The Live Music Report
July/August 2007 |
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| The Toronto Jazz Festival |
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| Mavis Staples |
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...She sang about the huge accomplishments of the Civil Rights movement and warned against apathy...
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| by Joyce Corbett & Roger Humbert |
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| The Toronto Jazz Festival – a view |
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...Marcus Belgrave, Joan Bow, Roy Hargrove and most of his band, as well as trombonist Steve Turre...
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| by Paul J. Youngman |
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| Toronto Jazz Festival – Photo Gallery |
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25 selected photos
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| by Mike Colyer |
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| Toronto Jazz Festival – Photo Gallery |
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33 selected photos
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| by Roger Humbert |
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| Festivals & Events |
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| Afrofest |
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...the feeling of warmth, brotherhood and camaraderie witnessed on stage permeates every aspect of this event...
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| by Laila Boulos & Roger Humbert |
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| Music (in) Galleries |
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...audiences walking westward on Queen Street West from art gallery to art gallery, in this case, to hear creative improvised music...
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| by David Fujino |
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Jazz by Genre Summerfest
Contemporary / Jazz House |
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...the many moods of jazz including live bands, djs, and throwing in some interesting spoken word artists just to mix things up...
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| by Laila Boulos |
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Jazz by Genre Summerfest
Latin / Brazilian Jazz |
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...the quartet's music, at will, changed shape and time and speed and harmonic density — seamlessly...
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| by David Fujino & Roger Humbert |
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Jazz by Genre Summerfest
Indo / African / Caribbean Jazz |
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...The seated Blake played the bass furiously like an upright-held Flamenco guitar...
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| by David Fujino & Mike Colyer |
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| Firefly Cabaret |
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...Finally, with Swing Rosie, I was thrown back to a long-gone era of tightly-woven three-part harmonies delivered with dynamic and feminine charm...
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| by Carol Lipson & Roger Humbert |
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| Concerts |
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| Toumani Diabate and the Symmetric Orchestra |
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...He proudly informed the crowd ... that he belonged to the 71st generation of kora players in his family...
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| by Laila Boulos |
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| Erik Friedlander | Fred Gaysek |
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...His classical-inspired tone was sweet and clear, and he often played his cello like a lightly strummed guitar...
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| by David Fujino |
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| Jayme Stone / Mansa Sissoko |
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...The rolling flow of this languid piece vividly mimicks the swooping and gliding of an eagle...
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| by Laila Boulos & Mike Colyer |
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| Rhonda Stakich For Keepers |
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...She is a student of her craft, and composes deliciously constructed folk songs on a delicate bed of jazz...
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| by Andy Frank |
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| Pee Wee Ellis with Jason Wilson, Jay Douglas |
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...It was with Ellis’ next salvo that he brought what I had come expecting to hear — a remarkably clear...
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| by Sebastian Cook & Roger Humbert |
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| Kate Schutt and Noel Webb |
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...Schutt and Webb maintained their high-energy show from start to finish....
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| by Laila Boulos |
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| Dance |
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| Roots of Bahia |
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...The opening Dance of Iemanja was a solo danced by Yanuziello herself representing the Orixa Iemanja, the goddess of the sea...
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| by Joyce Corbett & Roger Humbert |
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