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Adrian Younge e Ali Shaheed Muhammad : Jazz Is Dead

by Angelo Leonardi
January 23, 2023

Hanno scelto un marchio provocatorio, Adrian Younge e Ali Shaheed Muhammad per l'etichetta discografica e la piattaforma di musica dal vivo che gestiscono a Los Angeles da alcuni anni. I due musicisti e produttori vengono dalla scena hip-hop: il primo ha lavorato con artisti di fama mondiale come Wu-Tang Clan, Souls of Mischief e ...

Azymuth: Telecommunication

by Glenn Astarita
October 31, 2022

This Brazilian trio had its roots in the 1960s but under different group monikers. They also recorded for the renowned jazz label Milestone Records, releasing several albums. To a considerable extent they were largely praised by critics via the musicians' tightknit but not over-cooked spin on jazz fusion, featuring indigenous percussion tinted with samba-like overtones. According ...

Katalyst: Jazz Is Dead 13

by Chris May
July 19, 2022

Drab graphic design aside, the semiology of the Jazz Is Dead label promises good things. The name itself suggests music that is the opposite of dead--something vibrant, inventive, of its time--while the label's co-founders, producers Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Adrian Younge, are active in the struggle for universal social justice. On top of that, Muhammad was ...

Marcos Resende & Index: Marcos Resende & Index

by Chris M. Slawecki
September 10, 2021

This debut, eponymous recording by Brazilian keyboard wizard Marcos Resende was recorded in Rio de Janeiro in late summer 1976. This was a truly glorious time for progressive instrumental music in Brazil, as you can hear in the discographies of Eumir Deodato, Marcos Valle, Airto Moreira and many other artists. Resende put together a ...

Italian Spirits, Dubé Debuts and Chasing (Mahogany) Frogs

by Chris M. Slawecki
September 2, 2021

Paul Colombo Group Rio Crystal Vectordisc Records 2020 Rio Crystal is the perfect title for this bright and clear, warm and sunny set led by guitarist Paul Colombo. Its frontline pairs Colombo's nimble guitar with keyboardist Ron Thomas, supported by bassist Andy Alonso and drummer Chris ...

Gary Bartz At 80: On Jazz Is Dead, Miles Davis And Why Improvisation Is A Dirty Word

by Rob Garratt
May 5, 2021

It's hard to talk to Gary Bartz about music. Not because he's a difficult or reluctant interviewee—quite the opposite. In fact, the 80-year-old saxophonist is refreshingly unguarded and garrulous when looking back over his formidable six-decade musical career. It's just finding the right words that's the tricky part. Like many musicians, jazz isn't one ...

Jazz Is Dead 4

By Azymuth

Label: Jazz Is Dead
Released: 2020
Track listing: Ao Redor Do Samba; Sumaré; Cat Jump; Fall Afternoon; Friendship Samba; Apocalyptíco; Pulando Corda; Quiet Storm;

76 In The Shade

By Azymuth

Label: Ace
Released: 2020
Track listing: Walking So Free; Sugar Shuffle; Miracles; Get Out Of Town; I'm Mandy Fly Me (Album Version); Stoned Out; Nothing To Remind Me; Discover Me; You're The Song (That I Can't Stop Singing); You Are My Love; Liquid Sunshine; Not On The Outside; Stay With Me; Wind Mountain Honey; Fallin' In Love; Flowers; Montreal City; Rock 'N' Roll Star; Miss My Love Toay; Music;

Jazz Is Dead 1

Label: Jazz Is Dead
Released: 2020
Track listing: Hey Lover feat Roy Ayers; Distant Mode feat Gary Bartz; Nancy Wilson feat Brian Jackson; Conexão feat João Donato; Down Deep feat Doug Carn; Apocalíptico feat Azymuth; Não Saia Da Praça feat Marcos Valle; Jazz Is Dead feat The Midnight Hour.