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Omar Sosa At SFJAZZ

by Walter Atkins
May 13, 2017

SFJAZZ, Miner AuditoriumOmar Sosa TourSan Francisco CAApril 21, 2017 Acclaimed pianist Omar Sosa quietly took the unlit stage with only a single candle providing limited illumination. He silently started his show with a solemn keyboard solo. Respected SF Bay Area percussionist and educator John Santos then entered from the opposite side ...

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Wadada Leo Smith At Firehouse 12

by Franz A. Matzner
May 11, 2017

Wadada Leo Smith Firehouse 12 Create Festival New Haven, Connecticut April 8-9, 2017 It is rare to experience the arc of a prolific artist's work while they are still active, and in the case of Wadada Leo Smith, to witness it at the simultaneous height of creative power ...

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Jazzahead! 2017

by Henning Bolte
May 11, 2017

Jazzahead! Trade Fair/Festival Bremen April 27-29, 2017 Jazzahead!, the annual market place of/for jazz in Hanseatic city of Bremen in North-Western Germany, with a total of 40 showcases and a concluding club night with more than 110 concerts, is impossible to cover adequately in one report. In this article you'll find a review mainly ...

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Adrian Belew Power Trio at Ardmore Music Hall

by Geno Thackara
May 10, 2017

The Adrian Belew Power Trio Ardmore Music Hall Ardmore, PA May 6, 2017 Like so much of life, music is really a work in progress that never stops changing. Adrian Belew has always been one to live by the idea rather than follow it--he's best known for an extended tenure in ...

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Bray Jazz Festival 2017

by Ian Patterson
May 9, 2017

Bray Jazz Festival Various venues Bray, Ireland May 28-30, 2017 There are just so many cultural events going on in Ireland over the May Bank Holiday weekend that it can be a bit of a head-spin deciding what to opt for. Roots music gatherings, literature festivals, classical recitals, a chamber ...

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April Jazz Festival in Espoo, Finland

by Anthony Shaw
May 9, 2017

April Jazz Espoo, Finland April 26-30, 2017 April in southern Finland is a time of rapidly lengthening daylight and often crystalline blue skies heralding spring. This year though relentless gray skies and bitter winds made the appeal of a long weekend of top class jazz an even stronger motivation to ignore the ...

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L'Ahn Trio al Museo Marini di Firenze

by Neri Pollastri
May 9, 2017

Ahn Trio Firenze Museo Marini 27.04.2017 È partito da Firenze il tour europeo dell'Ahn Trio, formazione in brillante equilibrio tra vari generi musicali, composta da tre sorelle sud coreane da oltre trent'anni residenti a New York e fresca della realizzazione del nuovo album, Blue, dal quale proviene parte del programma della ...

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The Comet Is Coming at Black Box

by Ian Patterson
May 8, 2017

The Comet Is Coming Black Box 18th Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival Belfast, N.Ireland May 3, 2017 The Comet Is Coming knows how to make an entrance. Even the electronic sci-fi effects that kick-started its Black Box concert like some futuristic fanfare was loud enough to send vibrations through every ...

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Omar Sosa Residency at SFJAZZ

by Harry S. Pariser
May 8, 2017

Omar Sosa Residency SFJAZZ Spring Season San Francisco, CA April 21-23, 2017 “You don't really listen to an Omar Sosa concert so much as experience it. The Cuban-born pianist's overall demeanor exudes a sense of calm and deep reflection, while a spiritual connection to music and his ancestors comes ...

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Steve Winwood at the Space at Westbury

by Mike Perciaccante
May 6, 2017

Steve Winwood The Space at Westbury Westbury, NY April 20, 2017 Fifty-one years after a teenaged Steve Winwood sang “Gimme Some Lovin'" with the Spencer Davis Group, the rock, pop and rhythm and blues legend can still nail the vocal and hit all the notes on the '60s anthem. On ...