Jazz Articles about Ami Molinelli

About Ami Molinelli

Album Review

Ami Molinelli, Duo Violão Plus One: Raízes do Choro e Samba (Roots of Choro and Samba)

Read "Raízes do Choro e Samba (Roots of Choro and Samba)" reviewed by Katchie Cartwright

by Katchie Cartwright
September 30, 2026

For the better part of two decades, Ami Molinelli has been a stalwart of the San Francisco Bay Area's Brazilian music scene. Her undergraduate work in Conservation and Resource Studies at University of California at Berkeley led her to spend nine months in Salvador da Bahia, learning about Afro-Brazilian culture and performing with a group of women drummers. “Seeing music used as a community-building tool and social justice mechanism resonated with my conservation studies," she explained. “I began to see ...

Album Review

Negative Press Project + Friction Quartet: Cycles 1

by Jack Bowers
February 4, 2026

Cycles 1, the fifth recording by the San Francisco Bay-area Negative Press Project, is chamber jazz of the highest order, neatly canvassing a dozen creative and colorful themes by the group's co-leaders, pianist Ruthie Dineen (nine) and bassist Andrew Lion (three). The octet is ably supported on every number by the Friction Quartet, whose elegant strings lend an aura of courtliness without discord or intrusion. The session is marked by a deep feeling of purpose, amplified by the ...