Jazz Articles about Steve Coleman

Jazzkaar 2023

by Martin Longley
June 10, 2023

Jazzkaar Tallinn, Estonia April 23-30, 2023 Jazzkaar has now lost two days, this exceptional Estonian festival running at eight rather than ten, but still remaining epic when compared to most others. The opening Sunday might have only featured a single concert, but as the fresh week progressed, the scale incrementally increased, hitting four shows by Wednesday, and six by the weekend. Tallinn, this wondrous UNESCO City Of Music provides a highly evocative surround for the 34th ...

Festival Season: From Newport to the North Sea

by David Brown
August 2, 2022

This week, a survey of recordings from jazz festivals past and present: Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Island, Montreux Jazz Festival & Jazz Festival Willisau in Switzerland, Montreal International Jazz Festival, Essen Jazz Festival in West Germany, Festival of Improvised Music in France, East-West Festival in Nuremberg Germany, and the North Sea Jazz Festival in the Netherlands.Playlist Thelonious Monk “Esistrophy (Theme)" from Live at the It Club-Complete (Columbia) 00:30 Thelonious Monk, The Duke Ellington Orchestra “Monk's Dream" from ...

Steve Coleman and Five Elements: Live at the Village Vanguard Volume II (MDW NTR)

by Vincenzo Roggero
January 17, 2022

Circa un anno dopo i due set incendiari confluiti nel meraviglioso Live at Village Vanguard Vol. I (PI Recordings, 2018), Steve Coleman e i suoi fidi Five Elements ritornano sul luogo del delitto e danno vita ad un doppio set, se possibile, ancora più entusiasmante. L'ennesimo aggiustamento di formazione, al chitarrista Miles Okazaki succede il fuoriclasse dello freestyle Kokayi, fornisce un ulteriore impulso alla musica di Coleman, dove la voce e le metriche del rapper sembrano andare a nozze con ...

New Live And Studio Records Plus Classic Mingus

by Bob Osborne
December 30, 2021

On this week's show we present new live albums from Steve Coleman and Enrico Rava. There are also new studio based releases from Adán Mizrahi, Byron Asher & Brad Webb, Brian Molloy Quartet, John Zorn, and Bruce Forman, John Clayton & Jeff Hamilton. We also dip into the archive for some classic Charles Mingus.Playlist Steve Coleman “Memes To Midas" from Live at the Village Vanguard Volume II (MDW NTR) (Pi Recordings) 00:00 Enrico Rava “Infant" from Edizione Speciale ...

Steve Coleman, Artifacts, Wadada Leo Smith & Weiss/Okazaki

by Maurice Hogue
December 8, 2021

M-Base in the house when Steve Coleman and Five Elements recorded Volume 2 of their live performances from the Village Vanguard. It's the feature recording in this episode, but it's got company from the very excellent ...and Then There's This by Artifacts (Nicole Mitchell, Tomeka Reid & Mike Reed). This is a superb album. So is Wadada Leo Smith's A Love Sonnet For Billie Holiday Also sampled this week for the first time, music from drummers Mike Pride, Billy Mohler, ...

Steve Coleman Five Elements at the Crossroad Festival in Imola

by Roberto Cifarelli
October 15, 2021

Belgrade Jazz Festival 2019

by Martin Longley
November 15, 2019

Belgrade Jazz Festival Dom Omladine / Kombank Dvorana Belgrade Serbia October 22-28, 2019 Reaching its 35th edition, the Belgrade Jazz Festival added extra shows at the beginning and end of its run, making up a full week, or eight days, if the opening dj night is included. The organisers also hyperventilated on the booking front, with a few more starry acts than usual, including Stanley Clarke, Dianne Reeves, Steve Coleman, ...