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John King

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John King adored Hawaii, though he lived there for only a few years as a boy. The “Hawaiian room” in his Florida home was stuffed with hundreds upon hundreds of hula dolls, leis and other artifacts. He once owned 400 Hawaiian shirts, more than enough to wear a different one every day of the year

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Ciara Moser, Evita Polidoro, Otis Sandsjö, Roni Kaspi & More

Read "Ciara Moser, Evita Polidoro, Otis Sandsjö, Roni Kaspi & More" reviewed by Ludovico Granvassu


In this set bookended by deep grooves and avant-funk, we focus on a number of emerging artists and their search for a personal synthesis of the many influences that have shaped their path.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Ari Joshua feat. John Medeski, Billy ...

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Article: Year in Review

Ludovico Granvassu's Garden of Jazzy Delights 2023

Read "Ludovico Granvassu's Garden of Jazzy Delights 2023" reviewed by Ludovico Granvassu


If it is true that, like The Police once put it, “when the world is going down you make the best of what's still around," then throughout 2023 jazz fans were better off than most other social groups. In a year in which everyday news brought ever more inconceivable disappointments, jazz musicians, labels, festivals and venues ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Bernie Worrell, Kris Davis, Idris Ackamoor, Helen Svoboda & More

Read "Bernie Worrell, Kris Davis, Idris Ackamoor, Helen Svoboda & More" reviewed by Ludovico Granvassu


Travel the spaceways with Sun Ra, Bernie Worrell, Ronald Shannon Jackson and Joe Zawinul, then experience the Afro Futuristic dreams of Idris Ackamoor, the grooves of the Adam Deitch Quartet featuring John Scofield and the river streams that have inspired Helen Svoboda and Slowly Rolling Camera. Happy listening! Playlist Ben Allison Mondo ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

James Brandon Lewis, Mick Rossi and More

Read "James Brandon Lewis, Mick Rossi and More" reviewed by Maurice Hogue


Finding your own path is one thing, staying on it is another. This show features several musicians who are doing that today. Bassist Moppa Elliott's urge to challenge the idiom is not confined to his occasionally controversial Mostly Other People Do The Killing. His new recording, Jazz Band/Rock Band/Dance Band, presents three distinctly different bands and ...

Album

10 Mysteries

Label: Tzadik
Released: 2010
Track listing: 10 Mysteries; Rivers of Fire; Winds of Blood.

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Article: Album Review

John King: 10 Mysteries

Read "10 Mysteries" reviewed by Wilbur MacKenzie


The point where composition and improvisation meet is often a quite perforated boundary. For a composer looking to engage performers as both interpreters of composed music and also as improvisers, the question of notation becomes of great importance. Composers have long looked to implement systems that determine certain aspects of a performer's behavior but leave other ...

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News: Obituary

John King, Who Made Ukulele Ring with Bach Dies

John King, Who Made Ukulele Ring with Bach Dies

John King adored Hawaii, though he lived there for only a few years as a boy. The Hawaiian room in his Florida home was stuffed with hundreds upon hundreds of hula dolls, leis and other artifacts. He once owned 400 Hawaiian shirts, more than enough to wear a different one every day of the year which ...

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Article: Album Review

John King: Allsteel

Read "Allsteel" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Questo disco, pubblicato dall'etichetta di John Zorn, suggella l'incontro dell'estroso compositore e improvvisatore chitarrista John King con il quartetto d'archi Ethel. Entrambi amano un linguaggio avant, trasversale ai generi comunemente etichettati: blues, jazz, funk, rock, classica, colta e via dicendo. Il chitarrista King suona in diversi gruppi e collabora con molti musicisti jazz, nonché compone musica ...


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