Jazz Articles about Steve Coleman

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Umbria Jazz 2026

by Libero Farnè
July 16, 2026

Umbria Jazz 2026 Varie sedi Perugia 3--12 luglio 2026 Quest'anno, probabilmente in tutto il mondo, in ogni festival di jazz si celebra il centenario della nascita di Miles Davis e John Coltrane. Umbria Jazz ha fatto di più, aggiungendo ai due giganti del jazz statunitensi un altro protagonista della cultura internazionale nato anch'egli nel 1926: Dario Fo, da un'opera pittorica del quale, La danza degli zanni, è stato tratto il logo che campeggia sul manifesto, ...

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Steve Coleman and Five Elements at Bielska Zadymka Jazzowa

by Marek J. Śmietański
April 11, 2026

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MetJazz 2026

by Neri Pollastri
March 31, 2026

MetJazz 2026 Teatro Metastasio e altre sedi Prato 16 febbraio--26 marzo 2026 La trentunesima edizione di MetJazz, il festival pratese organizzato dal Teatro Metastasio, era anche la prima dopo oltre vent'anni a non avere più come direttore artistico Stefano Zenni, ottimamente sostituito dalla coppia Enrico Romero e Giuseppe Vigna. Dopo l'anteprima di dicembre, con il concerto della Fire! Orchestra, la manifestazione era dedicata a due grandi Maestri dei quali si celebra quest'anno il centenario, John ...

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Steve Coleman and Five Elements: PolyTropos / Of Many Turns

by Troy Dostert
December 10, 2024

Perpetually churning rhythms, telepathic detours, unexpected juxtapositions: these are the stock-in-trade of Steve Coleman's Five Elements. And once again the intrepid alto saxophonist's inimitable approach surfaces on PolyTropos / Of Many Turns, a generous, two-disc helping of music that manages to be both intricately complex and fundamentally accessible at the same time. With two live dates captured in France in March of 2024, one can easily appreciate the infectious energy Coleman's group can generate, with rhythmic and melodic permutations galore, ...

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Celebrating innovative releases from the Pi Recording catalog

by Hobart Taylor
December 4, 2024

This week we feature Pi Recording artists including the Tyshawn Sorey Trio, Anna Webber, Steve Coleman and the Five Elements, Luke Stewart, Jen Shyu, Henry Threadgill, Patricia Brennan, Matt Mitchell, Kate Gentile and others. Playlist Aaron Parks “Little Beginnings" from Little Big III (Blue Note) 0:00 Brandee Younger “Tickled Pink" from Somewhere Different (Impulse) 4:48 Host Speaks 7:47 Patricia Brennan “Solar" from Maquishti (Valley of Search) 9:08 Christopher Hoffman Henry Threadgill “What Comes" from Vision is the Identity ...

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Steve Coleman, Berne/Formanek & Arthur Blythe

by Maurice Hogue
November 26, 2024

If you are as big a fan of Steve Coleman as I am, you will most definitely dig his latest release, Poly Tropos/Of Many Turns, which captures Steve and Five Elements tearing it up at live performances in France earlier this year. Toronto electric bassist Rich Brown contributes an amazing pulse throughout, and Coleman's on fire as usual. Relative Pitch Records has managed to come up with the very first recorded meeting of saxophonist Tim Berne & bassist Michael Formanek; ...

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My Conversation with Steve Coleman

by AAJ Staff
August 8, 2024

This article first appeared at All About Jazz in July 1999. The pressure to succeed in music is so heavy, the monkey on artists' backs must feel like King Kong. With so many fearing the guillotine of inconsequentiality, it is no wonder artists feel the inherent need to dress in see-through chain mail to MTV award shows or create and re-create themselves, going through more image makeovers than they have records. It all gives me a headache. But ...