Street music returns to jazz fest
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- Street music returns to jazz fest
- Bill Charlap Trio – Music – Review – New York Times
- New rleans’ Signature Sound Struggles to Recover
- Riverside celebrates Juneteenth on Saturday
Street music returns to jazz fest
BBC News – May 31, 2007
However street music will only be heard in daylight hours as a compromise to counter concerns about drunkenness. The announcement came as the festival launched with the help of festival regular First Minister Rhodri Morgan. Jools Holland Mica Paris and Curtis Stigers are confirmed for the festival which takes place between 9-12 August. The 24th festival will feature 32 concerts more than 60 stroller events along with live music and street entertainment in the town centre.
Bill Charlap Trio – Music – Review – New York Times
New York Times – May 31, 2007
There’s so much there: the idea of improvisation; the idea of what a song is; the idea of (in some cases) an American style and the disappearance or persistence thereof; repertory versus imagination; received wisdom versus innovation; concision versus the big statement. All this emerged during the first set by the pianist Bill Charlap’s trio at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola on Tuesday. But the music wasn’t programmatic: None of these ideas were out on stalks and the set 10 songs in a little more than an hour didn’t feel like a lecture… There’s so much there: the idea of improvisation; the idea of what a song is; the idea of (in some cases) an American style and the disappearance or persistence thereof; repertory versus imagination; received wisdom versus innovation; concision versus the big statement. All this emerged during the first set by the pianist Bill Charlap’s trio at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola on Tuesday. But the music wasn’t programmatic: None of these ideas were out on stalks and the set 10 songs in a little more than an hour didn’t feel like a lecture.
New rleans’ Signature Sound Struggles to Recover
NPR – May 31, 2007
Michael White a musician and music historian and Mark Samuels president of New rleans’ Basin Street Records talk to Tony Cox bout the state of the recording business in the Crescent City. Basin Street recently released its first album since Hurricane Katrina. getElementById(“sharepop2″).
Riverside celebrates Juneteenth on Saturday
Press-Enterprise – May 31, 2007
Entertainment will include hip-hop gospel and jazz music as well as dancing. There also will be a minimuseum films book signings storytelling and poetry. Community awards and scholarships will be presented. As part of a new feature attendees are asked to donate school supplies for local children.