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Composer Michel Portal also plays the clarinet, the saxophone and the small accordion or bandonion. A musician whom it is difficult to classify because he offers so much across arange of categories, Michel Portal is one of those extraordinary characterswho is just as at home with classical works " Mozart, Brahms, Schumann,Berg " as he is with contemporary music where he has performed for Boulez,Stockhausen, Berio, Kagel and Globokar among others. When the Free movement in France began, Portal became a founder member of the New Phonic Art group, along with the trombone player Bernard Vitet, pianist François Tusques and the drummer Sunny Murray, which based its ideas on collective improvisation, the quest for particular sounds and instant output

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Article: Profile

Remembering Carla Bley: Jazz Innovator Extraordinaire

Read "Remembering Carla Bley: Jazz Innovator Extraordinaire" reviewed by Ian Patterson


Carla Bley, composer, arranger, free-jazz pioneer, band leader, pianist and independent, whose compositions became jazz standards, has died at the age of 87. She had been diagnosed with brain cancer in 2018. Bley's most famous recording was her sprawling, genre-elusive triple album Escalator Over the Hill (JCOA Records, 1971). On the back of this ...

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Article: Live Review

French Showcase at the 2023 European Jazz Conference

Read "French Showcase at the 2023 European Jazz Conference" reviewed by Francesco Martinelli


Palais du Pharo/Théâtre La Criée European Jazz Conference Showcases Marseille, France September 14-17, 2023 The showcase program of the 9th European Jazz Conference (see separate article) was inaugurated in the comfortable Auditorium of the Palais du Pharo--the main venue of the conference--by the Orchid Big Band. Born inside the musical collective ...

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Article: Live Review

European Jazz Conference 2023

Read "European Jazz Conference 2023" reviewed by Ian Patterson


European Jazz Conference Palais du Pharo Marseille, France September 14-17, 2023 The smell of the sea and the warm caress of sunshine were like welcoming arms as the southern Mediterranean city of Marseille played host to the 9th edition of the European Jazz Conference. Founded by Greeks in c. ...

Article: Live Review

Südtirol Jazzfestival Alto Adige 2023 - Seconda parte

Read "Südtirol Jazzfestival Alto Adige 2023 - Seconda parte" reviewed by Giuseppe Segala


Alto Adige Bolzano, Altre Sedi 30.6-9.7.2023 La nuova fase del Südtirol Jazzfestival Alto Adige, con l'avvicendamento quest'anno alla direzione artistica, passata da Klaus Widmann a tre suoi giovani e collaudati collaboratori, è avvenuta nel segno della continuità. Si è mantenuta la proposta per tanti versi vincente, che ha caratterizzato gli ultimi tre ...

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Article: In Pictures

Michel Portal Quintet MP85 at Galleria Alberoni Piacenza Jazz Fest 2023

Read "Michel Portal Quintet MP85 at Galleria Alberoni Piacenza Jazz Fest 2023" reviewed by Danilo Codazzi


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Article: In Pictures

Jazz & Wine of Peace 2022, Part 1

Read "Jazz & Wine of Peace 2022, Part 1" reviewed by Luciano Rossetti


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Article: Live Review

Jazz&Wine of Peace 2022

Read "Jazz&Wine of Peace 2022" reviewed by Neri Pollastri


Jazz&Wine of Peace 2022 Cormons, Collio e Brda slovena 19-13.10.2022 Con l'edizione 2022 il festival Jazz&Wine of Peace di Cormons tagliava l'importante traguardo dei venticinque anni di vita, festeggiati con un degno programma di concerti disseminati--come ormai da tempo avviene--sullo splendido territorio circostante, tra teatri locali, abbazie, castelli e aziende vinicole: artisti ...

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Article: Live Review

Nice Jazz Festival 2022

Read "Nice Jazz Festival 2022" reviewed by Martin McFie


Nice Jazz Festival Nice,South of France July 15-19, 2022Deputy Mayor for Culture Robert Roux officially opened the Nice Jazz Festival 2022, together with artistic director Sebastien Vidal, who is also director of TSF jazz radio in France.Nduduzo Makhathini Quartet From the land of Zulu kings in South Africa, Nduduzo Makhathini ...

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Article: Interview

Roberto Zorzi: esplorazione senza confini

Read "Roberto Zorzi: esplorazione senza confini" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi


Il percorso musicale del chitarrista Roberto Zorzi è così ricco ed eclettico che è impossibile includerlo in un particolare genere musicale. L'iniziale amore per visionari artisti rock come Robert Fripp e Brian Eno s'è arricchito nel tempo di approcci, tanto liberi quanto anticonvenzionali, di Derek Bailey e altri esponenti dell'avanguardia inglese degli anni settanta. La ricerca ...


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