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DIRECTIONS IN MUSIC WITH HANCOCK, BRECKER & HARGROVE
One of the most anticipated events of Italy’s entire summer jazz concert
season this year was the only presentation in this country of Directions in
Music, the tribute to Miles Davis and John Coltrane created by pianist Herbie
Hancock, saxophonist Michael Brecker and trumpeter Roy Hargrove, that helped
bring UJ 2002 to a stellar conclusion Sunday 21 July. The sold-out
performance at the Turreno Theatre included much of the music this stellar
ensemble performs on it’s recently released CD recorded live at Toronto’s
illustrious Massey Hall – the site of a legendary concert in 1953 by an
earlier all-star band that included Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and Max
Roach – devoted to music either written by or associated with Davis and
Coltrane, two of the most important figures on the stylistic development of
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(a cura di Mitchell Feldman)
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E.S.T
The Swedish trio has once again fully lived up to their fans' expectations.
Taking the stage at the Morlacchi Theatre at midnight on the last evening of
the festival, Esbjorn Svensson and companions immediately took the audience
by the hand and led them on a journey through their universe of sound. The
group, together now for ten years, played with incredible intensity and
showed a deep love and respect for the music. This concert, one of the last
of this years edition, was also one of the best. It would have been
difficult for the festival to end on a better note.
(a cura di
Giovanni Serrazanetti)
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Dan Berglund
