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News Source: The Guardian
| 4 months ago
Gruntz, who has died aged 80, was one of the few internationally acclaimed Swiss-born jazz musicians, and had an unusually broad vision. It was his Concert Jazz Band or just plain CJB under Quincy Jones's baton that backed an ailing Davis in 1991, on
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News Source: All About Jazz
| 5 months ago
December 9, 2012 Hal Galper's Airgen Revisited is exhilarating. The pianist has been working at his artistry for more than a half century, and he is moving surely into the "elder statesman of jazz" category, riding the furious wave of several
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News Source: All About Jazz
| 6 months ago
November 28, 2012 Austrian-American Renaissance woman Elisabeth Lohninger is many things. She is a singer, composer, producer, writer, teacher and studio owner. Over the past several years Lohninger has found time to record four collections with her
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News Source: All About Jazz
| 10 months ago
July 22, 2012 Lee Konitz and Martial Solal Star Eyes 1983 Hatology 2009 Even in his eighties, pianist Martial Solal has proven to be the Higgs' Boson of jazz. He readily demonstrates the substantial mass he brings to music most recently on his
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News Source: All ABout Jazz
| 1 year ago
A common philosophy Like Chateau Palmer, jazz has deep roots, with a long history that has undergone many influences and inspirations and, while traditional, is always open to innovation. This respect for tradition is constantly enhanced by expanding
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News Source: All About Jazz
| over 1 year ago
December 12, 2011 Impersonating singer Paolo Conte and other Italian cultural icons comes as naturally to pianist Stefano Bollani as interpreting the music of Antonio Carlos Jobim , Michael Jackson, Brian Wilson , or Maurice Ravelor indeed, writing
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News Source: All About Jazz
| over 1 year ago
December 6, 2011 Nik Bartsch's Ronin London Jazz Festival King's Place London, England November 16, 2011 Looking at the listings for day six of the London Jazz Festival, the term "spoilt for choice" sprang to mind. At the Barbican, pianists Stefano
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News Source: The Guardian
| over 1 year ago
I am ending the night in a ramshackle Old Street basement blazing with incandescent noise from thrash- jazz outfit trioVD . This comes right after an evening of elegant grand-piano jazz around the corner at the Barbican. Such behaviour is par for the