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Album Review

Gerry Mulligan: Nocturne

Read "Nocturne" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro


Già edito nel 2005 con un brano in meno (il conclusivo “Rico Apollo"), questo doppio live colto in quel di Bologna nell'aprile 1992 ci tramanda un Gerry Mulligan in ragguardevole forma, lui come del resto il trio che lo affianca, capeggiato (se possiamo dire così) da un pianista dell'affidabilità di Harold Danko. Tredici i brani complessivi, per oltre un'ora e mezza di musica piuttosto tirata (oltre che ottimamente incisa e oggi rimasterizzata), tutti a firma del baritonista ...

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Album Review

Gerry Mulligan: Nocturne

Read "Nocturne" reviewed 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, ...

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Extended Analysis

Live in Schauburg, Bremen, Germany, 1983

Read "Live in Schauburg, Bremen, Germany, 1983" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard


The history of jazz is not only a story of great individuals, but also a narrative of partnerships that have shaped the development of the music. Just think of Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines and Al Cohn and Zoot Sims. There's also a proud tradition of combining saxophone and piano with beautiful results. Art Pepper lifted his playing in the company of George Cables and Kenny Barron elevated the late style of Stan Getz.

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Live Review

Buenos Aires International Jazz Fest survives fiscal crisis

Read "Buenos Aires International Jazz Fest survives fiscal crisis" reviewed by Mark Holston


Buenos Aires International Jazz Festival Buenos Aires November 14-18, 2019 As the days flew by this past October, it was still impossible to pin down specifics for the upcoming annual Buenos Aires International Jazz Festival. The dates of the event, which has historically taken place in mid-November, remained elusive. The talent line-up was a mystery. Billboards promoting the festival, usually on prominent display in subway stations and on the streets of this metropolis, were ...

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Interview

Harold Danko: His Own Sound, His Own Time

Read "Harold Danko: His Own Sound, His Own Time" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard


The famous sculptor, Henry Moore, hit the nail on the head when he said: “there's no retirement for an artist, it's your way of living so there's no end to it." This statement certainly rings true in the case of pianist and composer, Harold Danko. Even though he has retired from a long and distinguished career as a music teacher and now holds Professor Emeritus status at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY, the school where he chaired ...

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Multiple Reviews

Harold Danko: Escapades & Gone

Read "Harold Danko: Escapades & Gone" reviewed by Francis Lo Kee


Harold DankoEscapadesSteepleChase2009 Rich PerryGoneSteepleChase2009 Pianist Harold Danko is well known in the jazz education field as chair of the Jazz Studies Department at the Eastman School of Music. One would suppose that, while taking his educational work seriously, this 'steady job' allows him to pick and choose the best moments for creative musical statements. ...

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Album Review

Harold Danko: This Isn't Maybe...

Read "This Isn't Maybe..." reviewed by C. Andrew Hovan


It's a dilemma that has been common to jazz for decades now. It involves those players who might accurately be called “the middle children." You know how it works, players who can't get the same attention from the major labels like the young lions are able to nor are old enough to be referred to as elder statesmen. The transcendent and always appealing pianist Harold Danko falls into this trap. He should clearly be better known than what he is, ...


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