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Article: Live Review

Ann Hampton Callaway Swings Blues Alley

by Franz A. Matzner
September 22, 2006

Ann Hampton Callaway Blues Alley Washington, DC September 14, 2006 Showmanship is a rare commodity in the jazz world today. Too many performers believe it contradicts true artistry. In some cases they may be right. But add a healthy dose of real talent and the two can offer a winning ...

News: Performance / Tour

SWOJO w/special guest Jill Townsend Sept. 20

August 16, 2006

SEATTLE WOMEN'S JAZZ ORCHESTRA (SWOJO) with special guest Jill Townsend Wednesday, September 20 at 7:30pm The Seattle Women's Jazz Orchestra (SWOJO) will perform an all-ages concert at the Triple Door Mainstage in Seattle on Wednesday, September 20, featuring music composed, arranged and conducted by Jill Townsend. Vancouver0based arranger/composer Jill Townsend is the principal composer and conductor ...

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News: Recording

Upcoming New Phil Kelly Big Band CD on Origin: "My Museum"

July 30, 2006

Having just gotten the reference dub from my new CD , I feel it's time to start giving out the Details on my new CD My Museum, now slated for mid-September release on Origin Records. MY MUSEUM Phil Kelly and the Southwest Santa Ana Winds (this is to set it apart from my other ...

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News: Recording

Joe Locke/Geoffrey Keezer Group's CD Live in Seattle Released

July 20, 2006

Winner of the 2005 Golden Ear Award for Seattle's best concert of the Year, the Live in Seattle album has just been released by Origin Records. This performance by the Joe Locke/Geoffrey Keezer group has Dr. Mike Matheny of Radioio saying it “might be the best release of 2006." The album is being featured in the ...

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Article: Album Review

Joe Locke / Geoffrey Keezer Group: Live in Seattle

Read "Live in Seattle" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
July 18, 2006

Vibraphonist Joe Locke and keyboardist Geoffrey Keezer have been working together for some time as the New Sound Quartet, which has released two discs in Japan. But while that group--clearly the precursor to this quartet--focused out of necessity on a primarily standards-based repertoire, Live in Seattle provides a far better and more accurate representation of its ...

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Article: Live Review

ICP Orchestra in Seattle, WA

by Bill Bennett
May 7, 2006

ICP Orchestra Seattle, WA March 25, 2006 New Dutch Swing is the phrase coined by critic Kevin Whitehead - who wrote a book of the same name - to describe the music of the ICP (Instant Composers Pool) Orchestra, the Willem Breuker Kollektief, Bik Bent Braam and other members of the ...

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Article: Live Review

Steve Turre Honors Rahsaan Roland Kirk

by Franz A. Matzner
March 10, 2006

Steve Turre Kennedy Center Jazz Club Washington, DC Whether it is discovering a previously unknown player or genre, or a new take on an old favorite, venturing out to live music leaves us open to discovering new sounds in one of the most satisfying ways possible: by chance. In the case of ...

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Article: Live Review

The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra Plays with Regina Carter

by Franz A. Matzner
February 26, 2006

The Kennedy Center is one of several venues in Washington, DC for really good jazz, but when it comes to big bands, there's no place else in the city that can effectively spotlight a large group like the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra. The eighteen-member Jazz Orchestra celebrated its 20th anniversary together with feature violinist Regina Carter at ...

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Article: Live Review

The Jim Knapp Orchestra at the L.A.B. Performance Space in Seattle

by Bill Bennett
February 24, 2006

Jim Knapp Orchestra L.A.B. Performance Space Seattle, WA January 9th, 2006 The Jim Knapp Orchestra inaugurated a first Monday of the month series at the Seattle Drum School's intimate and acoustically friendly L.A.B. Performance Space with a superb concert of Knapp originals and arrangements on January 9th, 2006. The sound ...

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Article: Live Review

2005 Ballard Jazz Festival, Seattle, WA

by Bill Bennett
February 2, 2006

The Ballard Jazz Festival Youth Big Band Eric Alexander/Peter Bernstein Group Joe Locke Quartet Ballard Jazz Festival Mars Hill Church Performance Hall November 19, 2005 The Mainstage Concert that concluded the third annual Ballard Jazz Festival featured a delightful spectrum of the music. There was ...