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Article: Live Review

Maria Schneider Orchestra en el 43 Voll-Damm Festival Internacional de Jazz de Barcelona

by Enrique Turpin
October 25, 2011

Maria Schneider Orchestra43 Voll-Damm Festival Internacional de Jazz de BarcelonaPalau de la Música CatalanaJueves, 20 de octubre de 2011Quienes conocían la leyenda contaban que una chica de Windom, en las profundidades agrarias de Minesota, había conquistado territorios vetados a su condición humana. Pregonaban que Maria Schneider, nombre por el que todavía ...

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News: Festival

Barcelona Jazz Festival Announces Its Complete Marathon Line Up

October 7, 2011

The 43rd Voll-Damm Barcelona International Jazz Festival is set to commence Sunday, October 16th through Thursday, December 1st, 2011. This month and a half long celebration will feature performances by Maria Schneider Orchestra, Vijay Iyer Trio, Rudresh Mahanthappa Samdhi, Eliane Elias Brazilian Quartet, Randy Weston and his African Rhythms Trio, Michel Camilo 'Mano a Mano' with ...

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News: Recording

Half Note Records Announces Harrison, Mela, Werner Releases, Brecker Events

August 28, 2011

Half Note Records Announces Three New Recordings: Kenny Werner & Brussels Jazz Orchestra: Institute of Higher Learning available August 26 Donald Harrison, Ron Carter, Billy Cobham: This Is Jazz available September 6 Francisco Mela & Cuban Safari with Special Guest Esperanza Spalding: Tree Of Life available September 6 The Brussels Jazz Orchestra (BJO), led by founder ...

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Article: Live Review

Rich Perry: Nyack, NY, July 24, 2011

by David A. Orthmann
August 21, 2011

Rich PerryOlive'sNyack, NYJuly 24, 2011 The opening night of Nyack Jazz Week 2011, an annual event which encompassed a variety of acts and venues, kicked off at Olive's with a set by tenor saxophonist Rich Perry. Best known for his tenure with the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra and the Maria Schneider ...

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Article: Album Review

Chris Potter: Transatlantic

Read "Transatlantic" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
August 15, 2011

He's not exactly been quiet, performing with drummer Paul Motian's trio on Lost in a Dream (ECM, 2010), and continuing his ongoing relationship with Dave Holland, recently heard on tour with the bassist's flagship quintet at the 2011 Montreal Jazz Festival, but it's been two years since Chris Potter released Ultrahang (ArtistShare, 2009), his last date ...

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Article: Live Review

Jazz no Parque: July 15-17, 2011

by John Kelman
July 28, 2011

Mário Laginha e Convidados Jazz no Parque Fundação Serralves July 16, 2011 An invite to Porto, Portugal in the middle of the summer, to catch a single performance--a world premiere, at that--and spend some time soaking up the landscape and culture? Hard enough to resist under any circumstances, but when the ...

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Article: Interview

Ryan Truesdell: The Gil Evans Project

by Victor L. Schermer
July 25, 2011

Imagine the commotion when previously unknown manuscripts of Beethoven or Bach were discovered. In the jazz world, the equivalent of such an event might occur with regard to the music of innovators like Duke Ellington or Gil Evans. Indeed, that is exactly what composer-arranger-conductor-producer Ryan Truesdell has uncovered with Evans' music. He researched and found a ...

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Article: Live Review

Montreal Jazz Festival 2011

by John Kelman
July 4, 2011

Days 1-3 | Days 4- 6 Festival International de Jazz de Montréal Montreal, Canada June 25- July 4, 2011After a hiatus in 2010, in order to take a three-week Norwegian road trip, it's great to get back to the festival that the Guinness Book of Records calls “The biggest ...

Article: Big Band Caravan

Stan Kenton Orchestra - DePaul University Jazz Ensemble / Captain Black Big Band / Washington State University

by Jack Bowers
May 27, 2011

Stan Kenton Orchestra / DePaul University Jazz EnsembleDouble Feature, Vol. 1Tantara Productions2010 Some of us are old enough to remember double features, but they were in movie theatres, not concert halls or recording studios, and, as memory serves, were never quite as enchanting or memorable as this ...

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Article: Album Review

Pedro Giraudo Jazz Orchestra: Cordoba

by Dan Bilawsky
May 26, 2011

Córdoba is the name of an Argentinean province--and its capital city--but it's even more than that to bassist-composer Pedro Giraudo, whose Córdoba is a wonderful confluence of rural and urban elements, folkloric rhythmic traditions and modern writing for large ensemble. Giraudo grew up in Córdoba, and the hustle and bustle of the city's atmosphere is certainly ...