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Josh Abrams

Skopje Jazz Festival 2022

by Ziga Koritnik
December 8, 2022

A collection of photos from the Skopje Jazz Festival 2022 in Skopje, North Macedonia from October 13, 2022 to October 16, 2022 featuring Thumbscrew with Mary Halvorson, Michael Formanek, Tomas Fujiwara, Rob Mazurek Exploding Star Orchestra with Fame's Chamber Orchestra Angelica Sanchez, Pasquale Mirra, Josh Abrams, Chad Taylor, Mauricio Takara, Damon Locks, Hamid Drake's Turiya: Honoring ...

James Brandon Lewis, River People, Hard Rubber Orchestra & Steve Lehman

by Maurice Hogue
October 10, 2022

He's back! Hard-charging saxophonist James Brandon Lewis's latest, MSM Molecular Systematic Music, is now out and JBL and his quartet tear things up in a live gig at Rote Fabrik in Zurich. The new album reprises the tunes from the earlier Molecular, but the energy is much different, as the gig was the first in a ...

Zoh Amba, Janel Leppin, & Roberto Ottaviano and Alexander Hawkins

by Maurice Hogue
September 26, 2022

Free jazz saxophonist Zoh Amba has had much attention focused on her in a fairly short time, and a new album with drummer Francisco Mela will keep those spotlights firmly in place. There's also a track from her debut, Oh Sun!. Cellist Janel Leppin leads a great band on her new Ensemble Volcanic Ash, while Chicago ...

Mary Halvorson, Josh Sinton, Pat Thomas & The Big Room

by Maurice Hogue
July 20, 2022

Guitarist Mary Halvorson's new double album marks her debut for Nonesuch. You'll hear a sample from em>Amaryllis and Belladonna. You'll also get a taste of Slovenian guitarist Samo Salamon's terrific new recording Pure And Simple with the great Arild Andersen and Rakalam Bob Moses. Other new trio sets come from baritone saxophonist Josh Sinton and the ...

Joachim Kuhn, Day & Taxi & Java Quartet

by Maurice Hogue
June 29, 2022

German pianist/alto player Joachim Kuhn arrived in Paris in the late '60s; that city was the epicenter of an explosion in free jazz, fueled by several musicians from America (many of them from the AACM) and a desire among European players to push their music forward. One concert that Kuhn played at in the fall of ...

Matana Roberts, the Organ in Jazz, and New Releases

by Bob Osborne
January 24, 2019

This week a focus on Matana Roberts, a preview of the new album from Dave Douglas, other new releases and a focus on the organ, Hammond and otherwise, in jazz. Playlist Dave Douglas “Showing Up" from Engage (Greenleaf) 00:00 Chicago Edge Ensemble “A Pontificators Tale" from Insidious Anthem (Trost) 08:31 Matana Roberts, Josh Abrams, ...

Nicole Mitchell al Teatro Franco Parenti

by Paolo Peviani
April 27, 2016

Nicole Mitchell Jazz Al Parenti Teatro Franco Parenti Milano 25.04.2016 Sul programma presentato a inizio rassegna, Nicole Mitchell avrebbe dovuto essere al Teatro Franco Parenti con il suo quartetto Black Earth String, ovvero con Renee Baker al violino, Josh Abrams al contrabbasso e Tomeka Reid al violoncello.

Hyde Park Jazz Festival 2014

by Mark Corroto
October 8, 2014

Hyde Park Jazz Festival Chicago, IL September 28-29, 2014The good folks at the Hyde Park Jazz Festival have a problem. Now in it's eight edition, the two day affair has attracted throngs of intelligent jazz listeners and too many 'must see' jazz acts. This year's festival held September 28-29 featured 40 ...

Jeff Ballard: Paid Dues

by George Colligan
October 11, 2013

[ Editor's Note: The following interview is reprinted from George Colligan's blog, Jazztruth] I recently did some teaching in the U.K. at the Birmingham Conservatoire; I was the lone guest clinician/guest performer. Last year, roughly around the same time of year, I teamed up with drumming great Jeff Ballard. I had kind of forgotten ...