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Headliners and Rising Stars at the 2018 Montreal International Jazz Festival
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4
This year marked one of the best and most well-balanced indoor (paid indoor events) and (free) outdoor lineups at the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal (FIJM). The strength of the lineup stretched across genres and also maintained a consistency over the course of ...
On the Road, Fellini & All That Jazz
The Road. A place that inspires both composing music and listening to it.
In this episode of Mondo Jazz we'll focus on music about a road to Timbuktu, French, Italian and Brooklyn streets, being on the road and the road as a metaphor for a jazzist's necessary openness to the unexpected. Not to mention, ...
Alfa Jazz Fest 2017
Alfa Jazz Fest 2017
Lviv, Ukraine
June 23-27, 2017
Jazz festivals are different in Europe. There are more of them, and they are crucial to the economic viability, social solidarity and creative evolution of the jazz art form. Many European towns that host their own annual jazz events seem like ...
Richard Galliano: New Jazz Musette
Certo spiace un po' vedere un musicista come Richard Galliano ripresentare, disco dopo disco, quella che è stata la propria luminosa e brillante carriera senza aggiungere a essa neppure una virgola di nuovo e originale. Succede ormai da qualche tempo e in questo ultimo, doppio CD, succede in modo particolarmente vistoso.
Il fisarmonicista si ...
Wingfield Reuter Stavi Sirkis: The Stone House
Electrifying collective improvisation from four progressive masters. The combination of electric guitar, touch guitar, electric bass and drums recalls the classic David Torn album Cloud About Mercury (ECM, 1987), as well as the various improvisational King Crimson spinoffs called ProjeKcts.
U.K. guitarist Mark Wingfield (Jane Chapman, solo artist, and one half of the long-running ...
Roma Jazz Festival 2016
Roma Jazz Festival 2016
Auditorium Parco della Musica
Roma
8-23.11.2016
Edizione importante per il festival jazz romano che festeggia i 40 anni nella sede ormai stabile dell'Auditorium Parco della Musica, dove si sono svolte le ultime 12 edizioni. Il programma della rassegna è stato molto vario, con proposte per tutti i ...
Giorgio Albanese Quintet + Orchestra: Vento di Maestrale
Fisarmonicista eclettico dalle molte collaborazioni e compositore coraggioso, Giorgio Albanese presenta qui un lavoro piuttosto originale, con un organico di grande spicco, selezionato -tutti sono usi alla ricerca musicale più ardita -e cangiante -quattro brani sono in quintetto, uno in solo e l'ultimo si avvale di un'orchestra.
Le composizioni fondono tradizioni e stilemi diversi, ...
Michele Marini Organic Trio: Change Mood
Trentenne clarinettista e sassofonista pistoiese, Michele Marini non è ancora molto noto al pubblico e alla critica nazionali, sebbene abbia alle spalle alcune importanti esperienze che ne testimoniano il valore, come la collaborazione con la prestigiosa Vienna Art Orchestra come clarinetto solista e il premio Luca Flores assegnatoli da Barga Jazz nel 2009. Change Mood è ...
read moreTomoko Omura: Roots And Branches
It's been a good year for New York-based, Japanese violinist/composer Tomoko Omura, whose second CD as leader, Roots (Inner Circle Music), has earned high praise from critics and peers alike. The roots of the title refer to Omura's heritage as she reimagines popular Japanese tunes through the prism of jazz. The ten tracks draw inspiration from ...
read moreNorth Sea Jazz Festival Recap: A Moveable, Musical Feast
North Sea Jazz Festival
Rotterdam, Netherlands
July 10-12, 2015
Three days immersed in sounds and sensations. Followed by two days at home in zombie mode, zen silence. Rather than do an exhausting commute from jny: Amsterdam to jny: Rotterdam each day (by train or auto (50 miles / 75 kilometers each ...
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Songs on the eve of... by Chris Abelen
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Venetian Blinds by Mike Freeman
Featured Event
A four-day festival in Philadelphia featuring John Zorn, Annette Peacock, Christian McBride, the music of Alice Coltrane, and much more. October 4-7, 2018
Story of the Day
I love jazz because of Miles Davis and Vitor Assis Brasil. I was first exposed to jazz seeing I Festival Internacional de Jazz de São Paulo in 1978. I met Ron Carter at Arpoador. The best show I ever attended was Miles Davis at Canecão in Rio de Janeiro. The first jazz record I bought was Memorial Clifford Brown. My advice to new listeners..
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By Hernani Heffner
Member since: 2018
