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Live From Cologne: The Dorf, Cologne Contemporary Jazz Orchestra & Jaki Liebezeit: A Tribute

by Martin Longley
February 27, 2018

The Dorf meets Cologne Contemporary Jazz Orchestra Stadtgarten Cologne, Germany January 21, 2018 Stadtgarten is one of Germany's prime music venues, now heading into its 32nd year of existence. It's situated to the western side of Cologne, just across the train tracks, and next to several surrounding ...

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Decoy al Mo.Ca. di Brescia

by Giuseppe Segala
February 27, 2018

Decoy (Alexander Hawkins, John Edwards, Steve Noble). Rassegna Indica Brescia, Mo.Ca. 24.02.2018 Decoy si impernia su un trio britannico ben rodato, che unisce due colonne della seconda generazione di grandi improvvisatori, come il contrabbassista John Edwards e il batterista Steve Noble, al campione della scena più recente, il tastierista e pianista ...

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Lionel Loueke Trio at A-Trane

by Friedrich Kunzmann
February 26, 2018

Lionel Loueke Trio A-Trane Berlin, Germany February 22, 2018 How Beninese guitar-virtuoso Lionel Loueke manages to find the time for the multitude of projects he is involved in year after year remains puzzling. Already featured on Chick Corea and Steve Gadd's 2018 release Chinese Butterfly and Czech saxophonist Lubos Soukup's Zembe, ...

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Black Flower at Moriska Paviliongen

by Patrick Burnette
February 24, 2018

Black Flower Moriska Paviljongen Malmo, Sweden February 16, 2018 Black Flower opened their concert at Moriska Paviljongen with a trance-like song redolent of early Pink Floyd, but soon enough the bpm picked up and seismic bass notes started resonating. We've all heard of EDM, but is IPM (instrumental ...

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Fred Frith's solo performance at the Macedonian Philharmonic Orchestra's Concert Hall

by Nenad Georgievski
February 23, 2018

Fred Frith The Macedonian Philharmonic Orchestra's Concert Hall Skopje, Macedonia February 21, 2018 Nothing about guitarist Fred Frith's quiet demeanor as he walks on stage towards his guitar would give any indication of what will follow soon and where he will take the music and the audience with him. And during ...

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Brussels Jazz Festival 2018

by Martin Longley
February 22, 2018

Brussels Jazz Festival Flagey, Ixelles Belgium January 11-20, 2018 The 10-day Brussels Jazz Festival is held at Flagey, an arts complex in Ixelles, which lies south-east of the city centre. It's an eye-catching Art Deco building from the late 1930s, created by architect Joseph Diongre. This former radio ...

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Branford Marsalis and Jean-Willy Kunz at the Kimmel Center

by Victor L. Schermer
February 18, 2018

Branford Marsalis, Saxophone, and Jean-Willy Kunz, Organ: From Classical to Jazz Kimmel Center for Performing Arts Philadelphia, PA February 16, 2018 This concert of mostly classical works for saxophone and large scale pipe organ turned out to be somewhat of a surprise to the audience of jazz ...

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Trish Clowes at Mermaid Arts Centre

by Ian Patterson
February 17, 2018

Trish Clowes Mermaid Arts Centre Bray, Ireland February 9, 2018 Almost five years had passed since saxophonist/composer Trish Clowes' only previous gig in Ireland, at the Derry Jazz and Big Band Festival 2013. Since then, Clowes has released a couple of well-received albums and was selected as a BBC Radio ...

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Hitch On 2017

by Martin Longley
February 17, 2018

Hitch On Various locations Kraków, Poland December 3-6, 2017 The four-day Hitch On Festival in Kraków is divided into two sections: separate runs for competition and showcase performances, both under the banner of the Jazz Juniors International Exchange. This doesn't entail a ridiculously stripling orientation, as most ...

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WDR 3 Jazzfest 2018

by Henning Bolte
February 16, 2018

Theater Gütersloh / Bunker Ulmenwall BielefeldGütersloh / Bielefeld February 1-3, 2018 WDR stands for Westdeutscher Rundfunk, which is the public radio organization of the German federal state of North Rhine Westphalia based in Cologne, the jazz capital of the federal state. WDR 3 refers to the third program-line nowadays also indicated as ...