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Jason Moran, Fabia Mantwill, Alberto Pinton, ØKSE & More
by Ludovico Granvassu
This playlist kicks off under the banner of “More Is More" spotlighting large ensemble jazz and the creative possibilities that scale can offer. And in doing so it spotlights bands led by forward-looking artists who aren't just writing for big groups but are bringing their own fresh ideas about what big ensemble jazz can sound like. The second part of the show features exciting projects from the Scandinavian scene and, at the end, it goes full circle with an album ...
Continue ReadingJason Moran at The Apollo Theater
by Paul Reynolds
Jason Moran Apollo Theater “Ellington in Focus" New York, NY April 11, 2025 The works of jazz's greatest composer, played brilliantly by a current master, alone at a concert grand piano. Jason Moran's solo tribute to Duke Ellington last Friday could have triumphed on any stage or in any context. “Ellington in Focus" gained special resonance, though, with the presence at the event of two other cultural touchstones. Looming over Moran as ...
Continue ReadingJakob Bro, Lee Konitz, Bill Frisell, Jason Moran, Thomas Morgan, Andrew Cyrille: Taking Turns
by Neil Duggan
Despite being recorded a decade ago, this album from Danish guitarist Jakob Bro sounds as fresh and contemporary as any 2024 release. Taking Turns was originally recorded in New York in 2014; the album release was delayed by ECM Records, who initially preferred to highlight Bro's trio work. The postponement proves fortuitous, as Bro's melodic compositions create expansive soundscapes that invite his all-star sextet to explore and improvise around his delicately rendered musical themes. Bro composed the seven ...
Continue ReadingShabaka Hutchings: Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace
by Chris May
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes ... Since signing with with Impulse! in 2018, Shabaka Hutchings has become best known for his incendiary work on tenor saxophone with Sons Of Kemet, The Comet Is Coming and Shabaka & The Ancestors. Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace marks the start of a gentler, more instrospective phase in his music making. The trigger came during the pandemic, when Hutchings fell in love with the Japanese shakuhachi flute. The quietly spoken instrument first edged itself ...
Continue ReadingCharles Lloyd: The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow
by Chris May
Those of us who were going to jazz festivals in summer 1966, and were lucky enough to catch the Charles Lloyd Quartet, will likely have one tune in particular imprinted on our memories. That was because “Forest Flower" so precisely reflected the acid-drenched zeitgeist blossoming in Europe and the US. Lloyd, Keith Jarrett, Cecil McBee and Jack DeJohnette recorded the piece at the Monterey festival in September 1966, and when Forest Flower was released in early 1967, it was the ...
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