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Simon Rose, et al.: One Voice
by Mark Corroto
What is more American than jazz? Historians generally agree that the music was born in New Orleans, forged from African musical traditions, European harmony and Caribbean rhythms. Alongside jazz, baseball and basketball are among America's great cultural inventions. Yet today, none of these belongs solely to the United States. Japan captured the imagination of baseball fans before Venezuela won the 2026 World Baseball Classic, while the NBA has recently been defined by international stars such as Greece's Giannis Antetokounmpo, Serbia's ...
Continue ReadingSteve Swell: Dances With Questions
by John Sharpe
American trombonist Steve Swell plays to the strengths of his talented cast of improvisers on the sprawling multifaceted Dances With Questions, a three-CD box set which documents his three day residency at the 2019 Krakow Jazz Autumn. The center piece is the 70-minute title cut for a dozen musicians, but the album also includes two discs of small group encounters captured in the city's legendary Alchemia club during the previous evenings. Swell, a veteran of the New York ...
Continue ReadingPeter Brotzmann Chicago Tentet: 3 Days in Oslo
by Lloyd N. Peterson Jr.
We live during a time when society needs music in boxes, connected with dots; music that can be readily explained and even more readily understood. But Peter Brotzmann tears down the walls, rips apart the boxes and completely shatters any preconceived notions of what music is supposed to be. He understands the necessity of art being able to express from the soul and spirit of the artist, and that is a freedom fought for, one that is intensely fought for. ...
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