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The Music of Astor Piazzolla CD, a great gift for the holidays by ClevelandClassical.com
By Mike Telin With the holidays upon us, what better musical gift to give than a recording by local musicians! Here are some CD’s we have received in the past few months that may give you gifting ideas. CD’s previewed…Continue reading
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Tagged 4 seasons, A far Cry, Astor, bandoneon, Cleveland Classical, Double concerto, Gail Wein, Jason Vieaux, Labro, Mike Telin, Piazzolla, Tango
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Review of PIAZZOLLA CD in Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Music of Astor Piazzolla Jason Vieaux, guitar; Julien Labro, bandoneon Azica Records Cleveland guitarist Jason Vieaux adds to his list of stellar recordings with this alluring program of works by Argentina’s master of the tango. The music seduces the…Continue reading
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Tagged 4 seasons, A far Cry, Astor, Azica Records, bandoneon, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Concerto, Donald Rosenberg, guitar, Jason Vieaux, Julien Labro, Piazzolla, Tango
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From concept to recording: the coming together of Azica records’ “The Music of Astor Piazzolla”
By Mike Telin and Daniel Hathaway Article on a recent interview with Jason Vieaux for Classical Cleveland, a weekly online journal, on how our Piazzolla project came to life. Access the interview here
Words from the Modern-Day Hot Club
Vindicating Jazz’s Most Famous Gypsy by Paul Brady Check this article by my friend & bandmate Paul Brady in Downbeat Mag. (Jan. 2012), it’s a great piece on Django Reinhardt.
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Tagged Coleman Hawkins, Django Reinhardt, Duke Ellington, George Benson, Gypsy, Hot Club of Detroit, James Carter, Jazz, Paul Brady
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Music instructor’s life a beautiful melody
Matt Michaels, 79, may be the most beloved music instructor Detroit ever has known. He could have gone anywhere, recorded anything. The master player, sterling accompanist, and wizard at arranging and writing charts for bands and orchestras died Wednesday. Continue to…Continue reading
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Tagged Detroit Free Press, Detroit Jazz, Matt Michaels, Mitch Albom
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New CD “Piazzolla”!!
Internationally acclaimed guitarist Jason Vieaux teams up with Bandoneon virtuoso Julien Labro & A Far Cry chamber orchestra in these new arrangements of Astor Piazzolla masterpieces. Jason is well known for his Azica solo releases including…Continue reading
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Tagged 4 seasons, A far Cry, Astor, Azica, bandoneon, classical guitar, Jason Vieaux, Labro, Piazzolla, Tango
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HCOD on Dee Dee Bridgewater’s JazzSet NPR
Extract from our live performance @ the 2010 Detroit Jazz Fest. http://www.npr.org/2011/08/18/131751957/hot-pepper-hot-club-of-detroit-on-jazzset
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Tagged Dee Dee Bridgewater, Detroit Jazz Festival, Django Reinhardt, DJF, HCOD, Jazz, JazzSet, NPR, WBGO
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A bit of the Motor City and a bit of gay Paris
Check out a recent interview with Stephen Kopfinger from the Lancaster Sunday News. Read it by following this link: A bit of the Motor City and a bit of gay Paris.
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Tagged Accordion, Detroit, Gypsy, Hot, Jazz, Labro, Lancaster, Long Park's, Motor City
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An Interesting Review from Recent Performance at the Jazz Aspen June Festival
By Stewart Oksenhorn / The Aspen Times Review: Why jazz actually ruled at the Jazz Aspen June Festival JULY, 8 2011 ASPEN — I don’t generally go to music festivals looking for any big-picture messages. I go to hear the…Continue reading
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Tagged Accordion, Aspen, Colorado, Django Reinhardt, Hot Club of Detroit, JALC, Jazz, Jennifer Hudson, Julien Labro, Monty Alexander, Sheryl Crow, Snowmass, Wynton Marsalis
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Julien Labro & Paul Brady from HCOD on Wine & Jazz Magazine (April 2011 Issue)
By Jonathan Widran Both Labro and Brady attribute their love of wine to spending key developmental years in France. Labro grew up in Rodez, near the Languedoc-Roussillon wine region (which boasts three times the combined area of vineyards in Bordeaux) and…Continue reading
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Tagged Bordeaux, Django Reinhardt, HCOD, Hot Club of Detroit, Jazz, Jonathan Widram, Julien Labro, Malbec, Paul Brady, Rodez, Sauternes, Wine
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