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Montreux Jazz Festival 2010: Grand Geneva Finales
by Phillip Woolever
Montreux Jazz 2010 Montreux, Switzerland July 15-16, 2010 Planet Jazz For a city with census figures at under 25,000 citizens, Montreux throws one hell of a party. For summer music fans, its heaven. The 44th edition of the Montreux Jazz Festival wrapped up this season's two ...
Jazz Middelheim Opens Exciting 29th Edition
The 29th season of Jazz Middelheim kicks off Thursday August 12th with another exceptional line-up at Antwerp's Park Den Brandt. Jazz Middelheim is not Belgium's longest festival or feature the most multiple musical genres, but it is definitely among the best of any region in regard to distinctive depth and quality. If you're primarily a jazz ...
Jazzkaar Journal: Dianne Reeves, George Duke and Tallinn Shine
by Phillip Woolever
Jazzkaar 2010 Tallinn, Estonia April 28-30, 2010 Baltic Background A pair of cousins from the USA, Dianne Reeves and George Duke, provided the biggest fireworks during an inspired festival that included many highlights from many regions. Tallinn is a charming city of approximately 400,000 of whom each seemed to show some beautiful ...
Bozzio, Holdsworth, Levin, Mastelotto: Amped In Amsterdam
by Phillip Woolever
Terry Bozzio, Allan Holdsworth, Tony Levin and Pat Mastelotto Paradiso Amsterdam, The Netherlands April 8, 2010 Instrumental mastery was the only rhythmic constant for an experimental exercise that paid off in uncharted realms. Drummers Terry Bozzio and Pat Mastelotto, along with guitarist Allan Holdsworth and bassist Tony Levin, looked ...
Dee Dee Bridgewater Brings Lady Day to Dusseldorf
by Phillip Woolever
Dee Dee Bridgewater Tonhalle Dusseldorf, Germany March 2, 2010 Dee Dee Bridgewater and a stellar supporting band delivered a scintillating one-hour and forty-minute set that provided pitch perfect illustration, worthwhile reinterpretations, and a relevant history lesson. The fans were primed for the course. It was the type of concert for ...
Pat Metheny Orchestrion Tour: Soaring in the Netherlands
by Phillip Woolever
Pat Metheny Orchestrion Frits Philips Music Center Eindhoven, Netherlands February 12, 2010 How much soul can you get from a solenoid? Plenty, if you're guitarist--and now orchestrion arranger--Pat Metheny. Soul had been the subject separating hope from hype as Metheny's Orchestrion Tour started to roll across ...
Ulita Knaus and Julian Lage Aim for the Heights in Dusseldorf, Germany
by Phillip Woolever
Ulita Knaus, Julian Lage Savoy Theatre Dusseldorf, Germany January 22, 2010 Heavily-hyped guitar wizard Julian Lage must know, as a fresh and youthful prodigy, that his time in the big spotlight could be coming. The experienced Ulita Knaus has already occupied centerstage and is now in a position to concentrate on making timeless music. ...
Silje Nergaard and Wolfgang Haffner, Dusseldorf, Germany
by Phillip Woolever
Silje Nergaard / Wolfgang Haffner Trio Tonhalle Dusseldorf, Germany December 18, 2009 Various forms of music do indeed have a peak season, and the inspired, sentimentally crisp coupling of groups led by Norway's singer/songwriter Silje Nergaard and German drummer Wolfgang Haffner provided a near perfect backdrop for this region's ...
Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, and Lenny White: Forever Fine in Dusseldorf
by Phillip Woolever
Corea, Clarke, and White Tonhalle Dusseldorf, Germany November 4, 2009 An acoustic visit by these long journeying, top tier collaborators brought fresh perspective to their work, and thus to both the ups and downs of a widely touted gig. Happily, for the relatively small crowd, there were far more ...
Montreux Jazz 2009 Festival Journal
by Phillip Woolever
43rd Montreux Jazz Festival Montreux, Switzerland July 5-6, 2009 Summer months of music on the European festival circuit are indeed a multi-cultural garden of both earthly delights and otherworldly musical experiences. For performers and fans alike, these planes seem to unite for unique harmonic convergences. Among many storied festivals through ...
