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Crosscurrents at the Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor

by C. Andrew Hovan
November 15, 2017

Crosscurrents with Dave Holland, Zakir Hussain & Company The Michigan Theater Ann Arbor, Michigan November 1, 2017 When it comes to forward-thinking performances and music of the finest lineage, few concert series can rival those presented by the University Musical Society. In tandem with the University of Michigan, UMS recently launched ...

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John McLaughlin & Jimmy Herring Meeting of the Spirits at Lincoln Theatre

by Eric Thiessen
November 15, 2017

Jimmy Herring and The Invisible WhipJohn McLaughlin and The 4th Dimension Lincoln Theatre Meeting of the Spirits Tour Washington, DC November 11, 2017 In the late 1960s, the bluesy electric soul music of Jimi Hendrix and the funk of Sly and the Family Stone began to influence Miles Davis, ...

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Jazz & Wine Of Peace Festival 2017

by Neri Pollastri
November 14, 2017

Jazz & Wine of Peace Festival Cormòns (GO) Teatro Comunale di Cormòns e varie sedi nel Collio e in Slovenia 24-20.10.2017 Arrivava all'edizione numero venti il Jazz & Wine of Peace di Cormòns, che ha celebrato l'avvenimento con un disco, un libro (non solo) di fotografie (dei quali parliamo ...

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Berlin Jazzfest 2017

by Henning Bolte
November 13, 2017

Haus der Berliner Festspiele Jazzfest Berlin Berlin November 4-5, 2017 This year it was the last edition of Berlin Jazzfest under the aegis of British artistic director Richard Williams. With its “In All Languages" adage running through the six-day program as red thread, the festival still had promising ...

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John Beasley’s Monk’estra At SFJAZZ

by Walter Atkins
November 12, 2017

John Beasley's Monk'estra SFJAZZ Thelonious Monk Centennial Celebration San Francisco, CA October 15, 2017 The double Grammy nominated Monk'estra big band lead by conductor/arranger and pianist John Beasley performed Sunday night in SFJAZZ's spacious Miner Auditorium. Released in September of this year, Beasley's Monk'estra Vol. 2 (Mack Avenue Records, 2017) ...

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Mary Fahl at The Cutting Room

by Tyran Grillo
November 11, 2017

Mary Fahl The Cutting Room New York, NY November 3, 2017 After being in the presence of singer Mary Fahl, one better understands the sentiments of Caroline Myss, who said: “The greatest gift you can give another person is strength." One needn't even have been at The Cutting Room, ...

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The Chris Robinson Brotherhood at Higher Ground

by Doug Collette
November 11, 2017

The Chris Robinson Brotherhood The Ballroom at Higher Ground South Burlington, VT November 5, 2017 Sunday November 5th was the first night following the end of daylight savings time, which might have held some portent for the Chris Robinson Brotherhood, a group whose leader places so much stock in the mystical. ...

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Green Man 2017

by Martin Longley
November 11, 2017

Green Man Glanusk Park Brecon Beacons Wales August 17-20, 2017 Like the now deceased Big Chill festival, the Green Man weekender languishes in an ideal location, set within the rolling Brecon Beacons in south Wales, verdant and misty, its main Mountain Stage stretching across a natural ...

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Donny McCaslin al JazzMi di Milano

by Luca Muchetti
November 10, 2017

Donny McCaslin Teatro dell'Arte -Triennale JazzMi Milano 7.11.2017 Fast Future e Beyond Now sono i titoli degli ultimi album del sassofonista statunitense Donny McCaslin, fra gli ospiti di JazzMi 2017. Due titoli che è utile ricordare se si cercasse di sintetizzare in sole due espressioni l'esperienza del pubblico presente ...

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Mulatu Astatke al JazzMi di Milano

by Luca Muchetti
November 10, 2017

Mulatu Astatke JazzMi Alcatraz Milano 5.11.2017 Primo africano a frequentare la Berklee e a suonare con Duke Ellington, la leggenda dell'etno-jazz etiope Mulatu Astatke era uno dei nomi più attesi del festival JazzMi. La rassegna che da oltre una settimana (e fino al 12 novembre) sta portando alcuni degli ...