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The Tribute Of Chico Freeman and Antonio Faraò Quartet to John Coltrane
by Antonio Baiano
George Freeman: Everybody Say Yeah!
by Mark Corroto
It took a long time (much too long) for listeners to recognize the brilliance that was Chicago saxophonist Fred Anderson. The New York-centric jazz cognoscenti have often overlooked talent that comes from Chicago, and artists were often drawn to The Big Apple to seek the recognition they deserved. Beginning in the '90s, though, the focal point of creative music shifted to Chicago and veteran musicians such as Von Freeman, Fred Anderson, and Harrison Bankhead, plus (then) younger talents, Ken Vandermark, ...
Continue ReadingGeorge Freeman/Chico Freeman: All In The Family
by Dan Bilawsky
There are few things more quintessentially “Chicago" in jazz than the Freeman family. Tenor titan Von Freeman ruled the roost in The Windy City decade after decade until his death in 2012; his brother, George Freeman, played with everybody from saxophonist Charlie Parker to organist Shirley Scott; his other brother, the late Eldridge “Bruz" Freeman, was part of the house band at the Pershing and the drummer in Hampton Hawes' quartet with Jim Hall; and Von's son, saxophonist Chico Freeman, ...
Continue ReadingThe Leaders: Spirits Alike
by AAJ Italy Staff
Sono passati vent'anni dalla prima incisione di questo gruppo, che ai suoi esordi vantava la creatività debordante del compianto Lester Bowie. Del gruppo originario sono rimasti oggi solo il sassofonista Chico Freeman ed il contrabbassista Cecil MCBee: fantastici solisti, ma non in grado di surrogare l'estro del sopra citato trombettista. Intorno ai due è stata allestita una formazione di superbi musicisti; una reunion anonima e senza mordente, che produce solo un jazz mainstream di squisita fattura, ma incapace di suscitare ...
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