Jazz Articles about Juán Chiavassa

About Juán Chiavassa

Album Review

Juán Chiavassa: Fourth Generation

Read "Fourth Generation" reviewed by Marco Iacoboni

by Marco Iacoboni
May 5, 2026

Il batterista argentino Juan Chiavassa scommette su un progetto da leader che collega anelli generazionali, che vanno da Wayne Shorter e Joe Henderson (autori di gran parte delle composizioni presenti in questo lavoro) a John Patitucci e Mike Stern, suoi compagni di viaggio d'eccezione insieme a Leo Genovese al piano e Rodhes e a un notevole George Garzone al sax tenore. Tre generazioni caratterizzate da un groove dinamico ed elastico, in un atto di devozione filologica e un omaggio continuo ...

Radio & Podcasts

Juan Chiavassa, Bob Schlesinger, Mike Stern, Wakan & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
November 11, 2025

Mike Stern-powered debut albums, pastoral projects, and a J.J. Cale-tinged antidote to worry make up a playlist well worth your time.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Wolfgang Muthspiel, Scott Colley, Brian Blade “Roll" Tokyo (ECM) 0:16 Host talk 2:44 Juan Chiavassa feat. Mike Stern, John Patitucci, Leo Genovese, Pedrito Martinez, Federico Gonzalez Peña “Bonus Track Jam" Fourth Generation (Whirlwind) 4:31 Bob Schlesinger feat. Mike Stern “Bait Tone Blues" ...

Album Review

Ittetsu Nasuda: Tailwind

Read "Tailwind" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
January 22, 2025

Hailing from Tokyo, Japan, Ittetsu Nasuda is a distinguished jazz pianist based in New York City whose exploration of contemporary and Afro- Cuban jazz and his overall affinity for the Latin jazz sound has helped him become a firmly established player within the jazz scene in the Big Apple. Tailwind is his recording debut; leading a vibrant quintet of New York-based musicians offering a 12-track set of original compositions that blends a hybrid of Afro-Cuban elements, a modern jazz sound ...

Album Review

Kristina Koller: Get Out of Town

Read "Get Out of Town" reviewed by Richard J Salvucci

by Richard J Salvucci
April 13, 2022

If you do Cole Porter, you are in the big league. Anita O'Day, Ella Fitzgerald, Rosemary Clooney, Susannah McCorkle have all been there and done that. Kristina Koller is a relative newcomer--this is her third album--and is, by choice, in illustrious company. Comparisons are invidious, but what do you do? Imitate? Emulate? Or strike out in a new direction? Koller has mostly set out to do things a little differently, as Oscar Wilde counselled. It was a wise choice to ...