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French Showcase at the 2023 European Jazz Conference
by Francesco Martinelli
Palais du Pharo/Théâtre La Criée European Jazz Conference Showcases Marseille, France September 14-17, 2023 The showcase program of the 9th European Jazz Conference (see separate article) was inaugurated in the comfortable Auditorium of the Palais du Pharo--the main venue of the conference--by the Orchid Big Band. Born inside the musical collective Déluge and conducted by Thomas Julienne, the orchestra displayed on stage its perfect gender balance, and one could not but love them for that ...
read moreGreg Lamy: Observe The Silence
by Mario Calvitti
È un buon momento per la chitarra jazz: sono moltissime le proposte interessanti che saltano fuori un po' dappertutto, e con una qualità media molto alta, da parte sia di musicisti già affermati che di nuovi emergenti. Se il jazz americano la fa ancora da padrone in questo contesto, non mancano comunque anche in Europa i chitarristi da seguire. Uno di questi è il lussemburghese (ma nato a New Orleans) Greg Lamy, attivo professionalmente già da una ventina d'anni, ma ...
read moreMichel Portal: MP85
by Giuseppe Segala
Alla tenera età di ottantacinque anni, compiuti lo scorso novembre, Michel Portal è ancora in grado di stupire e incantare con le sue invenzioni musicali. Anche se, naturalmente, i suoi tour di concerti non sono più molto frequenti sulla scena internazionale, questo MP85 è eloquente nella conferma che il carattere, la vitalità creativa, la sostanza musicale dell'artista sono ancora in pieno fervore. Nel corso di una carriera che ormai supera i sessant'anni, Portal si è cimentato da protagonista in tutti ...
read moreBojan Z at Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin
by Ian Patterson
Bojan Z Hugh Lane Gallery Dublin, Ireland September 4, 2016 It's been ten years since All About Jazz last encountered Bojan Z in a live solo context, in Cambodia, where the France-based, Serbian pianist gave a riveting performance that drew heavily from Solobsession (Label Bleu, 2000). Although often playing in a solo context, it took Z another dozen years to record another solo album, the exquisite Soul Shelter (Emarcy, 2012). This concert, an Improvised ...
read moreBojan Z: Soul Shelter
by Ian Patterson
In twenty years as leader, pianist/composer Bojan Z has been judicious with the frequency and quality of his releases. Soul Shelter is his ninth CD in that time, and his first solo outing since Solobsession (Label Bleu, 2001). A new release by the pianist is always an event, and the wait, as always, has been worth it. The music on Soul Shelter covers wide stylistic territory and marks another significant milestone in Z's captivating career to date. Ten ...
read moreBojan Z at Le Meridien Angkor, Siem Reap, Cambodia
by Ian Patterson
Bojan Z Le Meridien Angkor Siem Reap, Cambodia June 25, 2006From the opening “Algerique , with its joyous, dancing rhythms, to the encore, an exquisite, meditative version of Bowie's “Ashes to Ashes , Bojan Z demonstrated why he was the juror's choice for European Jazz Artist of the year 2005. Simply put, he has few peers.He is not just another great technician either; he is a wonderful composer and a highly communicative ...
read moreBojan Z: Stranger Sounds
by Ian Patterson
Did a B-52 full of Fender Rhodes really crash near a small Serbian village a quarter of a century ago? What's a Steinway full of holes doing at a jazz festival? What is the connection between Jim Hall and the Dixie Chicks? And just who would pay $6,000 for a bottle of wine? European Jazz Artist of the Year 2005 and pianist extraordinaire Bojan Z has all the answers and in a candid interview talks about life and death (but ...
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