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Matteo Pastorino: Lightside
by Nathalie Tamara Freson
Once again A.MA Records hits the jackpot with a Matteo Pastorino album, Lightside, which it released in March 2025. Whether a novice or seasoned musician, the Italian label has a knack for promoting engaging musical gems. Lightside showcases Pastorino's talent as a clarinetist and composer. The album offers listeners an intimate journey through compositions inspired by personal and cultural themes. Pastorino is joined by Domenico Sanna on piano, Dario Deidda on bass and Armando Luongo on drums. Each musician contributes ...
Continue ReadingWe Insist Festival 2025
by Luciano Rossetti
A collection of photos from the We Insist Festival in Cernusco sul Naviglio March 29 and 30, 2025 featuring Giancarlo Nino Locatelli, Virginia Sutera, Alberto Braida, Monica Demuru, Cristiano Calcagnile, Mary Oliver, Luca Tilli, Giselda Ranieri, Liz Allbee, Sebi Tramontana, Violeta Garcia, Gabriele Mitelli, Camila Nebbia and Andrea Grossi. ...
Continue ReadingUte Lemper: Pirate Jenny
by Scott Gudell
Germany's optimistic yet fragile Weimar Republic period was wedged between two brutal wars during the early 20th century. Extending from 1918 to 1933, it was proudly called the Jazz Age and the Golden Twenties and offered an abundance of free-flowing entertainment choices. It was also a time of inflation, chaos and conflict dominated by economic instability and political extremism. Although German cabaret had its origins at the beginning of the century, its true glory days reigned during those ...
Continue ReadingYazz Ahmed, Jeong Lim Yang, and Neil Ardley
by Jerome Wilson
This episode features recent releases by Yazz Ahmed, Jeong Lim Yang, and Judy Wexler alongside older music from Neil Ardley, Art Tatum, and Bruno Raberg. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00 Art Tatum “I Cover The Waterfront" from Jewels in the Treasure Box (Resonance) 00:55 Laszlo Gardony “Three Minute Mile" from Dig Deep (Sunnyside) 5:31 Vardan Ovsepian “Glass Figures" ...
Continue ReadingAdrian Galante: Introducing Adrian Galante
by Jack Bowers
The late Phil Woods used to argue that of all the members of the woodwind family, the clarinet is by far the most difficult to manage, saying it was “designed by six guys who had never met one another." If Australian-born, New York-based clarinetist Adrian Galante has any problems with the instrument, they are in no way apparent on his debut album, Introducing Adrian Galante, wherein listeners are introduced to a talented and versatile young artist whose growth to date ...
Continue ReadingMary Halvorson, plus new music from Tarun Balani, Brandee Younger and Eduardo Elia
by Hobart Taylor
A preview of Mary Halvorson's latest, plus new music from Tarun Balani, Brandee Younger and Eduardo Elia and an interview with saxophonist Kevin Sun. Playlist Olga Amelchenko “Howling Silence" from Howling Silence (Edition) 0:00 Miles Davis “I See Your Face Before Me" from The Musings of Miles (Remastered) (Craft) 5:07 Changamire" It's April" from Seeking Billie: The Unusual tribute to Billie Holiday (Sonnig) 9:50 Host Speaks 13:06 Eduardo Elia “II" from Desvikos (577) 15:11 Mary Halvorson “Carved From" ...
Continue ReadingLive From Tallinn: Eggvn, Oranssi Pazuzu & The Tallinn Ensemble For New Music
by Martin Longley
Eggvn Kino Maja April 19, 2025 Just on the perimeter of the Estonian capital's mystical Old Town, your scribe chanced upon the Tallinn Industrial Festival, a long evening that offered one of its most curious acts right at the beginning. Fortunate not to be missed, as an early arrival was for once the justified course. This is a Mexican duo called Eggvn (apparently their names are IV and V), hidden under large hornéd ...
Continue ReadingNicole Zuraitis: The Up and Down and Up Journey to Newport
by Mark Robbins
Nicole Zuraitis should receive a Grammy Award just for her laugh! It's deep, loud, energetic and a treat to hear. Not taking herself too seriously, her conversation is peppered with laughter while she talks about the high and lows of her travels from a struggling young jazz vocalist/composer to her surprising (to her) Grammy win. Her career started as a young jazz singer with a community college big band and at the Litchfield Jazz Camp. She performed opera for a ...
Continue ReadingThe Master of Drums: Gene Krupa and the Music He Gave The World
by Richard J Salvucci
The Master of Drums Elizabeth J Rosenthal 320 Pages ISBN: 978-0-8065-4320 Kensington Publishing Company 2025 In the interests of full disclosure, I spent an extended period with Gene Krupa as an adolescent. Relatives were friends of Krupa's. All the nice things Elizabeth J. Rosenthal says about Krupa as a human being were their constant refrain. If you think maybe Krupa, in Rosenthal's handling, sounds to good-to-be-true, well, maybe he was. Not a saint, ...
Continue ReadingPhil Haynes: Return to Electric
by Dan McClenaghan
The band Return to Forever was a seminal jazz fusion group led by pianist Chick Corea. The eponymous first album, on ECM Records, was released in 1972, opening doors for scores of other like-minded ensembles. Electricity was a main aspect of the move away from acoustic jazz. The Fender Rhodes piano and plugged-in bass and guitars of fusion took hold and, to some degree, seemed to be ushering the old (acoustic) guard out the door. But that did ...
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