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Penang Island Jazz Festival 2014

by Ian Patterson
December 16, 2014

Penang Island Jazz Festival Bayview Beach Resort Malaysia December 4-7, 2014 It was business as usual at the Penang Island Jazz Festival 2014, following the tenth anniversary celebrations of the previous year. That milestone was no small feat for Festival Director Paul Augustin, business partner Chin Choo Yeun and their ...

Brilliant Corners 2014

by Ian Patterson
April 6, 2014

Brilliant Corners Various Venues Belfast N. Ireland March 26-29, 2014 It's taken a while, but Belfast has finally joined the ranks of cities that play host to an international jazz festival. The first edition of Brilliant Corners was staged in the rejuvenated Cathedral Quarter of the city in 2013 ...

Rusconi - Una piccola rivoluzione che viene dalla Svizzera

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 3, 2013

Pur senza arrivare alla definizione di una scuola nazionale, il jazz in Svizzera ha sempre rappresentato una presenza attiva e vitale, grazie anche alla vicinanza con Italia, Francia e Germania che ne hanno influenzato lo sviluppo musicale. Per cui non deve stupire l'emergere sulla scena internazionale di musicisti o gruppi svizzeri decisamente interessanti. È questo il ...

Rusconi: Revolution

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 3, 2013

Dopo quattro CD improntati a un pop-jazz brioso e spumeggiante, basato su riff semplici ed essenziali, non troppo distante da certe proposte alla Medeski, Martin & Wood, il nuovo lavoro del trio svizzero Rusconi rappresenta un punto di svolta nella loro discografia, aggiungendo elementi nuovi al sound di gruppo. La base musicale è sempre di non ...

Eyot: Drifters

by Ian Patterson
March 1, 2013

It's every serious group's desire to craft an identifiable, and as far as possible, a unique sound whereby just a few notes leave little doubt about who's playing. Serbian quartet Eyot achieved that with its splendid debut, Horizon (Ninety and Nine Records,2011), where minimalism and power went hand-in-hand in an intoxicating mix of jazz, art-rock, classical ...

Ian Patterson's Best Releases of 2012

by Ian Patterson
January 2, 2013

With more and more music being produced independently, it's harder each year to find the time to listen to a lot of it, never mind review it. The following baker's dozen represents some, though not all of my favorite music of 2012. Jenny Scheinman Mischief and Mayhem Self Produced

Revolution

By Rusconi

Label: Qilin Records
Released: 2012
Track listing: Tempelhof; Milk; Alice in the Sky; Berlin Blues; Massage the History Again; Kaonashi; False Awakening; Hits of Sunshine (live in Bielefeld).

Beishan International Jazz Festival, China, 19-20 October 2012

by Ian Patterson
November 8, 2012

Beishan International Jazz FestivalBeishan TheaterNanping Town, Zhuhai, China10-20 October, 2012Jazz festivals occupy some fairly far-flung, diverse, and oftentimes dramatic settings; from the Polar North to the volcanic mountains of East Java, from medieval European towns to the great urban metropolises of North America, from tropical Thai islands to luxury cruise ships, ...

Rusconi: Revolution

by Ian Patterson
August 15, 2012

Revolution is in the air, and Rusconi knows it. The Swiss trio's fifth album sees it break with major record labels-- following its memorable tribute to indie-rock band Sonic Youth on It's a Sonic Life (Sony, 2010)--and head out into the great unknown of self-promotion. It's a bold move, but one befitting of the sonic explorers ...