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Cannonball Adderley: Burnin' In Bordeaux: Live In France 1969
by Stefano Merighi
Altra nuova perla della Elemental Music, e sempre con la produzione di Zev Feldman, “Burnin' in Bordeaux" (doppio CD) celebra il magistero di Julian Cannonball Adderley, un poeta assoluto del sax contralto, e la solidità nonché la brillantezza del suo quintetto di fine anni '60. Adderley, scomparso a soli 46 anni nel 1975, è stato fedele alla sua idea di jazz anche in un periodo in cui le trasformazioni si succedevano in fretta e in cui il grande ...
Continue ReadingThe 29th Annual IAJE Conference: A Jazz Merry-Go-Round
by Jack Bowers
This article was first published on All About Jazz in February 2002. As always, the annual Conference of the International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE for short) in January was an absolute blast and as always, there was far too much going on for any mere mortal to see, hear and experience in four swiftly passing days. But we did the best we could. This year's 29th annual event was held January 9-12, 2002 at the ...
Continue ReadingCannonball Adderly: Burnin’ in Bordeaux: Live in France 1969
by Mike Jurkovic
Intent on burning down the house, Burnin' in Bordeaux: Live in France 1969 finds Cannonball Adderley gleefully passing out the matches. Captured very, very, very live at the Bordeaux Jazz Festival in March 1969, Adderley and his fired up co-arsonists--pianist Joe Zawinul, cornetist Nat Adderley, Jr., bassist Victor Gaskin, and drummer Roy McCurdy--go scorched earth from the flare-up with Zawinul's spiky ember, the uber-toned “The Scavenger." It rips, it roars. It runs wild the rapids and holds strong the ramparts. It ...
Continue ReadingElectric Jazz with Joe Zawinul, Courtney Pine and Others
by Jerome Wilson
This is a special vintage show from December 2021 on the role of electricity in jazz, and the resulting fusions with other genres like ambient music, jazz-rock, and trip-hop. Musicians heard on the show include Joe Zawinul, Sun Ra, Courtney Pine, John Zorn, Massive Attack, and Terje Rypdal. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00 Joe Zawinul “In A Silent ...
Continue ReadingThe Electric Years Box Set
by Mike Jurkovic
In a year that has brought us a true bounty of previously unheard majesty including Evenings at the Village Gate: John Coltrane with Eric Dolphy (Impulse!), and Bill Evans; Treasures: Solo, Trio & Orchestra Recordings from Denmark (1965-1969), (Elemental Music) it is only fitting that Miles Davis get his due. And in a very, very big way. Seared into modern memory, modern art, the music presented on the gloriously massive, eleven LP set Miles Davis: The Electric Years ...
Continue ReadingWeather Report, Joe Zawinul, Mark Isham and Aki Rissanen
by Len Davis
Music from Weather Report and Joe Zawinul and trumpeter Mark Isham paying tribute to Miles Davis. New music from German band Metrik System featuring Richard Hallebeek. Also, the John Irvine Band, the latest from Michael Formanek, Anthony Pirog and Mike Pride and from Finland, pianist Aki Rissanen.Playlist Weather Report “Boogie Boogie Waltz" from The Best Of Weather Report (Columbia) 00:00 Joe Zawinul “Tower Of Silence" from Faces and Places (ESC) 06:13 Mark Isham “Great Expectations" from Miles Remembered-The ...
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