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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 06/19/2009
Marc Ribot / Evan Parker / Jan Bennink Queen Elizabeth Hall London, England June 14, 2009 The Moment's Energy, a new ECM release from {{Evan Parker = 10117}}, may be a slight disappointment from an artist who has been acclaimed by some as the heir apparent to John Coltrane. This appearance, part of London's Ornette Coleman-curated Meltdown festival, saw the sixty-something tenor and soprano player...
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mapsadaisical (Free subscription) | 06/16/2009
Before this show started, I paid a visit to the foyer of the QEH’s big sister, the RFH. A free concert by Acoustic Ladyland was in full swing, and the place was packed out. It was a gorgeous sunny day on the South Bank, and yet, hundreds of people were jostling about inside a [...]
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 06/06/2009
This week, we've got some video clips featuring saxophonist {{Peter Brotzmann = 5331}}, who will be coming to St. Louis next week to perform on Friday, June 12 at the Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center.Brotzmann has been a significant force on the free jazz and creative music scene in Europe since the la...
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 06/04/2009
Meet Eric John Eigner: Eric John Eigner plays drum set, table-top percussion and bass clarinet. Eigner has released three CDs from his Mysterium Project on Eavesdrop Records, a label he set up as a platform for contemporary work. Eigner works in a number of diverse Soundpainting projects and has performed with the Walter Thompson Orchestra, the New York Soundpainting Orchestra and ZAHA...
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St. Louis Jazz Notes (Free subscription) | 06/02/2009
Via the RFT 's Annie Zaleski and her blog "A to Z," news comes that German free jazz saxophonist and clarinetist Peter Brötzmann ( pictured ) will make his long overdue St. Louis debut as the first half of a double-header of shows next Friday, June 12 at the Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center . Brötzmann and his Full Blast Trio will perform at 7:00 p.m., followed at 9:00 p.m. by a separate...
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The Herald (Free subscription) | 05/06/2009
Review: Instant Composers Pool Orchestra may be an unwieldy name but it's simpler than listing the ingredients that go into a performance by this extraordinary ensemble from Amsterdam.
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Scotsman.com Living - Books (Free subscription) | 05/06/2009
INSTANT COMPOSERS POOL ORCHESTRA **** QUEEN'S HALL, EDINBURGH
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
With so many tribute albums to jazz icon Thelonious Monk already made, it's hard to imagine how much more can be added to the pianist's canon without becoming redundant. Perhaps, however, it's not all that surprising that an album of Monk material featuring Dutch wildman/drummer Han Bennink, piano phenom Michiel Borstalp and bassist Ernst Glerum, would find fresh new ways to interpret Monk's body of...
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 01/17/2009
Noah Howard's 1969 album The Black Ark has, in an unintended way, lived up to its name in recent years. It has become, to free jazz obsessives, a sort of Ark of the Covenant, a fabled and much sought after grail and jazz message boards lit up when it was announced that the British label Bo'Weavil would be putting the album out on CD...
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 01/10/2009
MUSICIANS OF THE YEAR Anthony Braxton Marilyn Crispell Hank Jones Roy Haynes Rudresh Mahanthappa RECORD LABELS OF THE YEAR AUM Fidelity Clean Feed Intakt Jazzwerkstatt (Germany) Mosaic VENUES OF THE YEAR Cornelia Street Cafe (West Village) Jazz Standard (Murray Hill/Gramercy) Roulette (SoHo) The Stone (Alphabet City) Village Vanguard (West Village)...
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 01/09/2009
EWP|SFM's two-day Jazz in January festival will include appearances and performances by the Cuong Vu Trio; the jazz bands from Roosevelt and Garfield high schools; and international percussion legend Han Bennink.
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
Clusone 3: Soft Lights And Sweet Music Michael Moore – reeds Ernst Reijseger – cello Han Bennink – drums Hatology 657...
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barry | 07/08/2008
Most fusion is bad music. Because it brings lots of technical skills with little or no creativity, often centered around the guy on the guitar who wants to take on self-proclaimed stardom. There are some rare exceptions of fusion musicians who seek other things. John McLaughlin is a true musician in that sense. He is interested in the music, and his fabulous guitar technique helps him in achieving...
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