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Jeff Ballard Fairgrounds: Dun Laoghaire, Ireland, July 10, 2013
by Ian Patterson
Jeff Ballard FairgroundsPavilion TheatreDun Laoghaire, IrelandJuly 10, 2013Fairgrounds is as good a name as any for drummer Jeff Ballard's new band. The best fairgrounds are places that take you away from everyday humdrum and transport you temporarily to an alternative world where fun, the curious and outlandish, and adrenalin rushes are ...
Fusion Groovin’
by Chris M. Slawecki
Analog Players Society Hurricane Season in Brooklyn Studio Brooklyn 2012 Hurricane Season in Brooklyn marks the debut of the Analog Players Society (APS), an extension of the lifelong pursuit of the groove by the percussionist, engineer and producer known as Amon, who first discovered Turkish, West African and Middle Eastern music ...
Brian Kelly Produces Contemporary Jazz Project
Bay Area composer and pianist Brian Kelly is currently producing a contemporary jazz album of his own compositions featuring saxophonist Eric Crystal (Boz Scaggs, Vijay Iyer), trumpet player Mike Olmos (Etta James, Pete Escovedo), and drummer David Rokeach (Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles). This will be the follow-up album to his 2008 release, Afterplay (on the Skylight ...
2013 Montreal Jazz Festival: June 28-July 2, 2013
by John Kelman
Festival International de Jazz de MontréalMontréal, CanadaJune 28-July 7, 2013After taking a year off to curate an All About Jazz Presents: Doing It Norway at Norway's 2012 Kongsberg Jazz Festival, it was great to return to the city that hosts what must surely be the largest jazz festival in the world. Where else ...
Jeff Ballard Fairgrounds Plays One-off Irish Gig
It’s not every day that Dun Laoghaire plays host to one of the world’s greatest jazz drummers, so music fans are in for a tremendous evening on Wednesday 10th July when drummer Jeff Ballard swings by The Pavilion Theater with his band Fairgrounds, for one night only. Modern Drummer, the world’s premier drum magazine has said ...
Swingin' on a Riff . . . Hangin' by a Thread?
by Jack Bowers
Betty and I returned to Albuquerque on Memorial Day after attending Swingin' on a Riff, the latest in a series of marvelous semi-annual events presented by Ken Poston and the Los Angeles Jazz Institute for more than twenty years at venues in and around L.A. This one was held May 23-26 at the Los Angeles Marriott ...
George Benson & L'orchestre Symphonique Royal : Rabat, Morocco, May, 25, 2013
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by Mehdi El Mouden
George Benson & L'orchestre Symphonique RoyalMohammed V TheatreMawazine Festival 2013Rabat, MoroccoMay 25, 2013If ever there was an ambassador of jazz love songs, it would definitely be George Benson. At age 70, the guitarist/vocalist is still driven with heated passion to sing love ballads. For his second visit to Morocco, ...
Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker
by Wade Luquet
James Booker Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker Lily Keber 2013 Ask jazz fans outside of New Orleans if they have heard of James Booker and most will lean back, rub their chin and say they know they have heard the name. Unless you lived in Europe in the ...
Diana Krall: Rediscovering Vaudeville in Glad Rag Doll
by Belinda Ware
Diana Krall is more than just a jazz songstress. She established herself as a solid interpreter of standards with her rendition of the Dusty Springfield's classic, “The Look of Love," making her mark with notable acoustic arrangements coupled with openly sensuous vocals carrying the tune. Krall is one of the jazz world's uniquely eclectic ...
Irving Berlin’s Music Box
This week on Riverwalk Jazz, guest artists—trumpeter Bob Barnard and singers Nina Ferro and Rebecca Kilgore—interpret both familiar and lesser-known works by Irving Berlin. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International, on Sirius/XM satellite radio and can be streamed on-demand from the Riverwalk Jazz website. You can also drop in on a ...
