Home » Search Center » Results: Live Reviews

Results for "Live Reviews"

Advanced search options

442

Article: Live Review

Tri-C JazzFest 2003

Read "Tri-C JazzFest 2003" reviewed by C. Andrew Hovan

by C. Andrew Hovan

Cuyahoga Community College Cleveland, Ohio April 2-13, 2003 Now in its 24th season, the nation’s premier educational jazz festival gets things swinging in Cleveland, a town better known for rock and roll, for a few weeks every spring. This year’s program was as eventful as in previous years, a fact that ...

338

Article: Live Review

Johnny Winter - The Legend Lives

Read "Johnny Winter - The Legend Lives" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff

Toad’s Place New Haven, CT 4/25/2003 Johnny Winter is a living blues legend. These days he looks a bit frail as he was helped out to the front of the stage at Toad’s Place in New Haven, CT. He eased down into a chair set up in the front and stayed there ...

215

Article: Live Review

Thelonius Monk Intl. Jazz Competition

Read "Thelonius Monk Intl. Jazz Competition" reviewed by Bob Jacobson

by Bob Jacobson

Imagine a really great jam session. The rhythm section: Eric Reed on piano, Robert Hurst on bass, Carl Allen on drums. The emcees: T.S. Monk, Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter. A beautiful room with good acoustics. Eleven horn players, all trombones. Except that they're all playing one at a time, that's pretty much what the 16th ...

249

Article: Live Review

2003 JVC Jazz Festival: A Look Ahead

Read "2003 JVC Jazz Festival: A Look Ahead" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff

2003 JVC Jazz Festival New York June 15-28 George Wein , “the grandfather of jazz festivals," announced this year's JVC Jazz Festival lineup with a little help from his friends. Bill Cosby was smiling brightly as this American icon threw his support behind the American art form of jazz. The festival is ...

124

Article: Live Review

Cape May Jazz Festival 2003

Read "Cape May Jazz Festival 2003" reviewed by Sandy Ingham

by Sandy Ingham

Clark Terry, one of the revered figures in jazz, was the guest of honor at the semiannual Cape May Jazz Festival April 4-6, playing two sets with his current quintet plus guest stars and three sets with former students calling themselves the Clark Terry Alumni Band. The opening night's first set was billed as a “roast,” ...

96

Article: Live Review

Off the Beaten Path - A Guide to What's Happening During Jazz Fest

Read "Off the Beaten Path - A Guide to What's Happening During Jazz Fest" reviewed by Tod Smith

by Tod Smith

I’d like to begin this column with the following disclaimer: the events represented here are only a sampling of what is going on in New Orleans during the two weeks of the Jazz & Heritage Festival. Trying to cover everything would require a body of work roughly the size of a Stephen King novel. But the ...

317

Article: Live Review

Larry Vuckovich and His Young at Heart Ensemble: Swingin

Read "Larry Vuckovich and His Young at Heart Ensemble: Swingin" reviewed by Chris Hanke

by Chris Hanke

The Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society, located on the Pacific Ocean in Half Moon Bay, CA, was host to a phenomenal night of jazz performed by Larry Vuckovich’s All-Star San Francisco “Young at Heart” Ensemble on Sunday, March 30. This eclectic venue on the ocean was packed to the rafters, and was not disappointed by the ...

424

Article: Live Review

Steve Turre's Sanctified Shells Band

Read "Steve Turre's Sanctified Shells Band" reviewed by Roy Strassman

by Roy Strassman

Steve Turre Yoshi's at Jack London Square Oakland, CA Neither rain nor sleet nor lines around the block will deter the true jazz junkie from his due deliverance, and so it was last night at Yoshi's. Expecting to see an empty house, I was surprised to enter a bulging room ...

265

Article: Live Review

Ute Lemper Returns for One Night to The Royal Festival Hall, London UK

Read "Ute Lemper Returns for One Night to The Royal Festival Hall, London UK" reviewed by Adeline Addruse

by Adeline Addruse

Ute Lemper returned again to the Royal Festival Hall bringing with her onto the stage something more than ever before. Her repertoire was taken mainly from her new album But One Day, consisting of compositions from Astor Piazzolla, Kurt Weill, Jacques Brel and which, for the first time, features Lemper's own works. The scene and ...

571

Article: Live Review

April-May 2003

Read "April-May 2003" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff

In this column: Fiona Burnett’s high octave octane New albums: Australian Art Orchestra, John Bell Trio, D’volv Please italicize album titles; use double quotes on song titles.Let's only use graphics that are currently on the web. Just send me the links to the graphics, not the files themselves. It will be a huge time ...


Engage

Publisher's Desk
This & That, Part 9... plus, Newsletter News!
Read on...
The place for jazz polls and surveys!
Reader Polls
Which jazz venues deserve to be on top?
Cast Your Vote Today
The Big Question
What is your preferred music listening format?
Post Your Comment

Get more of a good thing!

Our weekly newsletters highlight our top stories, top album reviews, website news, free songs, radio & podcast shows, news, and upcoming jazz events near you.

Install All About Jazz

iOS Instructions:

To install this app, follow these steps:

All About Jazz would like to send you notifications

Notifications include timely alerts to content of interest, such as articles, reviews, new features, and more. These can be configured in Settings.