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Ian Patterson's Best Live Shows of 2012
Ian Patterson
Ian is dedicated to the promotion of jazz and all creative music all over the world, and to catching just a little piece of it for himself.From Laos to the Palestinian Territories, from Borneo to Vietnam, from Kuala Lumpur to London, and from Singapore to France, it was a busy year as far as reviewing gigs went. There were many wonderful concerts and some worthy of mention include guitarist Federico Casagrande
Federico Casagrande
b.1980
, pianist Nicolas Bouloukos, guitarist Jeremy Tjordman and Norwegian duo Albatrosh
Albatrosh
, but my best concerts of the year are presented here in chronological order.
1. January 21: Ron Cole Trio
Mark Two Pub, Vientiane, Laos
2. February 14: Remember Shakti
Ramallah Cultural Palace, Ramallah, Palestinian Territories
3. May 11: New Cool Collective
Borneo Jazz, Miri, Sarawak, Borneo
4. May 19: Meg Okura & the Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble
KL International Jazz Festival, Kuala Lumpur Convention Center, Malaysia
5. May 19: Ernie Watts & the Jeremy Monteiro International Trio
KL International Jazz Festival, Kuala Lumpur Convention Center, Malaysia
6. May 20: Hiromi
KL International Jazz Festival, Kuala Lumpur Convention Center, Malaysia
7. May 20: Ahmad Jamal
KL International Jazz Festival, Kuala Lumpur Convention Center, Malaysia
8. September 1: Quoc Trung, Nguyen Le, Dhaffer Youssef, Than Lam, Rhani Krija, Kieu Anh
Hanoi Opera House, Hanoi, Vietnam
9. October 13: : Michael Blake Trio with Samuel Blasser
OCT LOFT Jazz Festival, Shenzhen, China
10. October 21: Diego Figueiredo Trio
Beishan International Jazz Festival, China
11. October 21: Butterscotch
Beishan International Jazz Festival, China
12. October 21: Luca Ciarla Quartet
Beishan International Jazz Festival, China
13. November 21: Asian Jazz All-Stars Power Quartet
Segre, France
14. December 2: Martin Taylor
Penang Island Jazz Festival, Malaysia
Photo Credits
Ron Cole Trio: Ian Patterson
Remember Shakti: Ridvan Yumlu
New Cool Collective, Meg Okura Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble, Ernie Watts & the Jeremy Monteiro International Trio, Hiromi, Ahmad Jamal: Pein Lee
Nguyen Le, Quoc Trung, Dhaffer Youssef, Than Lam, Rhani Krija, Kieu Anh: Trongtung Nguyen
Michael Blake Trio with Samuel Blaser: Sabrina Ouyang
Diego Figueiredo, Butterscotch, Luca Ciarla: Grace Li
Asian Jazz All-Stars Power Quartet: Varian Monteiro
Martin Taylor: Michael Lee
