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Lila Downs at BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn

by Ernest Barteldes
July 9, 2017

Lila Downs BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn at Prospect Park Brooklyn, NY June 29, 2017 Backed initially by an eight-piece band directed by saxophonist (and husband) Paul Cohen, singer, songwriter and activist Lila Downs began her set with an up-tempo rendition of “Mezcalito," a tune that talks about mezcal, Mexico's ...

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Moers Festival 2017

by Phillip Woolever
July 8, 2017

Moers Festival Moers, Germany June 5, 2017 Most questions and concerns regarding the present or future state of the Moers Festival could probably be answered just a few steps inside the staging grounds by looking at the smiling swarms. At the same time last year, such a scenario was much ...

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Festival International de Jazz de Montreal 2017

by John Kelman
July 7, 2017

Part 1 | Part 2 Festival International de Jazz de Montréal 2017 Montréal, Canada June 29-July 3, 2017 It's always a thrill to return to Le Festival International de Jazz de Montréal (FIJM). Deemed the biggest jazz festival in the world by the Guinness World Book of Records, it only ...

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Tino Tracanna “Double Cut” & UR Records Family ad Area Musica Estate

by Paolo Peviani
July 7, 2017

Tino Tracanna “Double Cut" + UR Records Family Area Musica Estate Milano Orto Botanico Città Studi 3.7.2017 C'era un clima di festa, ad Area Musica Estate, per la serata di presentazione dell'etichetta UR Records. Di questi tempi, la nascita di una nuova casa discografica ...

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Chris Potter Quartet and Melissa Aldana Group at SFJAZZ

by Harry S. Pariser
July 6, 2017

Chris Potter Quartet/ Melissa Aldana Group SFJAZZ San Francisco, CA June 13, 2017 It is rare that two saxophonists share a bill with their quartets. It's even less common when one of the two is female. The two were Chris Potter and Melissa Aldana, and they shared the stage at SFJAZZ ...

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Stefano Cantini - Simone Zanchini Bikers Duo all'Osservatorio Astronomico di Arcetri

by Neri Pollastri
July 6, 2017

Stefano Cantini -Simone Zanchini Bikers Duo Firenze Osservatorio Astronomico di Arcetri 22.6.2017 Sono ormai una decina d'anni che Stefano Cocco" Cantini e Simone Zanchini si conoscono, da quando si incontrarono nel quartetto di Raffello Pareti, e da allora il loro duo è rimasto una costante delle rispettive attività artistiche. Li ...

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Tony Bennett at Birmingham Symphony Hall

by David Burke
July 5, 2017

Tony Bennett Birmingham Symphony Hall Birmingham, UK July 3, 2017 The ghost of Frank Sinatra crackled over the PA, introducing Tony Bennett as “the greatest singer in the world." He was, The Voice declared, “gonna tear the place up"--a boast that seemed hardly credible as the dapper nonagenarian ...

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Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival 2017

by R.J. DeLuke
July 5, 2017

Saratoga Performing Arts Center Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival Saratoga Springs, NY June 24-25, 2017 Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival celebrated its 40th anniversary this year and it was done in fine fashion. Acts from the very first festival in 1978 (A George Wein creation) appeared, as well as young up-and-coming artists. The ...

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Joseph Leighton Trio at Jazzhole

by Ian Patterson
July 4, 2017

Joseph Leighton Trio Jazzhole, Top of the Town Omagh, N. Ireland June 24, 2017 Jazzhole may not be the most enticing name for N. Ireland's newest jazz venue. Then again, who's to say? For in spite of, or perhaps because of the borderline pejorative/boho-chic ambiguity of the name, ...

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The Three Pianos alla Villa Petraia di Firenze

by Neri Pollastri
July 4, 2017

The Three Pianos Firenze Villa Petraia 21.6.2017 L'Estate Fiorentina quest'anno valorizza alcuni luoghi meno centrali e frequentati, ma particolarmente suggestivi, della città. Nel caso di The Three Pianos, con l'inusuale presenza contemporanea di tre pianoforti, Music Pool aveva scelto Villa La Petraia, splendida villa medicea in posizione subcollinare alla periferia nord ...