All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
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 ups than downs...
LondonJazz (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Here is a London Jazz Festival round-up, just posted on my Telegraph blog After ten days and more than 250 gigs across London, The London Jazz Festival is over for another year. It’s been popular. The Royal Festival Hall and the Barbican Hall were packed on the nights I went. As were the year-round clubs like the Bulls Head in Barnes, the Vortex and Ronnie Scott’s. And I get reports of...
Evening Standard (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Having celebrated its glorious past with Sonny Rollins and Chick Corea, the London Jazz Festival climaxed with a glimpse of the future in the leggy, Afro-haired person of Esperanza Spalding
New Statesman (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Sholto Byrnes applauds a jazz performance that is full of fireworks
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
We try to be helpful to groups that come to town, but it wasn't until yesterday that I finally got confirmation of Quartet San Francisco performing at CAPA tonight. It was far too late to get it in the listings, but here is the info on this quality ensemble: November 18, 7 pm CAPA, Downtown $20 adults, $10 students (free for CAPA students) Here is some of the program Tango Toscana. Jeremy Cohen The...
LondonJazz (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
The Power of Three plus Bela Fleck and the Flecktones ( London Jazz Festival, Barbican Centre, November 15th 2009- afternoon show- review by Rob Mallows) Bela Fleck and his brand of bluegrass-inspired fusion jazz was anything but just a warm-up act for Chick Corea's "Power of Three" trio. The packed Barbican auditorium was treated to a host of tunes combining breakneck dexterity, rhythmic...
Some Assembly Required (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
Episode 243, Some Assembly Required Featuring an interview with Wayne Butane 01 team9 - “Belinda's freakin out” 02 Cassetteboy – “Reading Pain In The Face Of A Duck” 03 The Evolution Control Committee - “I Want A Cookie” 04 Wayne Butane – “Nut roll (segment)” 05 Wayne Butane - “Ride The Monkey Bus (segment)” 06 Wayne Butane -...
Scotsman.com Living - Books (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
FOUR decades haven't diminished the rich four-part harmonies and sheer verve of The Manhattan Transfer, as audiences will discover tomorrow night when the group play the o
Londonist (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
With a program that consistently attracts a host of wonderful performers and where living legends appear alongside rising stars, London Jazz Festival (LJF) opens at The Barbican this Friday with a spectacular celebration of 100 years of songwriting. Led by trumpeter/arranger extraordinaire Guy Barker, a 40-piece jazz orchestra and a dazzling array of stellar vocalists draw on significant anniversaries...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
GHS is almost like listening to The Police without a human voice. The letters are the initials guitarist {{Frank Gambale = 6931}}, bassist {{Stu Hamm = 7367}}, and drummer {{Steve Smith = 4453}}. GHS is the anti-smooth ensemble from Tone Center Records. Their intent was to represent music fans who wanted more improvisation and more interaction among the players. Gambale spent several years with the...
LondonJazz (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
London Jazz Festival Previews (7) Stefano Bollani by Art Kavanagh Art Kavanagh lives in Toulouse. But he'll be over in London during the London Jazz Festival, because he doesn't want to miss Stefano Bollani at Kings Place. Here's why. Italian pianists. They don't resemble a school. They don't sound like each other. It's hard to put your finger on what is peculiarly Italian about them (apart, some of...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
What's been happening to jazz? There's hardly a sharp-suited bopper to be seen in the line-up for the 17th London Jazz Festival, which begins on Friday. The great tradition is there if you want to look for it, with appearances by the veteran saxophonist Sonny Rollins and his contemporary equivalent, Branford Marsalis. But this year, such performers are in a conspicuous minority on an outrageously...
LondonJazz (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
All of these shows are now sold out: Sonny Rollins at Barbican Marcus Miller at Barbican Chick Corea at Barbican (both shows) Naturally 7 at Theatre Royal Stratford East (tickets still available for shows at Royal Festival Hall and Fairfield, Croydon) Branford Marsalis at QEH Tomasz Stanko at QEH Dave Holland/Overtone Quartet at QEH Tord Gustavsen at QEH John Scofield at QEH Vijay Iyer at Purcell Room...
Musical Perceptions (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
When I was in college, from 1988-1993, jazz ensembles had become accepted on college campuses. My jazz director told about trying to get a university jazz ensemble started in the early '70s while he was a student, and the resistance that was put up by the faculty and administration. In my time there was still resistance, but it was of the idea that jazz could engender the same levels of scholarship...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
Los Angeles, CA -- On Sunday, November 29, 2009 the Brazilian Jazz Collective, featuring Danny Green (piano), Ami Molinelli (percussion) and Eva Scow (mandolin), will begin their first California tour to present their unique collaboration of music. The group performs an energetic mixture of originals laced with the repertoire of Chico Pinheiro, Guinga, Jovino Santos-Neto, and Chick Corea. The three...
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