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Mike Thompson: 6th Avenue
by Jack Bowers
Composer and arranger Mike Thompson was in his mid-twenties when 6th Avenue, his debut album as leader of a big band, was recorded (in the mid-2020s) at Q Division Studios in Cambridge, Massachusetts, enlisting for the most part veteran Boston-area musicians whom Thompson had met and befriended while studying at the Berklee School of Music, from which he was graduated in 2021. Although Thompson names Bob Brookmeyer, Maria Schneider and Igor Stravinsky as role models, you would be ...
Continue ReadingHampton Roads Jazz at the Ferguson Center for the Arts
by Mark Robbins
Hampton Roads Jazz (HR Jazz) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving, promoting, and presenting jazz in both performance and educational settings. Based in the Hampton Roads (Norfollk, Portsmouth, Virginia Beach), the organization aims to enrich the local cultural landscape by bringing world-class jazz musicians to perform, teach, and inspire aspiring artists. Founded by Jae Sinnett, a jazz drummer, educator, and radio host, Hampton Roads Jazz Inc. offers masterclasses, lectures, clinics, and showcases for student musicians. The organization ...
Continue ReadingRyan Truesdell / Gil Evans Project: Shades Of Sound
by Jack Kenny
Shades of Sound is not about Ryan Truesdell recreating the past. There are excellent reasons to listen to recreations of the music of Gil Evans. As critic Bill Mathieu wrote of Evans, “The mind reels at the intricacy of his orchestral and developmental techniques. His scores are so careful, so formally well-constructed, so mindful of tradition that you feel the originals should be preserved under glass in a Florentine museum" (Mathieu in Max Harrison, Jazz Profiles, 2011). Evans ...
Continue ReadingJazz Interpretations of the film music of Henry Mancini, Part 1
by Larry Slater
Henry Mancini was one of the greatest composers in the history of film, and many of Mancini's scores swung. Henry Mancini was born Enrico Nicola Mancini in the Little Italy neighborhood of Cleveland to Italian immigrant parents. It's no surprise that many of Mancini's tunes have jazz sensibilities because he had deep jazz roots. While still in school, he wrote an arrangement for Benny Goodman, and later served as pianist and arranger for the posthumous Glenn Miller band. ...
Continue ReadingFestival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville 2025
by Mike Chamberlain
Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville Victoriaville, Quebec May 12-18, 2025 The 41st edition of the Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville was the second with Scott Thomson as artistic director, after taking the reins of the festival from festival founder and artistic director Michel Levasseur following the 39th edition in 2023. This year's affair was drastically reduced from the usual 20 concerts over four days to two concerts on Saturday evening, May 17 ...
Continue ReadingMeet Aaron Schragge
by Cheryl K.
In this hour, an interview with NYC-based trumpeter and shakuhachi player, composer, and creative arts therapist, Aaron Shragge. He leads the group Whispering Worlds that has released their debut album Cosmic Cliffs (Adhyâropa Records). Playlist John Sturino “Slug" from Blow Globe (Outside in Music) 8:17 [excerpt] Whispering Worlds “Light Echoes" from Cosmic Cliffs (Adhyâropa) 11:00 [excerpt] Whispering Worlds “Reflection Nebula" from Cosmic Cliffs (Adhyâropa) 6:18 [excerpt] Whispering Worlds “Serpentine Suspension" from Cosmic Cliffs (Adhyâropa) 11:00 Rez Abbasi “Spin ...
Continue ReadingCarolina Gemmell, Evan van der feen, Juraj Stanik Trio, Gulli Gudmundsson, The Preacher Men and more
by Co de Kloet
A brand new episode in which we proudly present unique and exclusive live recordings from our brand new series Pocket Concerts, in which we have intimate concerts by Dutch jazz and world musicians to a wide audience via audio and video recordings. First up is the duo of vocalist Carolina Gemmell and pianist Evan van der Feen. Also, new music by Juraj Stanik Trio, Gulli Gudmundsson and much more. Playlist Intro: Marike van Dijk Nonet “Landed" (M. van ...
Continue ReadingJohn Engels Just Turned 90, But Who’s Counting?
by Joan Gannij
What do you give a man for his 90th birthday, who has everything in terms of chops, contentment, experience, and energy? How about a special edition of an Edison Prize, combined with a birthday tribute concert. Amsterdam's Bimhuis was packed to standing room, filled with friends, family, musicians and music lovers. This was no ordinary birthday celebration, although there was a cake, flowers, balloons and some special gifts, including an invitation from Sonor to visit their factory in Germany. John ...
Continue ReadingGerry Mulligan: Nocturne
by Jack Kenny
This album might go a small way to setting a record straight. Gerry Mulligan has often been underrated. Despite the critical acclaim and historical significance later attributed to Miles Davis for his groundbreaking work on the Birth of the Cool sessions, a closer examination of the repertoire reveals the profound influence of Mulligan's writing. It was Gerry Mulligan who arguably contributed many of the compositions and arrangements that defined the project's innovative sound. His compositional voice, characterized by a lighter, ...
Continue ReadingVasil Hadzimanov at Audiokultura
by Nenad Georgievski
Vasil Hadžimanov Audiokultura Arthemija Skopje, Macedonia May 22, 2025 There is a special kind of magic when a familiar artist plays in a familiar place but reveals something entirely new. Vasil Hadžimanov, best known for leading his dynamic jazz fusion outfit, the renowned Vasil Hadžimanov Band, stepped away from his usual group and into the intimate space of Audiokultura in Skopje for a rare solo piano performance. What unfolded that evening was ...
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