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InterviewJoe Farnsworth: Friends In High Places
Joe Farnsworth is one of the top jazz drummers working today, with a resume that includes some of the absolute greats. His muscular swing and precise timekeeping have been attractive to employers like Wynton Marsalis, Diana Krall, McCoy Tyner, George Coleman, Pharoah Sanders, Eric Alexander, Benny Golson and many more.
By R.J. DeLuke
October 26, 2020 -
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Record Label ProfileAnalog Africa: digging deeper into forgotten corners of global groove
For casual but curious collectors of eclectic sounds and global grooves, Analog Africa might be the Holy Grail. Since being founded in Germany by Samy Ben Redjeb in 2006, the Tunisian crate digger's deeply personal and highly idiosyncratic imprint...
By Rob Garratt
October 21, 2020 -
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InterviewRez Abbasi: On balancing picture with music and shifting into Django mode
To really distinguish oneself in today's vast universe of guitarists, even within the confines of jazz, more and more resembles a Sisyphus task. When so much has been said and done, a specific tone or distinctive...
By Friedrich Kunzmann
October 19, 2020 -
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Under the RadarThe Word from Johannesburg, Part I: Nduduzo Makhathini
From West African tradition, basic elements, traditional rhythms, call and response (DuduMduri and Katse), improvisation and syncopation were pervasive in creating jazz but it wasn't until the genre had weaved its way through the world, that it came back to much of Africa as an entity.
By Karl Ackermann
October 13, 2020 -
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InterviewTamar Osborn: From Kalakuta To Collocutor: New Directions In Jazz
She has been likened to Gil Evans, Fela Kuti, Pharoah Sanders, Bismillah Khan and Mulatu Astatke, and the traditions represented by those musicians are all to be heard in the music of baritone saxophonist and composer Tamar Osborn.
By Chris May
October 12, 2020
