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Like A Jazz Machine 2017
by Ian Patterson
Like A Jazz Machine Centre Culturel Regionel Opderschmelz Dudelange, Luxembourg May 25-28, 2017 Size, as Like A Jazz Machine knows, isn't everything. The audience in the Centre Culturel Regionel Opderschmelz amounts to just four seated rows downstairs, with a small standing section to the rear, and ten rows ...
The Comet Is Coming at Black Box
by Ian Patterson
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 ...
Jazz From Around the World: Africa
by Hrayr Attarian
There is no doubt that African heritage, particularly that of west Africa is at the root of jazz. This is simply factual and is not meant to belittle the contributions of other cultures to its growth and development. In addition, as a genre, it has proven to have a wide universal appeal. For both reasons jazz ...
Sons of Kemet at Black Box, Belfast
by Ian Patterson
Sons of Kemet Black Box Belfast, N. Ireland April 7, 2016 The finer points of ancient Egyptian religion might not have been the chief topic of discussion among the Black Box crowd as it waited for Mobo Jazz Award winners Sons of Kemet to take the stage in. Yet music ...
Spirojazz's "City Of Dreams" Pays Homage To Chicago With Funk, Blues, And World Music Influences
Spirojazz's City of Dreams is not music to sleep on; after all, it reflects a city that doesn't sleep, so tough that one of its great men brushes snow days off. Here the dream is not just audacious but realized in all tracks. A strong Motown feeling is evoked by the rhythmic music, making a danceable ...
Torino Jazz Festival 2014
by Alberto Bazzurro
Varie sedi--25.04-1.05.2014 Benché bersagliata da intemperanze meteorologiche d'altro canto non nuove, in questa sede, la terza edizione del Torino Jazz Festival (seconda sotto la direzione artistica di Stefano Zenni) ha visto una partecipazione di pubblico che definiremmo oceanica, al punto che--per esempio--si è rivelato praticamente impossibile accedere ai concerti in giro per i ...
Jiyoung Lee: Snobs, Addicts & Royalty
by Ian Patterson
Jiyoung Lee, pianist/keyboardist and leader of Korean jazz-funk sextet Jazz Snobs Funk Addicts probably has to pinch herself from time to time. Encouraged from a young age by her parents to pursue a life as a classical pianist, Lee instead opted for the greater expressive freedom--and the economic uncertainty-- offered by jazz. Her journey so far ...
Manu Dibango - Guachiwara
Featuring the music of Manu Dibango
Duration: 6:38
Hong Kong International Jazz Festival, Days 1-3, September 25-27, 2011
by Ian Patterson
Days 1-3 | Days 4-6 | Days 7-8 Hong Kong International Jazz FestivalHong KongSeptember 25- October 2, 2011 Jazz Festivals in Hong Kong have, until recently, had a checkered history. The very first Hong Kong Jazz Festival was held in 1987 and was an import of the Japanese-sponsored Live ...
Manu Dibango "Africadelic"
It's hard to believe there is a musician anywhere on this earth that could mix great jazz chops with a soulful outlook and a worldly attitude and still make it so fun and funky that it doesn't matter what allegiance you address. This stuff rocks. And, amazingly, it's just as timely now as it was back ...
