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Jazz & Wine of Peace 2024 - Part 2
by Luca A. d'Agostino
A collection of photos from the Jazz&Wine of Peace 2024 in Cormòns (Italy) from October 23, 2024 to October 27, 2024 featuring Wolfgang Muthspiel, Joe Locke, Camilla George, Samuel Blaser, Marc Copland, Hamid Drake, Anthony Joseph, Erik Friedlander, Kurt Rosenwinkel and other ...
Continue ReadingMiles In France 1963 & 1964: The Bootleg Series Vol. 8
by Doug Collette
At the very same time Beatlemania was slowly but surely beginning to engulf the globe, Miles Davis was inexorably proceeding toward what was the most adventurous music of his career. Miles In France -The Bootleg Series Vol. 8 captures a group of musicians led by “The Man with the Horn" on the threshold of forming what is referred to as his second great quintet, then actually coalescing into that stellar outfit. And the drama within that designation rapidly ...
Continue ReadingTake Five With Trombonist-Composer Naomi Moon Siegel
by AAJ Staff
An award-winning trombonist, improviser, composer and educator, Naomi Moon Siegel is committed to creating a positive, transformative music culture beyond conventional genre norms. She has been an innovative performer and recording artist since graduating from Oberlin Conservatory in 2006. Siegel kicked off her professional career on the West Coast in Oakland, California, and came of age as a composer and bandleader in Seattle's thriving improv scene. Siegel is a staunch advocate for intersectional gender justice in jazz and music settings, ...
Continue ReadingIn Memory of Doug Sides
by Bernadette Hawkes
Douglas Joseph Sides, born Los Angeles CA, October 10, 1942--died Ramsgate, Kent, UK, October 10, 2024. Doug spent many years in the seaside towns of Margate and Ramsgate in the Thanet area of Kent, United Kingdom. He was a well known and much loved drummer in the region and beyond.. He was supposed to be retired. However, he did not stop playing locally and occasionally in London. He continued to teach and mentor drummers. He was a stalwart ...
Continue ReadingLars Danielsson, John Parricelli and Verneri Pohjola: Trio
by Neil Duggan
Château Palmer is a wine estate in Margaux, in south-west France. Those that know about these things rate their wines as among the best anywhere in Bordeaux. If you are going to record a jazz album outside of the recording studio, then a light and airy wood-paneled salon at the château with French windows overlooking the serene estate seems to be an inspired choice. The recording came about as the second part of a project between the German label ACT ...
Continue ReadingBoom Collective, Ruby Ruston, Greg Foat, Kokoroko, Chakalaka Jazz, And More
by Tony Poole
Tony Poole selects his favourite new releases and pre-releases on this 2-hour uninterrupted music-only edition. Playlist Gaetano Partipilo & Boom Collective “Something Broken" from MAST Studio Session 2024 (independent) 00:00 Ruby Ruston “Stapodia" single (22a Records) 06:53 Zoe Kypri “Holding You (radio edit) Chris Baxter Remix" single (independent) 14:14 Greg Foat “A Private Cosmos" from The Rituals Of Infinity (Ameritz Music) 18:08 Righteous Rooster “James Beam" from Foul Play (Shifting Paradigm Records) 25:24 The Drive “Zone No. 6" ...
Continue ReadingSurya Botofasina: Ashram Sun
by Gareth Thompson
In the early 1980s, Alice Coltrane built an ashram on fifty acres in the Santa Monica hills. A space for musical practise and Hindu studies, it closed in 2017 and was burned down by wildfires a year later. As a child, Surya Botofasina grew up there with his mother amid mountains, veggie food, peace lessons and devotional chants. For this album, he returns in spirit to the childhood home that still inspires him. Ashram Sun was produced by ...
Continue ReadingDrummer Steve Haas, Andy Timmons and Frank Gambale, Nir Felder, Dann Zinn and Antoine Fafard
by Len Davis
New music from drummer Steve Haas featuring Andy Timmons and Frank Gambale, pianist Antonio Farao, Danish guitarist Niclas Knudsen, Ukranian pianist Usein Bekirov and guitarist Mark Lettieri. Chilean drummer Cristian Tamblay, Spanish band Aurora Clara, Guitarist Nir Felder, saxophonist Dann Zinn and Canadian bassist Antoine Fafard with drummer Gavin Harrison. Playlist The Haas Company Vol 1 “Good Lieutenant" from Galactic Tide (Psychiatric Records) 00:00 The Haas Company Vol 2 “Liquid Crystal" from Galactic Tide (Psychiatric Records) Time Marker ...
Continue ReadingThélonius García, Neta Raanan, Christopher Parnis, Pat Thomas
by Cheryl K.
During this week's two-hour program of Jazz and improvised music, selections from new releases by pianist and composer Thélonius García, tenor saxophonist Neta Raanan, bassist Christopher Parnis, violinist and composer Jenny Scheinman, guitarist David Bailis, and keyboardist Pat Thomas. Playlist Henry Mancini and His Orchestra “"The Pink Panther" Theme" from The Return of the Pink Panther [OST] (RCA) 3:05 Ittetsu Nasuda “Grayscale" from Tailwind (Ittetsu Nasuda) 6:38 Thélonius García “Marche Nocturne" from Marche Nocturne (Thélonius García) 3:07 John ...
Continue ReadingBrandon Seabrook: Object of Unknown Function
by Glenn Astarita
Brandon Seabrook's Object of Unknown Function feels like a sonic experiment gone rogue. In this album, Seabrook seems motivated by a desire to explore the liminal spaces between structured chaos and unstructured order, leaving listeners caught in the crosshairs. His fascination with avant- garde sounds, a hallmark of his work, reaches new heights here. One could argue that the album serves as an ode to the unpredictability of sound itself, challenging the listener to discard any preconceived notions of musical ...
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