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All That Brooklyn Jazz
Dubai :: United Arab Emirates | 5 months ago
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That same night, at Ibeama boxy, high-ceilinged space nearbyvocalist Fay Victor sang a winning selection of Herbie Nichols compositions to a crowd of 10 rapt listeners. The music, in both cases, was weird and good and intriguinga random sampling of
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Catching Up With Guitarist John Russell
Chicago :: IL :: USA | 7 months ago
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December 2, 2012 2012 has been a memorable year for guitarist John Russell . It marked the twenty-first anniversary of his concert series Mopomoso which meets monthly at The Vortex jazz club in Dalston, London, making it the city's longest-running
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Furthest From "Weather Bird" So Far...
New York City :: NY :: USA | 7 months ago
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November 25, 2012 I've taught jazz history classes where I've made use of the Armstrong yardstick. It's a straightforward thing involving no more than comparing and contrasting two Louis Armstrong performances from the 1920s, the latter of which is
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Freeform in the U.K.
New York City :: NY :: USA | 10 months ago
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August 16, 2012 Freeform and improvised jazz is having a hard time at the moment. Venues have to make tough choices between pleasing what is a smaller cohort of customers and bringing new, maybe transient, but paying clients who are attracted by big
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Improvised musical theater is the specialty of a cadre of new local troupes
New York City :: NY :: USA | 11 months ago
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At Downtown's CLO Cabaret, in June, a performer with improv group Wunderstudies strode onstage, surveyed the packed theater and asked for a prompt. "The dream she never dreamed!" someone immediately screamed. "The dream she never dreamed," he
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The Rocket Ship Takes Off
Lisbon :: Portugal | 1 year ago
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Gone are the days of Columbia Records signing trumpeter Wynton Marsalis to a million dollar contract and then promoting the hell out of his vision of jazz, selling his records and supporting his touring. While the major labels were reassessing all
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CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Matthew Shipp and Joe Morris - Broken Partials (Not Two, 2011)
New York City :: NY :: USA | over 1 year ago
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2011-10-13 Pianist Matthew Shipp and bassist and guitarist Joe Morris have been long time compatriots on the improvised music scene, but I believe that may be the first time they have recorded in the duet configuration ( at least with Morris sticking
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Duo's improvisational jazz more like a 'real conversation'
Lexington :: KY :: USA | almost 2 years ago
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When wholly improvised music meaning music conjured entirely in the moment without compositional or even melodic preconceptions is created between two musicians, one might think that being total strangers would be a plus. After all, if you don't know
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EVENT: Brooklyn Conservatory of Music and the School for Improvisational Music Present Sims Mini Intensive Improvisational Workshop
Sim :: Russia | 2 years ago
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Brooklyn Conservatory of Music and the School for Improvisational Music Present SIMs Mini Intensive Improvisational Workshop Published: 2011-06-08 September 10-11, 2011 1:00-6:00pm Brooklyn Conservatory of Music 58 7th Avenue (at Lincoln Place) Park
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PERFORMANCE/TOUR: New Music Circle Previews 2011-12 Season
Missouri City :: TX :: USA | 2 years ago
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New Music Circle has posted a preview of the lineup for their 2011-12 season on their website. At this point, it's just a list of artists—no dates or venues yet—but most notably, the proposed season would include the St...The 51-year-old
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