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Jazz Documentary – ‘David Murray: I’m a Jazzman’

The European culture channel ARTE has recently dedicated a number of segments to the American saxophonist David Murray, one of the most interesting and spectacular artists of this instrument today. The cycle started with the documentary David Murray: I’m a … Continue reading

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Jazz: The Rodriguez Brothers in Tel Aviv

The last concert of the current Hot Jazz season at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art auditorium was marketed as a Cuban jazz event which is misleading to say the least. This labeling was quite misleading, maybe intentionally trying to … Continue reading

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Erica Hoffer – Impresii de la Festivalul de Jazz de la New Orleans

Erica Hoffer este una dintre prietenele pe care le-am invidiat cel mai mult in aceasta primavara. Desi am avut ocazia sa vizitez de doua ori New Orleans-ul si sa-mi petrec ore si seri greu de uitat in cluburile de blues, … Continue reading

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Carla Cook in Tel Aviv

You may have not heard about Eddie Jefferson. He was a idol in the 60s and 70s, an exquisite vocalist, but is almost forgotten nowadays. A moving in-between songs story told by Carla Cook during her concert in Tel Aviv … Continue reading

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35 de ani fara Cornel

Pe 4 martie se implines 35 de ani de cand Cornel Chiriac a fost asasinat la Munchen. Pentru generatia mea si generatiile apropriate Cornel a fost una dintre figurile formative si un simbol. Dupa ce a incercat sa promoveze in … Continue reading

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Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker

The 80s were the Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker rediscovery decade. In 1988 Clint Eastwood made Bird – a celebrated and Oscar-crowned biography of Parker with Forest Whitaker in the main role. It was actually one year after Gary Giddins brought to … Continue reading

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Didier Lockwood

Cu ocazia centenarului masterii lui Django Reimhardt postul de televiziune Mezzo a prezentat cateva concerte cu unii dintre urmasii sai muzicali. Calea deschisa in anii 30 de catre Django si Stephane Grappelli cu a lor Quintette du Hot Club de … Continue reading

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Django Reinhardt

S-au implinit pe 23 ianuarie 100 de ani de la nasterea lui Django Reinhardt, una dintre cele mai interesante figuri ale istoriei jazzului european, si unul dintre cei mai importanti chitaristi ai tuturor timpurilor. Originea sa gitana i-a marcat si … Continue reading

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Vanessa Rubin in Tel Aviv

The third concert in the ‘Hot Jazz’ series at the Tel Aviv Art Museum had as guest the American singer Vanessa Rubin. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaW2alvEZcE Born in Cleveland, Vanessa Rubin moved in 1982 in New York and started a singing career, in … Continue reading

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David Krakauer and the Klezmer Madness!

David Krakauer is one of the well known clarinetists of our times, an acclaimed artist expressing himself in traditional East European Jewish music, in jazz, and classical music. Born in 1956 Krakauer and his band band Klezmer Madness! are promoting … Continue reading

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