Galway Jazz Festival
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Various venues, Galway Thurs 19th-Sun 22nd www.townhalltheatregalway.com
Jan Garbarek
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Interview: Frøy Aagre
LondonJazz (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Interview: Frøy Aagre The title track of the CD "Countryside" (AIM Records) by Norwegian saxophonist and composer Frøy Aagre - who will be touring the UK later this month with her quartet- is gently alluring. It opens with a succession of slow, raindrop-like high piano chords, then a saxophone melody, simply stated. Then a subtle, understated double bass walks in, then some...
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The State of ECM Records 2009: Steve Kuhn, Jan Garbarek and Thomas Zehetmair
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Its 40th anniversary year, 2009, has been a good one for Manfred Eicher's Edition of Contemporary Music Company. ECM was selected the Best Classical Label by Gramophone magazine. If that wasn't enough, ECM was selected Jazz Label of the Year and Manfred Eicher, Producer of the Year by Downbeat magazine. No record label since the Blue Note label of the 1950s and 1960s has been able to boast its own...
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ECM at 40: Remembering Weather Report/Lost on the Way/The Moment's Energy/Dresden
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Miroslav Vitous Group w/ Michel Portal Remembering Weather Report ECM 2009 Louis Sclavis Lost on the Way ECM 2009 Evan Parker Electro-Acoustic Ensemble The Moment's Energy ECM 2009 Jan Garbarek Group Dresden ECM 2009 1969 was a major milestone in our cultural history. But that momentous year also marks the debut release from ECM Records, a label that arguably defined the jazz category in the '70s,...
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In Praise Of Dreams
Infidel Bloggers Alliance (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Jan Garbarek - Saxophone Kim Kashkashian - Viola Manu Katche - Drums
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Jazz at the Lit and Phil.
bebop spoken here (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
After a recent meeting with Claire Delamore regarding the possibilities of incorporating some jazz into the Lit and Phil's calender of events we talked about the library's extensive music collection and the amount of jazz it contained. As a result, Claire sent the following which I am sure is of interest to North-east jazz enthusiasts. Lance. ----- The Literary and Philosophical Society (Lit &...
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Villalobos to Remix ECM Jazz Label's Legendary Back Catalog...
The Daily Swarm - Headlines (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
Via R.A. : The Chilean techno icon has teamed up with Max Loderbauer – a member of Sun Electric, NSI . and the Moritz Von Oswald Trio – to work with elements from the back catalogue of ECM , the legendary jazz and “new music” label founded by Manfred Eicher in 1969. With unfailingly terrific cover art, the best ECM releases explored the fertile ground between classical minimalism,...
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Album reviews: Mariah Carey | Idlewild | Jan Garbarek Group | Shooglenifty | Brahms | Francophonic
Scotsman.com Living - Books (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
MARIAH CAREY: MEMOIRS OF AN IMPERFECT ANGEL * MERCURY, £12.72
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String theory...
Cloudland Blue - A Diary (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
Playlist Cloudland Blue Quartet - Rarities Wayne Shorter – Beyond the Sound Barrier Alvin Curran – Inner Cities Chick Corea – The Leprechaun Jan Garbarek – Selected Recordings Paolo Pandolfo – Improvisando Pet Shop Boys – Rare Mixes Cloudland Blue Quartet – Souvenir XVII Up at 6am with an idea to compile a disc of unreleased or rare versions of CBQ stuff as...
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Death of the progmobile...
Cloudland Blue - A Diary (Free subscription) | 10/04/2009
Playlist Rheostatics - Double Live Philip Glass - The Hours OST UK - In the Dead of Night (3xCD-R) Pendragon - Pure Chick Corea - The Leprechaun Jan Garbarek - Selected Recordings Paolo Pandolfo - Improvisando Rzewski/Adams - Four Pieces/Phrygian Gates Bang on a Can - Philip Glass : 5ths Rosenmuller - Sonate da Camera e Sinfonie Cloudland Blue Quartet - Songs and Soundscapes 1996-2009 Rheostatics -...
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Jan Garbarek - Dresden (ECM, 2009)
Jazz & Blues Music Reviews (Free subscription) | 09/23/2009
Jan Garbarek is a musician that I had been curious for a while but never had a chance to really check out. The Norwegian saxophonist became fascinated with the music of John Coltrane as a teenager and his path was set. After playing with expatriate American musicians in the 1960's he developed his own unique sound and began a longstanding relationship with the ECM record label not long after. Despite...
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Jan Garbarek Group: Dresden
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 09/16/2009
Though less active on the recording front in recent years--In Praise of Dreams (ECM, 2004) was his first since Mnemosyne (ECM, 1999), following up his immensely popular pairing with the Hilliard Ensemble, Officium (ECM, 1994)--Jan Garbarek has toured virtually every year, playing dates in Europe and further abroad. His 2008 Mai Jazz performance, in Stavanger, Norway, proved that, despite unfounded...
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Pump Up the Volume
The Wall Street Journal (Free subscription) | 09/04/2009
The Edinburgh International Festival's world premiere of the Michael Clark dance company's new work could endanger hearing. But audiences leave in a state of high excitement.
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Clark's Dance Troupe Pumps Up the Volume
The Wall Street Journal (Free subscription) | 09/04/2009
The Edinburgh International Festival's world premiere of the Michael Clark dance company's new work could endanger hearing. But audiences leave in a state of high excitement and wonder.
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A Few Forthcoming Releases: Sep 2009
Music Musings and Miscellany (Free subscription) | 08/29/2009
Been a bit quiet here lately. That’s about to change. Meanwhile, here’s my monthly round up of discs spinning your way. The annual autumn tidal wave is officially up and running, with greatest hits sets, anniversary remasters and £200 mega-boxes clogging up the schedules. I often wonder why indies bother releasing anything at this time [...]