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Chasing The Masters: First Takes Of A Modern Drumming Artist
by David A. Orthmann
Chasing The Masters: First Takes Of A Modern Drumming Artist Phil Haynes 296 pagesISBN: #979-886-0200883 Self Published 2023 I recently attended several recitals by instrumentalists, composers, and arrangers from the renowned Jazz Studies Program at William Paterson University. The level of musicianship was uniformly high in these stimulating and thought- provoking performances, and the alleged homogeny of jazz in the academy was nowhere to be found. Hearing idealism and enthusiasm in the ...
read moreJoe Henderson: Power to the People
by C. Andrew Hovan
Beginning with 1963's Page One, Joe Henderson led a series of five albums for the Blue Note label that firmly established his reputation as a unique and budding artist with something vital to say. He was one of many artists at that time who utilized his Blue Note contract to document his every move while establishing his creative muse during this process. Trumpeter Kenny Dorham would be a major factor in the success of his first few sessions, with drummer ...
read moreDon Was, divr, Roberto Gatto, Lucy Woodward, Peter Erskine & More
by Ludovico Granvassu
The return of Don Was behind the bass, tributes to Tony Williams and Leonard Bernstein and much more in another energizing edition of Mondo Jazz.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 The Jazz Defenders “Snakebite Playfight" Memory in Motion (Haggis) 0:16 Host talks 4:56 Lucy Woodward “Fray" Stories from the Dust (I Love Desi) 6:17 Host talks 11:16 Don Was and the Pan-Detroit Ensemble “Neighboorhoods" [Unreleased--Live at Rust Belt ...
read moreDan Weiss: Even Odds
by Mark Corroto
Drummer and composer Dan Weiss turns his experiments and percussion exercises into compositions on this trio recording Even Odds. In other words, he composes, not on a piano, but with his drum kit for the twenty tracks heard here. That fact may not be groundbreaking except that Weiss recorded those tracks and sent the music to alto saxophonist Miguel Zénon and pianist Matt Mitchell to contemplate before gathering in the studio to improvise in this overdubbed recording. Weiss' ...
read moreNew Music From Max Light, The Brenan Brothers, Sarah Jerrom, Altin Sencalar And More
by Bob Osborne
On this show we feature music from Max Light, The Brenan Brothers, Sarah Jerrom, Altin Sencalar, Tom Collier, Shabaka Hutchings, The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis, Lucia Fodde, Tony Adamo, DigDogDo, Ulysses Owens Jr. and Generation Y, Ambrose Akinmusire, and Alice Coltrane. Playlist Show Intro 00:00 Max Light “Times Had" from Chaotic Neutral (AGS Recordings) 00:57 The Brenan Brothers “Fly With The Wind" from Valley of Silence (Death Defying Records) 08:01 Sarah Jerrom “Part VIII Crystallization (For R.)" ...
read moreDisaster Pony: Disaster Pony
by Glenn Astarita
Disaster Pony, the eponymous debut from the trio composed of Gordon Hyland, Adam Hindle and Ian Docherty, transcends the confines of a typical musical album to become a tempestuous jazz endeavor that finds itself amidst an electronic dance music (EDM) celebration. Envision a saxophone endowed with autonomy, weaving through electronic rhythms while adorned in a distinctive hat--such is the essence captured herein. The ensemble, equipped with diverse instruments and an audacious indifference to genre demarcations, embarks on a mission to ...
read moreOmar Sosa & Tim Eriksen, Ningue Ningue, Maria Balteira and more
by Cliff Furnald
The show wanders the cracks between jazz and folk, and anything in between. This program includes Omar Sosa & Tim Eriksen, Ningue Ningue, Maria Balteira, Merema, Nilza Costa, Los Royals De Pucallpa, Alias Ron Kavana, Henriette Flach, Pepino Pascual, Ana Mouro, Jeff Hudgins, Daniel Lippel, Clara Kim & Gregory Chudzik, Wernyhora, Paris To Kyiv. ...
read moreDoes Jazz History Weigh Too Heavily on Today’s Practitioners?
by Ian Patterson
It is no outlandish claim to say that jazz is obsessed with its past--just look at the number of tribute albums, songs and concerts inspired by the music's forbearers, or at the never-ending stream of historical reissues. For many jazz musicians, navigating jazz means honoring the music's “ancestors" and playing “in the tradition." Jazz education programs generally look to the past to instruct their students. Reviewers of albums by contemporary jazz musicians, almost without exception, make ...
read moreYour Favorite Jazz Trombonists
by Michael Ricci
Member votes were tabulated and this list represents our favorite jazz trombonists. Fully transparent and easily verifiable, All About Jazz's favorite trombonists poll was conducted during the 2023-2024 calendar year and ran up through April 23, 2024. We want to thank every member who participated in creating this impressive list (100 total!) for the next generation of jazz enthusiasts to discover. 1J.J. Johnson2Bill Watrous3Curtis Fuller4Steve Turre5Bob Brookmeyer6Kai Winding7Slide Hampton8Trombone Shorty9Frank Rosolino10Tommy Dorsey11Grachan Moncur III12Ray Anderson13Julian Priester14Roswell Rudd15Robin Eubanks16Jimmy ...
read moreShabaka Hutchings: Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace
by Chris May
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes ... Since signing with with Impulse! in 2018, Shabaka Hutchings has become best known for his incendiary work on tenor saxophone with Sons Of Kemet, The Comet Is Coming and Shabaka & The Ancestors. Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace marks the start of a gentler, more instrospective phase in his music making. The trigger came during the pandemic, when Hutchings fell in love with the Japanese shakuhachi flute. The quietly spoken instrument first edged itself ...
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