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Abdullah Ibrahim & Ekaya

Read "Abdullah Ibrahim & Ekaya" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Aperitivo in Concerto Teatro Manzoni - Milano - 30.01.2011 E' sempre un piacere ascoltare la musica di Abdullah Ibrahim. Il suo jazz così gioioso e solare. Semplice, verrebbe da dire. Non fosse che questo termine viene spesso frainteso, e scambiato per banalità. Ma la semplicità della musica del pianista sudafricano non ammette fraintendimenti. E' delicatezza, pura ...

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Article: Album Review

Abdullah Ibrahim & Ekaya: Sotho Blue

Read "Sotho Blue" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson

Pianist Abdullah Ibrahim's Ekaya is more an expression of the South African's musical philosophy than a fixed combo; musicians have come and gone and his collaborators have changed completely since its inception in 1983. Ekaya is not about personalities, but about music born of South Africa and the Afro-American experience. Speaking of Ekaya, Ibrahim states, “Its ...

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Article: Live Review

Winter Jazzfest, New York City, Day 1: January 7, 2011

Read "Winter Jazzfest, New York City, Day 1: January 7, 2011" reviewed by Gordon Marshall

by Gordon Marshall

Day 1 | Day 2 Winter JazzfestNew York, NYJanuary 7-8, 2011 What with the snow, the lines, the standing-room-only crowds, New York City's Winter Jazzfest can be a hectic, hectoring hell of force-feeding, a speed-read tasting menu of mad musical difference, as hard to digest in the instant ...

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Bombella

By Abdullah Ibrahim

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2010
Track listing: 01. Green Kalahari; 02. Song 3or Sathima; 03. Mandela; 04. District Six (Trance Circle Dance); 05. Bombella; 07. Meditation / Joan Capetown Flower (Emerald Bay); 08. I Mean You / For Monk; 09. For Lawrence Brown (Remembrance); 10. Excursions (Masters and Muses); 11. African River.

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Article: Album Review

Javier Vercher: Wish You Were Here

Read "Wish You Were Here" reviewed by Enrique Turpin

by Enrique Turpin

Poco importa que Javier Vercher sea madrileño de nacimiento y valenciano de adopción. Defender un origen geográfico sólo tiene sentido si se está dispuesto a morir por él, y no creo que sea el caso del saxofonista, que bien pronto entendió que las fronteras que cabe preservar con la firmeza de las pasiones tienen que ver ...

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Article: Interview

Randy Weston: African Stories, African Rhythms

Read "Randy Weston: African Stories, African Rhythms" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson

In over 60 years as a leader, pianist Randy Weston has achieved an incredible amount. He has recorded nearly 50 albums and has been hailed in the process as the natural heir to Duke Ellington and Thelonious Monk. Three times he has been voted Downbeat's composer of the year, and his compositions have been recorded by ...

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Footprints: When You Dream

Read "When You Dream" reviewed by Karl Ackermann

by Karl Ackermann

Saxophonist Joshua Kwassman and trumpeter Christoph Siegrist front this maiden effort from Footprints, a New York-based quintet that surpasses freshman potential and arrives entirely shaped in its own unique style. The sophistication of the compositions, and the maturity and innovation in the playing, all belie the fact that these are very young players. The two leaders ...

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Piano Legend Randy Weston Interviewed at All About Jazz

Piano Legend Randy Weston Interviewed at All About Jazz

In over 60 years as a leader, pianist Randy Weston has achieved an incredible amount. He has recorded nearly 50 albums and has been hailed in the process as the natural heir to Duke Ellington and Thelonious Monk. Three times he has been voted Downbeat's composer of the year, and his compositions have been recorded by ...

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Article: Album Review

Chucho Valdes & The Afro-Cuban Messengers: Chucho's Steps

Read "Chucho's Steps" reviewed by Chris May

by Chris May

The semiology contained on pianist Chucho Valdés' magnificent Chucho's Steps points to the character of the music before the disc has even been taken out of its sleeve. First there's the name of the group and its reference to drummer Art Blakey's ferociously swinging Jazz Messengers. Then there's the title of the opener, “Las dos caras" ...

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Chucho Valdes & The Afro-Cuban Messengers: Chucho's Steps

Read "Chucho's Steps" reviewed by Chris May

by Chris May

La semiología contenida en el magnífico Chucho's Steps de Chucho Valdés define el carácter de la música antes de haber reproducido el disco. En primer lugar, la referencia al batería Art Blakey y al swing apasionado y feroz de los Jazz Messengers. Luego, el título de la pieza inicial, Las dos caras, que apunta a las ...


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