. Pop, funk, soul, Afro, World, fusion were all quite conspicuously there—and, oh yeah, a little jazz, too Isac Hayes? At a jazz festival? ...

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2002 Ford Detroit International Jazz Festival

by C. Andrew Hovan
March 12, 2004

Hart Plaza Detroit, Michigan August 30-September 2, 2002Detroit sure knows how to throw a party and every Labor Day weekend for the past 23 years they have invited their hometown fans and neighbors from near and far to take part in what has become the largest free jazz festival in North ...

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Tanglewood Jazz Festival 2002

by AAJ Staff
March 12, 2004

The rustic New England setting of the Tanglewood Jazz Festival is a jazz mecca in late summer. Nestled in the Berkshires of Massachusetts, The Tanglewood Festival began in August 1934 as a series of outdoor classical concerts. The event has stood the test of time and the tree has branched out to include the Tanglewood ...

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Andrew Cyrille, Elton Heron & Kidd Jordan: Live at "The Blue Nile" - New Orleans, LA

by Glenn Astarita
March 12, 2004

Good modern jazz/free-improv related happenings have been taking place over on the northern edge of the French Quarter. Thanks to folks such as guitarist, modern/free-jazz impresario Rob Cambre-New Orleans' relatively conservative music scene, has been getting a long overdue face-lift. And while I won't go out on a limb, stating that its traditional musical values have ...

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Sphere: A Collective Approach to Monk

by AAJ Staff
March 12, 2004

Submitted on behalf of Riel Lazarus Iridium Jazz Club September 2002 Sphere’s recent gig at New York’s Iridium Jazz Club had been publicized, as their forays often are, as a tribute to the music of Thelonious Monk. And while the billboard struck even cursory fans as a must-see, few went in expecting ...

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Burnin' for Youth - Metheny, Holland, DeJohnette Play in Benefit for Town's Youth Center

by Bob Margolis
March 12, 2004

The power of great music played for a noble cause can be a beautiful thing. This has rarely been in such evidence as was on display during a sunny day in Woodstock, NY on August 22. In a benefit for the Woodstock Youth Center, a few of the local folks got together to play music for ...

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Wayne Shorter with Quintet and Orchestra

by Craig Jolley
March 12, 2004

University of Southern California September 8, 2000 The evening began slowly with still another version of the Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras Number 5, the quintet accompanied by twelve cellos and a bass. Shorter on soprano sax took the role of the soprano voice in the original. The remainder of the first half was ...

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"Body and Soul" By Oscar Micheaux, 1925 New original score by Wycliffe Gordon

by David Adler
March 12, 2004

Like Don Byron, trombonist Wycliffe Gordon is shedding light on the lost art of live silent film accompaniment. On September 20, Gordon conducted the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra in a public tech rehearsal of his new original score to “Body and Soul," Oscar Micheaux’s classic 1925 silent film. (The piece officially premiered at Avery Fisher Hall ...

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"Just Guitar" Fall Party

by David Adler
March 12, 2004

Cornelia Street Café New York, NY September 9, 2000 For its annual fall party, Cornelia Street Café booked an enticing triple-header solo guitar show featuring David Tronzo, Wolfgang Muthspiel, and Ben Monder. Unfortunately, Tronzo was stricken with a herniated retina and could not perform. Taking his place at the very ...

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2000 Ford Detroit International Jazz Festival

by C. Andrew Hovan
March 12, 2004

Detroit, Michigan September 1-4, 2000B Even though Chicago often gets the publicity for its gratis offering of jazz events during each Labor Day weekend, the Ford Detroit International Jazz Festival is actually the largest free jazz fest in North America. Held on the riverfront in the spacious confines of Hart Plaza, this ...