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Erik Truffaz in Tampere: Fusion for the 21st Century
by Matthew Wuethrich
Old Customs Hall Tampere, Finland October 31, 2003 The Erik Truffaz 4tet wears two faces. One screams, “Fusion Lives!" and the other whispers in hushed tones. But after 90 minutes it becomes clear which mask they prefer-the full-out, ear-splitting fusion. Most of their eight-song set consists of open-ended jams that show both ...
New Verve LPRs: Klemmer, Getz, Giuffre, Hodges & Mulligan
by David Rickert
Involvement John Klemmer 1967 John Klemmer came on the scene a little too late for the heyday of jazz, but Involvement, his debut as a leader, shows an artist dedicated to keeping the Coltrane style in all its permutations alive and kicking. From the lightning quick riffs and rapid fire ...
Four Monks From Columbia
by AAJ Staff
However confusing the music of Thelonious Monk may have been during his later years, the documents of his fertile '60s period have been downright bewildering. Live and studio material has been scattered around on both original releases and various reissues, liner notes have come and gone, and concert material has either ended up completely lost or ...
The Female Voice
by AAJ Staff
You either look backward or you look forward. If you look sideways, you might get lost. The traditions of African music run back millenia. In the unfolding of history, most African cultures have relied upon tramsmission of musical history through special social structures--often the patriarchal inheritance of the cherished position of griot: musical leader, ...
Compilations: Mali, Ghana, Nigeria
by AAJ Staff
The whole scene used to be more obscure. It took a long time for most African artists to gain recognition outside their home turf. With time, attention from the recording industry, and an explosive expansion in general interest, Western listeners have come to appreciate the incredible diversity of styles from the continent. Certain African musicians have ...
Old World/New World, Part 2
by AAJ Staff
With the massive cultural impacts of colonialism, technology, and commerce, African music has moved rapidly away from its centuries-old traditional roots. The influences of jazz and Caribbean music (particularly Cuban rhythms and calypso) were massive in West Africa during the '50s and '60s, a time when sailors brought New World music across the ocean and records ...
Old World/New World
by AAJ Staff
When it comes to musical styles, there is beauty in purity. Traditions lasting a century (eg. jazz) or many centuries (eg. West African drumming) accrue value through generations of musicians adding to a common style. As time progresses, the music experiences gradual change. There's also virtue in cross-pollination. As time has passed, jazz has ...
Zimbabwe: Shona Mbira Music
by AAJ Staff
Listeners who come to traditional African music from the American variety will find it a refreshingly organic experience. The sonorities reflect a variety of instruments both ancient and modern, including drums and percussion instruments (of course) but also extending far beyond to strings, flutes, and a wide range of plucked or hammered metal and wood instruments. ...
