By Laurence Svirchev, on July 10th, 2020
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by: Laurence Svirchev and Vivan Danping Sheng
Introduction
On March 9, 2020, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the World Health Organization’s Secretary-General), stated that the SARS-CoV-2 virus caused “the first pandemic in history that could be controlled….The great advantage we have is that the decisions we all make – as governments, businesses, . . . → Read More: The International Trajectory of SARS-CoV-2 & COVID-19 from Localized Epidemic in China to Pandemic End-Phase Part 1: The China Experience
By Laurence Svirchev, on December 14th, 2019 ©Laurence@Svirchev.com
Introduction
Cloud Arrangers: Musical Photo Impressions is Žiga Koritnik‘s book of music photography, mainly but not exclusively jazz and improvising musicians. He comes from Ljubljana, Slovenia, an ancient cross-roads of Slavic, Germanic, and Romance languages, a small slice of it nested on the western shore of the Adriatic, . . . → Read More: Žiga Koritnik’s Cloud Arrangers: Musical Photo Impressions
By Laurence Svirchev, on November 7th, 2019 ©Laurence@Svirchev.com
Aquarelle is a collaboration between the Big Bend RTS of Belgrade Serbia and Samuel Blaser, Swiss trombonist and composer. Blaser composed all the titles, the majority of which were arranged by Serbian band members Vladimir Nikolov and Ivan Ilić. RTS stands for “Radio Television Serbia.” The band was formed in 1948 as . . . → Read More: Essay: Aquarelle, a CD by Big Bend RTS & Samuel Blaser
By Laurence Svirchev, on January 18th, 2019 Ken Pickering (1952-2018) is a Founder of the Coastal Jazz and Blues Society and the Vancouver International Jazz Festival. His music tastes were catholic, but the hard-core of his life’s work established the clear link between the improvisors of Europe, Vancouver, Canada and the rest of North America. The execution of his artistic . . . → Read More: 360 Degrees of Jazz: Reminiscences of Ken Pickering
By Laurence Svirchev, on June 16th, 2017 Photo Courtesy of Arnaud Boubet
On the evening of Monday July 27, 1959, Thelonious Sphere Monk took his working quartet (Charlie Rouse, Sam Jones, Art Taylor) and guest saxophonist Barney Wilen into the Nola Penthouse Sound Studios at 111 W. 57th St., New York City. There he taped eight compositions for . . . → Read More: Thelonious Monk: Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960 CD and Movie Review
By Laurence Svirchev, on February 26th, 2017 “Folk songs transcended the immediate culture” -Bob Dylan
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Give or take a few hundred, two thousand seven hundred years ago there was a blind man who rambled through kingdoms, mountains, and plains, probably swayed to the rhythm of waves on the Mediterranean Sea. He earned his bread, vegetable, . . . → Read More: Bob Dylan & The Nobel Prize for Literature
By Laurence Svirchev, on September 17th, 2016 Moderne: Georg Graewe at the 2016 TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival (I)
Rimbaud: “il faut être absoluement moderne.”
Richard Feynman: “Poets do not write to be understood” from Six Easy Pieces.
Georg Graewe’s invitation to the 2016 TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival was felicitous: he had not been . . . → Read More: Moderne: Georg Graewe at the 2016 TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival (I)
By Laurence Svirchev, on June 7th, 2015 
At the 2010 Vancouver Festival, Eric Boeren’s 4Tet of Michael Moore (reeds), Wilbert deJoode (bass), and Han Bennink (drums) glided through an early Ornette Coleman (1930-2015) repertoire segmented into six pieces. Each piece contained multiple compositions and interpretations that made the difficult music seem as easy to execute as understanding the elegant explanation . . . → Read More: Eric Boeren: All Ellington and 4Tet at the 30th TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival
By Laurence Svirchev, on March 1st, 2015 
Special Notice: Sheila Jordan and Cameron Brown in Concert on Tuesday March 3 at the Ironworks, Vancouver, sponsored by the Coastal Jazz & Blues Society: http://www.coastaljazz.ca/sheila_jordan_and_cameron_brown
On August 27, 1962 a thirty-four year old Sheila Jordan stepped into Riverside’s New York Studio for the recording session of composer/pianist George Russell’s . . . → Read More: Book Review: Jazz Child, A Portrait of Sheila Jordan by Ellen Johnson
By Laurence Svirchev, on September 9th, 2014 In an exemplary display of programming fortitude, the TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival began its with a musical equivalent of the Big Bang: the opening set at Performance Works with 20 musicians in John Korsrud’s Hard Rubber Orchestra followed by 17 musicians in Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society. The Hard Rubber Orchestra played . . . → Read More: TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival Concert Review: John Korsrud’s Hard Rubber Orchestra June 20, 2014 Part I
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