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Article: Live Review

Bergamo Jazz Festival 2024

by Vincenzo Roggero
April 2, 2024

Bergamo Jazz Festival Bergamo Varie sedi 21-24.3.2024 La quarantacinquesima edizione di Bergamo Jazz coincide con il passaggio di testimone nella direzione artistica da Maria Pia De Vito allo statunitense Joe Lovano, più volte ospite come musicista della rassegna orobica. La formula è quella consolidata da anni: tre serate con doppio concerto ...

Article: Live Review

Brilliant Corners 2024

by Ian Patterson
March 20, 2024

Brilliant Corners 2024 Black Box/Accidental Theatre Belfast, N. Ireland March 1-9, 2024 At a time when veteran rock acts on their last legs are asking cash-strapped punters to part with hundreds of pounds to stand in a stadium to hear the same hits as the last tour, and the tour ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Abdullah Ibrahim, Julie Kelly, John Coltrane & Sean Mason

by Joe Dimino
March 17, 2024

We kick off a new 846th Episode of Neon Jazz out of Kansas City with rising keyboard talent Sean Mason and music from his 2024 release The Southern Suite. From there, we hear from an indelible influence on Sean in Ray Charles. We also hear a dandy of tunes from the Cherry Poppin' Daddies, John Korbel, ...

News: Recording

Abdullah Ibrahim: 3

March 1, 2024

When I interviewed pianist Abdullah Ibrahim by phone in South Africa in 2011, he told me how much he looked forward to the arrival of the ice cream truck growing up in Cape Town in the late 1940s. But ice cream was only part of the joy. The truck blared recordings by Louis Jordan and his ...

Article: Album Review

Martin Sjöstedt & Stockholm Jazz Orchestra: Horizon

by Neil Duggan
February 13, 2024

The Stockholm Jazz Orchestra has been together since 1984--40 years at this writing. That is quite an achievement. especially in an age where large ensembles make little financial sense. In 1986, Bob Brookmeyer joined the band as a guest, eventually leading to his compositions featuring on their debut album, Dreams (Dragon, 1988). Subsequently, they have played ...

Article: Multiple Reviews

Claudio Cojaniz: lirismo blues in tre scenari

by Neri Pollastri
November 23, 2023

Ha compiuto settant'anni lo scorso anno, Claudio Cojaniz, pianista tornato nel natio Friuli dopo qualche anno di residenza in terra di Calabria e che prosegue in una produzione prolifica e diversificata. Lasciato alle spalle l'intenso lavoro su Thelonious Monk e contenuto il furore espressivo che aveva caratterizzato una parte della propria attività artistica, Cojaniz ha sviluppato ...

Article: Live Review

Mauro Ottolini Trio al Pinocchio di Firenze

by Neri Pollastri
November 22, 2023

Mauro Ottolini Trio Firenze Pinocchio Live Jazz 4.11.2023 L'apertura della ventinovesima edizione del Pinocchio Live, il jazz club che da tre decenni illumina i sabati sera degli inverni fiorentini, è spettata a un musicista passatovi più volte e caro al suo pubblico: Mauro Ottolini. Il trombonista veronese, virtuoso dello strumento ...

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Take Five With Bassist / Composer Jakob Dreyer

by AAJ Staff
November 9, 2023

Meet Jakob Dreyer Jakob Dreyer is a New York City based jazz musician, bassist, and composer. Born and raised in Germany he moved to New York in 2014. He appears on over 30 albums as a sideman, and as a leader he has released two albums on Fresh Sound New Talent: Songs, Hymns & Ballads Vol. ...

Article: Film Review

Salvation through rhythm: Max Roach—The Drum Also Waltzes

by Peter Jones
October 19, 2023

Max Roach--The Drum Also Waltzes Directed by Sam Pollard and Ben Shapiro PBS American Masters2023 Anyone who enjoyed the recent Wayne Shorter documentary Zero Gravity might also dig this--a more conventionally structured but equally fascinating look at the life of Max Roach. Filmmaker and interviewer Sam Pollard began making it in ...

Article: Live Review

Spoleto Festival USA 2023

by Perry Tannenbaum
July 22, 2023

Spoleto Festival USA Queen Street Playhouse, Sottile Theatre, TD Arena Charleston, SC May 26 to June 11, 2023 Respect for the elders in the jazz lineup of this year's Spoleto Festival USA jazz was gracefully counterbalanced by a hearty welcome to newer generations. It only felt fleetingly like the closing of ...