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Joyce at Night Town
by C. Andrew Hovan
Night Town Cleveland, Ohio Once the word had spread among her American friends via the internet, folks from San Francisco to New York began to wonder how Cleveland had scored such a coup in booking Brazilian sensation Joyce for what would amount to be her only U.S. date so far this year. ...
Sixth Annual Festival in the Canyons
by AAJ Staff
Location, Location, Location! What could be a more spectacular setting for a night of great jazz than Andreas Canyon, in the mountains overlooking Palm Springs, California? The setting for this festival is ideal: the mouth of Andreas Canyon slopes down from the San Jancinto Mountains hundreds of feet above the valley floor and served by steady ...
The Power of Jazz Happens At Big Sur JazzFest
by Paula Edelstein
Nestled high in the redwoods along the edge of the Pacific Ocean is a 17-mile stretch of romantic, natural charm called Big Sur. Among the annual highlights here is the annual Big Sur JazzFest that spans the course of three days. This year, May 4, 5, and 6th were the event-filled days that attracted those with ...
It Sho' Git Funky
by AAJ Staff
Submitted on behalf of Anthony Gallo Masters of Groove Lilli's, Somerville, MA It had the beginnings of a really bad night. Through a series of mishaps and circumstances that involved the torments of friendship and romance, I almost missed Masters of Groove play at Lilli's in Somerville, Mass. on March 30th. Disaster ...
Ted Nash & Odeon and Ethan Iverson Trio
by David Adler
Jazz Composers Collective Concert Series New York, NY The ninth annual Jazz Composers Collective Concert Series drew to a close with a typically diverse double bill. Ted Nash’s Odeon, which just released its Arabesque debut, Sidewalk Meeting, started off the evening with its unorthodox melange of New Orleans jazz and European classical ...
The Greg Osby Four
by C. Andrew Hovan
A La Jazz Rendezvous 2001 The Cleveland Play House Cleveland, Ohio Since 1984, when he hooked up with Steve Coleman to form the M-BASE Collective, Greg Osby has been at the forefront of some of the more exploratory movements of the modern jazz era. He has released eleven albums as ...
JVC Jazz Festival-Miami Beach 2002
by Javier AQ Ortiz
Upstairs at the Van Dyke Café on Friday, May 17, 2002, Dr. Lonnie Smith regaled the jazz loving public, during the second edition of the JVC Jazz Festival-Miami Beach , with two sets of steadfast music that excited the place up. Smith performed the organ with Bob Devos on guitar and Adam Nussbaum sticking it to ...
2002 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival
by AAJ Staff
By Mark Saluke (Photos by John Larson ) While the sun attempted to scorch the fans, it only fueled the vibes at the 2002 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Regardless of the record-high temperatures, this year’s Jazz Fest once again delivered an eclectic mix of music ranging from jazz, reggae, gospel and funk to Cajun, ...
Lonnie Plaxico Quintet
by C. Andrew Hovan
I should have known to expect something out of the ordinary when I recently walked into one of Cleveland's classier jazz joints on a Monday evening to find that the band was set up on the left side, an area usually reserved for smaller groups. Furthermore, tables were not jammed clear up to the front of ...
Third Annual Chivas Jazz Festival
by AAJ Staff
São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro From May 22nd. to 25th. (2002) the 3rd. Edition of the Chivas Jazz Festival took place in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). Reputed for privileging jazz musicians stricto senso, leaving out of its schedule pop artists, this year's edition brought the French pianist Jean-Michel Pilc, the ...

